Bucks County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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

Description
It is named after the English county of Buckinghamshire. It is located in the Southeast corner of the state.

County Courthouse
Bucks County Courthouse 55 East Court Street Doylestown, PA 18901 Clerk of Courts Orphans Court, 215-348-6271, Email: [mailto:orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us] Coroner Prothonotary, 215-348-6191, Fax: 215-348-6184 Recorder of Deeds Register of Wills, 215-348-6265, Email: [mailto:registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us] Bucks County Website

Orphans Court has birth and death records 1893-1906 and marriage records from 1885 Prothonotary Office has divorce records from 1878 and court records from 1682 Register of Wills has probate records from 1684

Naturalization Papers for the years 1802 to 1906 and Term Papers from 1733 to 1920 have been microfilmed and are available for public review in the Prothonotary's office. All papers recorded in the office of Recorder of Deeds are public information, with the exception of Military Discharge Papers. Earliest records are for 1684. Indexes are available. Research Center is open to the public. No appointment is required to visit. Records date back to 1684.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Biographies

 * Bucks County Biographies at Bucks County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archives

Business, Commerce, and Occupations
Indentured Servants

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * ca.1700-ca.1950  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images (incomplete)
 * LDS Genealogy Buck County

Census Records
Federal Census
 * 1850-1880  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records
(Multi-denominational)
 * 1620-1991 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 1708 -1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry $


 * Contains church records of:
 * The Reverend Simon K. Gross Pastoral Records
 * Bensalem: Bensalem Methodist Churchyard; Vandgrift Cemetery
 * Blooming Glen: Blooming Glen Mennonite Cemetery
 * Bristol: John Black Funeral Homes, Record Books
 * Buckingham: Forest Grove Presbyterian Cemetery; Forestville Presbyterian Church; Trinity Episcopal Church
 * Churchville: North and Southampton Reformed Church
 * Doylestown: Doylestown Mennonite Church Records; St. Paul's Episcopal Church
 * Durham: Durham Reformed Church; Lutheran Church
 * Fallsington: All Saints Episcopal Church
 * Ferndale: St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Haycock Run: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
 * Hilltown: Hilltown Baptist Church; Kratz Diaries; St. Peter's Lutheran Church
 * Hulmeville: Beechwood Cemetery; Grace Episcopal Church; Lewis Preston Townsend Funeral Ledger
 * Langhorne: Langhorne Presbyterian Church; St. James Episcopal Church
 * Milford: East Swamp Mennonite Cemetery; West Swamp Mennonite Cemetery
 * Milford Square: Jacob Clymer Justice of the Peace Dockets; William Z. Gottshalk Family Records
 * Morrisville: First Presbyterian Church
 * Newportville: Ascension Church
 * Newtown: St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church; St. Luke's Church
 * Northampton: Richboro Methodist Episcopal Church
 * Perkasie: Deep Run Mennonite Church Records; St. Andrew's United Church of Christ
 * Philadelphia: Southampton Baptist Church; Jonathan Worrall, J.P./Misc. Marriage Licenses, 1890-1915; Methodist Episcopal Church
 * Pleasant Valley: Trinity United Church of Christ
 * Quakertown: Emmanuel Church; First United Church of Christ; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Swamp Mennonite Charge Church Bulletin; Swamp Mennonite Church Class Records; Swamp Mennonite Meetinghouse Construction; Union Cemetery
 * Richboro: Dutch Reformed Church; Union Cemetery
 * Richland: Flatland Mennonite Cemetery
 * Ridge Valley: The Reverend Simon K. Gross Pastoral Record
 * Riegelsville: St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Lutheran Church
 * Sellersville: Bucks County Historical Society
 * Southampton: St. Columba Church; William Grant Funeral Home
 * Springfield: Springfield Mennonite Cemetery; St. Paul Salem United Methodist; Trinity Lutheran Church
 * Springtown: Christ Lutheran Church
 * Torresdale: All Saints Episcopal Church
 * Trevose: Scottsville United Methodist Church
 * Trumbauersville: Christ Lutheran Church
 * Upper Black Eddy: Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church
 * West Rockhill: Ridge Valley Reformed Church
 * Wrightstown: Holy Nativity Episcopal Church; Penns Park Methodist Episcopal Church
 * Yardley: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church


 * 1682 -1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Bucks County, 1682-1800 Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1993..

