About the GSP Partnership Program

As part of fulfilling its mission "to provide leadership and support in promoting genealogy through education, preservation, and access to Pennsylvania-related genealogical information," the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania instituted a Partnership program with other organizations having a genealogical constituency. So far, 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.

We believe that there are many ideas that might benefit from the support of many groups pushing together at once, and GSP is ready to supply a role in coordinating these types of projects.

The "Partners" program is also intended to advocate for the Pennsylvania genealogist (as well as any genealogist anywhere with Pennsylvania ancestry) and the preservation of Pennsylvania records. An example of the advocacy intended is GSP's drive to form a working group to do what is necessary to gain better access to state death certificates for genealogists, possibly in the form of an on-line death index.

In addition to the Partners benefits stated below, GSP is also offering custom Partnerships tailored to the needs of individual organizations; for example, Colonial Wars has established a reduced fee structure for its prospective members to use GSP research staff.

"Partners" fees are $50 annually.

Benefits of the "Partners" program are:
- A special newsletter of genealogical events and issues of concern tailored to "Partners" members.
- A subscription to the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Pennsylvania Legacies Magazine, and the Sidelights quarterly newsletter (which contains Penn in Hand).
- Option of involvement in GSP advocacy campaigns on the state and national level.
- Exploration of cooperative publishing and programming ventures.
- Distribution of a brochure featuring "Partners" program participants to GSP's general membership and at conferences attended by GSP.
- Use of GSP facilities for programs and lectures by special arrangement.
- Visits to the library for groups from "Partners" organizations by special arrangement.
- 10 percent discount on items in the GSP Publications Catalog, available for purchase from Diane Publishing.