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| === Pennsylvania Research Strategies ===
| | == Pennsylvania Research Strategies == |
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| Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Pennsylvania<br> | | Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Pennsylvania<br> |
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| *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|How to find Pennsylvania Death Records]] | | *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|How to find Pennsylvania Death Records]] |
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| === Pennsylvania Research Tips ===
| | == Pennsylvania Research Tips == |
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| These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Pennsylvania. | | These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Pennsylvania:<br> |
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| *'''Birth information:''' Between 1852-1855 Pennsylvania counties were directed to record births within their jurisdiction. However few counties complied. In 1893 counties were again required to record births within their jurisdiction. This law had a better response and remained in effect until 1906 when the state of Pennsylvania began to record births on a statewide level. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy.
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| *'''Finding Parents:''' Statewide registration for Pennsylvania deaths began in 1906. Prior to the state keeping death records counties kept death records beginning in 1893. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Pennsylvania death records]] | | ---- |
| *'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]]. | | *'''''Statewide registration:''''' The statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1906 and had compliance for registration by 1915.<ref>''Pennsylvania Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1988, 2005, 33. (Accessed 20 Feb 2025). '''''Online at:''''' [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Pennsylvania.pdf BYU University - Provo]</ref> |
| | *'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Pennsylvania Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Pennsylvania. |
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| | *'''''Secondary source:''''' Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event. |
| | *'''''Accuracy:''''' Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help verify information. |
| | *'''''List of substitute records:''''' See [[Pennsylvania Substitute Records|Pennsylvania Substitute Records]] for more information. |
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| | *'''''Death records:''''' In 1906, the state required recording the deceased's birth and parent information. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory. |
| | *'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Pennsylvania Newspapers]] and [[Pennsylvania Obituaries]] for more information. |
| | *'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Pennsylvania Church Records]] for more information. |
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| | *'''''Check all census years:''''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census to learn more about them and their family members. See [[Pennsylvania Census|Pennsylvania Census Records]] for more information. |
| | *'''''Clues to other records:''''' There are clues in censuses regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. |
| | *'''''Finding families:''''' Starting in 1850, all members of the household were listed in the census. By 1880, relationship to the head of household was added. |
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| | == Further Pennsylvania Research == |
| === Pennsylvania Record Finder ===
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| This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Pennsylvania Record Finder]].'''
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| *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Birth Records|Birth records]]
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| *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|Death records]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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| *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Probate Records|Probate records]]
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| *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Death Records|Death Records]]
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| *[[How to Find Pennsylvania Birth Records|Birth records]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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| *[[Pennsylvania Voting Records|Voting Records]]
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| === Further Pennsylvania Research ===
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| *'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Pennsylvania Record Finder]].''' | | *'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Pennsylvania Record Finder]].''' |
| *For online record collections, go to [[Pennsylvania Online Genealogy Records|'''Pennsylvania Online Genealogy Records.''']] | | *For online record collections, go to [[Pennsylvania Online Genealogy Records|'''Pennsylvania Online Genealogy Records.''']] |
| *For more research on Pennsylvania, including research at the county level, visit the [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|'''Pennsylvania''']] page on the Research Wiki. | | *For more research on Pennsylvania, including research at the county level, visit the [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|'''Pennsylvania''']] page on the Research Wiki. |
| *Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/23?region=United%20States%20of%20America Pennsylvania record collections] at FamilySearch.<br> | | *Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/23?region=United%20States%20of%20America Pennsylvania record collections] at FamilySearch.<br> |
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| [[Category:Pennsylvania, United States]][[Category:United States Research Strategies]] | | [[Category:Pennsylvania, United States]][[Category:United States Research Strategies]] |
| [[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] | | [[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] |