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U.S. - Pennsylvania
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- AccessGenealogy - Pennsylvania Genealogy Resource Center
- American Local History Network - Pennsylvania
- Ancestor Search - Pennsylvania Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - Pennsylvania
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Ancestry.com - Research in the Mid-Atlantic States
Article by Kory L. Meyerink.
- Colonial Ancestors
Genealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - Pennsylvania Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Genealogy Buff - Library - Pennsylvania Data
Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Pennsylvania
- Genealogy Trails History Group - Pennsylvania Genealogy Trails
Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.
- Geneasearch: A Guide to Pennsylvania Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties
Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
- G's Adoption Registry - Pennsylvania
- Kindred Trails - Pennsylvania Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - Pennsylvania Research Room
- Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Pennsylvania
- Looking 4 Kin - Pennsylvania
- Mid-Atlantic Roots Network
Dedicated to the genealogy, history and culture of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia.
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - Pennsylvania
- PAfamily.net : The One Stop for Pennsylvania Genealogists
- PA Recs - Free Genealogy Pennsylvania Database Records
PA biographies, military records, and passenger lists with guides to maps, local genealogy and historical societies, public libraries, and vital record (birth, marriage, and death) info.
- PA Roots
Dedicated to Pennsylvania Genealogical Research.
- Pennsylvania Adoption Search and Education
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Pennsylvania Genealogy Clues
- Pennsylvania Genealogy - Etc.
- Pennsylvania Genealogy Guide
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Pennsylvania Genealogy Web Ring
- Pennsylvania History & Genealogy Blog
History, articles, old Photographs, and other items of genealogy interest.
- Pennsylvania Migrations
- Pennsylvania Roots Online
Extensive online guide to Pennsylvania family history research resources. Includes a historical overview of Pennsylvania history by Historian, Rickie Lazzerini; an index to state level resources and a growing index of county level resources.
- Slavery in Pennsylvania
African American slavery in 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania.
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Pennsylvania
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- USGenWeb - PAGenWeb Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- General directory for the oil regions of Pennsylvania for 1872-73 : comprising a list of all residents, together with the adver
- U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.
- U.S. City Directories
- U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Original source: 1993-2002 White Pages. Little Rock, AR, USA: Acxiom Corporation.
- U.S. Public Records Index
Original source: Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Historical Residential White Page, Directory Assistance and Other Household Database Listings. Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, 215 South Complex Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - Pennsylvania
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- City Directories of the United States of America
A register of known city directories, their years, and repositories for the United States.
- Online Historical Directories Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online city directories in one place, listed by location and in date order. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Included are county, rural, business, professional and other directories.
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Pennsylvania
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- 50states.com - Pennsylvania State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Bankruptcy Records of the U.S. District Court 1800-1809
In 1800 the federal Bankruptcy Act allowed creditors to petition for bankruptcy proceedings against traders, merchants and brokers. This unpopular act was repealed in 1803, but documents in a case may date as late as 1908. You may use this search to find bankrupts whose creditors filed petitions of bankruptcy in the District Court of the United States for Maryland, the Southern District of New York or the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- Court Web Sites - Pennsylvania
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: Pennsylvania: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- NACo - About Counties - Pennsylvania
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Pennsylvania
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- USA CityLink Project - Pennsylvania
- Yahoo! Get Local...Pennsylvania Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Pennsylvania
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- History of North Central Pennsylvania
Historic pictures and information on North Central Pennsylvania.
- Life in Mid-Eighteenth Century Pennsylvania
Transcript of a virtual lecture by John T. Humphrey.
- Migration Routes From Pennsylvania To Virginia
- Migration Trails In Early Pennsylvania
Includes color coded map.
- Pennsylvania History Timeline
- Pennsylvania Railroads
- Pennsylvania State History
- A Short History of the City of Philadelphia, From Its Foundation to the Present Time (1880)
Complete text of an 1880 book on the history of Philadelphia.
- Yahoo!...History...Pennsylvania
- Access Pennsylvania
Searchable database of library catalogs.
- American Swedish Historical Museum ~ Philadelphia
- Bryn Mawr College Library
- Special Collections
- Tripod
The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore College Libraries, each with special collections for Quaker research.
- Civil War Library and Museum
- The David Library of the American Revolution ~ Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
- Family History Centers in Pennsylvania
From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- FamilySearch - Family History Centers in Pennsylvania
A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
- The Free Library of Philadelphia
- Haverford College Libraries
Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- Heritage Center Library
A genealogical and historical research center with emphasis on Pennsylvania Germans. Located at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA.
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Library Services
Materials on immigration studies.
- LIBCAT: US - Pennsylvania
A directory of library resources on the Internet.
- LibDex - The Library Index - Pennsylvania
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- The Library Company of Philadelphia
- Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia
From the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
- MARAC Regional Archives Institutions - Pennsylvania
- National Canal Museum ~ Easton
- Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - Pennsylvania
- Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - Pennsylvania
- Penn State Libraries
- Pennsylvania Family History Centers
A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
- Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations
- Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
- Pennsylvania State Archives
- Pennsylvania State Archives - Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS)
- Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
The Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library, is a grant-funded collaborative effort between the Scott Memorial Library of Thomas Jefferson University and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Philadelphia Information Locator System
A cooperative initiative between the Philadelphia Department of Records and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Helps users of government information determine what information is available on a particular topic or from a particular source, where that information is located, and how to access the information.
