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*[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records], Philadelphia, birth and death records 1906-present. Order in-person, [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121/birth_records_-_by_internet/556818 order online] through VitalChek, or [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121/birth_records_-_by_mail/556813 order births by mail], or [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/death_and_fetal_death_certificates/14122/death_records_-_by_mail/556827 order deaths by mail].<ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 Birth and Death Certificates] in ''Pennsylvania Department of Health'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records], Philadelphia, birth and death records 1906-present. Order in-person, [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121/birth_records_-_by_internet/556818 order online] through VitalChek, or [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121/birth_records_-_by_mail/556813 order births by mail], or [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/death_and_fetal_death_certificates/14122/death_records_-_by_mail/556827 order deaths by mail].<ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_and_death_certificates/11596 Birth and Death Certificates] in ''Pennsylvania Department of Health'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.phila.gov/records/archives/archives.html Philadelphia City Archives] births 1860-1915, marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1975, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1800-1933 (except 1905-1913), house deeds 1683-1952, tax lists, prisoners, mayors' warrants, cemeteries, constables, streets and city directories.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> <ref>[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/shell.cfm?topicTitle=Genealogy&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;template=genealogyhand.cfm Genealogy 101] in ''Free Library of Philadelphia'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.phila.gov/records/archives/archives.html Philadelphia City Archives] births 1860-1915, marriages 1860-1915, divorces 1851-1975, deaths 1803-1915, naturalizations 1800-1933 (except 1905-1913), house deeds 1683-1952, tax lists, prisoners, mayors' warrants, cemeteries, constables, streets and city directories.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> <ref>[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/shell.cfm?topicTitle=Genealogy&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;template=genealogyhand.cfm Genealogy 101] in ''Free Library of Philadelphia'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref>  
*[https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/orphans-court-clerks Clerk of the Orphans' Court], Philadelphia, marriages 1885-present.<ref>[https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/orphans-court-clerks Clerk of the Orphans' Court] in ''City of Philadelphia'' (accessed 11 February 2021).</ref>  
*[https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/orphans-court-clerks Clerk of the Orphans' Court], Philadelphia, marriages 1885-present.<ref>[https://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/orphans-court-clerks Clerk of the Orphans' Court] in ''City of Philadelphia'' (accessed 11 February 2022).</ref>  
*[http://www.courts.phila.gov/departments/prothonotary.asp Office of the Prothonotary], Philadelphia, divorces 1875-present, and Court of Common Pleas records, Municipal Court records, and Orphans Court records since 1874.<ref>[http://www.courts.phila.gov/casesearch/ Search Court Records] in ''The Philadelphia Courts'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.courts.phila.gov/departments/prothonotary.asp Office of the Prothonotary], Philadelphia, divorces 1875-present, and Court of Common Pleas records, Municipal Court records, and Orphans Court records since 1874.<ref>[http://www.courts.phila.gov/casesearch/ Search Court Records] in ''The Philadelphia Courts'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://secureprod.phila.gov/wills/marriagerecordinfo.aspx Register of Wills], Philadelphia, wills 1692-present, and marriages records.<ref>[http://secureprod.phila.gov/wills/marriagerecordinfo.aspx Marriage Records] in ''Register of Wills'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://secureprod.phila.gov/wills/marriagerecordinfo.aspx Register of Wills], Philadelphia, wills 1692-present, and marriages records.<ref>[http://secureprod.phila.gov/wills/marriagerecordinfo.aspx Marriage Records] in ''Register of Wills'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref>  
*[http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/agencies/A005.htm City of Philadelphia Department of Records] deeds 1952-present, mortgages, and partnerships.<ref>[http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/agencies/A005.htm Archives] in ''City of Philadelphia Department of Records'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref>  
*[https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-records/city-archives/ City of Philadelphia Department of Records] deeds 1952-present, mortgages, and partnerships.<ref>[https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-records/city-archives/ Archives] in ''City of Philadelphia Department of Records'' (accessed 11 Feburary 2022).</ref>  
*[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref>  
*[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref>  
*[[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has great online indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.</ref>  
*[[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has great online indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.</ref>  

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Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1] friends@swarthmore.edu

Address:[1]

Friends Historical Library
McCabe Library, Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Telephone:[1]  610-328-8496
Fax:  610-690-5728

Hours:[1]  Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm; Saturdays 10:00am-1:00pm when school is in session.

