Pennsylvania Genealogy Mine

Leah and Charles Roth, circa 1912

Pennsylvania Genealogy Mine

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Ancestry World Family Tree
OneWorldTree
Family Group Sheet Project
Pennsylvania Firsts: The Famous, Infamous, and Quirky of the Keystone State ~ book by Patrick M. Reynolds
Pennsylvania Trivia ~ book by Ernie Couch
Share Your Family History
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Pennsylvania in General
- American History and Genealogy Project ~ AHGP
- Ancestry.ca ~ Canada
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- Ancestry.com ~ tips, getting started, sources, databases available by subscription, etc.
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  - Social Security Death Index
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  - US Deluxe Membership
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- Burke's Peerage & Gentry ~ definitive historical guide to titled and landed families of the United Kingdom and Ireland
  - Article Library
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- Chester County Genealogy
- Corry, Pennsylvania History and Genealogy ~ Erie County
- Donna's Berks County Genealogy Page ~ records include tax, census, land, ships and immigration lists
- Genealogy Exchange and Surname Registry: Pennsylvania
- Genealogy on GeneaSearch: Pennsylvania
- The Genealogy Register
- Genealogy.com
  - Biography Assistant
  - Celebrity Family Trees
  - Family Home Pages
  - Forums
  - Free Genealogy Lessons
  - Learning Center
  - Record Lookup Forum
  - Site Search
- GENHOME ~ all types of records for various counties in the state
- Kindred Trails: Pennsylvania
- Looking 4 Kin
- MyFamily.com
  - People Finder
- Ohio River Valley Families
- OneGreatFamily ~ getting started, tips, free newsletter, etc.
  - Free Genealogy Forms
  - Learning Center
  - Surname Index
- Open Directory: Regional: North America: Pennsylvania: Society and Culture: Genealogy
- The Origins Network ~ web resource for genealogy in the British Isles
  - British Origins
  - Free Newsletter
  - Irish Origins
  - Scots Origins
- PA-Roots Homepage
- Pennsylvania Clues ~ all types of records including naturalization lists
- Pennsylvania Genealogy Trails
- Pennsylvania State GenSite
- RootsWeb
  - Books We Own
  - General Search
  - Roots-L
  - Social Security Death Index
  - Websites at Rootsweb
- Schuylkill County Genealogy Ties ~ history and genealogy of the county with links to more
- U.S. GenWeb Project
- World GenWeb Project
- Yahoo>Directory>Regional>U.S. States>Pennsylvania

Adoption, Birth Family and Finding People ~ papers, records, announcements, birth parents; finding people on the internet, female ancestors

Africa and African American Genealogy Mine
- The Christiana Resistance ~ riot at Christiana, Pennsylvania over four fugitive slaves hiding at the home of William Parker, a free African American
- Slavery in Pennsylvania
- The Underground Railroad and York County, Pennsylvania
- Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania ~ book by William J. Switala

American Civil War
- Andersonville Prison Records for the 103rd PA
- At Peace With Honor: The Civil War Burials of Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ book by Blake A. Magner
- Burials of Union Soldiers at Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg PA
- Civil War Burials in Montgomery County PA
- Civil War Pension Records
- Civil War Service Records
- Civil War Veterans Buried at Pittston, Luzerne County, PA
- Civil War Veterans Tombstone Inscriptions, Allegheny County PA
- Collis' Zouaves: The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War ~ book by Edward J. Hagerty
- Guide to Civil War Philadelphia ~ book by Richard A. Sauers
- Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg ~ book by James McPherson
- History of the PA Volunteers, Volume I ~ Samuel P. Bates, in five volumes, all searchable
- History of the PA Volunteers, Volume II
- History of the PA Volunteers, Volume III
- History of the PA Volunteers, Volume IV
- History of the PA Volunteers, Volume V
- The Hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg ~ book by Michael A. Dreese
- Industry and Infantry: The Civil War in Western Pennsylvania ~ book edited by Brian A. Butko & Nicholas P. Ciotola
- Lancaster County Civil War Living History Association
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the Civil War
- Leather & Steel: The 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War ~ book by Larry B. Maier
- Pennsylvania Civil War Conscientious Objectors
- Pennsylvania Civil War Map of Battles
- Pennsylvania in the Civil War
- Rough and Regular: A History of Philadelphia's 119th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry: The Gray Reserves ~ book by Larry B. Maier
- The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion ~ book by St. Clair A. Mullholland
- Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh: The Campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment ~ book by Joseph Gibbs
- The Valley of the Shadow: Pennsylvania and Virginia in the Civil War
- The 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War ~ book by Michael W. Schellhammer & P. J. O'Rourke
- The 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Unit in the Civil War ~ book by Richard E. Matthews
- The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg ~ book by Michael A. Dreese & Timothy H. Smith
  - Union Regiments

