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 == Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Pennsylvania  ==
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 === Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society  ===
-'''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://erhs.info/
+'''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
-:Reformed Church parish registers, leaders' biographies, and photos. By appointment only.<ref>[http://erhs.info/ Resources] in ''Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>
+: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>
 [[Image:Franklin and Marshall College Library Lancaster.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Franklin & Marshall Coll. Library in Lancaster]]
 === [[Franklin and Marshall College Library]]  ===
-College Avenue<br>Lancaster, PA 17603<br>Telephone: 717-291-4216<br>Internet: https://www.fandm.edu/
+College Avenue<br>Lancaster, PA 17603<br>Telephone: 717-291-4216<br>E-mail: [http://library.fandm.edu/email.html E-mail the Library] form<br>Internet: http://library.fandm.edu/locations.php
-:"Hessian" (German) soldiers in the American Revolution, history, government, Pennsylvania-German culture, U.S. Civil War.<ref>[http://library.fandm.edu/archives/genealogy.html Genealogy Resources/Church Records] in ''Franklin and Marshall College Library'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>
+:"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>
 === [[Haverford College Library]]  ===
-Quaker and Special Collections<br>James P. Magill Library<br>370 Lancaster Avenue<br>Haverford, PA 19041-1392<br>Telephone: 610-896-1175<br>Fax: 610-896-1102<br>E-mail [mailto:hc-special@haverford.edu hc-special@haverford.edu]<br>Internet: http://library.haverford.edu/places/special-collections/
+Quaker and Special Collections<br>James P. Magill Library<br>370 Lancaster Avenue<br>Haverford, PA 19041-1392<br>Telephone: 610-896-1175<br>Fax: 610-896-1102<br>E-mail [mailto:hc-special@haverford.edu hc-special@haverford.edu]<br>Internet: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/collections/quaker/
-:Quaker Collection of diaries, photos, family papers, meeting and organizational records; 35,000 books, 2,400 linear feet of manuscripts.<ref>[http://library.haverford.edu/places/special-collections/ About the Quaker Collection] in ''Haverford Libraries'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref>
+: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>
 [[Image:Lutheran Theological Seminary Brossman Center.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Lutheran Archives Center in Philadelphia]]
 === Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia  ===
 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
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 === [[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]]  ===
 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/
-: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 [https://genpa.org/?s=baptisms baptisms], [https://genpa.org/?s=church+and+parish+records parish registers], [https://genpa.org/research/using-gsp-website/ research aids], [https://genpa.org/?s=court+records court records], [https://genpa.org/public-collections/surname-index-to-gsp-manuscripts-collections/ surname files], [https://genpa.org/?s=funeral+home+records funeral home records], [https://genpa.org/?s=marriages marriages], [https://genpa.org/?s=miscellaneous+colletcions miscellaneous collections] (to wit: departure lists, conscientious objectors, police blotters, and bath association), [https://genpa.org/?s=newspaper newspapers], GSP [https://genpa.org/member-collections/penn-in-hand/ newsletters], and GSP [https://genpa.org/publications/pennsylvania-genealogical-magazine/ magazines].<ref>[https://genpa.org/public-collections/ Online Collections] in ''Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>
+: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>
 [[Image:German Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|right|280px|German Society of PA in Philadelphia]]
 === German Society of Pennsylvania  ===
 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/
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 === Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society  ===
-Millstream Road<br>Lancaster, PA 17602-1499<br>Telephone: 717-393-9745<br>Fax: 717-393-8751<br>E-mail: [mailto:lmhs@lmhs.org lmhs@lmhs.org] <br>Internet: http://www.lmhs.org/research/genealogy/genealogy-resources/
+Millstream Road<br>Lancaster, PA 17602-1499<br>Telephone: 717-393-9745<br>Fax: 717-393-8751<br>E-mail: [mailto:lmhs@lmhs.org lmhs@lmhs.org] <br>Internet: http://www.lmhs.org/Home/Research/Genealogy/Genealogy_Resources
