Pennsylvania Genealogy – Free Pennsylvania Genealogy

Pennsylvania Genealogy. This state page of our website provides direct links to free Pennsylvania genealogy databases and historical titles and information found on Pennsylvania Genealogy, whether they exist on our site, or across the web.

Pennsylvania Black Genealogy

• Pennsylvania African American Genealogy

Pennsylvania Cemeteries

• Pennsylvania Cemetery Records
  • Armstrong County
    • Maysville Cemetery, Armstrong County, PA
  • Blair County
    • German Reformed Cemetery, Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
    • Lutheran Cemetery, Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
    • Presbyterian Cemetery, Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
  • Erie County
    • St Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Washington County
    • Presbyterian Church, Prosperity, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Census Records

• Pennsylvania Census Records
  • Pennsylvania 1910 Census Map

Pennsylvania Church Records

• The William Wade Hinshaw index to Pennsylvania Quaker meeting records
  These monthly meeting records were abstracted from the original Pennsylvania Quaker Monthly Meeting records in the 1930’s by William Wade Hinshaw of Washington, D. C. They are a transcription of the microfilmed records containing birth, death, burial, and marriage records, as well as meeting minutes, removals and certificates.
• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records
  When completed, the Philadelphia Congregations Early Records project will offer over 41,000 pages of records from Philadelphia’s oldest congregations, connecting the archives of Christ Church, St. George’s Methodist Church, Gloria Dei, Mikveh Israel, African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Episcopal Dioceses Archives, Presbyterian Historical Society, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and American Baptist Historical Society. Digitized materials include minutes, account books, birth, marriage, death, and burial registers.

Pennsylvania County Genealogy

• Organization of Counties in Pennsylvania
  Organization of counties in Pennsylvania and those from which formed. Includes genealogical map of the counties of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Genealogy

• Greene County:
  • Mt. Morris School, c1900
• Washington County:
  • California State Normal School, Students, c1899
  • Springhill School, Souvenir Roster, 1914

Pennsylvania History

• Index to Warrants Written but Not Issued, Warrants Signed but Not Pursued, Deputy Counterparts, and Related Records
• Names of foreigners who took the oath of allegiance to the province and state of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775
  A list of foreigners who took the oath of allegiance to the crown of Great Britain and the Province of Pennsylvania, from the year 1727 to 1775, with those to the State from the close of the Revolution. All males over sixteen years of age were obliged to take this oath and declaration, as soon after their arrival as possible.
• Southwestern Pennsylvania School Teachers
• Ephraim Douglass ledger books, 1769-1790
  The Ephraim Douglass Ledgers present a record of business and military activities undertaken by Ephraim Douglass in Western Pennsylvania. The information contained within dates primarily from the 1770s and illuminates aspects of life in Western Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War era. The ledgers reveal the foods, household items, and services in demand by colonists on what was, at the time, the western frontier. Douglass and his associates have meticulously recorded details of the transactions.

Pennsylvania Land Records

• Warrantees of land in the several counties of the state of Pennsylvania
  The lists of warrantees of land in the several counties of the Commonwealth are copied from the original record books in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs. Only the names of the warrantees with number of acres and dates of warrant are given. They will serve however as a valuable guide to all desiring information from that Department.

