Our Pennsylvania genealogists research on location. They will find and analyze the best records available to further your family history research. They can search the archives and libraries in Pennsylvania, including:
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Births and deaths from 1870 to 1905, newspapers from every state and 7 foreign countries over 2,434 titles from 1759 to the present, passenger lists from NARA for over 6 million immigrants, Sanborn Digital Fire Insurance Maps 1867-1970 - City Archives of Philadelphia
Births from 1 July 1860 to 30 June 1915, deaths from 1803 to 30 June 1915, marriages from 1 July 1860 to 30 December 1885, naturalizations from 1793 to 1930, city directories from 1785 to 1930 and 1935, deeds from 1683 to 1952 - David Library of the American Revolution
10,000 reels of microfilm, 6,500 books, and 2,000 pamphlets. Includes diaries, muster rolls, letters from repositories around the world. Also owns the Sol Feinstone Collection, approximately 2,500 original Revolutionary-era manuscripts of significant content - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Genealogical and family papers to business and organizational records. Includes photographs, postcards, sheet music, menus, trade cards, books, pamphlets, serials, and newspapers from 1600s through present - National Archives at Philadelphia
Records of the Federal Agencies and Courts, in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, dating from 1789 to the present. - Pennsylvania State Archives
births and deaths from 1852, marriages from 1742, wills, deeds, tax records, military records, pension records, ships lists, naturalizations from 1794, state censuses, land records, penitentiary records, occupational records, maps, family papers - Pennsylvania State Law Library
Official depository for printed publications of Pennsylvania from 1700s to the present - Philadelphia Federal Records Center
Tax returns, Official Military Personnel folders, passport applications, and military records. - State Library of Pennsylvania
Indexes to vital records, genealogies, state and county histories, atlases, land warrants, ship lists, church and cemetery records, regimental histories - US Army Military History Institute
One of the largest military history libraries in the world. Over 300,000 volumes covering every facet of U.S. Army and military history.
We also have Philadelphia genealogists.
Our professional researchers can do research projects of many sizes and for many budgets. We customize the amount of research provided according to your needs.
If you want to know more about how our genealogists can further your research, you can request a research quote.
Some of the major records sources that can be used for genealogy research in Pennsylvania include:
- Birth and death records were kept by some towns as early as 1852; marriages as early as 1700s.
- Birth, marriage, and death records have been recorded by the state government from January 1906 to the present
- Federal census records were recorded every 10 years starting in 1790
- State, territorial, and colonial censuses were recorded from 1671 to 1857
- Land records were kept by the towns and counties from the time they were settled
- Probate records were kept by the local courts from 1682 to the present
- Churches sometimes kept records of the christenings, marriages, deaths, or other information about their members
- Newspapers were written in many areas and time periods that contain information such as notices of marriages, notices of death, and obituaries
- Town and county histories about the settlers and their families
- Naturalization and citizenship records were recorded by the courts since 1638
- Ship passenger lists, tax lists, and town records were recorded for many areas
