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''{{PA-sidebar}}''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | ''{{PA-sidebar}}''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]''<br> | ||
These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Pennsylvania. | These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Pennsylvania. | ||
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=== National Repositories === | === National Repositories === | ||
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| [[Image:National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg|right|225px|National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Philadelphia]]''' <br>14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<br>Telephone: 215-305-2044<br>Fax: 215-305-2052<br>E-mail: [mailto:Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov]<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ <br><br> | |||
:Has federal agency and court records for '''''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia'''''. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also have passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | :Has federal agency and court records for '''''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia'''''. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also have passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
[[Image:American Swedish Historical Museum.JPG|right| | [[Image:American Swedish Historical Museum.JPG|right|280px|American Swedish Historical Museum.JPG]]'''American Swedish Historical Museum''' <br>1900 Pattison Avenue <br>Philadelphia, PA 19145 <br>Telephone: 215-389-1776 <br>E-mail: [mailto:info@americanswedish.org info@americanswedish.org]<br>Internet: http://www.americanswedish.org/ <br><br> | ||
:[[New Sweden|New Sweden]] colony, and Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley (northern '''''Delaware''''', southern '''''New Jersey''''', and southeast '''''Pennsylvania''''').<ref>[http://www.americanswedish.org/frames.htm About the Museum] in ''American Swedish Historical Museum'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | :[[New Sweden|New Sweden]] colony, and Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley (northern '''''Delaware''''', southern '''''New Jersey''''', and southeast '''''Pennsylvania''''').<ref>[http://www.americanswedish.org/frames.htm About the Museum] in ''American Swedish Historical Museum'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
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'''Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (ERHS)'''<br>Philip Schaff Library 2nd floor<br>Lancaster Theological Seminary<br>555 West James Street<br>Lancaster, PA, USA 17603<br>Telephone: 717-290-8734<br>E-mail: [mailto:erhs@lancasterseminary.edu erhs@lancasterseminary.edu]<br>Internet: http://www.erhs.info/index.html <br> | '''Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (ERHS)'''<br>Philip Schaff Library 2nd floor<br>Lancaster Theological Seminary<br>555 West James Street<br>Lancaster, PA, USA 17603<br>Telephone: 717-290-8734<br>E-mail: [mailto:erhs@lancasterseminary.edu erhs@lancasterseminary.edu]<br>Internet: http://www.erhs.info/index.html <br> | ||
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:Reformed Church parish registers, leaders' biographies, and photos. By appointment only.<ref>[http://www.erhs.info/page4/index.html Resources] in ''Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | :Reformed Church parish registers, leaders' biographies, and photos. By appointment only.<ref>[http://www.erhs.info/page4/index.html Resources] in ''Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
[[Image:Franklin and Marshall College Library Lancaster.jpg|right| | [[Image:Franklin and Marshall College Library Lancaster.jpg|right|280px|Franklin and Marshall College Library Lancaster.jpg]]'''[[Franklin and Marshall College Library]]''' <br>450 College Avenue<br>Lancaster, PA 17603<br>Telephone: 717-291-4216<br>Internet: http://library.fandm.edu/locations.php<br><br> | ||
:"Hessian" (German) soldiers in the American Revolution, history, government, Pennsylvania-German culture, U.S. Civil War.<ref>[http://library.fandm.edu/archives/genealogy.php Genealogy Resources/Church Records] in ''Franklin and Marshall College Library'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | :"Hessian" (German) soldiers in the American Revolution, history, government, Pennsylvania-German culture, U.S. Civil War.<ref>[http://library.fandm.edu/archives/genealogy.php Genealogy Resources/Church Records] in ''Franklin and Marshall College Library'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
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:Quaker Collection of diaries, photos, family papers, meeting and organizational records; 35,000 books, 2,400 linear feet of manuscripts.<ref>[http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/collections/quaker/ About the Quaker Collection] in ''Haverford Libraries'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | :Quaker Collection of diaries, photos, family papers, meeting and organizational records; 35,000 books, 2,400 linear feet of manuscripts.<ref>[http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/collections/quaker/ About the Quaker Collection] in ''Haverford Libraries'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | ||
[[Image:Lutheran Theological Seminary Brossman Center.JPG|right| | [[Image:Lutheran Theological Seminary Brossman Center.JPG|right|280px|Lutheran Theological Seminary Brossman Center.JPG]]'''Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia'''<br>Brossman Learning Center (in the undercroft)<br>7301 Germantown Avenue<br>Philadelphia, PA 19119-1794<br>Telephone 215-248-6383<br>Fax 215-248-6327<br>E-mail: [mailto:mtairyarchives@ltsp.edu mtairyarchives@ltsp.edu] <br>Internet: http://ltsp.edu/lutheran-archives-philadelphia <br><br> | ||
:ELCA archives for Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Upstate New York (excluding New York City) and New England. Includes clergy and synod papers, and some parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals, confirmations) (many written in German).<ref>[http://ltsp.edu/lutheran-archives-philadelphia The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia] in ''The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | :ELCA archives for Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Upstate New York (excluding New York City) and New England. Includes clergy and synod papers, and some parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals, confirmations) (many written in German).<ref>[http://ltsp.edu/lutheran-archives-philadelphia The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia] in ''The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||