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==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
''Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.'' | ''Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.'' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/44185?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1676-1960''' - Patent books], Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Records - images only. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/44185?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1676-1960''' - Patent books], Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Records - images only. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/106785?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1682-1748''' - Index to old rights in Philadelphia County], ''Pennsylvania Surveyor General'' - images only. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/106785?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1682-1748''' - Index to old rights in Philadelphia County], ''Pennsylvania Surveyor General'' - images only. | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
===Church Records=== | ===Church Records=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/544823?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Abstracts and Identifications of Entries Giving European Origins in Church Records of South Central Pennsylvania''] by South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/621577?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catholic Goshenhoppen Registers, Nos. 1 and 3''] by Warren J. Ziegler. (Milford, NJ: The Author, 1983). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/621577?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catholic Goshenhoppen Registers, Nos. 1 and 3''] by Warren J. Ziegler. (Milford, NJ: The Author, 1983). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/47136?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catholic Trails West: The Founding Catholic Families of Pennsylvania''] by Edmund J. Adams. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1359275?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Colonial records of the Swedish churches in Pennsylvania''] edited by Peter Stebbins Craig. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Swedish Colonial Society, 2006-2009). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2400405 ''The Early History of the Church of the United Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), Commonly Called Moravians, in North America, A.D. 1734-1748''] by Levin Theodore Reichel. (Nazareth, PA: Moravian Historical Society, 1888). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/275266?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Early History of the Reformed Church in Pennsylvania''] by Daniel Miller. (Reading, PA: The Author, 1906). | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/hiluthera00schm/page/n8/mode/2up ''History of the Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania, 1638-1820, from Original Sources''] by Theodore E. A. Schmauk. 2 Vols. (Lancaster: Pennsylvania German Society, 1903). | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/memorialvolumeof00davi/mode/2up ''Memorial Volume of Welsh Congregationalists in Pennsylvania: Their Churches, Periodical Convocations, Clergy and Prominent Lay Members''] by David Jones. (n.p., 1934). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/236810?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pastors and people: German Lutheran and Reformed Churches in the Pennsylvania Field, 1717-1793''] by Charles H. Glatfelter. 2 Vols. (Breinigsville: Pennsylvania German Society, 1980). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2426306?availability=Brigham%20City%20Utah%20FamilySearch%20Center ''Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches''] by Donna R. Rish. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2426306?availability=Brigham%20City%20Utah%20FamilySearch%20Center ''Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches''] by Donna R. Rish. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/275150?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Presbyterians in Colonial Pennsylvania''] by Guy Soulliard Klett. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937). | ||
*''Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia''. 29 Vols. (Philadelphia: The Society, 1887-1912). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/723168?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Record Book of Daniel Schumacher, 1754-1773: Containing Registers of Baptisms and Confirmations in Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania''] by Frederick S. Weiser. (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993). | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/reformedchurchin00dubb_0/page/n6/mode/2up ''The Reformed Church in Pennsylvania''] by Joseph Henry Dubbs. (Lancaster: Pennsylvania German Society, 1902). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/36374?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Reformed Church Records in Pennsylvania Arranged According to Their Age, 1731-1880''] by William John Hinke. (n.p., n.d.). | |||
===Court Records and Histories=== | |||
= | *[https://archive.org/details/courtsandlawyer00eastgoog/page/n8/mode/2up ''Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923''] by Frank Marshall Eastman. 3 Vols. (New York: American Historical Society, 1922). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/242871?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogical Research in the Published Pennsylvania Archives''] by Sally A. Weikel. (Harrisburg: State Library of Pennsylvania, 1974). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280422?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''General index to the colonial records in 16 volumes''] prepared and arranged under an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Joseph Sevens and Co., 1860). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280422?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''General index to the colonial records in 16 volumes''] prepared and arranged under an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Joseph Sevens and Co., 1860). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/204698?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Guide to the Published Archives of Pennsylvania Covering the 138 Volumes of Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives, Series I-IX''] by Henry Howard Eddy. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1949, 1976). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280327?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government''] by Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, 1682-1776. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : State of Pennsylvania, 1851-1852). Vols. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280327?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1-10], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280404?availability=Family%20History%20Library 11-16]. | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280276?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Registrar's Book of Governor Keith's Court of Chancery of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1720-1735'']. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1941). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/280276?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Registrar's Book of Governor Keith's Court of Chancery of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1720-1735'']. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1941). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | === German Settlements === | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | |||
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2573727 ''A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, with a statement of the names of ships, whence they sailed, and the date of their arrival at Philadelphia, chronologically arranged, together with the necessary historical and other notes, also, an appendix containing lists of more than one thousand German and French names in New York prior to 1712''] by Israel Daniel Ruff. (1876. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965). | |||
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/23865?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Eighteenth-Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America''] by Annette Kunselman Burgert. 2 Vols. (Breinigsville: Pennsylvania German Society, 1986). | |||
