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== Instructions<br> == | == Instructions<br> == | ||
1.Most Pennsylvania archives are located within the county courthouse. Determine if this is true for your county, and add the archive information under the county courthouse heading in Repositories-courthouse. | |||
2. To locate any additional archive in a county, search the following websites:<br> | |||
:*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pagenweb/ Pennsylvania USGenWeb] | :*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pagenweb/ Pennsylvania USGenWeb] | ||
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The Archives is located at:<br>150 Pleasant Acres Road<br>York, PA 17420<br>Phone (717) 840-7222<br>Open - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm | The Archives is located at:<br>150 Pleasant Acres Road<br>York, PA 17420<br>Phone (717) 840-7222<br>Open - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm | ||
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==== Repositories ==== | |||
===== Archives ===== | |||
[http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/index.asp The York County Archives] is a department of the York County Government. | |||
The Archives was established in 1987 and moved to its current location in 1995. To accommodate the growing number of records, the Archives building was expanded in 2001. | |||
York County's records begin in August of 1749 when York County was formed from Lancaster County. The Archives stores records for over 40 different county offices during various time periods throughout the past 250 years. | |||
The Archives is located at:<br>150 Pleasant Acres Road<br>York, PA 17420<br>Phone: 717–840-7222<br>Open - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm | |||
===== Courthouse ===== | |||
[http://www.york-county.org/ York County Judicial Center]<br>Second Floor<br>45 North George Street<br>York, PA 17401<br>Phone: 717–771-9288 Fax: 717–771-4678<br> | |||
===== Family History Centers ===== | |||
[[Family History Centers]] (FHCs) are branches of the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research. | |||
The main FHC for York County, Pennsylvania is the [[York Pennsylvania Family History Center|York Pennsylvania Family History Center]]. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the [http://www.familysearch.org/locations FHC directory]. | |||
===== Libraries ===== | |||
[http://www.yorklibraries.org/martin/index.htm Martin Memorial Library], 159 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania, Phone: 717–846-5300<br> | |||
===== Museums ===== | |||
[http://yorkheritage.org/ York Heritage Trust], 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania, (formerly York County Historical Society). From quilts to tiny photographs, the Historical Society Museum and Library houses both exhibits and an extensive research library. The Heritage Trust's Library and Archives houses an extensive and varied collection covering a wide range of topics including genealogy and family history, local history, the decorative arts and military history. | |||
===== Societies ===== | |||
[http://yorkheritage.org/ York Heritage Trust], 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania, (formerly York County Historical Society) | |||
[http://www.scpgs.org/ South Central Genealogical Society], meets in the York County Heritage Trust, 250 <br>E. Market St., Richard Konkel, president. Check meeting dates and times online. | |||
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pastgc/ Susquehanna Trail Genealogy Club], meets the fourth Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2100 Hollywood Drive, York, Pennsylvania. Contact Jackson Sonneborn, president, and Mark Gagermeier, webmaster. 717-757-2331 | |||
[[Category:WikiProject_Pennsylvania|Tasks]] | [[Category:WikiProject_Pennsylvania|Tasks]] | ||