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Acadians in Pennsylvania

• For a history of Acadians from Nova Scotia who came to Pennsylvania in 1755, see Simone Vincens, Les Indomptes FS Catalog book 974.8 F2v. This includes information for about 400 individuals. The text is in French.

African Americans

• See African American Resources for Pennsylvania.

Germans

• Meyen, Emil. Bibliography on the Colonial Germans of North America: Especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their Descendants. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 970 F23me.

• William T. Parsons, Pennsylvania Dutch: A Persistent Minority (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976). At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.8 F6p. It has an excellent bibliography of Pennsylvania German sources.

• A history of events before 1782 is H. Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of their Remote Ancestors from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War: With Particular Reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and Other Non-resistant Sects (1917, reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; At various libraries (WorldCat). It is organized chronologically by year.

• A good history of modern times is Homer Tope Rosenberger, Pennsylvania Germans, 1891-1965 Frequently known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"(1917 reprint, Lancaster, PA.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1966). At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.8 B4pg. It includes a brief account of events before 1891. It also has a description of "Outstanding Collections of Pennsylvania German Material" on pages 508-62.

• A helpful genealogy of a small group of Pennsylvania Germans called "Schwenkfelders" is Samuel Kriebel Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 (New York, NY: Rand McNally, 1923). Vol 1 online; Vol 2 online; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library film 1266718 and FS Catalog book 974.8 F2b. This book is a revision of a work done in 1879.

• A helpful index is Card index to Pennsylvania Germans in the magazines : Proceedings and addresses (Pennsylvania German Society); Pennsylvania Dutchman; PGFS or Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Penn-Germania; The Pennsylvania-German; Historical review of Berks County; Reprint, the Morning call; some copied Bible records, 1713-1951, and news clippings (Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1978). FS Library Film 1204985 (first of 38 films)(*).

• German immigrant servant contracts registered at the port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831. c1994. By Farley Grubb. Baltimore, [Maryland] : Genealogical Publishing Company. FS Catalog book 974.811 U2g; At various libraries (WorldCat).

Huguenots

• Stapleton, Ammon. Memorials of the Huguenots in America, With Special Reference to Their Emigration [sic] to Pennsylvania. 1901; Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. FS Library film 1321463 item 16.

Indigenous Peoples

• See Indigenous Peoples of Pennsylvania

Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania

• Dunaway, Wayland Fuller. The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania. book 974.8 F2dw and FS Library fiche 6046742 It includes a helpful bibliography.

Welsh in Pennsylvania

• Browing, Charles Henry. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia, PA.: William J. Campbell, 1912. FS Library film 528765

• Glenn, Thomas Allen. Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of Haverford and Radnor, Historical and Genealogical Collections Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania, Settled by the Cymric Quaker in 1682. Norristown, PA.: Herald Press, 1896. FS Catalog book 974.81 D2g and FS Library film 833377.

• Glenn, Thomas Allen. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913. FS Catalog book 974.8 F2g and FS Library film 496948 items 1-2.

General

See also United States Cultural Groups for additional resources.

Other records and histories of ethnic, racial, and religious groups in Pennsylvania are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

PENNSYLVANIA - MINORITIES

PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY] - MINORITIES

PENNSYLVANIA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - MINORITIES

You will also find records in the Subject Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

AFRO-AMERICANS - PENNSYLVANIA

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