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'''Address:''' <br> | '''Address:''' <br> | ||
Forum Building<br>607 South Drive<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120<br><br> | |||
'''Telephone:''' 717-783-5950<br>''' | '''Telephone:''' 717-783-5950<br>''' | ||
[https://www.statelibrary.pa.gov/Contact/Pages/The-State-Library-of-Pennsylvania.aspx '''Contact Us''']<br> | |||
''' | [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 | *[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 | *[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. | :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:// | [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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