Footprints in the Dirt: Pennsylvania Land Records In A Nutshell (pdf download)

This is an illustrated step-by-step practical guide providing links to help you find deeds on file in counties and work backwards into state records. The guide also explains five steps that England established to transfer land from the state or colony into the original private landowenrs, and gives links to copies of the original files at the Pennsylvania State Archives. It also includes explanations and links to ledgers documenting those who purchased land following Indian treaties and the Revolutionary War. If a man is a party to a Donation Land sale or a Depreciation Land sale, it may lead to his military service record.