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=== State Repositories === | === State Repositories === | ||
==== Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania ==== | |||
'''Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania''' <br>2207 Chestnut Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19103<br>Telephone: 215-545-0391<br>E-mail: [mailto:ExecDir@genpa.org ExecDir@genpa.org]<br>Internet: http://genpa.org/ <br> | |||
:The GSP now maintains a mostly digital collection—the old tangible GSP collection was given to the [[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]. GSP online collections (some available to GSP members only) include indexes and transcripts to [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Baptism%20%2526%20Birth%20Indexes%20and%20Transcriptions baptisms], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Burial%20%2526%20Cemetery%20Record%20Indexes%20and%20Transcriptions burials], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Church%20Record%20Indexes%20and%20Transcriptions parish registers], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Research%20Aids research aids], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Court%20Record%20Indexes%20and%20Transcriptions court records], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Surname%20Files%20%2526%20Family%20Histories surname files], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Funeral%20Home%20Records%20and%20Indexes funeral home records], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Marriage%20Indexes%20and%20Licenses marriages], [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Miscellaneous%20Collections miscellaneous collections] (to wit: departure lists, conscientious objectors, police blotters, and bath association), [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Newspaper%20Indexes%20and%20Transcriptions newspapers], GSP [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Penn%20in%20Hand%20Quarterly%20Newsletter newsletters], and GSP [http://genpa.org/collections/browse/Pennsylvania%20Genealogical%20Magazine magazines].<ref>[http://genpa.org/gsp-collections Online Collections] in ''Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | |||
==== German Society of Pennsylvania ==== | |||
[[Image:German Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|right|280px|German Society of Pennsylvania.jpg]]'''German Society of Pennsylvania'''<br>611 Spring Garden Street <br>Philadelphia, PA 19123 <br>Telephone: 215-627-2332 <br>Fax: 215-627-5297 <br>E-mail: [mailto:librarian@germansociety.org librarian@germansociety.org] <br>Internet: http://www.germansociety.org/ <br><br> | |||
:60,000 volumes, mostly in German. This is the largest private collection of German books in the United States outside of universities. Their purpose is to document German-American history, culture, and organizations, including biographies and publications.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Society_of_Pennsylvania German Society of Pennsylvania] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 26 December 2013).</ref><br><br> | |||
==== Historical Society of Pennsylvania ==== | |||
[[Image:Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|right|280px|Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg]]'''[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]''' <br>1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>E-mail: [mailto:ReadyReference@hsp.org ReadyReference@hsp.org]<br>Internet: http://hsp.org/ <br><br> | |||
:Has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish, and other settlers in William Penn's colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Records which have been published are normally well-indexed. This society also has 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century manuscripts (letters, diaries, account books, deeds, minutes, and scrapbooks), passenger arrival lists and indexes, <ref name="DB95">Dollarhide and Bremer, 95.</ref> local and regional history, ethnic and immigrant studies materials, 600,000 books, 20 million manuscripts, over 300,000 graphics items, and 300 years of newspapers.<ref>[http://hsp.org/collections/about-our-collections About Our Collections] in ''Historical Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | |||
==== Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records ==== | ==== Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records ==== | ||
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'''[[State Library of Pennsylvania]]''' (also known as the Bureau of State Library)<br>607 South Drive. Forum Building<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600<br>Telephone: 717-783-5950<br>Fax: 717-772-8268<br>E-mail: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/forms_and_applications/8729/reference_request Reference Request] form<br>Internet: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/genealogy___local_history/8730/home Pennsylvania Genealogy and History] <br> | '''[[State Library of Pennsylvania]]''' (also known as the Bureau of State Library)<br>607 South Drive. Forum Building<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600<br>Telephone: 717-783-5950<br>Fax: 717-772-8268<br>E-mail: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/forms_and_applications/8729/reference_request Reference Request] form<br>Internet: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/genealogy___local_history/8730/home Pennsylvania Genealogy and History] <br> | ||
:Indexes, genealogy surname files, state and county histories, atlases, land records maps, ship lists, church and cemetery records, federal censuses, regimental histories, ethnic and religious group records, newspapers, heraldry, adoption, obituaries, naturalizations, military, railroads and mines, historical Pennsylvania city directories.<ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/genealogy_and_local_history/8730 Genealogy and Local History] in ''Pennsylvania Department of Education'' (accessed 27 | :Indexes, genealogy surname files, state and county histories, atlases, land records maps, ship lists, church and cemetery records, federal censuses, regimental histories, ethnic and religious group records, newspapers, heraldry, adoption, obituaries, naturalizations, military, railroads and mines, historical Pennsylvania city directories.<ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/genealogy_and_local_history/8730 Genealogy and Local History] in ''Pennsylvania Department of Education'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref> | ||
=== Regional Repositories === | === Regional Repositories === | ||