Contains church records of Falls Friends Monthly Meeting; Middletown Friends Monthly Meeting; Wrightstown Friends Monthly Meeting; Richland Friends Monthly Meeting; Buckingham Friends Monthly Meeting; Southampton Baptist Church; Tinicum Presbyterian, also known as Red Hill; Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville in Warwick Township; Newtown Presbyterian Church in Newtown Township; Reformed Low Dutch Church of Southampton and Northampton Townships; Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem; Tohickon Reformed Congregation in Bedminister Township; Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as Tinicum Lutheran Church in Tinicum Township; Tohickon Lutheran Congregation in Bedminister Township; Christ Reformed Church, Trumbauersville in Milford Township; Springfield Lutheran Church in Springfield Township; St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bedminister Township, also known as Keller's Lutheran Church; Springfield Reformed Church in Springfield Township; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nockamixon Township; St. Luke's Reformed Church, Ferndale in Nockamixon Township; Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trumbauersville in Milford Township. Also includes the journal of John Dyer, Plumsteadville, Plumstead Township, beginning in 1769.

PAGenWeb, list of Bucks County churches.

Catholic
 * 1803 -1913 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Haycock Township, Christenings (1803-1811), Christenings (1866-1869), Christenings (1869-1870), Marriages (1803-1859), Marriages (1803-1910), Marriages (1885-1913) at PAGenWeb

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Blue Ridge District of the Eastern States Mission comprised church members living in southeastern Pennsylvania. District headquarters were in Lancaster, with branches located in Bucks, Fulton, Lancaster, and York counties.


 * Record of Members, [1929]-1944,

Dutch Reformed Reformed Dutch Church, Churchville


 * 1737 -1780 Reformed Dutch Church, Churchville, Baptism Index 1737-1780 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1738 -1772 Reformed Dutch Church, Churchville, Marriage Index 1738-1772 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Southampton Dutch Reformed Church


 * 1710 -1800 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1710-1800: Southampton Dutch Reformed Church at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages.

Episcopalian St. James's Church, Bristol

Early registers "were stolen to prevent their evidence in a lawsuit."

Lutheran Keller's Lutheran Church, Bedminster Township


 * 1751 -1798 Keller's Lutheran Church (Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Keller's Church, Bedminster Township) at Ancestry ($).

Nockamixon


 * 1770 -1820 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1770-1820: Nockamixon Township at Ancestry ($). Includes baptisms, marriages, and deaths from Nockamixon Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Nockamixon Lutheran Congregation, and Nockamixon Reformed Congregation.

Tohickon


 * 1749 -1839 Tohickon Lutheran Church Baptism Index 1749-1839 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Springfield Township


 * 1751 -1795 Hinke, William J. Trinity Union Church, Record of the Lutheran Congregation, Springfield Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 1751-95 at Ancestry ($).
 * 1760 -1800 Hinke, William J. Trinity Union Church, Record of the Reformed Congregation, Springfield Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 1760-1800 at Ancestry ($).
 * 1760 -1829 Hinke, William J. Trinity Union Church, Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Records of the Reformed Church, 1760-1829 at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, deaths.
 * 1801 -1829 Trinity Union Reformed Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1801-29 at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.

Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church


 * 1883 -1928 Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church Burials 1883-1928 at PAGenWeb

Presbyterian Several Presbyterian churches were built in Bucks County to accommodate Scotch-Irish settlers. Neshaminy Presbyterian Church in Warwick Township was organized in 1726. A Presbyterian Church was organized at "Craig's Settlement" by 1737. Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church was organized in 1738 in "Hunter's Settlement" in Lower and Upper Mount Bethel Townships. The latter two churches fell within the bounds of Northampton after it split off in 1751. Neshaminy Presbyterian Church
 * 1788 -1885 Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warminster and Warwick, Hartsville, Marriage Index 1788-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1788 -1885 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1788-1885: Neshaminy Presbyterian Church at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.

Newtown Presbyterian Church


 * 1769 -1812, 1838 - 1888 Newtown Presbyterian Church, Marriage Index 1769-1812 and 1838-1888 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches  and.
 * 1771 -1811, 1888 Newtown Presbyterian Church, Baptism Index 1771-1811 and 1888 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches  and.

Presbyterian Church, Bensalem


 * 1844 -1867 Presbyterian Church, Bensalem, Baptism Index 1844-1867 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1839 -1868 Presbyterian Church, Bensalem, Marriage Index 1839-1868 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Solebury Presbyterian Church


 * 1812 -1867 Solebury Presbyterian Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1812-67 at Ancestry ($).

Reformed Durham Union Church, Durham Township


 * 1807 -1875 Durham Union Church, Durham Township, Baptism Index 1807-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

First Reformed Church, Quakertown


 * Snyder, Elam J. Historical Sketch of First Reformed Church and Auxiliary Organizations, Quakertown, Pa.: Including a List of Present Members of Congregation and Societies 1919. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Nockamixon


 * 1770 -1820 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1770-1820: Nockamixon Township at Ancestry ($). Includes baptisms, marriages, and deaths from Nockamixon Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Nockamixon Lutheran Congregation, and Nockamixon Reformed Congregation.

