Podcast One Minute PA History: The Origin of Groundhogs Day Pennsylvania's most unique holiday celebrated by your ancestors 0:00/1×
Resources The Easy Way to Find Deeds in PA Whether you call it land, property, or real estate, deeds are the documents that shows of ownership of land. In Pennsylvania, all deeds are found at the county Recorder of Deeds office. Here's the easy way to find deed records in PA counties.
Resources How a Deed Can Build Your Family Tree If you’re tracing your ancestors or the history of a home In Pennsylvania, particularly in the 18th century, you’ll want to find and transcribe the real estate deeds you find. Here's how to do it.
Podcast The Most Forgotten War in American History Pennsylvania,and Philadelphia in particular, were very involved in America's War with Mexico, 1846–1848. It rarely get mentioned in current times. Here's the impact it had then summarized in one minute:
Podcast One Minute PA History: The Most Forgotten War The largest war in the Western hemisphere happened just before the U.S. Civil War and Pennsylvania was very involved. 0:00/1×
Resources The Tragedy of the Boyertown Opera House Fire The Boyertown Opera House Fire was a devastating historical event that took place in Boyertown, Berks County on January 13, 1908. The Rhodes Opera House was destroyed by a fire started by a kerosene lantern. Almost half the audience died in the inferno, 176 people.
Podcast Podcast Episode 74: Unique & Rare Pennsylvania Birth Records That Few Know About What if I told you that in the 1700’s and 1800’s in Pennsylvania, there were unique and beautiful birth records created? These are not official government records and not church records. It is what we call fraktur and I explain what it is and where to find it
Podcast Podcast Episode 73: 10 Ways to Get Birth and Death Information for Your Ancestors Sometimes we can't find birth certificates, death certificates, or marriage licenses on our ancestors. These are the 10 records I look for as a substitute for vital records for my ancestors. Watch and Subscribe to PA Ancestors on YouTube Listen to this Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Podcast Episode Your
Podcast Podcast Episode 72: Search Strategies for Vital Records If you've tried and tried to find a vital record in Pennsylvania, and keep running into a brick wall, this episode is for you. Here's 4 search strategies you can use to find birth, death, and marriage records - or really any record - in PA.
Podcast Podcast Episode 71: 3 Times When Vital Records Went Wrong Pennsylvania had a few attempts at birth records and death records that didn't work out as expected. Some failed, and some.....well, I explain what happened in this episode. Genealogists can use these record attempts to find their ancestors in PA. Colonial period vital records in the Pennsylvania
Podcast Podcast Episode 70: My Favorite Pennsylvania Genealogy Record Genealogists get to research in a variety of records. But I have one absolute favorite record, and its a hard-to-find vital record. Listen in to what it is and where to find it. Watch and Subscribe to PA Ancestors on YouTube Listen to this Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Podcast Episode Your
Podcast Podcast Episode 69: All About 19th Century Vital Records in Pennsylvania The 19th Century was a time of change and vital records were tried, failed, and tried again in various ways. It's confusing and and I'll clear it up in this episode. Watch and Subscribe to PA Ancestors YouTube Listen to this Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Podcast Episode
Podcast Podcast Episode 68: How to Get Free Vital Records in Pennsylvania Genealogists don't need to order certified copies or pay monthly subscription fees to get the records they want. Here are three ways to get birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage licenses for free. Watch and Subscribe to PA Ancestors on YouTube Listen to this Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Podcast
Podcast Podcast Episode 67: 3 Key PA Vital Records and Where to Find Them There are three vital records family historians need for each ancestor. What are they and where do you find them? Free access to public Pennsylvania birth and death certificates for PA residents PA Department of Health to order non-public vital records 9/11 hijackers used fake identification Ancestry. com and
vital records research book Vital Records Research: Getting Started in Pennsylvania Research An overview of how Pennsylvania records are organized and a suggested research approach.
vital records research book Vital Records Research: Using DNA Results A process to match AncestryDNA results to research of birth, marriage, and death records in Pennsylvania.
Paid-members only vital records research book Vital Records Research: Local Registrations of Birth, Marriage, and Death
Paid-members only vital records research book Vital Records Research: Unexpected and Unknown Parentage