Pennsylvania Military Records

• Military Records
  • Pennsylvania Indian Forts
    Examine and report to the next session of the Legislature upon the advisability of marking by suitable tablets the various forts erected against the Indians by the early settlers of this Commonwealth prior to the year 1783.
  • Pennsylvania Forts
    List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
  • PA National Guard Veterans’ Card File, 1867-1921
    Consists of 4″ x 6″ cards originally maintained by the Office of the Adjutant General. Data generally shown about each veteran includes name, rank, age, physical description (height, complexion, hair and eye color), occupation and residence; the date and place of enlistment; the date and reason for discharge; and the unit (company and regiment) to which assigned. Information about federal service rendered by the veteran and the date of death or first appearance in the military records also routinely appears.
  • Revolutionary War
    • 1840 Pensioners Census
    • Revolutionary War Pension Records
    • Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File
      Arranged alphabetically by surname of soldier. The abstract card file contains transcriptions of data extracted from original records in the custody of the State Archives concerning Revolutionary War service in the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy. Note that duty after November 1783 is not considered Revolutionary War service. Information provided is name and rank of soldier, whether active or inactive duty, county of residence, battalion in which served, and record from which information was extracted. Also noted are whether soldier was delinquent and fined or whether militia fines were abated.
    • Militia Officers Index Cards, 1775-1800
      Index card file of the names of Pennsylvania militia officers who served during the American Revolution, in Indian campaigns in northwestern Pennsylvania, and in quelling the Whiskey Rebellion. The cards are arranged alphabetically by surname of officer. Information provided is name, county, rank, company or battalion, dates of service, township, and occasionally district within township. In rare cases, other pertinent information is provided such as place of burial, wounds received, names of children, names of any expeditions or campaigns, name of person whom they succeeded, and date discharged.
  • Civil War Records
    • Pennsylvania Civil War Battlefield Map
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
    • Civil War Veterans’ Card File, 1861-1866
      These 3″ x 5″ cards were initially prepared to serve as an index to Samuel Penniman Bates’ “History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865,” (Harrisburg, 1869-1871). The Office of the Adjutant General later expanded the scope of the cards by transcribing onto them data found on the original Civil War Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1861-1866 {series #19.11}. The information generally includes the soldiers’ names, military units, Bates’ citations (volume and page), ages at enrollment, descriptions (complexion, height, color of hair and eyes), residences and birthplaces; the dates and places where enrolled; the dates and places where mustered in; and the dates of discharge. The listing is not inclusive.
  • Spanish American War
    • Spanish American War Veterans’ Card File of United States Volunteers
      The card file of veterans who participated in the Spanish-American War was created by the Office of the Adjutant General in 1941 from information taken from the official records of the United States War Department. Information found about each veteran includes name, race, residence, place and date of birth, date and place of enlistment, military organization to which attached, rank, and dates serving overseas in either Cuba or the Philippines. Sometimes extensive comments at the bottom of the cards provide information on the reasons for, and the type of, discharge as well as a record of prior military service.
  • Mexican Border War
    • Mexican Border Campaign Veterans’ Card File
      These cards, bearing the title “Mexican Emergency, Call of President, June 18, 1916,” contain the following information about veterans: name and rank, regiment and company, age and place of birth, a physical description (height, complexion, hair and eye color), date of commission or enlistment into service, home station and date of rendezvous, and date of acceptance into United States service. Additional remarks may indicate the date that the soldier’s enlistment was to expire and the name and address of a person to be contacted in case of an emergency. All of the cards also bear a stamp indicating that a Mexican Service Medal was issued to the veteran, along with a corresponding number.
  • World War I Records
    • World War 1 Draft Registration Records
    • World War I Service Medal Application Cards
      These cards were originally submitted by veterans and their survivors who applied for service medals in accordance with the Act of April 21, 1937 P.L. 331, sections 1 and 2. Information provided about each veteran consists of name and serial number, place of residence at time of entry into service, date and place the veteran entered into service, rank, military unit to which attached, place and date of honorable discharge, and the signature of the applicant. Also present are the initials of the person by whom the remittance was received and of the person acting on behalf of the Adjutant General, and each card is stamped with the date of approval. The reverse side of each card shows the name of the veteran or survivor applying for the medal, and the residence to which the medal was to be mailed.
  • World War II Records
    • World War 2 Casualties – Army, Air Force
    • Pennsylvania Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List
  • Vietnam War Casualty List

Pennsylvania Native American Records

• Pennsylvania Indian Tribes
• Pennsylvania Indian Agencies and Schools
• Indian Tribes in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and North West Territories, 1822
• Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements of Pennsylvania
• Personal Names of Indians of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Newspapers

• Pennsylvania Marriages from The Evangelical Messenger

Pennsylvania Orphan Records

• Lutheran Orphans’ Home and Asylum, Germantown PA 1892-1914
  Philadelphia has been justly noted for its many charitable and benevolent institutions. Among these the “Orphans’ Home and Asylum for the Aged and Infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Germantown” holds a conspicuous place. When so many children were made orphans during the late war, this institution was among the first to open its doors for these soldiers’ orphans, and 98 were admitted up to the time when the State provided homes for them. Including with these reports are names and ages of the orphans who were present during the year.

Pennsylvania Vital Records

• Pennsylvania Vital Records
• Divorces Granted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from December, 1785, until 1801
  These records are an extraction from Pennsylvania Supreme Court records of the divorces granted under its’ authority from 1785-1801.
• Marriage Records
  • Pennsylvania Marriages from The Evangelical Messenger

Pennsylvania Yearbooks and School Records

• Chatham University Publications
  This collection contains publications from the Chatham University Archives, including the long-running alumni magazine, campus literary magazines, select issues of the student newspaper, yearbooks 1915-2010, course catalogs, and a history of the institution’s first ninety years. All of these books, can be read, and/or downloaded from this page for free!

Pennsylvania Genealogy Websites

United States Genealogy

• Pennsylvania Genealogy
  • Allegheny County Pennsylvania Genealogy
  • Chester County Pennsylvania Genealogy

Kathi Reid’s Pennsylvania Websites

• Biographies
  • Biographical Sketches of Bucks County
  • Biographical Sketches of Butler County
  • Biographical Sketches of Centre and Clinton Counties
  • Biographical Sketches of Erie County
  • Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Fayette County
  • Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Lycoming County
  • Biographical Notes of Pine Grove (Schuylkill County)
  • All Sorts of Pittsburgers Sketched in Prose and Verse
  • Steinmetz Family, The
• Passenger Lists
  • Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776
• Military
  • Men on Board Ships of the Atlantic Fleet Bound for the Pacific, December 16, 1907
• Pennsylvania Military
  • Pennsylvania Civil War
  • Pennsylvania Civil War Rosters and Histories
  • PA Pension Roll of 1883
  • Biographies of PA Civil War Soldiers
  • Schuylkill County Civil War Soldier Databases
  • Pennsylvania Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
  • PA Civil War Soldiers Killed in North Carolina
  • PA Civil War Battle Flags
  • PA Civil War Diaries, Letters, & Speeches
  • PA Spanish-American War Soldier Rosters 1898-1899
  • Diary of John Asendorf 1898-1899
  • PA Spanish American War Medal of Honor Recipients

USGenWeb Project

• PAGenWeb

Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York

American History and Genealogy Project

• Pennsylvania AHGP

Bedford, Chester, Mifflin, Wyoming