Kenneth D. McCrea (au)
Often overlooked or ignored by genealogists, records of land transactions frequently provide valuable clues to family relationships, social status, & stage of life. Land records enable researchers to better understand the lives & communities of their ancestors. The area of PA covered by the New Purchase formed a strip across the State from the SW corner to the NE corner. It included all or part of 26 of the 67 present-day counties in PA. At the time of the purchase, the new land was annexed to the existing counties of Cumberland, Berks & Northampton. Illustrations.(Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 2003)