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This project is focused around the genealogy of members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). If you have sourced information, please don't hesitate to contribute.
Influential and Well-Known Quakers
- George Fox
- William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania
- Robert Barclay, The Quaker Apologist
- Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader
- Joan Baez, Singer and Political Activist
- John Dalton, English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist
- Edward Hicks, Artist who produced the many Peaceable Kingdom paintings
Influential and Well-Known People of Quaker Ancestry
- Daniel Boone, American Pioneer
- Walt Whitman, American Poet
- Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States
Finding Aids
- Google Search Google site search on geni.com for "Society of Friends"
- Google Search Google site search on geni.com for "Quaker"
- Search for Quaker Monthly Meeting Historical Locations
- Familysearch Article on Quaker Genealogy
- RootsWeb Quaker Homepage
- Randolph County History Word Press - Quakers
- Cindi's List Quaker Page
- Location of Meeting Houses in Pennsylvania
- Famous Quakers: http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_quaker.html
- Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750 : with their early history in Ireland
- England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
Manuscript Collections
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Rotch-Wales Collection of the Massillon (Ohio) Public Library
- Dartmouth Apponagansett Meeting Transcriptions,1699-: https://www.dartmouthhas.org/quaker-transcriptions.html