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=== Acadians  ===
=== Acadians  ===


For a history of Acadians from Nova Scotia who came to Pennsylvania in 1755, see Simone Vincens, ''Les Indomptes'' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2v book 974.8 F2v]). This includes information for about 400 individuals. The text is in French.
For a history of Acadians from Nova Scotia who came to Pennsylvania in 1755, see Simone Vincens, ''Les Indomptes'' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2v book 974.8 F2v]). This includes information for about 400 individuals. The text is in French.  


=== African Americans  ===
=== African Americans  ===
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Pennsylvania began the gradual emancipation of slaves in 1780. Slaves are sometimes mentioned in [[Pennsylvania Land and Property|deeds]], in [[Pennsylvania Probate Records|wills]], in [[Pennsylvania Taxation|tax records]], and in [[Pennsylvania Court Records|court order books]]. A few parish registers ([[Pennsylvania Church Records|Pennsylvania Church Records]]) list slaves who attended church with their masters.  
Pennsylvania began the gradual emancipation of slaves in 1780. Slaves are sometimes mentioned in [[Pennsylvania Land and Property|deeds]], in [[Pennsylvania Probate Records|wills]], in [[Pennsylvania Taxation|tax records]], and in [[Pennsylvania Court Records|court order books]]. A few parish registers ([[Pennsylvania Church Records|Pennsylvania Church Records]]) list slaves who attended church with their masters.  


The "septennial" census (see [[Pennsylvania Census|Pennsylvania Census]]), beginning in 1800, often listed the name, age, and sex of slaves and the names of slave owners.
The "septennial" census (see [[Pennsylvania Census|Pennsylvania Census]]), beginning in 1800, often listed the name, age, and sex of slaves and the names of slave owners.  


=== Germans  ===
=== Germans  ===
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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, printed for the Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1923; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2b book 974.8 F2b]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1266718 film 1266718].) This book is a revision of a work done in 1879.  
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, printed for the Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1923; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2b book 974.8 F2b]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1266718 film 1266718].) 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)''<nowiki>;</nowiki>''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, 1713-1915, and News Clippings''. Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (on 38 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1204985 1204985]).
A helpful index is Card Index to ''Pennsylvania Germans in the Magazines: Proceedings and Addresses (Pennsylvania German Society)''<nowiki>;</nowiki>''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, 1713-1915, and News Clippings''. Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (on 38 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1204985 1204985]).  


=== Huguenots  ===
=== Huguenots  ===


Stapleton, Ammon. ''Memorials of the Huguenots in America, With Special Reference to Their Emigration [sic] to Pennsylvania. 1901''; Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285022&disp=Memorials+of+the+Huguenots+in+America%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1321463] item 16.)
Stapleton, Ammon. ''Memorials of the Huguenots in America, With Special Reference to Their Emigration [sic] to Pennsylvania. 1901''; Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285022&disp=Memorials+of+the+Huguenots+in+America%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1321463] item 16.)  


=== Scotch-Irish  ===
=== Scotch-Irish  ===


Dunaway, Wayland Fuller. ''The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania''. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2dw 974.8 F2dw]; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=63525&disp=The+Scotch%2DIrish+of+colonial+Pennsylva%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6046742].) It includes a helpful bibliography.
Dunaway, Wayland Fuller. ''The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania''. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2dw 974.8 F2dw]; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=63525&disp=The+Scotch%2DIrish+of+colonial+Pennsylva%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6046742].) It includes a helpful bibliography.  


=== Welsh  ===
=== Welsh  ===
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Glenn, Thomas Allen. ''Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania''. 2 vols. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2g book 974.8 F2g]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=496948 film 496948] items 1-2.)  
Glenn, Thomas Allen. ''Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania''. 2 vols. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2g book 974.8 F2g]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=496948 film 496948] items 1-2.)  


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