Tag Archives: Pennsylvania genealogy
The Centre County Genealogical Society
The Centre County Genealogical Society began life as the Central PA Genealogical Society and Library. It evolved out of an adult education class on genealogy taught in 1975. Today, the society is “holding its own” with membership, says president Nancy … Continue reading
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
The Newberry Library (located at 60 West Walton Street in Chicago) has recently completed its online atlas of historical county boundaries for the United States. This includes Pennsylvania. The amount of detail provided for each state is both astounding and … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Genealogy Columnists – Are You Out There…?
Recently, mention of PennsylvaniaResearch.com’s free directory of Pennsylvania historical and genealogical societies appeared in Tom Mooney’s genealogy column in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. (If you have never read Tom’s column it can be found here.) We consider this an honor … Continue reading
Overlooking a Battlefield and Preserving History
Seminary Ridge is famous to Civil War buffs as one site of the Battle of Gettysburg. Decades before the war broke out, however, it was a peaceful and beautiful rise on which the Lutheran Theological Seminary was built in 1832. … Continue reading
NJSA – Across the River, but A World Away
Anyone who has done extensive Philadelphia research has likely learned that ancestors easily and often crossed the river into New Jersey. Fortunately, since the New Jersey State Archives (and State Library) are located in Trenton — just across the Delaware … Continue reading