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'''Address:''' <br>  
'''Address:''' <br>  
:[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Contact/Pages/The-State-Library-of-Pennsylvania.aspx Bureau of State Library]<br>Keystone Building<br>400 North St.<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600<br><br>
Forum Building<br>607 South Drive<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120<br><br>


'''Telephone:''' 717-783-5950<br>'''Fax:''' 717-772-8268<br>'''Online:''' [https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/GeneralPublic/Ask-a-Question/Pages/default.aspx Ask a Question]<br>
'''Telephone:''' 717-783-5950<br>'''  


'''Hours:''' Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:30-5:00; 2nd Saturday each month: 9:30-4:30<br>                  Closed: Sunday, Monday, Friday, all except 2nd Saturday, and [https://www.employmentlawhandbook.com/employment-and-labor-laws/states/pennsylvania/leave-laws/holidays/ state holidays].
[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Contact/Pages/The-State-Library-of-Pennsylvania.aspx '''Contact Us''']<br>


'''Directions, Maps, Parking, and Public Transportation:''' [https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Pages/Location-and-Directions.aspx Location and Directions].
[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Contact/Pages/default.aspx '''Hours''']<br>
 
[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Pages/Location-and-Directions.aspx '''Directions, Maps, and Parking''']<br>


'''Internet Sites and Databases:'''  
'''Internet Sites and Databases:'''  


*[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Resources/Pages/default.aspx Bureau of State Library] resources, catalog, databases, journal search, ditigal collections, forms, FAQs, library news, collections, genealogy source guides.  
*[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx State Library of Pennsylvania] resources, catalog, databases, journal search, digital collections, forms, FAQs, library news, collections, genealogy source guides.  
*[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/GeneralPublic/Collections/Pages/default.aspx Databases at the State Library of Pennsylvania] Genealogy, General Research, History, Culture and Geography, Maps and Statistics, Newspapers.  
*[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/GeneralPublic/Collections/Pages/default.aspx Collections at the State Library of Pennsylvania].  
*[https://powerlibrary.org/ POWER Library]. Free databases from newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps and reference materials.
*[https://powerlibrary.org/ POWER Library]. Free databases from newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps and reference materials.


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


:Indexes, great genealogy surname files collection, state and county histories, atlases, land records maps, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, church and cemetery records, federal censuses, regimental histories, ethnic and religious group records, heraldry, adoption, Harrisburg newspapers index, obituaries, military records and history, canals, railroads, mines, historical Pennsylvania city directories, Germans soldiers the the Revolutionary War and Civil War, American Indians, and genealogically oriented archives, libraries, and societies.<ref>[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/GeneralPublic/Learn/Genealogy-and-Local-History/Pages/default.aspx Genealogy and Local History] in ''Pennsylvania Department of Education'' (accessed 15 February 2020).</ref>
:Indexes, great genealogy surname files collection, state and county histories, atlases, land records maps, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, church and cemetery records, federal censuses, regimental histories, ethnic and religious group records, heraldry, adoption, Harrisburg newspapers index, obituaries, military records and history, canals, railroads, mines, historical Pennsylvania city directories, Germans soldiers the the Revolutionary War and Civil War, American Indians, and genealogically oriented archives, libraries, and societies.


=== Tips  ===
=== Tips  ===
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=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===


[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/GeneralPublic/Learn/Genealogy-and-Local-History/Pages/default.aspx Pennsylvania Genealogy and History] includes guides to records of: Adoption, Cemeteries and Obituaries, Census, Ethnic and Religious Ancestry, Immigration/Naturalization, Libraries, Maps and Geographical Information, Military, Pennsylvania History, Railroads and Mines, Researchers List, Societies and Archives, State Library Genealogy Files, Vital Records, General Resource Websites, Pennsylvania City Directories.
[https://pa-gov.libguides.com/pagenealogy Genealogy at the State Library of Pennsylvania] includes guides to records of: Adoption, Cemeteries and Obituaries, Census, Ethnic and Religious Ancestry, Immigration/Naturalization, Libraries, Maps and Geographical Information, Military, Pennsylvania History, Railroads and Mines, Researchers List, Societies and Archives, State Library Genealogy Files, Vital Records, General Resource Websites, Pennsylvania City Directories.


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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