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Archives in PA: Wrapping Up and Saving Your Research

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Archives in PA: Religious Organization Archives

The majority of religious records are not online anywhere. The key to finding what is needed is starting at the source of the records combined with maps.

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Archives in PA: Federal and State Historical Sites

Historical sites run by the PHMC or NPS which hold archives useful to genealogy research.

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Archives in PA: Local Organizational, Historical, and Genealogical Archives

Local archives are offer highly focused collections that bring depth to family history. There are hundreds of these places in Pennsylvania.

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Archives in PA: Archives and Special Collections at Colleges and Universities

College and university archives are open to the public and offer extensive collections helpful for family history.

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Archives in PA: County Courthouses and Archives

Locations of all the county courthouses and archives in the state, and the records made by each county office useful for genealogy research.

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Archives in PA: Regional Pennsylvania Archives

All the "must do" archives for researchers, specializing in different geographic areas of the state.

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Archives in PA: State-Wide Archives

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Archives in PA: Researching in Archives in Person or From Home

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Archives in PA: Using Catalogs and Finding Aids

How archives are organized and an research approach to using them by developing a research profile.

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Archives in PA: Creating Your Plan for Archival Research

In this chapter we will cover how archives came to be and how to craft your research approach.

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Archives in PA: What You Can Find in Archives

Four examples of archival collections you can search in Pennsylvania, and the types of information you can obtain from them