Quaker Ancestors?

[Wheeler]

If you have found that you have Quaker ancestors, you are fortunate. They were very committed to their record keeping. Records of many Monthly Meetings, Quarterly Meetings and Yearly Meetings have been abstracted over the years by many noted genealogists and historians. Your first Quaker reference books should always be the "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy" by William Wade Hinshaw or Willard Heiss's Abstracts from the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana. These volumes are available at most Genealogy libraries and LDS Family History Centers. There are several volumes and they have recently been reprinted and made available through various Genealogical book vendors.

 

Quaker records are sometimes difficult to interpret unless you are familiar with some frequently used abbreviations, such as:

 

altm = at liberty to marry

apd = attending places of diversion

apd = appointed, appealed

apt = appointed

att = attached to, attended

 

For more info, check:

http://home.att.net/~Pendroy/qkrterms.html

[logcabinmama]

This is great news SCMary.

 

[Homesteader]

Dh has alot of Quakers in his family. This website may help.

 

www.rootsweb.com/~quakers