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: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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> <ref>[http://www.librarycompany.org/collections/index.htm Collections Overview] in ''Library Company of Philadelphia'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | :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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> <ref>[http://www.librarycompany.org/collections/index.htm Collections Overview] in ''Library Company of Philadelphia'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
===Luzerne County | ===Luzerne County Historical Society Bishop Library=== | ||
49 South Franklin Street<br>Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701<br>Telephone: 570-823-6244<br>Fax: 570-823-9011<br>Internet: [https://luzernehistory.org/about/our-mission/ Website] | |||
:This facility is important for research about New England migrants into Pennsylvania and places farther south.<ref name="DB97" /> They have 13,000 family folders, transcribed wills 1787-1896, personal papers and correspondence, 10,000 photos, county and local histories, church histories, family histories, biographies, Native Americans and ethnic groups, city directories, maps, births 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1950, deaths 1886-1962, newspapers and obituaries, land records 1787-1907, and index to Orphans' Court wills, land sales, and guardians 1787-1866.<ref>[http://luzernehistory.org/?page_id=169 Resources] in ''Luzerne County Historical Society'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | :This facility is important for research about New England migrants into Pennsylvania and places farther south.<ref name="DB97" /> They have 13,000 family folders, transcribed wills 1787-1896, personal papers and correspondence, 10,000 photos, county and local histories, church histories, family histories, biographies, Native Americans and ethnic groups, city directories, maps, births 1893-1905, marriages 1885-1950, deaths 1886-1962, newspapers and obituaries, land records 1787-1907, and index to Orphans' Court wills, land sales, and guardians 1787-1866.<ref>[http://luzernehistory.org/?page_id=169 Resources] in ''Luzerne County Historical Society'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||