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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
We welcome contributions to this resource page. Please send the information (including the URL, if any) in an email to GSP.techsig@verizon.net (with Timely Res in the Subject Line). Thanks!
2. Genealogical Resources (by type):
Biographical Records:
The Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators (www.bdopl.com) located at Temple University is proud to announce the publication of Volume Three of Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary. (Price: $60.) This volume covers the Assembly terms from 1757 through 1775, a period that witnessed the French and Indian War, the expansion of Pennsylvania with the addition of Bedford, Northumberland, and Westmoreland counties, the Stamp Act crisis, the development of extra-legal committees, the creation of county militias, and the eventual overthrow of the colonial government. The legislators represent a wide variety of ethnic, religious, and occupational groups.
http://www.psupress.org
Volumes One and Two are available from
Boston Book Warehouse. (Prices: $70 and $75.)
http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/John_Hutton.html Death Records (official):
Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913-1937.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/index.cfm
Instructions in Genealogical Research:
Abstracting and Transcribing.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/basics/a/abstracting.htm?nl=1
Organizing data and paperwork.
http://hometown.aol.com/daepowell/myhomepage/article/organize.htm Military & Veterans' Records (service records, pension records, soldiers' bonus records, draft registration, grave registries):
Valley Forge muster roll.
http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/
Civil War Soldiers and Sailor system.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
US WWII Army enlistment records. ($)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939 Obituaries/Death Notices (published):
Hayes Obituary Index, Ohio, 1830 to the present.
http://www.rbhayes.org/index Organization Records (business, labor, fraternal/patriotic, other non-business):
Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada.
http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
Photographs; Portraits; Private Motion Pictures:
Butler, PA postcards and photos.
http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/coll2/butlerpacoll.htm Published Histories and Genealogical Works:
Brigham Young Family History Archive. Click on “Browse the collection” and see the scope of this whopper.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/
Pennsylvania History: a journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. Search back issues, 1934-2000.
http://cip.cornell.edu/DPubS/UI/1.0/JourNav?authority=psu.ph&type=home
County Histories.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=10591
Publishing (incl. self-publishing, publishing on CDs and the Web):
Publishing your family tree online.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/publishing/a/online.htm?nl=1 Reference Works:
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
Abbreviations found in genealogy.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html
Encyclopedia of Genealogy.
http://www.eogen.com/
Timelines:
Timeline. Very nice. Free.
http://www.ourtimelines.com/
3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
York County Archives – request their records via email. Just as an exercise, take a look at “Information available through archives,” then look at “Deed Books.”
http://www.york-county.org/departments/archives/archives.htm
Western MD Historical Library.
http://www.whilbr.org/
5. Technology:
Genealogical Data Formats:
GEDCOM explained.
http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2004/11/gedcom_explaine.html Internet:
Locating Family and Local Histories Online.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=10555&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=11068
Genealogy on Librarians’ Internet Index.
http://lii.org/pub/subtopic/2033
What’s a blog?
http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/11/blogs_explained.html#more
Categories
Use the following topic list to jump to the respective section above (the links have no effect if there are no items of the specified type):
| 1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements |
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Biographical Records |
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Birth Records (official) |
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Cemetery/Funeral Director Records |
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Census Records (local population, agricultural, manufacturing, mortality) |
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Church Records (see Religious Records ) |
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Correctional Facilities/Prison Records |
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Court Records (civil/criminal case files, justice of the peace and magistrate BUT NOT death or probate records; see those categories below) |
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Death Records (official) |
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Directories (business, city, professional, rural, telephone) |
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Ethnic Genealogy |
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Family Histories (incl.genealogy charts) |
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Genetics and DNA |
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Hereditary Societies |
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Hospital Records (private/public health & welfare facilities) |
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Immigration Records (alien registration, naturalization, ship passenger lists, etc.) |
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Instructions in Genealogical Research |
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Land and Property Records (land grants, patents, deeds, property tax lists/rolls, etc.) |
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Local and County Histories |
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Maps & Gazetteers; Migration Routes |
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Marriage and Divorce Records (official) |
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Military & Veterans' Records (service records, pension records, soldiers' bonus records, draft registration, grave registries) |
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Names, Surnames |
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Obituaries/Death Notices (published) |
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Oral History |
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Organization Records (business, labor, fraternal/patriotic, other non-business) |
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Photographs; Portraits; Private Motion Pictures |
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Private Papers (diaries/journals, correspondence, unpublished autobiographies, Bibles, etc.) |
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Probate Records (incl. wills and related estate settlement papers) |
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Published Histories and Genealogical Works |
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Publishing (incl. self-publishing, publishing on CDs and the Web) |
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Reference Works |
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Religious Records (church membership registries, histories, baptismal, marriage and funeral records) |
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School Records (private, public & religious educational institutions) |
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Timelines |
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Tours |
| 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements |
| 4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements |
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Genealogical Data Formats |
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Data Formats and Organization -- General |
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CD-ROMs |
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Digital Cameras, Scanners; Digitization of Records |
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Genealogical Software |
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Internet |
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