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*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].  
*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].  


=== Pennsylvania Record Finder  ===
[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]
This Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.
=== [STATE] Record Finder  ===


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This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].'''
 
{| width="70%" border="1"
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''3. Other useful records'''
| style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
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| Birth information  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[How to Find Pennsylvania Birth Records|Birth records]], [[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|Death records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church records]]  
Birth information  
| [[Pennsylvania Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Pennsylvania Bible Records|Bible records]], [[Pennsylvania Military Records|Military records]] (pension)
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]  
|-
|-
| Marriage information  
| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information  
| [[How to Find Pennsylvania Marriage Records|Marriage records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Pennsylvania Bible Records|Bible records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church records]], [[Pennsylvania Probate Records|Probate records]], [[Pennsylvania Military Records|Military records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
|-
|-
| Death information  
| style="padding:10px"|Death information  
| [[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|Death Records]], [[Pennsylvania Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Pennsylvania Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church Records]], [[Pennsylvania Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
|-
|-
| Parents  
| style="padding:10px"|Parents  
| [[How to Find Pennsylvania Birth Records|Birth records]],&nbsp;[[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|Death records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Pennsylvania Census|Census]], [[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Pennsylvania Biography|Biography]], [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]  
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE], United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| Maiden name  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[How to Find Pennsylvania Marriage Records|Marriage Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Pennsylvania Probate Records|Probate records]]  
Maiden name  
| [[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church Records]], [[Pennsylvania Military Records|Military Records]] (pension)
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]  
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]  
|-
|-
| Immigration date  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Pennsylvania Census|Census]]  
Immigration date  
| [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Pennsylvania Biography|Biography]], [[Pennsylvania History|History]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] History|History]]
|-
|-
| Naturalization  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Pennsylvania Census|Census]], [[Pennsylvania Court Records|Court Records]]  
Naturalization  
| [[Pennsylvania Voting Registers|Voting Registers]], [[Pennsylvania Biography|Biography]], [[Pennsylvania Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Physical description  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Pennsylvania Military Records|Military Records]], [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
Physical description  
| [[Pennsylvania Biography|Biography]], [[Pennsylvania History|History]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] History|History]]
|}
|}


=== Further Pennsylvania Research  ===
=== Further [STATE] Research  ===
 
*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].'''
For more research on Pennsylvania, including research at the county level, visit the [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] page on the Research Wiki.  
*For online record collections, go to [[[STATE] Online Genealogy Records|'''[STATE] Online Genealogy Records.''']]
 
*For more research on [STATE], including research at the county level, visit the [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|'''[STATE]''']] page on the Research Wiki.
Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/23?region=United%20States%20of%20America Pennsylvania record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>  
*Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/23?region=United%20States%20of%20America Pennsylvania record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>  


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