American Revolution

Archives and Libraries ~ world, federal, state, local, college and university, genealogical and historical societies, Family History Library
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Genealogy
- FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service ~ from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church
  - Pennsylvania Research Outline at Family Search
- Civil War Library and Museum ~ Philadelphia
- Easton Area Public Library ~ Marx Room has extensive genealogical collection; hours limited
- Free Library of Philadelphia ~ large collection of digital resources including records
  - Genealogy Research Guides
- Index to Pennsylvania's Colonial Records Series ~ book compiled by Mary Dunn
- The Library Company of Philadelphia
- The Library Index: Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Library Association
- Pennsylvania State Archives
  - Guide to Genealogical Sources at the Pennsylvania State Archives ~ book by Robert Dructor
  - Guide to Photographs at the Pennsylvania State Archives ~ book from PMHC
  - Research and Genealogy
  - Pennsylvania State Archives - Digital
    - Archives Records Information Access System ~ military records online include Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish American War, Militia Officers and more
  - Prison Records
- Pennsylvania State Library
  - Library Information Handouts
  - Digital Projects
- Tripod: Tri-College Library Catalog
  - A Guide to Searching Tripod
- University of Pennsylvania Library ~ Philadelphia

Asia and Middle East Genealogy Mine

Associations, Societies and Organizations ~ family histories both printed and in manuscript form, local histories and biographies, personal papers, genealogies, periodicals, society publications and yearbooks, genealogical archives
- Albany Township Historical Society ~ Kempton
- Allegheny Regional Family History Society Home Page
- Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History
- Beaver County Genealogical Society
- Berks County Genealogical Society
- Berlin Area Historical Society
- Bethel Township Preservation Society
- Blair County Historical Society
- Bucks County Historical Society ~ includes Mercer Museum, Fonthill Museum, and Spruance Library
- California Area Historical Society
- Centre County Genealogical Society
- Centre County Historical Society
- Chadds Ford Historical Society
- Chester County Historical Society
- Christiana Historical Society
- Clinton County Historical Society
- Columbia Historic Preservation Society ~ Lancaster County
- Conestoga Area Historical Society ~ Lancaster County
- Corry Historical Museum
- Crawford County Historical Society
- Cumberland County Historical Society ~ Carlisle
- Donora Historical Society
- Ellwood City Historical Society
- Forest County Historical Society
- Fort Bedford Museum, Bedford
- Frackville Area Historical Society
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
  - Pennsylvania Civil War Conscientious Objectors Database
- Germantown Historical Society
- Greater Monessen Historical Society
- Greene County Historical Society and Museum
- Historic Connellsville
- Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Jacobsburg Historical Society ~ Northampton County
- Lancaster County Historical Society ~ has some online databases
- Landis Valley Museum ~ Lancaster County
- Luzerne County Historical Society ~ has a book available "Gone But Not Forgotten....Civil War Veterans of Northeastern Pennsylvania"
- Lycoming County Genealogical Society
- Manheim Historical Society ~ Lancaster County
- Mifflin County Historical Society
- Monroeville Historical Society
- The Moravian Historical Society ~ Nazareth
- National Canal Museum, Easton
- New Hope Historical Society
- Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations
- Pennsylvania Genealogical and Historical Societies
- Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington
- Philadelphia Historical Commission
- Pike County Historical Society
- Pine Grove Historical Society
- Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
- Portage Area Historical Society
- Potter County Historical Society
- Preservation Pennsylvania
- Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society
- Radnor Historical Society
- Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
- Somerset Historical Center, Somerset County
- Southern Lancaster County Historical Society
- Springfield Historical Society
- Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society
- Upper Darby Historical Society
- Upper Moreland Historical Association
- Warren County Historical Society
- Washington County Historical Society
- Wayne County Historical Society
- Westmoreland County Historical Society