Reformed Dutch Church, Smithfield

Reformed Nether Dutch Church, Southampton
 * 1741 -1807 Reformed Dutch Church, Smithfield, Baptism Index 1741-1807 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1742 -1752, 1785 - 1786 Reformed Dutch Church, Smithfield, Baptism Index 1742-1752 and 1785-1786 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch


 * 1710 -1820 Reformed Nether Dutch Church, Southampton, Baptism Index 1710-1820 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1710 -1713, 1738 - 1772, 1788 - 1819 Reformed Nether Dutch Church, Southampton, Marriage Index 1710-1713, 1738-1772, and 1788-1819 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

St. Paul's Reformed Church, Applebachsville Township

Tohickon Union Reformed Church
 * 1868 -1875 St. Paul's Reformed Church, Applebachsville Township, Baptism Index 1868-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch


 * 1744 -1801 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1744-1801: Tohickon Union Reformed Church at Ancestry ($).
 * 1745 -1869 Tohickon Union Reformed Church Baptism Index 1745-1869 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1750 -1800 Hinke, William J. A History of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: With Copy of Church Records, Reformed Congregation, Lutheran Congregation Meadville, Pa.: Tribune Pub. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.
 * 1755 -1855 Tohickon Union Reformed Church Marriage Index 1755-1855 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Trinity Union Reformed Church

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1801 -1829 Trinity Union Reformed Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1801-29 at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.
 * FamilySearch Places

Emigration and Immigration
Indentured Servants
 * 1798-1828  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Alphabet index then by numbered entry
 * 1900-1923  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by county)
 * 1952-1957   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1677 -1687 "A Partial List of the Families Who Resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Prior to 1687, With the Date of Their Arrival," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 9 (1885):223-233. For online access, see WeRelate.

Guardianship

 * 1685 -1900 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Records

Land and Property Records
Land records in Bucks County began in 1684. These records are filed with the Recorder of Deeds office in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Online Land Index and Records
 * 1684 -1919 Deeds, 1684-1866; Index, 1684-1919 - images only; click on the camera icon to view images
 * 1980 – present Bucks County offers online access to land records. Fees apply.

Land Records on Microfilm
 * 1684 -1919 Mortgages, 1782-1821; Index, 1684-1919.

Local Histories

 * History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : Including an Account of its Original Exploration. 1887. Edited by J. H. Battle. Philadelphia : A. Warner. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.
 * The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. 1876. By W.W.H. Davis. Doylestown, Pa: Democrat Book and Job Office Print. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books;.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps
 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Bucks County (more than 2000 entries) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)
 * Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
 * Ancestor Tracks has posted downloadable images of two 19th century wall maps: (1) "Maps of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from Surveys" published in 1850 by W. E. Morris; (2) "Map of Bucks and Montgomery Counties and the Consolidated City of Philadelphia" published by Kuhn and Shrope in 1857; and (3) "Barnes' Driving Map of Philadelphia and Surroundings" published in 1868 by R. L. Barnes. These images show many landowners, towns and villages and roads as of the date of publication. These are invaluable sources to be used with the 1850 and 1860 censuses. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used commercially. We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Migration
Early migration routes to Bucks County for European settlers included:


 * Minsi Path from Kingston, New York to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (from the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike to the Great Valley Road).
 * Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths from Unadilla, New York to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (from the Catskill Turnpike to the Great Valley Road).
 * Delaware River.

Military Records
Revolutionary War

Bucks County men also served in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment and the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment.

During the Revolutionary period, committees of safety governed local communities. Minutes of the Bucks County Committee have been published:


 * "Minutes of the Committee of Safety of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1774-1776," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 15 (1891):257-290. For online access, see WeRelate.

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1865-1936  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II
 * 1933-1947  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1795-1930 Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1522, incomplete for all counties
 * 1795-1930 Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry $
 * 1795-1931  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1795-1952  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1743 Extract aus der Registratur der Supreem Court zu Philadelphia

Newspapers
Newspapers of Bucks County

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper.

Online Newspaper Abstracts
 * Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory
 * Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
 * Pennsylvania Newspapers


 * PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Bucks County.
 * 1947 -2010 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 at FamilySearch

Newspaper Index


 * McNealy Terry A. (compiler), Index to Bucks County references in the Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1789 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania:Bucks County Genealogical Society) Alphabetically arranged by surnames and subjects. "Bucks County had no newspaper of its own in the 18th century.--Intro."

Obituaries
Online Obituary Abstracts


 * 1947-2021  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1977-2010  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * PA-Roots Obituaries for Bucks County.

