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
Resources 40 Questions to Preserve Your Family History It’s the beginning of the holiday season and time to get together with family. Here are 40 questions you can ask parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to collect your family history.
Resources Ditch Your Car and Rediscover How Your Ancestors Traveled Most genealogy research involves trying to find people as they moved from one place to another. Rarely are researchers lucky enough to have a family who lived on one property for several generations. Knowing how people traveled from one location to another is central to doing genealogy right.
Resources Misinformation on FindaGrave Can Ruin Your Family History Genealogy websites have been flooded with misinformation over the years. What started off as a small problem a decade ago is now a huge one. Anyone with an account can add any information they want to the profiles and family trees they create. This misinformation problem is most evident on FindaGra
Resources Three Tips for Preparing for a Cemetery Trip I love visiting the cemeteries where my ancestors are buried. If you are planning a cemetery visit over the holidays, here are my three tips to get the most out of the visit:
Resources Why You Can’t Find Your Ancestors’ Obituaries Newspaper obituaries are an essential part of all compiled family histories. Yet there are many researchers who can not find any mention of their ancestors’ deaths in newspapers. Why is that? It’s because they aren’t searching in all the available Pennsylvania newspapers.
Resources Odd Pennsylvania Events Your Ancestor Could Have Been In Many people complain their family history is boring. One way to liven it up is including the odd events that happened in the location or occupations of your ancestors. There are hundreds of tales and here are two really odd ones.