Australia and South Pacific Genealogy Mine

Books and More ~ related to genealogy and history
- Abebooks.com ~ search 13,500 booksellers online for rare, used and out-of-print books
- amazon.com ~ General Genealogy Books
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- The Ancestry Store
- Bookcloseouts.com ~ best seller in bargain books
- ElephantBooks.com ~ source for out-of print, used and rare books online
- Everton's Daily Special
- Genealogical Publishing Co.
- Heritage Books Online
- Native American Genetic Testing
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- www.ebay.com ~ books, antiques, collectibles, memorabilia and much more

Canadian Genealogy Mine

Census Records ~ federal, state, local, county, borough, parish

Church, Church Records and Religion ~ baptisms, births, deaths, marriages, burials, banns, archives, board minutes. committee records
- Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
- Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  - Archives and History
- Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
  - Archives and Records Center
- Haverford College Quaker Collection
- History of the Free Quakers in the City of Philadelphia
- Lancaster Mennonite Conference ~ Lancaster
- Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
- Lititz Moravian Church, Marriage Records 1742-1800
- Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia
- Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania ~ Mennonite Heritage Center; Harleysville, Pennsylvania
  - Genealogical and Local History Resources
- Mennonite Information Center ~ Lancaster
- Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
- Pennsylvania Churches
- Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
- Trinity Lutheran Church Records: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1730-1767 ~ book edited by Debra D. Smith & Frederick Sheely Weiser
- Voices of the Turtledoves: The Sacred World of Ephrata (Cloister) ~ book by Jeff Bach

City, County and State
- CityTownInfo
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- County Name Origins of the United States ~ book by Michael A. Beatty
- The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America ~ book by George B. Everton
- National Association of Counties: Pennsylvania
- Peelle's County Recorder Directory: Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Municipalities by County
- Pennsylvania at 50states.com
- Roadside America: Pennsylvania ~ a little fun
- State and Local Government on the Net
- U.S. County Lookups
- U.S. Town/County Database
- Yahoo>Directory>U.S. States>Pennsylvania>Counties and Regions

Criminal, Court and Legal ~ court, voter registration, prison, divorce, child custody agreements, orphan's court records, wills, probate, criminals, prison, outlaws, public records
- County Courthouses of Pennsylvania: A Guide ~ book by Oliver P. Williams
- Court, Land and Probate Records from Ancestry
- Eastern State Penitentiary ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Free Internet Access to Public Records ~ over 1,400 county, state and federal links
- Free Public Records Online: Courthouse Direct
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
- Pennsylvania Legal Sites at Find Law
- Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System
  - A History of Pennsylvania's Courts
- Search Systems Public Records Locator ~ over 13,000 free searchable public record databases

Education and School Records ~ alumni, yearbooks, school records, schools, universities, colleges
- Albright College Alumni ~ Reading
- National Yearbook Project
- Penn Alumni Online ~ University of Pennsylvania
- Penn State Alumni Association
- Pennsylvania Department of Education
- University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association
- Yahoo>Directory>Regional>U.S. States>Pennsylvania>Education

Employment, Occupation and Pension ~ employment, occupations, professional, pension, social security, military pension, unions, trades, railroad, mining
- Coal Region of Pennsylvania ~ Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland, Columbia, and northern Dauphin Counties
- The Life and Work of Coal Miners ~ photographs and text
- Mine Country: Anthracite Coal Region History
- The Pennsylvania Railroad: The 1940's-1950's ~ book by Don Ball, Jr.
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Strasburg
  - History Gateway
    - Library and Archives
- Reading (Railroad) Company Technical and Historical Society
- The Story of Bangor, Pennsylvania Slate
- When the Mines Closed: Stories of Struggles in Hard Times ~ book by Thomas Dublin

