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The following important events affected [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'s political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements: | The following important events affected [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'s political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements: | ||
1638-1643 (1647?) Dutch build a blockhouse (single log cabin fort) "at the Schuylkill" (now Philadelphia).<ref>Amandus Johnson, "[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/nswamap.html Detailed Map of New Sweden 1638-1655]" in Amandus Johnson's book ''The Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1664'' (Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, 1915), 392. This blockhouse is mentioned in Johnson's legend, but not displayed on his map, probably because it was replaced by a Swedish fort.</ref><ref>Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=BnY9MEaOCLEC History of New Netherland, 2nd ed].'' (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1855; digitized by Google, 2006), 2: 79. "The Swedes had already destroyed the trading-house, which the former [Dutch] had built at Schuylkill, and built a fort in its place."</ref> See the [[New Sweden|New Sweden]] and the [[New Netherland|New Netherland]] Wiki article for details. | |||
1633-1674: The Dutch, Swedes, and English established the first European settlements in Pennsylvania. | 1633-1674: The Dutch, Swedes, and English established the first European settlements in Pennsylvania. | ||
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1879: Richard Henry Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian Schoool at Carlise, one of the most successful schools for Indians in the U.S. The school was abandon in 1918, | 1879: Richard Henry Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian Schoool at Carlise, one of the most successful schools for Indians in the U.S. The school was abandon in 1918, | ||
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The Family History Library has many local histories and handbooks to help you with your research. Sources for studying the history of Pennsylvania include: | The Family History Library has many local histories and handbooks to help you with your research. Sources for studying the history of Pennsylvania include: | ||
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Potentially helpful histories of Pennsylvania counties compiled in 1939-1942 is ''Historical Records Survey (Pennsylvania), Notes on County Histories and Points of Interest for American Guide Series ''(Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=283693&disp=Notes+on+county+histories+and+points+of+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1016396-401]). The counties are filed mostly in alphabetical order, and while a general format seems to be followed, they vary in the kind of information given. | Potentially helpful histories of Pennsylvania counties compiled in 1939-1942 is ''Historical Records Survey (Pennsylvania), Notes on County Histories and Points of Interest for American Guide Series ''(Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=283693&disp=Notes+on+county+histories+and+points+of+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1016396-401]). The counties are filed mostly in alphabetical order, and while a general format seems to be followed, they vary in the kind of information given. | ||
There are also Pennsylvania histories available online. Use a search engine and terms of "Pennsylvania History" to find applicable sites.<br><br> | There are also Pennsylvania histories available online. Use a search engine and terms of "Pennsylvania History" to find applicable sites.<br><br> | ||
[[Category:Pennsylvania]] | [[Category:Pennsylvania]] | ||