-:Center for studying the Pennsylvania Mennonites and Amish heritage. They collect historical and genealogical materials of southeast Pennsylvania, focusing most on Lancaster County, including an 800,000 person card index, 3000 genealogies, secular local histories, congregational histories, biographies, directories, passenger lists, atlases and maps, cemetery transcripts, censuses, databases, deeds, obituaries, orphans court records, periodicals, surname files, tax records, and wills.<ref>[http://www.lmhs.org/research/genealogy/genealogy-resources/ Genealogy Resources] in ''Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society'' (accessed 26 December 2013).</ref>
+:Center for studying the Pennsylvania Mennonites and Amish heritage. They collect historical and genealogical materials of southeast Pennsylvania, focusing most on Lancaster County, including an 800,000 person card index, 3000 genealogies, secular local histories, congregational histories, biographies, directories, passenger lists, atlases and maps, cemetery transcripts, censuses, databases, deeds, obituaries, orphans court records, periodicals, surname files, tax records, and wills.<ref>[http://www.lmhs.org/Home/Research/Genealogy/Genealogy_Resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society'' (accessed 26 December 2013).</ref>
 [[Image:Library Co Phila1965facade.jpg|thumb|right|168px|Library Co of Philadelphia]]
 === Library Company of Philadelphia  ===
 Locust Street <br>Philadelphia, PA 19107<br>Telephone: 215-546-3181<br>Fax: 215-546-5167<br>E-mail: [mailto:cking@librarycompany.org cking@librarycompany.org ]<br>Internet: http://www.librarycompany.org/
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 === Luzerne County Hist Soc Bishop Library  ===
-'''Luzerne County Histical Society Bishop Library'''<br>49 South Franklin Street<br>Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701<br>Telephone: 570-823-6244<br>Fax: 570-823-9011<br>Internet: http://luzernehistory.org/?page_id=32
+'''Luzerne County Historical Society Bishop Library'''<br>49 South Franklin Street<br>Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701<br>Telephone: 570-823-6244<br>Fax: 570-823-9011<br>Internet: http://luzernehistory.org/?page_id=32
 :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>
 === Philadelphia City Archives  ===
-Market Street <br>Philadelphia, PA 19104<br>Telephone: 215-685-9401<br>Internet: http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm
+Market Street <br>Philadelphia, PA 19104<br>Telephone: 215-685-9401<br>Fax: 215-685-9409<br>Internet: http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm
 :Births 1860-1915 (a few starting 1829), marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1875, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1793-1930, city directories 1785-1935, county deeds 1683-1952, county mortgages 1736-1963, constables 1854-1925, and some court records. They have indexes to early Philadelphia materials, such as tax records, prisoners, commissioners reports, mayors warrants and appointments, as well as cemeteries, board of health records, and streets.</ref> <ref>[http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm Genealogical Resources at the Philadelphia City Archives] in ''City of Philadelphia Department of Records'' (accessed 26 December 2013).</ref>
 [[Image:Temple Univ Samuel Paley Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Temple University Paley Library in Philadelphia]]
 === Temple University Urban Archives  ===
 Samuel Paley Library<br>Berks and 13th Streets<br>Philadelphia, PA 19122<br>Telephone: 215-204-5750<br>E-mail: [http://library.temple.edu/asktulibraries#quicktabs-ask_tu_libraries=2 Ask a Librarian] form<br>Internet: http://library.temple.edu/collections/scrc/urban-archives
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 :*'''[http://www.berkshistory.org/library/ Historical Society of Berks County Library]'''
 :*'''[http://www.chestercohistorical.org/library Chester County Historical Society Library]'''
-:*'''[http://ww3.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/?kwrf=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visitpa.com%2Fpa-museums%2Fdelaware-county-historical-society-research-library Delaware County Historical Society Library]'''
+:*'''[http://www.delcohistory.com/research-library/ Delaware County Historical Society Library]'''
 :*'''[http://www.lancasterhistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=61 Lancaster County Historical Society Library]'''
 :*'''[http://lebanoncountyhistoricalsociety.org/research-archives Lebanon County Historical Society Research Archives]'''
-:*'''[https://hsmcpa.org/index.php/resources/library-archives Historical Society of Montgomery County Library]'''
+:*'''[http://www.hsmcpa.org/Research.html Historical Society of Montgomery County Library]'''
 :*'''[http://www.yorkheritage.org/page.asp?id=27 Historical Society of York County Library and Archives]'''
-===Roller-Hojeth Memorial Library===
-'''The [[Roller-Hojeth Memorial Library]]'''<br>Blair County Genealogical Society<br>431 S. Scotch Valley Road<br>Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-9697<br>Phone: 814-696-3492<br>[http://www.bcgslibrary.org/ Website]<br>
-:Collection covers Blair and surrounding counties, particularly Huntingdon, Cambria, and Bedford Counties.