- Photo Antiquities
Museum of Photographic History, Images and Equipment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- PublicLibraries.com - Pennsylvania
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Strasburg
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Reading Family History Center
- Reading Railroad Museum
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Pennsylvania
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- The Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center
The Schwenkfelder Library is located in Pennsburg, Pa., about 40 miles north of Philadelphia, and houses some 30,000 rare books and manuscripts, the majority of which are directly related to the history of the Schwenkfelders in Europe and America. Supplementary collections treat the local history of south-eastern Pennsylvania, and the Library Board has, as well, direct responsibility for a large museum collection of artifacts, primarily related to Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania-German, and Schwenkfelder culture.
- Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
This is the Home of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and which includes a research Library & Archives as well as a Museum dedicated to preserving and presenting regional history in ways that engage, entertain, and inspire a large and diverse audience while offering connections to the past, understanding in the present, and guidance for the future.
- State Library of Pennsylvania ~ Swarthmore
- Swarthmore College Libraries
- Friends Historical Library
- Tripod
The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore College Libraries, each with special collections for Quaker research.
- United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
- University of Pennsylvania Library
- The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies ~ Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
- The Allegheny River Family Archives
Genealogical and historical information on Allegheny County residents, past and present, and the areas they live in (local communities). Includes cemetery records and tombstone transcriptions.
- Diamond State Data Services Family History & Genealogy for NE PA
Northeastern Pennsylvania family history & genealogical data for the counties of Wayne and Susquehanna, as well as portions of the counties of Luzerne (Lackawanna), Pike and Wyoming in Pennsylvania; Broome and Delaware counties in New York.
- The Original 13 Settlers of Germantown Pennsylvania
Thirteen families answered Franz Daniel Pastorius' call to settle in Pennsylvania. They came aboard the Concord in 1683.
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The Philadelphia Story
Information regarding Philadelphia genealogy research.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- BRETHREN Mailing List
Includes such church groups as Tunkers/Dunkers, Church of the Brethren, and German Baptists. Archives: browse or search.
- COALMINERS Mailing List
For anyone whose ancestors were coalminers in the United Kingdom or the United States. Archives: browse or search.
- IRISH-IN-PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List
For anyone who is researching their Irish ancestors who emigrated to and/or lived in Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- MENNOBITS Mailing List
For those volunteers who are transcribing Mennonite/Amish obituaries spanning the years 1864-1998 in support of the Mennobit Project to discuss their activities. Archives: browse or search.
- NA-TRISTATE Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Native Americans in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Archives: browse or search.
- NEPAGS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and genealogical resources available in the Northeast Pennsylvania area. Archives: browse or search.
- NEW-NETHERLAND Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in New Netherland Colony. The first European settlements in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania were built by the Dutch beginning in 1624 and formed the Dutch colony of New Netherland, or Nieuw Nederlandt. Archives: browse or search.
- OHIO-RIVER-VALLEY-FAMILIES Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the families that resided or currently reside in the Ohio River Valley which starts in Pennsylvania and borders the states of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Archives: browse or search.
- OHIO-VALLEY Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Ohio Valley including the states of Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- Original13 Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the original immigrants from Krefeld, Germany who arrived in the United States on the Concord in 1683 and were associated with the early development of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-AfricaAmer Mailing List
For anyone researching their African-American ancestry in Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-AfriGeneas Mailing List
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Pennsylvania.
- PA-BIO Mailing List
For the discussion of the Pennsylvania Biographies Project which gathers biographies of Pennsylvania citizens. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-CEMETERIES Mailing List
For anyone searching for their ancestors in Pennsylvania cemeteries, or interested in preserving historical information about Pennsylvania cemeteries. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-CENSUS Mailing List
For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing Pennsylvania census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.
- PA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List
For anyone desiring a check of Pennsylvania census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-CIVIL-WAR Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the role of Pennsylvania in the Civil War including its soldiers anywhere and war-related events within the state. Archives: browse or search.
- PADATA Mailing List
For the sharing of original Pennsylvania source documents (e.g., wills, deeds, bible records, tax lists, cemetery files, pension applications, obituaries, old letters, marriage lists). Archives: browse or search.
- PADUTCHgenONLY Mailing List and the associated web page
For anyone interested in doing Pennsylvania Dutch genealogical research. This list is for genealogical discussions only. Archives: browse or search.
- PADUTCH-LIFE Mailing List and the associated web page
For anyone interested in discussing and sharing information and memories of the Pennsylvania-German people commonly called Pennsylvania Dutch. Topics include customs, everyday lives, recipes and genealogy to give insight as to how our present day lives are a continuation of our Penna-Dutch heritage. Archives: browse or search.
- PAFind Mailing List
For people who have lost touch with family members due to adoption in Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-FOLKLORE Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding folklore relating to or originating in Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in Pennsylvania from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
- PA-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PAMONVAL Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Monongahela River Valley of Southwestern Pennsylvania which includes portions of Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette, and Greene Counties. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-OBITS Mailing List
For anyone who wants to share obituaries or request obituary lookups of Pennsylvania natives or former residents. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-OLD-NEWS Mailing List
For the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from Pennsylvania newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-PENNS-WOODS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the colony of Penns Woods (Pennsylvania). Archives: browse or search.
