Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy

Guide to Pennsylvania ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Pennsylvania Information
Pennsylvania is a state located in the northern part of the United States. The capital is Harrisburg and it is divided into 67 counties. Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution on 12 Dec 1787. It was taken from the Province of Pennsylvania, then the Sovereign State in Confederation.

Pennsylvania Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: New Netherland· New Sweden· Ontario 

Pennsylvania Migration Routes
Beaver and Erie Canal· Bethlehem Pike· Braddock's Road· Burd's Road· Canada Road· Centre Turnpike· Culbertson's Path·Cumberland Road· Delaware River· Fall Line Road · Forbes Road· Gist's Trace· Great Indian Warpath· Great Island Path· Great Shamokin Path· Great Trail· Great Valley Road · King's Highway· Kittanning Path· Lake Erie· Lake Shore Path·Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths·Memacolinis Path· Minsi Path· National Road · Ohio River· Pennsylvania Road· Philadelphia Lancaster Turnpike· Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road·Philadelphia Wagon Road· Pennsylvania Railroad· Schuylkill Canal·Southern Road·Tuscarora Path· Union Canal· Venango Path

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.


 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * FamilySearch Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Cyndi's List - Pennsylvania genealogy sites on the internet
 * Pennsylvania Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of Pennsylvania
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Pennsylvania
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Pennsylvania
 * Pennsylvania Research Outline – Original FamilySearch Library research outline; contains many out of date links
 * Kay Haviland Freilich,  Research in Pennsylvania 3rd ed. Arlington, Virginia : National Genealogical Society, ©2016 FS Library 974.8 D27f 2016
 * FamilyHart Online Database. Large collection of Pennsylvania Dutch names on the Internet with free access.
 * Pennsylvania Archives Volumes from the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, First though Seventh Series. - images; also at: Ancestry ($).
 * Harry Senft York and Adams County Cemetery Pictures. Thousands of headstone photographs in 320+ cemeteries in York, Adams and Cumberland Counties. Indexing of these headstone pictures is currently taking place. Map links are also included for easy finding of these cemeteries.
 * The Israel Daniel Rupp Collection of 30,000 early Pennsylvania immigrants from 1727-1776 is online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($).
 * Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 * Guide to the Published Pennsylvania Archives
 * Candy Crocker Livengood, Genealogical abstracts of the Laws of Pennsylvania & the Statutes at large Westminster, Maryland : Family Line Publications, c1990 FS Library 974.8 P38L
 * Pennsylvania genealogical magazine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1948- FS Library 974.8 B2p
 * Postcards - An archive of thousands of vintage postcards, indexed by locations, topics, destinations, and names of senders and recipients, with 200+ for the Pennsylvania, and 400+ recipients from Pennsylvania.