Obituary Excerpts and Abstracts


 * A Record of deaths in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and territory immediately contiguous, 1934-1956: compiled mainly from the newspapers of the county; also burials in Richlandtown, Doylestown, Deep Run Mennonite, Kellers Church, and New Britain Beulah cemeteries (SLC, Utah, 1958)

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1682-1825 Abstracts Books A and 1 - 10 at Bucks County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archives - Includes index.
 * 1683-1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry $
 * 1683-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by county)
 * 1684-1850 Williams, Richard T. Index of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Wills and Administration Records, 1684 to 1850 Danboro, Pa.: R.T. and M.C. Williams, 1981. Digital version at  ($).
 * 1684-1958  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by county)  Includes Bucks County Will Index (1684-1831), Will Abstracts (1685-1825), Will Books 1-32 (1684-1906), Wills and Letters of Administration (1684-1693); Estate Index (1684-1939); Inventories (1684-1688); Orphans' Court Record Index (1683-1958), Orphans' Court Records Vols. 1-16 (1752-1866); Register's Dockets Vols. 4-9 (1839-1913).
 * 1684-1693 "Bucks County Wills, 1684-1693," Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Jul. 1897):198-224. For online access, see WeRelate
 * 1713-1906 Wills  Index included: 1682-1939 - images only; click on the camera icon to view images
 * 1839-1913 Register Dockets  - images only; click on the camera icon to view images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014  at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1693 1693 Tax List at Bucks County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archives
 * 1779, 1781 -1786 Proprietary and Other Tax Lists of the County of Bucks: For the Years 1779, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 13). Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books
 * 1798 Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 at Ancestry ($).

Birth

 * 1520-1999  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1709-1950  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1852-1855 Bucks County Birth Index 1852-1855 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Births Ancestry $
 * 1941-1976  at FamilySerch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1512-1989  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1626-2016 Pennsylvania, United States Marriages at FindMyPast$
 * 1677-1950   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1682-1976  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry $
 * 1709-1940  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1711-1797 Bucks Co residents listed in Early NJ Marriage Bond Abstracts 1711-1797 at USGenWeb - Not all years represented.
 * 1773-1824 "Marriages Copies from the Docket of Isaac Hicks: Justice of the Peace of Bucks County from 1773 to 1824," Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jun. 1908):201-225. For online access, see WeRelate; the Family History Library also has this series in its collection:.
 * Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1885-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1947-2021  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and image

Death

 * 1720-1999  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, some images
 * 1810-1924 Bucks County Death Index 1810-1924 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry $
 * 1856-1971  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Death Substitutes
 * 1710-1906 Bucks County (Pennsylvania). Coroner. Coroner's Views and Inquisitions, 1710-1906; Index, 1722-1946. Coroner's reports supply information on accidental or suspicious deaths.

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary.

Archives

 * The Archive Research Center, located on the third floor of the Bucks County Courthouse Genealogical and Archival Search Requests is available for the public. The site lists what records can be searched by staff and the cost.


 * Open to the public for genealogical research. The Bucks County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court has microfilm records dating back to 1684. Some original records are stored off-site and are available by advance request. Copy services (by fee) include the following:
 * 1684 -1950 Genealogical Search Request, index search by name
 * 1684 -1987 Index printout with name, death year, index number
 * 1987 - present Index printout also includes date of death
 * 1885 - present Marriage Application Record, Certified Application, Marriage Certificate
 * 1893 -1906 Certified Birth/Death Record


 *  National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Phone: (215) 305-2044 Fax (215) 305-2052 Website

Family History Centers

 * Doylestown Pennsylvania Family History Center
 * Morrisville Pennsylvania Family History Center

Libraries

 * Bucks County Library Network Website
 * Bucks County Free Library is a seven-branch county library system. An online catalog is available, and shows a sizable genealogy and biography collection.


 * The Mennonite Heritage Center 565 Yoder Road Harleysville, PA 19438-1020 Phone: 215-256-3020 Email: [mailto:library@mhep.org library@mhep.org] Website
 * The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania support the John L. Ruth Historical Library and Museum at the Mennonite Heritage Center. Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources of this treasure also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. The website provides a comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photo collections, archival collections, and more.

Museums

 * Historic Fallsington Information Center and Office 4 Yardley Ave. Fallsington, PA 19054-1117 Phone: 215-295-6567 Email: [mailto:info@historicfallsington.org info@historicfallsington.org] Website
 * The village of Fallsington was significant as a religious, social and market center for the surrounding area and a stop for stagecoaches. There are several historic homes and buildings as well as a manuscript collection with genealogical and historical records.

Societies

 * Bucks County Genealogical Society PO Box 826 Washington Crossing, PA 18977 Website


 * Bucks County Historical Society 84 South Pine Street Doylestown, PA 18901 Phone: 215-345-0210 Website

Websites

 * The Bucks County PAGenWeb Project, a member of The PAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Linkpendium - Bucks County
 * Bucks County PA Genealogy
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