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== Collection Description == | == Collection Description == | ||
In addition to state government records, this huge archives collection has the primary sources for the published series {{ | In addition to state government records, this huge archives collection has the primary sources for the published series {{FSC|221762|item|disp=''Pennsylvania Archives''}}. The series extracted records such as vital births, marriages, and deaths, military records, naturalization, prisoners, land records, censuses, and ships passenger arrival lists 1728-1808.<ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> They also have access to important Internet databases, and provide research finding aids for their collections. They have microfilm copies of county and municipal records from around the state, as well as unfilmed transcripts from many historical societies and courthouses. Many military records have been digitized and are available via [http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp ARIAS]. Also look for state land records, African Americans, indentured servants, women's history, maps, photos, oral histories, canals and railroads, mining records and mining accidents in this archives.<ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/archival_research_topics/3162 Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives] in ''Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission'' (accessed 30 December 2013).</ref> | ||
== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
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*A [http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Research-Guides.aspx Collections] guide available for Record Groups, Manuscript Groups, and Historic Site Collections. | *A [http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Research-Guides.aspx Collections] guide available for Record Groups, Manuscript Groups, and Historic Site Collections. | ||
*[http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Land-Records-Overview.aspx Land Records] guide: online records, land office records, applications, warrants, surveys, returns, patents, land purchased before 1733, after 1733, special indexes, maps, and tract maps. | *[http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Land-Records-Overview.aspx Land Records] guide: online records, land office records, applications, warrants, surveys, returns, patents, land purchased before 1733, after 1733, special indexes, maps, and tract maps. | ||
*Baumann, Roland M., and Whipkey, Harry E. ''Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary governments, 1775-1790''. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1978. {{WorldCat|6621896|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *Baumann, Roland M., and Whipkey, Harry E. ''Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary governments, 1775-1790''. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1978. {{WorldCat|6621896|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|159571|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 N23g}}.<br> | ||
*Fortna, Nancy L.P. ''Guide to county and municipal records on microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1982. {{WorldCat|9555982|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *Fortna, Nancy L.P. ''Guide to county and municipal records on microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1982. {{WorldCat|9555982|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|74612|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 A1 no. 613}}.<br> | ||
*Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, 1682-1776. ''Guide to the microfilm of the records of the Provincial Council, 1682-1776, in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1966. {{WorldCat|18065193|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, 1682-1776. ''Guide to the microfilm of the records of the Provincial Council, 1682-1776, in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1966. {{WorldCat|18065193|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|204717|item|disp=FS Library book 974.8 N23p}}.<br> | ||
*Suran, Frank M. ''Guide to the Record Groups in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, c1980. {{WorldCat|6630733|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *Suran, Frank M. ''Guide to the Record Groups in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, c1980. {{WorldCat|6630733|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|7122|item|disp=FS Library book 974.818/H1 J53s}}.<br> | ||
*Whipkey, Harry E. ''Guide to the manuscript groups in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1976. {{WorldCat|4193202|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *Whipkey, Harry E. ''Guide to the manuscript groups in the Pennsylvania State Archives''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1976. {{WorldCat|4193202|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|205429|item|disp=FS Library book 974.818/H1 J53w}}. | ||
== Alternate Repositories == | == Alternate Repositories == | ||
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*[[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.<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> | *[[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.<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> | ||
*[[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>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 95. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *[[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>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 95. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
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