Learn The Histories Of Tredyffrin, Easttown, Charlestown Oct 21

STRAFFORD, PA – Tredyffrin, Easttown, and Charlestown all sit cozily together on the Main Line. But how did those three townships get their borders and identities?

A special presentation from the Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society at the Tredyffrin Public Library in Strafford will shed light on just that.

"A History of Three Local Townships" will be presented at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21 at the library.

Mike Bertram, an expert researcher, will lead the presentation, which will cover the 18th century history of Charlestown, Tredyffrin, and Easttown townships through a set of interactive maps Bertram created based on his extensive deed research.

This talk will discuss the process and issues in developing the deed histories, and will use interactive historical maps to illustrate the histories of the three townships in the 18th century.

Deeds are a great historical information resource. As well as providing information about the property, they also give information on the buyers, sellers, and neighbors.

By drawing out the boundaries of a property and annotating it with the names of the neighbors, you can produce the pieces of the three-dimensional (time being the third dimension), jigsaw puzzle that is a deed history.

Deed histories from the original patent from the Penn family to the end of the 18th century have been researched for the three townships.

Interactive historical maps using Google Maps and the deed histories have been produced for specific dates during the 18th century for which additional information is available to further illustrate the township histories.

The Tredyffrin Public Library is located at 582 Upper Gulph Road in Strafford.

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