* [https://archive.org/details/germanimmigratio00diffuoft/page/n6/mode/2up ''The German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775: Part 2, The Redemptioners''] by Frank R. Diffenderffer. (Lancaster: Pennsylvania German Society, 1900). | |||
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/265079?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch''] by Levi Oscar Kuhns. (1901. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979). | |||
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/308356?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society''] by Don Yoder. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980). | |||
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=Pennsylvania%20German%20Pioneers%3A%20A%20Publication%20of%20the%20Original%20Lists%20of%20Arrivals%20in%20the%20Port%20of%20Philadelphia%20From%201727%20to%201808 ''Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808''] by Ralph Beaver Strassburger. 2 Vols. (1934. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/630464 ''The Relations Between the Pennsylvania Germans and the British Authorities, 1750-1776''] by Arthur D. Graeff. (Norristown, PA: Norristown Herald, 1939). | |||
===Land Records=== | ===Land Records=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/247505?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Guide to Genealogical Sources at the Pennsylvania State Archives''] by Robert Dructor. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1980). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/247505?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Guide to Genealogical Sources at the Pennsylvania State Archives''] by Robert Dructor. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1980). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/751527?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Guide to the Mortgages of the General Loan Office of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1724-1756''] by James M. Duffin. (Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1995). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/751527?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Guide to the Mortgages of the General Loan Office of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1724-1756''] by James M. Duffin. (Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1995). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/364977?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pennsylvania Land Records, A History and Guide for Research''] by Donna B. Munger. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1991). | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/viewoflandlawsof00sarj/page/n10/mode/2up ''View of the Land Laws of Pennsylvania''] by Thomas Sergeant. (Laughlin: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1992). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/234325?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania''] by Boyd Crumrine. (1902-1905. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/234325?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania''] by Boyd Crumrine. (1902-1905. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981). | ||
===Manuscript Collections=== | ===Manuscript Collections=== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetodepositor00hist_0/mode/2up ''Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Pennsylvania''] by Historical Records Survey. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1939). | |||
*''Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania'' by The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia: The Society, 1991) | *''Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania'' by The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia: The Society, 1991) | ||
===Newspaper Abstracts=== | ===Newspaper Abstracts=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/283018?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Abstracts from Ben Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1748''] by Kenneth Scott. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing CO., 1975). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/283018?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Abstracts from Ben Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1748''] by Kenneth Scott. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing CO., 1975). | ||
*''Abstracts from Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette, April 17, 1755 to December 27, 1764'' by Frances Schive Smith. 3 Vols. (Magnolia, NJ: A. W. Smith, 1990). | *''Abstracts from Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette, April 17, 1755 to December 27, 1764'' by Frances Schive Smith. 3 Vols. (Magnolia, NJ: A. W. Smith, 1990). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138597?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Abstracts from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1748-1755''] by Kenneth Scott and J. R. Clarke. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/286315?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogical Abstracts from the American Weekly Mercury, 1719-1746''] by Kenneth Scott. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974). | |||
*''Genealogical Data from the Pennsylvania Chronicle, 1767-1774'' by Kenneth Scott. (Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1971). | *''Genealogical Data from the Pennsylvania Chronicle, 1767-1774'' by Kenneth Scott. (Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1971). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/25840?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory from Advertisements in German Newspapers Published in Philadelphia and Germantown, 1743-1800''] by Edward E. Hocker. (1935. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/204762?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pennsylvania Newspapers: A Bibliography and Union List''] by Ruth Salisbury. (Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania Library Association, 1969). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/204762?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pennsylvania Newspapers: A Bibliography and Union List''] by Ruth Salisbury. (Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania Library Association, 1969). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/616730?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1796''] by Farley Grubb. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992). | |||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/530133?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Colonial Pennsylvania: A History''] by Joseph E. Illick. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/285057?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography''] by Michael Tepper. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975). | ||
*'' | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/480801?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Guide to the Genealogy/Local History Section of the State Library of Pennsylvania''] by South Library of Pennsylvania. (Harrisburg: The library, 1985). | ||
*[https:// | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/306574?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland''] by Albert Cook Myers. (1902. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969). | ||
*[https:// | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/366301?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684: Reprints of Articles with Corrections, Additions and New Materials''] by Walter Lee Sheppard. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/697221?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pennsylvania Genealogical Library Guide''] by John W. Heisey. (Elverson, PA: Olde Springfield Shoppe, 1994). | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/63525?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania''] by Wayland F. Dunaway. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/63525?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania''] by Wayland F. Dunaway. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/72113?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania''] by Thomas Allen Glenn. (1911. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/72113?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania''] by Thomas Allen Glenn. (1911. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970). | ||
* | *''Westerwald to America: Some Eighteenth-Century German Immigrants'' by Annette Kunselman Burgert and Henry Z. Jones. (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1989). | ||
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== References == | |||
[[Category:Pennsylvania,_United_States]] | [[Category:Pennsylvania,_United_States]] | ||
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