Directions and map:[2]

Internet sites and databases:

  • Friends Historical Library accessing the collections, Quaker history and genealogy, Swathmore College Archives, Swarthmore Hisorical Society Archives, copies and permissions, and catalog search.
  • Tripod Catalog Tri-College catalog searchable by keyword, author, title, subject, or call number, and on WorldCat.
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Collection Description[edit | edit source]

The Friends Historical Library documents the history of the Society of Friends (Quakers) from their origins mid-1600s to the present. It has 45,000 books, 60,000 photos, and 9,000 volumes of original Quaker meeting records, plus local history of the Mid-Atlantic states. Founded by Hicksite Quakers, Swarthmore dropped its religious affiliation and became officially non-sectarian in 1933. Quakers were historically involved in major reform movements such as abolition, Indian rights, women's rights, temperance, prison and mental health reforms, and in the fields of science, technology, education, and business in Britain and America.[3] [4]

Tips[edit | edit source]

Guides[edit | edit source]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives at Philadelphia records of federal agencies and courts for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, and military records.[5]
  • Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, indexes and original sources of Pennsylvania Archives, such as vital records, military records, naturalization, prisoners, land records, censuses, and ships lists 1728-1808. Also, unfilmed transcripts from many historical societies and courthouses.[6] [7]
  • State Library of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, indexes and surname files, histories, atlases, land records, maps, ship lists, church and cemetery records, censuses, regimental histories, ethnic and religious groups, newspapers, obituaries, naturalizations, and city directories.[8]

Similar Collections

  • Haverford College Library, Haverford, Quaker Collection of diaries, photos, family papers, meeting and organizational records; 35,000 books, 2,400 linear feet of manuscripts.[9]

Neighboring Collections

Delaware County

  • Delaware County Archives, Lima, births 1852-1855, 1893-1907, deaths 1852-1855, 1893-1906, marriages 1852-1855, 1855-1930, civil and criminal cases, naturalizations 1795-1990, prisoners 1873-1917, wills 1789-1940.[10]
  • Delaware County Historical Society, Chester, birth, marriage, burial, census, church, court, genealogical, and land records, maps, newspapers, telephone books, city directories, yearbooks.[11]
  • Rachel Kohl Library, newspaper archives, online access to genealogy resources.

Chester County

Lancaster County

Philadelphia County

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Friends Historical Library in Swarthmore Friends Historical Library (accessed 27 September 2012).
  2. ↑ Visitors in Swarthmore College (accessed 1 January 2014).
  3. ↑ Friends Historical Library in Swarthmore College (accessed 24 December 2013).
  4. ↑ Swarthmore College in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 1 January 2014).
  5. ↑ Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
  6. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 97. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  7. ↑ Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (accessed 23 December 2013).
  8. ↑ Genealogy and Local History in Pennsylvania Department of Education (accessed 27 December 2013).
  9. ↑ About the Quaker Collection in Haverford Libraries (accessed 24 December 2013).
  10. ↑ Delaware County Archives in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (accessed 1 January 2014).
  11. ↑ Research Library in Delaware County Historical Society (accessed 1 January 2014).
  12. ↑ Archives and Records Services in Chester County, Pennsylvania (accessed 1 January 2014).
  13. ↑ Library in Chester County Historical Society (accessed 1 January 2014).
  14. ↑ Resources in Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (accessed 9 September 2021).
  15. ↑ Genealogy Resources/Church Records in Franklin and Marshall College Library (accessed 24 December 2013).
  16. ↑ Genealogy Resources in Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  17. ↑ Birth and Death Certificates in Pennsylvania Department of Health (accessed 27 December 2013).
  18. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 95
  19. ↑ Genealogy 101 in Free Library of Philadelphia (accessed 27 December 2013).
  20. ↑ Clerk of the Orphans' Court in City of Philadelphia (accessed 11 February 2022).
  21. ↑ Search Court Records in The Philadelphia Courts (accessed 23 December 2013).
  22. ↑ Marriage Records in Register of Wills (accessed 23 December 2013).
  23. ↑ Archives in City of Philadelphia Department of Records (accessed 11 Feburary 2022).
  24. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 95
  25. ↑ Office of the Clerk of Court in United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (accessed 8 April 2021).
  26. ↑ About the Museum in American Swedish Historical Museum (accessed 24 December 2013).
  27. ↑ Library and Archives in Germantown Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  28. ↑ The JGSGP Library in Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).
  29. ↑ The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia in The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (accessed 24 December 2013).
  30. ↑ Genealogy and Family History Research at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Presbyterian Historical Society (accessed 24 December 2013).
  31. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 27.
  32. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.
  33. ↑ Records in Ontario Ministry of Government Services (accessed 29 December 2013).
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