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[[File:Pennsylvania State Archive building.jpg|thumb|right|142px|Pennsylvania State Archive in Harrisburg]]
[[File:Pennsylvania State Archive building.jpg|thumb|right|142px|Pennsylvania State Archive in Harrisburg]]
=== [[Pennsylvania State Archives]]  ===
=== [[Pennsylvania State Archives]]  ===
300 North Street&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(''mail to:&nbsp;'' 350 North Street)<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120<br>Telephone: 717-783-3281<br>E-mail: [mailto:ra-statearchives@pa.gov ra-statearchives@pa.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID=2887 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]<br><br>
300 North Street&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(''mail to:&nbsp;'' 350 North Street)<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120<br>Telephone: 717-783-3281<br>E-mail: [mailto:ra-statearchives@pa.gov ra-statearchives@pa.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID=2887 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]
 
:Their colonial records include many references to '''Maryland''' settlements.<ref name="DB55" /> This huge collection has indexes and original sources associated with the {{FHL|221762|item|disp=''Pennsylvania Archives''}} series, such as vital, military, prison, naturalization, land records, census, ships lists, railroads, mines, and 1.5 million online records<ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> <ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/research_topics/3162 Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives] in ''Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref> including [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/archival_research_topics/3162 online genealogy guides].<br><br>
:Their colonial records include many references to '''Maryland''' settlements.<ref name="DB55" /> This huge collection has indexes and original sources associated with the {{FHL|221762|item|disp=''Pennsylvania Archives''}} series, such as vital, military, prison, naturalization, land records, census, ships lists, railroads, mines, and 1.5 million online records<ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> <ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/research_topics/3162 Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives] in ''Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref> including [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/archival_research_topics/3162 online genealogy guides].<br><br>


=== [[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]  ===
=== [[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]  ===
[[File:Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia]]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>
[[File:Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia]]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/  
 
:Has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish, and other settlers in William Penn's colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. This is also an excellent place to learn about early settlers of '''Maryland'''.<ref name="DB55" /> 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>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>
:Has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish, and other settlers in William Penn's colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. This is also an excellent place to learn about early settlers of '''Maryland'''.<ref name="DB55" /> 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>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>


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