Pennsylvania Resources

The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has the following research guides to help you with finding resources for researching Pennsylvania counties.

RESEARCH GUIDES

Pennsylvania Repository Guide

1. Adams County Repository Guide
2. Allegheny County Repository Guide
3. Armstrong County Repository Guide
4. Beaver County Repository Guide 
5. Bedford County Repository Guide
6. Berks County Repository Guide
7. Blair County Repository Guide
8. Bradford County Repository Guide
9. Bucks County Repository Guide
10. Butler County Repository Guide 
11. Carbon County Repository Guide 
12. Cambria County Repository Guide 
13. Cameron County Repository Guide
14. Centre County Repository Guide
15. Chester County Repository Guide
16. Clarion County Repository Guide
17. Clearfield County Repository Guide
18. Clinton County Repository Guide
19. Columbia County Repository Guide
20. Crawford County Repository Guide
21. Cumberland County Repository Guide 
22. Dauphin County Repository Guide
23. Delaware County Repository Guide
24. Erie County Repository Guide  
25. Elk County Repository Guide 
26. Fayette County Repository Guide
27. Forest County Repository Guide
28. Franklin County Repository Guide
29. Fulton County Repository Guide
30. Greene County Repository Guide 
31. Huntingdon County Repository Guide
32. Indiana County Repository Guide
33. Jefferson County Repository Guide 
34. Juniata County Repository Guide
35. Lackawanna County Repository Guide 
36. Lancaster County Repository Guide
37. Lawrence County Repository Guide
38. Lebanon County Repository Guide
39. Lehigh County Repository Guide
40. Luzerne County Repository Guide 
41. Lycoming County Repository Guide
42. McKean Repository Guide
43. Mercer County Resource Guide
44. Mifflin County Resource Guide
45. Monroe County Repository Guide
46. Montgomery County Repository Guide
47. Montour County Repository Guide
48. Northampton County Repository Guide 
49. Northumberland County Repository Guide
50. Perry County Repository Guide
51. Philadelphia Repository Guide  Philadelphia City and County became one with the Consolidation Act of 1854
52. Pike County Repository Guide
53. Potter County Repository Guide
54. Schuylkill County Repository Guide 
55. Snyder County Repository Guide
56. Somerset County Repository Guide 
57. Sullivan County Repository Guide
58. Susquehanna County Repository Guide
59. Tioga County Repository Guide
60. Union County Repository Guide
61. Venango County Repository Guide
62. Warren County Repository Guide
63. Washington County Repository Guide
64. Wayne County Repository Guide
65. Westmoreland County Repository Guide
66. Wyoming County Repository Guide
67. York County Repository Guide

PENNSYLVANIA GENWEB

Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Search

Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Files

PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY FORMATION

To know where to search for records, you need to consider when your county of interest was formed, the counties from which it was formed, and the counties that were formed from it.

For more information, consult the list of county creation dates and parent counties at FamilySearch.org.

This site will help you to determine your county’s own history and genealogy.

History of County Formations in Pennsylvania: 1673-1878

PENNSYLVANIA STATE ARCHIVES

The Pennsylvania State Archives site includes links to the Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963 and Birth Certificates 1906-1908, free with a Pennsylvania zip code through Ancestry.com.

SUBJECT GUIDES

Coal Mining Resources

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