About the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Mission Statement: Our mission is to provide leadership and support in promoting genealogy through education, preservation, and access to Pennsylvania-related genealogical information. Founded in 1892 as a non-profit organization, the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (GSP) was among the first in the United States to recognize the value of collecting and preserving the vital and personal records of those ancestors whose lives now comprise our American History. GSP is committed to preserving and publishing heretofore unpublished primary sources. The continuing dedication to this service enables the Society to make an increasingly significant contribution to the cultural life of our city, state, and indeed the whole country. Concentrating primarily in Pennsylvania and its adjoining states, but also including immigration into and out of Pennsylvania, the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has research materials available to members through the Genealogical Collection at the historic Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), accumulated by GSP and HSP and maintained in HSP's Library. Included are wills, deeds, census and tax lists, church registers, funeral, cemetery, and family Bible records, family papers and correspondence, as well as published genealogies, town and county histories, and periodicals. Comprehensive card catalogs in HSP's library at 1300 Locust Street provide an index by surname or locale for most of the collections. Much of GSP’s collections are itemized in the HSP online catalog. A loyal corps of volunteers are collating and indexing church, cemetery, and other records, and are extracting genealogically important items from the Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 1834 - 1870.The volumes resulting from this work are placed in the collections and distributed to other research institutions. Each year, the Society conducts conferences, alone or in conjunction with other societies, offering lectures for all levels of research. Lectures and/or field trips conducted by outstanding genealogists are sponsored by the Program Committee. The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Partnership program The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has begun a Partnership program with other organizations with a genealogical constituency. At present, groups ranging from lineage societies (Society of Colonial Wars in Pennsylvania), to genealogical groups (Old York Road Genealogical Society), to college archives (Penn's University Archives) have become GSP Partners. Learn more about the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Partnership Program. GSP Officers and Directors, 2010-2011 President    Carol M. Sheaffer, MD 1st Vice President    Susan Koelble, CG 2nd Vice President    Deborah Coombe Haas Secretary    Karen Higgins Treasurer    Aaron E. Goodwin Counsel    Michael S. Ramage, JD, CG Board members whose term expires in 2011    Shamele Jordan    Valerie Metzler    Nancy C. Janyszeski    Donn Devine, CG Board members whose term expires in 2012    Daniel Dailey    Clarke Glennon    Norman Douglas Nicol, PhD Board members whose term expires in 2013    Nancy C. Nelson    Anita Sheahan Coraluzzi Associate Director    Joyce Homan   Join GSP