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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania often colloquially referred to as PA (its postal abbreviation, which
succeeds the archaic Penn. and
Penna. as common
abbreviations) by natives and Northeasterners, is a state
located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of
the United States. The state borders Delaware
and Maryland
to the south, West Virginia to the
southwest, Ohio
to the west, New
York and a water border with Canada
to the north, and New Jersey to the east. The
state's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
has been known as the Keystone State
since 1802, based in part upon its central location among the original Thirteen Colonies forming
the United States. Pennsylvania is also nicknamed the "Keystone
State" because of the number of important American documents signed in
the state (such as the Declaration of Independence).
It was also a keystone state economically, having both the industry common to
the North (making such wares as Conestoga
wagonsand riflesand the
agriculture common to the South (producing feed,
fiber, food, and tobacco).
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GENEALOGICAL ARCHIVES |
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Source: Family History 101 States |
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HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES |
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State Library of
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth
Avenue and Walnut Street, P.O. Box 1601, Harrisburg, PA 17105-1601
Directory of Pennsylvania Genealogical, Historical and
Preservation Societies |
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Source: Family History 101 States |
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STATE LIBRARY |
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State
Library of Pennsylvania
Location:
Forum Building, Commonwealth Ave & Walnut St, Harrisburg Main entrance on
South Drive facing Soldiers' Grove behind the State Capitol. Map of Capitol
Complex Contact
Information: General
Information: 717-787-4440 Web Sites: Commonwealth Libraries; State
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Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Carbon
Centre
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Franklin
Fulton
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mercer
Mifflin
Monroe
Montgomery
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westmoreland
Wyoming
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The
following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
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Bishop; Boyd;
Bracken; Christman; Dickson;
Dill; Douglas; Fletcher?; Green;
Heckendorn;
Huff; Johnson; Kerr;
Kraemer; Lane; Lineberger; Mcmillian; Mcmillin; Mcvicker; Middleton; Miller;
Montgomery; Morrison; Neely;
Pickens; Pinnell; Ritchey;
Ross; Siler; Verly; Williams;
Wright |
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Abel; Amstutz; Anstine; Arnold;
Attich;
Attig;
Axe; Bacon; Bair;
Bard; Barstow; Barth;
Basom;
Becker; Behner; Benner;
Bergstresser; Berry;
Blau;
Bloure;
Blouse; Bock; Bos; Bosher; Bothwell; Bott; Boyer;
Bracher;
Bridgen;
Brown; Brubaker; Burg;
;Burgholtzhaus; Chateau(Schatto); Clement;
Cooper; Cousart; Culbertson; Custard;
Deh;
Deitz;
Dellinger; Dosch; Dosh;
Dritt;
Ebey;
Eckert; Eggers; Ellis;
Essig;
Ettleman;
Faircloth; Ferree; Fink;
Fry; Fulmer; Gamble;
Gartner; Gierse; Gilbert;
Gohn;
Gossner;
Gotta;
Hahn; Hake; Hamaker; Hamme; Harrell;
Hauer;
Hayes; Hedderich; Heffner;
Heim; Hocker; Hoffacher; Hoffacher; Hoffacker; Horn;
Houghmatter; Houseal; Howard;
Howert;
Ilges; Illgas; Imschweiler; Jacobs;
Julius; Kauffman; Keise; Keller;
Kinard;
Kise;
Kitzmiller;
Klein; Kline; Klinefelter; Knauf; Knecht;
Knisley;
Kohler; Koons; Kopp;
Kuffer;
Leber;
Leiphart;
Leithiser;
Lieberknecht; Mann;
McCleary;
Meinzer;
Mildenberg;
Miller; Minnich; Muller;
Myers; Nardone; Neff;
Oberdorff;
Olewiler;
Otstadt;
Overmiller;
Paules;
Pfaff; Pfeffer; Poff; Pohlke; Quickel; Quigley;
Rawhouser;
Reider;
Reinaman;
Reinhardt; Reisinger; Ricksecker; Rinehart;
Rohrbaugh;
Ruby; Runkle; Rupp;
Schaffer; Schall; Schlott; Schneider; Schonberger; Senft; Shaeffer; Shank;
Sharer; Shaul; Shaull; Shields;
Shurman;
Silar; Siler; Sitler; Slough;
Smeltzer;
Smith; Smueltzer; Speece; Sprenkle; Stambaugh; Stanbaugh; Sterner;
Stoner; Strube; Swartzer; Ulrich;
Vandegrift;
Voelcker;
Walker; Weaver; Weinhold; Weirich; Williams;
Wolf; Young; Ziegler |
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To find out more about
each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information
regarding these surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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This free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" that
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improve your
results. The different searches will give you many different ways of using
Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other
Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT
ancestors. To select a specific
ancestral county, click on the following link. Here you will find additional
links to our county pages where you can obtain information about our family
gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in our database,
who have lived in the selected county. |
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Adams;
Berks; Chester; Lancaster; Lebanon;
Northampton; Philadelphia;
Westmoreland; York |
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The links below may
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Genealogical County Research Links Source: USGenWeb |
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Adams; Allegheny; Armstrong; Beaver; Bedford; Berks; Blair; Bradford; Bucks; Butler; Cambria; Cameron; Carbon; Centre; Chester; Clarion; Clearfield; Clinton; Columbia; Crawford; Cumberland; Dauphin; Delaware; Elk; Erie; Fayette; Forest; Franklin; Fulton; Greene; Huntingdon; Indiana; Jefferson; Juniata; Lackawanna; Lancaster; Lawrence; Lebanon; Lehigh; Luzerne; Lycoming; McKean; Mercer; Mifflin; Monroe; Montgomery; Montour; Northampton; Northumberland; Perry; Philadelphia; Pike; Potter; Schuylkill; Snyder; Somerset; Sullivan; Susquehanna; Tioga; Union; Venango; Warren; Washington; Wayne; Westmoreland; Wyoming; York |
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General County Research Links Source: Wikipedia |
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Adams
| Allegheny
| Armstrong
| Beaver
| Bedford
| Berks
| Blair
| Bradford
| Bucks
| Butler
| Cambria
| Cameron
| Carbon
| Centre
| Chester
| Clarion
| Clearfield
| Clinton
| Columbia
| Crawford
| Cumberland
| Dauphin
| Delaware
| Elk | Erie
| Fayette
| Forest
| Franklin
| Fulton
| Greene
| Huntingdon
| Indiana
| Jefferson
| Juniata
| Lackawanna
| Lancaster
| Lawrence
| Lebanon
| Lehigh
| Luzerne
| Lycoming
| McKean
| Mercer
| Mifflin
| Monroe
| Montgomery
| Montour
| Northampton
| Northumberland
| Perry
| Philadelphia
| Pike
| Potter
| Schuylkill
| Snyder
| Somerset
| Sullivan
| Susquehanna
| Tioga
| Union
| Venango
| Warren
| Washington
| Wayne
| Westmoreland
| Wyoming
| York |
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The Google search engine button
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with additional information to assist with your research about
this U. S. State.
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GENERAL
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·
Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb
- Libraries on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals ·
StateGenSites
- U.S. Genealogy Sites by State |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to Pennsylvania. Here you will find books about the history
and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and
churches. The collection also contains
research works about this State’s military units and personnel during
America’s wars, in addition resource texts about the ethnic and religious
groups who settled in this State are also available. U.S.A.
Locations Library - States, Counties, & Localities |
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