The 2022 tax deadline has arrived! In past April posts, I included various Pennsylvania county property tax records. These records showed taxes on property, including land, buildings, and some livestock. Sometimes an occupation or a militia tax was conducted. This year instead of property tax records, I am highlighting the federal IRS Tax Assessment Lists, particularly 1862. Continue reading
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Misc. Tax Rolls—Greene County, PA
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789. So for tax month, I am including some extractions of county tax rolls from around this time period. On the surface tax lists might appear to be non-essential information that only provides what a person owned for a particular year, in a particular place. However, these documents, if they have survived, can supplement other genealogical research. In addition to verifying a relative’s residency or if he owned property, these records can offer a time frame of when a person moved into an area or left it, either by relocation to another county or that other certainty—death. Continue reading
Census Through the Years: Jacob Zollars
In an earlier post I noted that the federal census began in 1790 and has been conducted every ten years. For each census year any person living in a household on a designated date was to be enumerated. The date varied each census, usually in the month of June or April. Each census posed slightly different questions when collecting information, and this variety offers insights on family members through the years. Continue reading
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