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Get a GRIP Education!

GRIP registration opens on 7 February 2012. This significant, new educational opportunity offers the chance to learn from some of the best genealogists working in the field. Make your plans to visit Pittsburgh from July 22-27, 2012!

FamilySearch PA Marriages

Pennsylvania County marriages 1885 - 1950 are available on FamilySearch.  GSP thanks the many volunteers who give their time indexing so all PA researchers benefit. Kudos to WPGS for leading this effort! FamilySearch Partner Projects.

Explore the GSP Collections

Search GSP's online record collections. Over time GSP will be adding more resources for researchers. Please check back regularly as new content will be added often, and explore your Pennsylvania genealogy here.

PA Vital Records Updates

Update to Act 110 (SB-361)

Tim Gruber has posted updates for Act 110 of 2011 (SB-361) on the Pa-HR Access page. The GSP will continue to support access to Pennsylvania Vital Records and encourages all interested researchers to maintain focus on this endeavor into 2012!

PA Vital Records Access Updates

What I Wish I Knew Then

GSP has begun a video series where we ask the genealogical community what they wish they'd known when they first started their research. Watch Josh Taylor talk about organization, and the other videos in our series, by clicking below!

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Featured County Resource

The Perry Historians were founded in 1976, and their Harry W. Lenig Library contains church, funeral home, court, and family files, including a Taufshein collection of some 400 items. Located in New Bloomfield, PA, they can be reached through their website or phone - 717-582-4896.

The Perry Historians

Partner Society Spotlight

The Berks Co. Genealogical Society is located in the Goggleworks Art Center in Reading, PA. The BCGS Library is rich with local Berks resources including family files, civil vital records, newspapers and more. For information on library hours visit the BCGS website, or phone 610-921-4970.

Berks County Genealogical Society

GSP Membership

 

Members of GSP receive special benefits, includng access to our “Members Only” online databases, discounts on programs and publications, submissions to our website bulletin board, our newsletter Penn in Hand, and the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. A membership with GSP is rolling and lasts for one year (ex. October 2011-October 2012).

 

Click here to view a sample copy of Penn in Hand, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, Summer 2011.

 

Click here to view the table of contents from our most recent issue of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine.

 

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