- PA-QUAKERS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Quaker families that settled and lived in Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-RAILROADS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the old railroads of Pennsylvania and the people who worked for them. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-SUSQUEHANNA Mailing List
For researchers with an interest in the surnames of people who settled on or near the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania; and in the social history and geography of the River. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-SW-CHAT Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Southwest Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-SW-OBITS Mailing List
For anyone interested in sharing obituaries from southwest Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-SW-OBITS
Companion web page for the mailing list of obituaries from South West Pennsylvania. This may include, but is not limited to the counties of Washington, Greene, Allegheny, Fayette & Westmoreland.
- PAUSGWARCH Mailing List
For volunteers assisting in receiving, formatting, and uploading files to the PA archives, part of the USGenWeb Archives Project.
- PA-VETERANS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in those who signed up for military service and/or participated in military operations in Pennsylvania during the Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I. Archives: browse or search.
- PA-WELSH-EARLY Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Welsh who settled in southeastern Pennsylvania prior to 1750. Archives: browse or search.
- PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List and the associated web page
For anyone who is researching their Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry or has other genealogical or historical interests in the Pennsylvania Dutch. Archives: browse or search.
- PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Pennsylvania. Archives: browse or search.
- PENNSYLVANIA-ROOTS-L Mailing List
Discussions of genealogical and historical research in Pennsylvania.
- SCHWENKFELDER-DESCENDANTS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of genealogical information, family history, lifestyle, regarding those of the Schwenkfelder faith who immigrated from Silesia, (Poland), to Pennsylvania between 1733 to 1737. Archives: browse or search.
- SEPASOCIETY Mailing List
For genealogical and historical discussions covering Southeastern Pennsylvania before the county changes. Archives: browse or search.
- THE-ROAD Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Scottish/Palatine (German) ethnic mix along the traditional "Philadelphia Road" in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Archives: browse or search.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Pennsylvania
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- 19th Century Atlas, Historic Maps, Historical Guides and Gazetteers
- Historical Guides and Gazetteers: 19th Century Place Names
Digital books, gazetteers and 19th century reference material useful in historical research and genealogy.
- Historic Atlas Series: 19th Century Historical County Maps
High resolution images of historic maps created from original 19th century county atlases. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Pennsylvania
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Pennsylvania
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850
Maps on this site cover the early modern period ending in 1850, just as so-called internal improvements (canals, highways, and railroads) began to cross the young nation and change the landscape.
- Ancestor Tracks: Using Maps to Track Your Ancestors
Track your early ancestors who moved to and through Pennsylvania through their land tracts. "Early Landowners of Pennsylvania" is a series of atlases of Township Warrantee Maps showing land tracts and their first purchasers under colonial and then state jurisdiction.
- Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Mid Atlantic States
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Pennsylvania
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Color Landform Atlas: Pennsylvania
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- Details of the original Mason-Dixon Line Map
From the Maryland State Archives.
- Genealogy Quest - New Jersey (and Pennsylvania) Place Names
A table showing the changes to place names in the present state of New Jersey.
- Gleason's Old Maps Etc.
Photocopies of Old Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest from Pennsylvania.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Historical Maps of Pennsylvania
- Historic USGS Maps of Pennsylvania - Image Map
- Historic USGS Maps of Pennsylvania - Quad Index
- Historic USGS Maps of Pennsylvania - Town Index
- Map of Pennsylvania Counties
- MapQuest: World Atlas: Pennsylvania
- Old Maps of New York, Pennsylvania and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)
Quality reproductions of towns in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine with family names.
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Pennsylvania Maps
From The University of Texas at Austin.
- Pittsburgh Map Database from Scandal Project
- RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo
Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Pennsylvania County Selection Map
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Pennsylvania
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
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1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Regiment 54th Pa. Reserves - Company D - Three Years Service
Muster list of unit recruited in Somerset county.
- 7th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry
- 32nd Pennsylvania Volunteers Co. "E"
Muster list.
- 32nd Reg. Pennsylvania Volunteers Co. H
Musters of the 32nd Regiment, Co. H, Pa. Vol. including wounded, killed, desertions, transfers, from Samuel Bates History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers.
- 61st PA Volunteers
- 69th Pennsylvania Infantry - "The Philadelphia Brigade"
- 74th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Dedicated to researching this German Civil War regiment. Page includes unit history, researchers & pictures.
- 82nd Regiment Pa. Vol. Field and Staff Officers
Muster List of the Officers of the 82nd regiment of Pennsylvnia Volunteers from Samuel Bates History.
- 82nd Regiment Pa. Vol. Regimental Band
Muster List of the 82nd Regimental Band of the Pennsylvania Volunteers from Samuel Bates History.
- 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (US Civil War, 1861-1865)
Roster, history, and other information.
- 100th PVI Main
One-Hundredth Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, "The Roundheads".
- 101st Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry
- 103d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
- 104th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
- 110th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers - Company K
Recruited in Centre and Clearfield Counties.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
The 114th Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry, Co. A, Collis' Zouaves d'Afrique
- The 115th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
- 116th PVI, Irish Brigade
116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Company B.
- 125th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Civil War reenactors.
