Pennsylvania

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General Info
History

• Digital Collections at the State Library of Pennsylvania. www.portal.state.pa.us
• National Archives at Philadelphia www.archives.gov

Maps

• mapofus.org (maps 1630 - 1930)
• Pennsylvania Genealogical Map of the Counties; 11th ed., 1999 - Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission PDF
• USGS Pennsylvania County Maps

Genealogy Sources

WikiTree Resources

• Pennsylvania Genealogy and History Guide
• Early Pennsylvania Settlers - Sources
• Sources-Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Research Assistance
• Pennsylvania Resource Page US Civil War: War Between the States

External Resources

• PAGENWEB.org
• pennsylvania-genealogy.net (directory)
• "Genealogy Collection." State Library of PA.

"Includes Harrisburg Newspaper Index containing marriages and deaths from four newspapers from 1799 to 1827; the Necrology Scrapbook with obituaries clipped from Pennsylvania newspapers from October 1891 to March 1904, including many Civil War veterans; and Courts & Lawyers of Pennsylvania, a History, 1623-1923, as well as a number of other family history related books and pamphlets."

• Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies by the Huguenot Society of London Contains naturalization records before 1776. There is an index in the back of the book.
• Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (Vol. 1, 3, 6, 8).

Marriage Records

• FamilySearch: Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940

• FamilySearch: Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950

Military Records

• digitalarchives.state.pa.us (PA: Revolution - 1937)
• War of 1812 Muster Roll: "Muster rolls of the Pennsylvania volunteers in the war of 1812-1814, with cotemporary papers and documents"

Probate Records

• FamilySearch: Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994