 == Repositories Outside of Pennsylvania ==
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 === [[Handley Regional Library]]  ===
 W. Piccadilly Street<br>PO Box 58 <br>Winchester, Virginia 22604<br>Telephone: 540-662-9041<br>Fax: 540-722-4769<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@handleyregional.org archives@handleyregional.org]<br>Internet: http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/default.asp
-:Very large collection about Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the [[Great Valley Road]] from '''''Pennsylvania''''' to '''''Virginia''''', including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories,<ref name="DB97" /> and people of the Lower Shenandoah Valley since 1732, emphasizing Winchester and Frederick County in 4000 books, county court abstracts, county histories, genealogies, regimental histories, battles, newspapers since 1787, censuses, 600 linear feet of manuscripts, maps, photos, and oral history tapes.<ref>[http://www2.youseemore.com/handley/contentpages.asp?loc=69 Family and Local History] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>
+:Very large collection about Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the [[Great Valley Road]] from '''''Pennsylvania''''' to '''''Virginia''''', including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories,<ref name="DB97" /> and people of the Lower Shenandoah Valley since 1732, emphasizing Winchester and Frederick County in 4000 books, county court abstracts, county histories, genealogies, regimental histories, battles, newspapers since 1787, censuses, 600 linear feet of manuscripts, maps, photos, and oral history tapes.<ref>[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/services.asp?loc=5 Family and Local History] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>
 === [[Library of Congress]]  ===
 [[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.]]101 Independence Ave. SE <br>Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ G4 <br>Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 <br>Telephone:<ref name="ContInfo" /> &nbsp;Reading Room: 202-707-5537<br>Fax:<ref name="ContInfo" /> &nbsp;202-707-1957 <br>E-mail: &nbsp;[http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-genealogy.html Ask a Librarian]<ref name="ContInfo">"Contact Information" in The Library of Congress [Internet site] at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/address.html (accessed 12 May 2010).</ref> <br>Internet: http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/
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 :This is one of the largest research libraries in the world including excellent genealogical resources for '''Pennsylvania'''. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> For maps, write to the Map Division at the same address.
-== Family History Centers  ==
+== Family History Centers ==
-'''Family History Centers'''. Some of the collections described above are at least partially available on microfilms at the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City, and through thousands of its branch Family History Centers. For further information see [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]. To locate a center near you, see [http://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator Find a Family History Center].
+Some of the above collections are partially duplicated at the [[Family History Library]] and its branch '''[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]''' around the world. Most centers can help you by:[[File:Image 3 of Valley Forge Family History Center.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Valley Forge Family History Center in Broomall]]
+*Giving you limited, personal, one-on-one research suggestions (but they do not do research for you)
+*Providing access to genealogical records either through the premium online Internet '''[[Family History Center Portal|FHC Portal]]''' for free, or a [[Ordering Microfilm or Microfiche|microfilm loan program]]
+*Offering free how-to classes (varies by location)
+*Fostering contact between genealogical enthusiasts
+There are several [[:Category:Pennsylvania Family History Centers|centers located in Pennsylvania]], ''for example:''
+::[[Valley Forge Pennsylvania Family History Center]]<br>721 Paxon Hollow Rd<br>Broomall PA 19008 USA<br>Telephone: 610-356-8507
+:::Each center is staffed by volunteers and has varying hours and services. Telephone in advance to verify their hours.
+To locate one of these 4,500 centers in your own neighborhood, see [http://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator Find a Family History Center].
 == Museums List ==