- 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
- 187th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
- 199th Regiment Company "I" Pennsylvania Volunteers
Muster list.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
210th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment
- All For The Union!
Rosters, unit and soldiers' history for the 6th Pennsylvania Heavey Artillery / 212th Pennsylvanit of the Line.
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 Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Search Military Records
- Pennsylvania Pensioners, 1835
Original source: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [Pennsylvania Section]. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.
- WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - Pennsylvania
Original source: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.
- "Birney's Zouaves" 23rd PA
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Pennsylvania
- Civil War Battle Summaries by State - Pennsylvania
- Civil War - Confederate and Union Prisoners of War
Searchable database of Civil War Union and Confederate Prisoners of War.
- Civil War Diary of Bingham Findley Junkin, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry ("Roundheads")
- The Civil War Pages - 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
- Civil War - Pennsylvania Regiments
Proud tribute to 60 members of my Pennsylvania family who served in the Civil War. Surnames include CAFFEY, FRYLING, FRANKENFIELD, HESS, MALSBURY, PURSELL, SEESE.
- Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteers - Adams County, PA 1883 Pension Roll
Adams County veterans, widows and dependents receiving pensions for military service in 1883. Includes pensioner's name, town, cause for which pensioned, and monthly pension rate.
- Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteers - Medal of Honor
Pennsylvania men awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during the Civil War. Organized by county with full text citations and additional commentary.
- Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteers - Pension Roll of 1883
List of veterans, widows and dependents receiving pensions for military service in Schuylkill, Berks, Lebanon, and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania in 1883.
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Civil War Rosters - Pennsylvania
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Co. K. 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Civil War
Complete book about Company "K" 140th Penna. Vols., 1862-'65 by B. F. POWELSON, 1906.
- Conneaut Valley Area Soldiers' Graves
- Edward Baker's California Regiment - 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA
- 84th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Field and Staff Officers 32nd Regiment, 3rd Reserve, Pennsylvania Volunteers
- Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library ~ Philadelphia
- History of the 54th Regiment P.V.
Recruited in Cambria, Somerset, Dauphin, Northampton, and Lehigh Counties.
- History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5
Links to the 5 volumes of the History of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War. Includes text search.
- Index - Company I, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry
- The Iron Division - The National Guard of Pennsylvania in The World War
H. G. Proctor, Philadelphia, 1919.
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Pennsylvania
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Martial Deeds of Pennsylvania
Written by Samuel Penniman Bates, state historian, and published in 1876; this is a transcription of the entire book.
- Pennsylvania 34th Regiment (5th Reserves)
The companies comprising the 34th Regiment were recruited in the counties of Centre, Lancaster, Huntingdon, Lycoming, Northumberland, Clearfield, Union and Bradford.
- Pennsylvania 62nd Infantry Regiment
Regimental History, with special attention to Company D.
- Pennsylvania Civil War Discussion Forum
- Pennsylvania's Civil War Conscientious Objectors
Database of names of Pennsylvania men who refused military service during the American Civil War for reasons of conscience. Arranged by surname and by county.
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Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans
The 128th & 151st PA Infantry Regiments and the 1st PA Cavalry Regiment.
- Pennsylvania in the Civil War
- Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
- Pennsylvania Volunteers 15th Regiment
Company C Muster List. Recruited at Pittston, Luzerne County, April 27, 1861.
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War
Hundreds of searchable Civil War rosters, histories, diaries and pension rolls - with helpful hints, both on-line and off-line, to locate your Pennsylvania Civil War ancestor.
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War, 81st Regiment Company D
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War, Emergency and State Militia Troops of 1863, 53rd Regiment Company I
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War, Ninety-Sixth Regiment, Company F
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War Regimental Rosters
Hundreds of PA Civil War rosters and histories listed by regiment. Each regiment includes field and staff officers, enlisted men, regimental history, and PA county of recruitment.
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War, Sixteenth Regiment, Company D
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War, Sixteenth Regiment, Company I
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Spanish-American War
- The Revolutionary War
1st Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia 1777, Roster of Officers & Musicians, Revolutionary War.
- Roster Members of 187th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Still Living 35 years from the date of discharge, 3 August 1865.
- Roster of the 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
- Roster of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
- Seventy-Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers
- Soldiers & Sailors National Military Museum & Memorial ~ Pittsburgh
- Soldiers of the Great War - Fallen Pennsylvanians of World War I
Complete digitization of W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe, A. C. Doyle, Soldiers Record Publishing Association, Washington, D.C., 1920.
- The U.S. Army Military History Institute
- Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
Living the Civil War in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Pennsylvania
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Pennsylvania
- ABYZ News Links - Pennsylvania - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
- Digital Newspapers at Penn State
The Pennsylvania State University.
- Home Town News - Pennsylvania
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- The Keystone Library Network (KLN) Digital Collections
14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and other affiliated libraries which reside in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Includes: Bloomsburg University, Clarion University, Kutztown University, Millersville University, Slippery Rock, West Chester.
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Pennsylvania
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Pennsylvania
- NewspaperLinks.com - Pennsylvania
- Observer-Reporter Online ~ Washington, Pennsylvania
- TheOldenTimes.com: Old Pennsylvania News
Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
- Online Historical Newspapers Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online newspapers in one place, listed by county and city. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers.
