Mt Lebanon Genealogy Society

Date: March 17, 2025  

Speaker: MARY JANE KUFFNER HIRT, Professor Emerita, Indiana University of Pennsylvania  

Topic: JAMES LEECH'S 1763 PASSPORT UNLOCKS LEECH FAMILY MIGRATION STORY              

This program will discuss the research process, and the state, county and municipal records consulted to trace the migration of two Scots-Irish families in the mid to late -1700s from Ulster to Lancaster County PA and later to Rockbridge County VA. The critical role played by the evidence contained in a passport issued in 1763 by a magistrate in County Donegal will be highlighted.