Full lists of what records we have are available and organized by yearly meetings and associations. Contact us if you don’t see your meeting or the meeting your are seeking. For a full list of Quaker meetings in North America and to search by meetings geographically, see

How do I know if my ancestors were Quakers?

Quaker Records Monthly meeting records are where you’ll find most of the details about your Quaker ancestors.

Do Quakers have birth certificates?

The records of the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, include births, deaths, marriages, migration certificates, and detailed monthly meeting minutes. Many of these records have been indexed or microfilmed.

What is the US Quaker meeting records?

Although the Quakers conducted meetings on four levels, the monthly meeting records hold the details of the most genealogical value for researchers. In order to best use this collection, you will want to understand the records and what you can expect to find in them.

How do you read Quaker dates?

After 1752 all months were referred to by Quakers by their number. September became “Ninth Month” and so on. Today some researchers find it useful to write down the old style numbers as in the original text, but add the new style names in square brackets, such as: 27 iv [June] 1731 or 29 4mo.

Who were the Irish Quakers?

ln the 1650s and 1660s Quakers were treated with some severity by the authorities, especially in Cork. The Quakers founded the town of Mountmellick, Co….Quakers in Ireland.

What was a Quaker removal?

The Quakers were fastidious about not allowing young people to marry if they had any prior promises or engagements to others. The meetings in Pennsylvania sometimes had to remind the English or Welsh meetings to send the certificates.

What does Disownment mean in Quaker records?

If the member failed to acknowledge fault after visitation by the committee, then the member was disowned by the Society and could not be reinstated until acknowledgement of fault was made.

What is a Quaker certificate of removal?

The early Quakers used certificates as a way to introduce themselves to strangers. When they left their home meeting to emigrate and join a new meeting, they needed to show proof that they were members in good standing, of good behavior, and for the unmarried, clear of marriage promises or “entanglements”.

Where did the Quakers settled in NC?

Painting of 1869 by artist John Collins showing the Society of Friends Meeting House at New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina. The Quakers had settled at New Garden by the 1740s.

What do Quakers call the days of the week?

Days of the week were known as First Day’ for Sunday, Second Day’ for Monday, and so forth. They used no other names but these, either in their spoken conversations or in their letters. Similarly, the months of the year were known as First Month’ for January, Second Month’ for February, and so forth.

When did Quaker calendar change?

Calendar Changes In 1752 the law changed: the year 1751 began on 25 March 1751 and ended on 31 December 1751, to be immediately flowed by 1 January 1752. It is important to note that in Europe and in Scotland the new calendar (the Gregorian) had already superseded the Julian calendar.

When did the Quakers come to New Jersey?

Although we think of Pennsylvania when we think of the first Quaker settlement, there was significant earlier Quaker immigration to New Jersey in the 1670s, predating William Penn’s 1682 Pennsylvania land grant.

Did the Quakers have a stake in Burlington County?

“Even before the arrival of the Kent and Shield, the Quakers had a stake in Burlington County. George Fox himself (the founder of the Society of Friends) had crossed and recrossed New Jersey during his religious vist to America in 1672. In fact, there is a record of Fox being in the Burlington City area on July 12, 1672.

Are there other Quaker Monthly Meeting records?

For our Frost ancestors, the only records listed in volume II are for 1833-1894, a century after the time period of interest. It is clear that Frost Quaker research requires examination of the other Quaker monthly meeting record books in Pennsylvania and New Jersey — other than these four earliest meetings.

What is the best Quaker genealogy book?

Hinshaw’s Quaker Encyclopedia — Painstakingly developed from these monthly meeting records, Hinshaw’s Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the magnum opus of Quaker genealogy. In its production, thousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system of notation.