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Pennsylvania
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Pennsylvania Newspapers
- Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
Dated February 23, 1831 to February 14, 1877. From PennState University Libraries.
- The United States Newspaper Program - Pennsylvania
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - Pennsylvania Newspapers
- World-newspapers.com - Pennsylvania Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Pennsylvania
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- 18th Century PA German Name Spelling Idiosyncrasies
- 18th Century PA German Naming Customs
- 18th Century PA German Nicknames
- African American Genealogy Resources: States/Pennsylvania
From Christine's Genealogy Website.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Pennsylvania
- Ancestry.com - Search Family & Local History Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- The Jew in America
Original source: Philipson, David,. The Jew in America. Cincinnati: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1909.
- The Russian Jew in the United States : studies of social conditions in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, with a description
Original source: The Russian Jew in the United States : studies of social conditions in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, with a description of rural settlements. Philadelphia: J.C. Winston Co., 1905.
- Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators
Historical essays about Pennsylvania legislators during the colonial, Revolutionary War, and early national periods.
- The Causes of Palatine Emigration
Excerpted from Early Palatine Emigration by Walter Allen Knittle.
- COROINN
Researching various populations with some origin or connection to Pennsylvania communities and families. A variety of information pertaining to Krefeld German, Penn Family, Updegraeff, Centre County Families, and Black Mulatto and Allied Families Centre County.
- A Directory of Orphanages for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania And Some Adjacent Counties
- Early Families: Pre-1700 Arrivals to America from Europe
A focus on the families that arrived before 1700 in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. A tracing of their westward moves in the 1800s and 1900s.
- Early Pennsylvania Settlers
- FamilyHart Pennsylvania Dutch DNA Projects
Pennsylvania Dutch Surname DNA Projects: BRENNEMAN, BRENEMAN, DEARDORFF, DIERDORFF, GLATTFELDER, GLATFELTER, GLADFELTER, CLODFELTER, CLOTFELTER, GLOTFELTY, GLODFELTER, HOLLINGER, HOLLIGER, KAUFFMAN, COFFMAN, KAUFMAN, CAUFMAN, KAUFMANN, KOHR, CORE, KORE, KUR, MYERS, MEYERS, MEYER, MYER, MEIER, NEUENSCHWANDER, NICESWANDER, NEWCOMER, NEUKOMMET, PRICE, PREITZ, PREISS, RHYNE, RHINE, RINE, RHINES, SCHURCH, SHIRK, SHERK, SHERRICK, STANGER, STENGER, STAUFFER, STOUFFER, STOVER, STURM, STORM, STORMS, STURMS.
- GEDCOM Index .com - Pennsylvania
Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
- The Italian American Program
from the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. Preserves and interprets the history and culture of people of Italian descent in Western Pennsylvania.
- Archival Collections
Collection includes the Trinity Presbyterian Church Records, Ateleta Beneficial Association Records, Beneficial Society of North Italy Records, & Ladies North Italian Lodge Records.
- Kraig Ruckel's Palatine & Pennsylvania-Dutch Genealogy Page
- List of Molly Maguires from Pinkerton & Reading Railroad Files
- Mennonites
See this category on Cyndi's List for related links.
- The Molly Maguires
- The Molly Maguires
- The Molly Maguires
From Wikipedia.
- Ohio River Valley Families
By Allen David Distler.
- The Original 13 Settlers of Germantown Pennsylvania
Thirteen families answered Franz Daniel Pastorius' call to settle in Pennsylvania. They came aboard the Concord in 1683. The settlement is called Germantown, PA. Germantown PA was once the nation's capitol. These founders were deeply against slavery. This site considers their genealogy, their history, their culture, and their homeland.
- Palatine Emigrants by Kraig Ruckel
- Pennadutch - Our History Is Our Ancestors
Dedicated to the Swiss Mennonite and German Palatine immigrants who settled southeastern Pennsylvania and became referred to as the "Pensilfaanisch Deitsch" or Pennsylvania Dutch, as well as the Quakers and Scotch-Irish with whom they intermarried.
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Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Biographies
Biographies of people from Pennsylvania who have made important contributions to the nation and the world.
- Pennsylvania Biographies Project
- Pennsylvania Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
- Pennsylvania Dutch are of German Heritage, Not Dutch
- Pennsylvania Dutch Family History and Genealogy
- Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War - Biographies
Each Pennsylvania soldier biography contains regiment, battles fought, injuries and POW details, if any, as well as birthplace, birthdate, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the War.
- Quakers
See this category on Cyndi's List for related links.
- Schöne Neue Welt Rheinländer erobern Amerika
Early emigration of Rhinelanders to Pennsylvania.
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Tim's Tips on Pennsylvania German Research
- Tribes and Villages of Pennsylvania
- Welcome To The Twin Tiers History and Genealogy Site
Covering information on the people who made their marks in the history and genealogy of what is known as the Twin Tiers of southern New York and the northern part of Pennsylvania.
- Western Pennsylvania Orphans
Information, illustrations and orphan lists.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
- Hiwwe-wie-Driwwe.de
Privatarchiv Pennsylvaniadeutscher Literatur / Private Archive of Pennsylvania German Literature. The only Pennsylvania German magazine which is published completely in the dialect. Topics: language, genealogy, tourism, Palatine language, folk culture and more.
