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The Family History Library has many local histories and handbooks to help you with your research. Sources for studying the history of Pennsylvania include: | The Family History Library has many local histories and handbooks to help you with your research. Sources for studying the history of Pennsylvania include: | ||
====Local Histories==== | ==== Local Histories ==== | ||
''United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress'' <ref> Kaminkow, Marion J. ''United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress''. 5 vols. Baltimore: Magna Charta Book, 1975-76. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=252458&disp=United+States+local+histories+in+the+Lib%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 973 A3ka].) </ref> <ref> [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=United+States+Local+Histories+in+the+Library+of+Congress&qt=results_page Worldcat] </ref> | Several [http://www.censusfinder.com/pennsylvania-online-history-books.htm online county histories of Pennsylvania] are linked from CensusFinder.com. | ||
Pennsylvania has the following excellent bibliographic resources for materials on history: | |||
''A Bibliography of American County Histories'' <ref>Filby, P. William. ''A Bibliography of American County Histories''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1985. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;title=A+Bibliography+of+American+County+Histories&amp;pretitle=A+Bibliography+of+American+County+Histories FHL book 973 H23bi])</ref> <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12356760&amp;referer=brief_results Worldcat] </ref> | |||
''United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress'' <ref>Kaminkow, Marion J. ''United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress''. 5 vols. Baltimore: Magna Charta Book, 1975-76. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=252458&amp;disp=United+States+local+histories+in+the+Lib%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 FHL book 973 A3ka].) </ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=United+States+Local+Histories+in+the+Library+of+Congress&amp;qt=results_page Worldcat] </ref>Pennsylvania has the following excellent bibliographic resources for materials on history: | |||
====State Histories==== | ====State Histories==== | ||
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