Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

:Very large book collection, periodicals and indexes, genealogies, city directories, maps, family folders, local newspapers since 1719, naturalizations, vertical files, manuscripts, photos, government publications, and histories for all of Pennsylvania.<ref name="DB95" /> <ref>[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/shell.cfm?topicTitle=Genealogy{{amp}}template=genealogyhand.cfm Genealogy 101] in ''Free Library of Philadelphia (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>

:This library has a very large German-American collection, and is good for documenting Civil War ancestors from Pennsylvania. Half a million rare books, manuscripts, and graphics documenting American history and culture to 1900 including African Americana, American Judaica, womens' history, and photography in Philadelphia. They also have enough early Philadelphia records to make this virtually a second city archives.<ref name="DB95" /> <ref>[http://www.librarycompany.org/collections/index.htm Collections Overview] in ''Library Company of Philadelphia'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>

:Births 1860-1915 (a few starting 1829), marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1875, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1793-1930, city directories 1785-1935, county deeds 1683-1952, county mortgages 1736-1963, constables 1854-1925, and some court records. They have indexes to early Philadelphia materials, such as tax records, prisoners, commissioners reports, mayors warrants and appointments, as well as cemeteries, board of health records, and streets.<ref name="DB95" /> <ref>[http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm Genealogical Resources at the Philadelphia City Archives] in ''City of Philadelphia Department of Records'' (accessed 26 December 2013).</ref>

:Church records, fraternal groups, ethnic groups, unions, guilds, and people-oriented collection of organizations, clubs, businesses, and societies related to the growth of the Philadelphia area since the 1800s.<ref name="DB95" /> 4 million images, 7 million news clippings, city directories, Philadelphia atlases, and Sanborn fire insurance maps.<ref>[http://library.temple.edu/collections/scrc/urban-archives Urban Archives] in ''Temple University Libraries'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>

:Very large manuscript collection, newspapers, county records and histories, biographical sources, ethnic resources, church records, and government records.<ref name="DB95" /> Subject specialties include Africana, Asian Americans, Chinese, French, Germans, history, immigration, Italians, Japanese, Judaic studies, Koreans, Latin Americans, Philadelphia studies, religions, Russians and East Europeans, South Asians, and Spaniards.<ref>[http://www.library.upenn.edu/common/browsesubj.html Subjects and Collections] in ''Penn Libraries'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br>