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Pennsylvania
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- 1900 Millersville PA Normal School Annual
Students and faculty names & images.
- 1904 "EHS" Erie High School, Erie, PA
- 1904 Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
- 1906 Haverford College, Haverford, PA
- 1907 Central Manual Training High School, Philadelphia, PA
- 1915 Central High School, Philadelphia, PA
- 1917 Easton High School, Easton, PA
- 1919 Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PA
- 1921 "The Record" June Class, West Philadelphia High School For Boys, Philadelphia, PA
- 1921 Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, PA
- 1923 West Lampeter Vocational School, West Lampeter, Lancaster Co, PA
- 1928 *Thistle* Carnegie Institute of Technology
- 1929 "HI-S-POTTS" Pottsville High School, Pottsville, PA
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Pennsylvania
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Pennsylvania
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Pennsylvania
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Ancestral Branches
Research company located in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Pennsylvania or Specializing in Pennsylvania
- Brick Wall Buster - Genealogical Research in Cattaraugus County, NY
Western New York State research: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Steuben Counties in New York, as well as McKean County in Pennsylvania.
- Carpenter Genealogical Services ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
A professional genealogical research group in Salt Lake City specializing in the United States and Western Europe. Our focus is Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colonial Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming, Nebraska and African American/Slavery research and slavery in the South. Western European limited to Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Scandanavian countries. Families of note: WINGET, HATHAWAY, AXTELL, CLUTTER, DOUD, LYTLE, BLEHSCHMIDT, EHMAN, HAGGSTROM.
- Dennis W. Wible, Genealogical Researcher
Research in Berks County, Lehigh County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
- eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Pennsylvania & Delaware
Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Pennsylvania & Delaware research.
- Family History Research
Specializing in Chester County, Pennsylvania; research abroad for England and Wales.
- Genealogy Helplist - Pennsylvania
- Genealogy Professional Pennsylvania Genealogical Research: Dalic Fadden Genealogist
Research in PA Counties of Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Lehigh, Luzerne & Schuylkill since 1977.
- Genealogy Professional USA Heartland Genealogy: Linda Merle Genealogist
Scotch-Irish, ie colonial American research in PA, VA, etc, immigration, Ulster, Scotland.
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for North Eastern United States
Including the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- Genealogy Services - Anthracite Genealogy Services
Kate S. Gibbons provides genealogy research for historic Northeastern Pennsylvania, including Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties and the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in the anthracite coal region. Also offered are general consultations and research guidance, house and property historical research, and other research and professional writing services.
- James F. Justin Family Tree Research Services
Genealogy Research Service for New Jersey marriage records, birth records, death certificates, census returns, wills, court records and deeds also Philadelphia National Archives.
- Kenneth W. Milano - Genealogical & Historical Research Services
Genealogical and Historical Research, Philadelphia Families, Businesses, and Institutions.
- kin2me Genealogy Services
Genealogical research service including Texas, Pennsylvania, Ireland & Civil War ancestors.
- Laura Prescott - Genealogy Research & Education
Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island.
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Lindberg Historical and Genealogical Research Services
Research services in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware specializing in onsite research in the National Archives in Philadelphia.
- Milt Botwinick Professional Genealogist
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Jewish research.
- The PA1776 Researchers List
- Palatine & Pennsylvania-Dutch Genealogy - Kraig Ruckel
- Pennsylvania Genealogy Research, Photography and Home Histories
Pennsylvania Research Specialist, covering all 67 counties.
- Powell Genealogical Services ~ Wexford, Pennsylvania
- Professional Genealogist & Researcher Julian H. Preisler
Professional genealogy, local history, Jewish research, photography and related research services offered for WV, MD, PA and VA.
- Professional Genealogist/Family History Researcher
Researching Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Steuben Counties in New York; and McKean County in Pennslyania.
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Professional Genealogist: Philadelphia Family Finder
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Pennsylvania
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- Roots4u.com
Dr. Michael D. Lacopo of northern Indiana. Research experience involving Mennonite families, Pennsylvania Germans and Midwest/Middle Atlantic research (IN, OH, IL, MI, and PA), proficient in reading German script.
- Southern York County Cemetery Photo Services ~ Pennsylvania
35 mm or digital photos of your ancestors' headstones.
- Stonesearcher and Associates, Research Specialists in Venango County, Pennsylvania
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Pennsylvania
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- The Afro-American in Pennsylvania: A Critical Guide to Sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives
A book by David McBride.
- A Concise Historical Atlas of Pennsylvania
A book by Edward K. Muller.
- Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania : The Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730 to 1779
A book by Rev. John Casper Stoever.
- Erie County, Pennsylvania Naturalization 1825-1906
A book by the Erie Society for Genealogical Research.
- German Immigrant Servant Contracts: Registered at the Port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831
A book by Farley Grubb.
- The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch
A book by Oscar Kuhns.
- The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South
A book by Parke Rouse.
- Guide to Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1969
A book by Lynn Ann Catanese.
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 Pennsylvania
A book by the United States Bureau of the Census.
- A History of Pennsylvania
A book by Philip S. Klein.
- Marriages and Vital Records of Western Pennsylvania & Eastern Ohio
A book by Catherine L. Gowdy.
- Out of This Furnace
A book by Thomas Bell.
