Footnote.com is one of my favorite websites. Found among the many databases located there is the entire series of the Pennsylvania Archives. It’s one of the FREE databases found at Footnote.com, and one of the most useful, if you’ve got early Pennsylvania people. Sure, it’s been posted a long time, but I’ll bet all my readers haven’t checked it out for their people…
You’ll find the following types of early Pennsylvania records at the site:
- Church Records
- Diaries and Journals
- Governors and their Constituents
- Land Warrantee Records (1730-1898)
- Militia Records and Council of Safety
- Oaths of Allegiance, Naturalization and Ship Manifests
- Tax Records
In searching on the surname Meitzler, I got 11 hits. Some of these hits included more than one Meitzler. They included 6 documents for Meitzlers who were found on Militia Lists and Muster Rolls (War of 1812); two Meitzler entries for families who were found on tax rolls, one document for Meitzlers who were Pennsylvania land warrantees, and two hits that were just to index entries.
Learn more. There’s an excellent article about the Pennsylvania Archives, written by my friend, Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, found here. Search for your ancestors in The Pennsylvania Archives – FREE at Footnote.com.