English Genealogy Mine

European Genealogy Mine
- Foreigners in Their Own Land: Pennsylvania Germans in the Early Republic ~ book by Steven M. Nolt
- German Society of Pennsylvania
- The Irish in Philadelphia: Ten Generations of Urban Experience ~ book by Dennis Clark
- Pennsylvania Dutch Family History Website
- Pennsylvania Dutch History, Genealogy and Culture of Swiss Mennonite and German Palatine Immigrants
- Polish American Cultural Center, Philadelphia
- Scots Irish in Pennsylvania & Kentucky ~ book by Bill Kennedy
- The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania ~ book by Wayland F. Dunaway

Everything Family ~ relationships, heirlooms, papers, reunions, writing and documenting your family history, legends, myths, stories, Bibles

Family Genealogies and Associations

Financial, Money and Taxes ~ banks, taxes, taxation, money, financial records, bankruptcy, credit, credit unions, inflation
- Yahoo>Directory>Business and Economy...>Banks...>Pennsylvania

Genealogy and History Resources by State ~ includes all fifty states and the District of Columbia

Genealogy Help and How-to ~ getting started, free online genealogy lessons, basic genealogy

Hispanic Genealogy Mine ~ includes Central and South America, the Caribbean, the West Indies

History Resources ~ records, timelines, periods of time, general, specific, world, United States
- American Local History Network ~ ALHN
- Bethlehem Digital History Project
- Chronological History of Natural Disasters in North Central Pennsylvania
- Centralia, Pennsylvania ~ a town killed by a coal mine fire burning out of control; links to history and much more
- A Concise Historical Atlas of Pennsylvania ~ book edited by Edward K. Muller
- Embodied History: The Lives of the Poor in Early Philadelphia ~ book by Simon P. Newman
- Fay-West Online ~ historical content on both Fayette and Westmoreland Counties
- Historic Connellsville
- Historic Resources from Ancestry
- History of Danville
- History of Northampton County, 1877
- Historic Pittsburgh Project ~ Digital Research Library, University of Pittsburgh
- Johnstown Flood ~ book by David McCullough
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial ~ from the NPS
  - In Depth
    - The Victims
- Lancaster in 1850 ~ documentary collection; from F&M College
- Pittsburgh Then and Now ~ book by Arthur G. Smith
- Ohio River Valley Families
- Online Highways: History Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth ~ book edited by Randall M. Miller and William A. Pencak
- Pittsburgh Then and Now ~ book by Arthur G. Smith
- Pot of Gold Genealogy: Lackawanna County ~ history and early records from Winton now Jessup, Pennsylvania
- Salisbury, Pennsylvania Historical Website ~ Somerset County
- Smokestacks and Black Diamonds: A History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania ~ book by Joan Campion
- Timeline of the City of Franklin
- Trolleys in Armstrong County
- Village of Chaneysville
- ushistory.org ~ Philadelphia history
- Yahoo>Directory>Arts>Humanities>History>By Region>U.S. States>Pennsylvania

Immigration, Emigration and Migration ~ passenger lists, alien registration, passport applications, visa, oaths of allegiance, immigrant aid records, citizenship, naturalization, ships, settlers, pioneers

Irish Genealogy Mine ~ Ireland and Northern Ireland

Jewish Genealogy Mine
- Jewish Community Of South Philadelphia, PA ~ book by Allen Meyers
- The Jewish Experience in Western Pennsylvania: A History, 1755-1945 ~ book by Jacob Feldman
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia
- The Jews of Wilkes-Barre: 150 Years 1845-1995 in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania ~ book by Marjorie Levin
- Political Graveyard: Jewish Politicians in Pennsylvania
- Voices from Marshall Street: Jewish Life in a Philadelphia Neighborhood 1920-1960 ~ book by Elaine Krasnow Ellison & Elaine Mark Jaffe

Land, Maps, Atlases, Gazetteers, Houses and Geographic ~ deeds, mortgages, patents, grants, surveys, maps, historical maps, real estate, house history, property history
- Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania Land Records: 1729-1745 ~ book by Carol Bryant
- Acquiring Land in Penn's Woods: Pennsylvania Land Records on Microfilm
- Court, Land and Probate Records from Ancestry
- Heritage Map Museum, Lititz, Lancaster County
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Land Records 1729-1750, and Land Warrants 1710-1742 ~ book by Marsha Martin