- The Pennsylvania-German in the Settlement of Maryland
A book by Daniel W. Nead.
- The Pennsylvania Library Book: A Surprising Guide to the Unusual Special Collections in Libraries Across Our State for Students, Teachers, and Writers
A book by Carole Marsh.
- Pennsylvania and Middle Atlantic States Genealogical Manuscripts: A User's Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
A book by J. Carlyle Parker.
- Pennsylvania: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
A book by John Hamilton Long.
- Pennsylvania Genealogical Research
A book by George K. Schweitzer.
- Pennsylvania Land Records : A History and Guide for Research
A book by Donna Bingham Munger.
- Pennsylvania Place Names
A book by A. Howry Espenshade.
- Philadelphia's Progressive Orphanage: The Carson Valley School
A book by David R. Contosta.
- Research in Pennsylvania (Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society, No. 68.)
A book by Kay Haviland Freilich.
- Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices : Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1796
A book by Farley Grubb.
- Scots Irish in Pennsylvania & Kentucky
A book by Bill Kennedy.
- Understanding and Using Baptismal Records
A book by John Humphrey.
- Ancestor's Land
Pennsylvania land record books for sale.
- AncestorSpy - CDs and Microfiche for Pennsylvania
- Archive CD Books USA
Digital reproductions (or e-books) of old books, maps, and other rare genealogical material.
- Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - Pennsylvania
- Bare Roots Publishing Company
Publications for Philadelphia and Philadelphia County.
- Barnette's Family Tree Books - Pennsylvania
- Berlin, Pennsylvania History & Genealogy Page
We offer books for sale, Civil War information on the 142nd Pennsylvania, the Whiskey Rebellion & genealogical research.
- Books We Own - Pennsylvania
Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
- Boyd Publishing Company - Pennsylvania
See their home page for details on placing an order.
- Devastation on the Delaware
A book for sale. The first comprehensive documentary of the 1955 flood on the Delaware River, caused by Hurricane Diane. Covers both sides of the river from Port Jervis, NY to Trenton, NJ. Affected areas of NY, NJ and PA. Includes in-depth treatment of the washing away of Camp Davis in Monroe County, PA, where almost 80 people were killed, including some entire families. 456 pp. narrative non-fiction, illustrated with 12 maps & diagrams, 105 historic photos. Fully indexed, appendices.
- eBay Listings: Search for Pennsylvania Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - Pennsylvania
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Publications
- Harrisonburg.com - Serving Harrisburg, Cumberland, Lancaster, York and Perry County
Home of a genealogy column entitled The Paje! Your Roots.
- Heritage Books: Pennsylvania
- Higginson Book Company - Pennsylvania
- Hope Farm Books - Pennsylvania
- Mechling Associates, Inc.
Western Pennsylvania genealogy and history Books.
- Mountain Press - Pennsylvania
Free Surname Search for many Pennsylvania genealogy books. Information available for many counties on the 1790 census as well as many maps.
- PA-Genealogy.net
Pennsylvania genealogy, history & biography e-books on CD. Over 1,000 titles. PA histories, biographicals, directories, county atlases, church histories, etc.
- Philadelphia Print Shop
Antique prints, maps & related books.
- Picton Press - Pennsylvania
- Quintin Publications | Pennsylvania
- Retrospective Publishing
Pennsylvania genealogy books on CD-ROM.
- SK Publications Census CDs and Books - Pennsylvania
- Will-Britt Books
Specializing in genealogy books for Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Leigh, Northampton, Montgomery & Philadelphia counties.
- Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe Books - Pennsylvania
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- 1790 Census of Population and Housing
From the US Census Bureau. Printed transcriptions in .pdf or .zip format showing Heads of Household.
- AccessGenealogy - Pennsylvania Census Records
Census links for online census research.
- African American Census Schedules Online | Pennsylvania
- Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Pennsylvania
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
Census Schedules for Pennsylvania:
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- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Partial 1680 Pennsylvania Census
- USGenWeb Archives
Decorative writings used to commemorate events such as births by the Pennsylvania Dutch. For genealogists, these examples of folk art can be used as alternatives to official birth records. Fraktur is the writing style, Geburts are birthday certificates, and Taufscheins are baptism certificates. They are generically referred to as fraktur.
- Ancestry.com - Early Pennsylvania Land Records
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS)
Scanned images of over 200,000 original records from the Pennsylvania State Archives.
- Before the Needles - Pennsylvania
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in Pennsylvania. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- County Courthouse Addresses
- Deed Data Pool
Downloadable deed files for Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia.
- Guarantee Company of North America - List of Shareholders 1890
Search for names of shareholders in 1890. Includes residences and details of shares. Shareholders residences are Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Illinois.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Palatine Ships Passenger Lists from Germany to Pennsylvania 1727 to 1808
Search ships passenger lists carrying Palatines from Germany to Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Read an explanation of Palatines and their ordeal.
- Pennsylvania Original Land Records Series for York County
Links and information regarding land records in Pennsylvania.
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: Pennsylvania Counties, United States
- SAMPUBCO
Will Testators Indexes, Naturalization Records Indexes and Census Indexes online. You can order copies of the original source documents for a small fee.
