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Your Guide to Finding Quaker Ancestors
(The Religious Society of Friends)
Consider yourself fortunate if you discover ancestors who were members of the Religious Society of Friends. They kept very good records, many of which have been extracted and published.
When searching for Quaker records in the Family History Library catalog, do a place search of country or state as well as county or town. They will be found under church records. Search also under the subjects Quakers and Society of Friends.
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Online articles:
If you are new to researching Quaker ancestors, you will want to begin with a few brief articles that provide an overview.
Websites:
Most Helpful Website for researching your Quaker ancestors: Quaker
Corner at Rootsweb. If you use Quaker records, you will need the "Glossary of Quaker Terms" published within that site. You will want to take time to explore the many resources available to you from this site and bookmark it so it will be readily available for frequent consultation.
The Quaker Information Center includes a helpful page that covers genealogical research.
The Mary L. Cook Public Library published a helpful guide: "Friendly Research: An Introduction to Quaker Genealogy with a List of Internet Sources."
Quaker.Org is the website for today's Religious Society of Friends, and has a lot of historical and background material.
You must find the meeting that has the records you seek. See Quaker Records by State for a listing of the meetings, supplemented by a very helpful bibliography of secondary source material.
Understanding Quaker marriages
If your Quaker ancestors are in Great Britain, check out the website of the Quaker Family History Society
And for more links...Cyndi's List: Quaker
Books
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If you have ancestors who were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), you may want to spring for this book. It costs $20 and only covers the United States, but it serves as a good, basic reference. You can buy if from GPC, among other places. |
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Hinshaw's 6 volume Encyclopedia of Quaker Records is now available on CD and can be purchased from GPC, among other places. ($60.00) . This does not include the Indiana meetings, which are coved in Heiss's Abstract of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana. There are other meetings not covered in Hinshaw, some published separately.
GPC also sells an index to the 6 volume paper edition (you wouldn't need an index with the CD).
This set is available in most large libraries. |
Books.Google.com offers a full view copy of
By Charles Frederick Holder Published by The Neuner Company, 1913