- Ship Passenger Lists of the Palatine Germans to Pennsylvania
Search passenger lists for German-speaking German, Swiss, Dutch and French (Palatine) immigrants (1727-1808) both on-site and across the internet. Includes a history of Palatines to America.
- USGenWeb Archives
- Welcome Ship Passenger List (Penn's Fleet), 1682 - A Reconstruction
A reconstruction of the passenger list for the Welcome, which brought William Penn to Pennsylvania in 1682.
- Wills and Testaments
Transcription of the last will and testaments of mostly those in southeast colonial Pennsylvania, along with others.
- Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Pennsylvania
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
- Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania Marriages to 1790
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania Marriages to 1810
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- MyVitalRec.com - Pennsylvania Vital Records
Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.
- Pennsylvania Department of Health - Health Statistics and Vital Statistics
- VitalChek Network - Pennsylvania
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Pennsylvania
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Vital Records US - Pennsylvania Vital Records
Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Pennsylvania
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
- The Amish, the Mennonites, and the Plain People of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. II: (New Jersey and Pennsylvania Monthly Meetings)
- Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750
Original source: Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750. Swarthmore, PA, USA: Albert Myers Cook, 1902.
- Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750
- In the footsteps of Joseph Hampton and the Pennsylvania Quakers
Original source: Hampton, Vernon Boyce,. In the footsteps of Joseph Hampton and the Pennsylvania Quakers. Doylestown, Pa.: Bucks County Historical Society, 1940.
- Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750
Original source: Myers, Albert Cook. Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1957.
- Pennsylvania Quaker Records
Original source: Pennsylvania Quaker Records: Warrington, York County, Little Brittain, Lancaster County, Centre, Centre County, West Branch, Clearfield County, Dunnings Creek, Bedford County. Society of Friends, 19-.
- Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia 1682-1750
- Bethlehem Digital History Project
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was founded in 1741 by a group of Moravians. For over one hundred years Bethlehem was exclusively Moravian. This project provides digitization and web publication of specific primary source materials relating to the early history of Bethlehem
- Community Records
Provides both digital images of the source documents and transcriptions.
- Church Angel - Pennsylvania Churches
- Early Clergy of Pennsylvania and Delaware
Rev. S. F. Hotchkin, Philadelphia, 1890.
- Local Catholic Church and Family History and Catholic Ancestors - Pennsylvania
- Mass Times
Provides addresses for Catholic churches in the state organized alphabetically by city name.
- Men of the Cloth
Preachers, pastors, priests and other clergy in Western Pennsylvania.
- Mennonites
See this category on Cyndi's List for related links.
- The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania
Covering Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Philadelphia counties.
- Moravian Church Genealogy Links
Links Moravian organizations and families. The Moravian Church, begun in Europe 1457, started missionary work in North America in about 1730, especially PA and NC.
- Net Ministries Church Directory - Pennsylvania
- Presbyterian Historical Society ~ Philadelphia
- Quakers
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- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
- Roman Catholic Dioceses and Parishes within the United States - Pennsylvania
- United Methodist Church Directory - Pennsylvania
- African-American Genealogy Group (AAGG) ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dedicated to the encouragement of and support for genealogy research, serving the African-American community of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.
- Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society ~ Tarentum, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Regional Family History Society
Area covers counties in northeast West Virginia, southwest Pennsylvania, western Maryland and northwest Virginia.
- Dames of the Loyal Legion of the United States of America ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Daughters of the American Revolution, Bellefonte Chapter
- The Evangelical & Reformed Historical Society ~ Lancaster, Pennsylvania
From the Philip Schaff Library at Lancaster Theological Seminary.
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
- German Society of Pennsylvania
- The Hartslog Society
Historical society in western Pennsylvania.
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Among the oldest historical societies in the United States, HSP is one of the premier repositories for books, manuscripts, graphic materials, and family history resources.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Pennsylvania
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Pennsylvania
Jurisdictions for the IOOF, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
- Kindred Roots Genealogical Society
- Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
- Lenni Lenape Historical Society
- Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic ~ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society ~ Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
- Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania ~ Harleysville, Pennsylvania
Covering Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Philadelphia counties.
- Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
Dedicated to our early German ancestors who arrived in America and for the Society's purposes includes New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas.
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- National Railway Historical Society ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
- NEPAGS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and genealogical resources available in the Northeast Pennsylvania area.
- Oral History Association of Dickinson College ~ Pennsylvania
- PCUGSJ SIG
Genealogy SIG for the PC Users Group of South Jersey based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey serving southern & central New Jersey and Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania American Legion
- Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations
- Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Pennsylvania Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists
- Pennsylvania Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
- Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution
- The Presbyterian Historical Society ~ Philadelphia
- Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
- Slovenian Genealogy Society (International) ~ Camphill, Pennsylvania
- Slovenian Genealogy Society (International Headquarters) ~ Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
- Society Hill: Pennsylvania Genealogy
A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the state.
- Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Southern Tier Genealogical Society ~ Vestal, New York
Serving Broome County and Tioga County and Northern Pennsylvania.
- Susquehanna Trail Genealogy Club
Serving the Genealogical needs and interests of South Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland.
- The Swedish Colonial Society ~ Wayne, Pennsylvania
- The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania
The purposes of The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania are to perpetuate the memory of those who came to America with William Penn and to bring together the descendants of these Quaker travellers.
- Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ~ Pittsburgh
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