Pennsylvania family history books offer a rich window into a state steeped in colonial heritage and industrial prowess. These publications present detailed genealogies, church registers, immigration records, and personal memoirs that chronicle the lives of early settlers, including Pennsylvania Dutch, Quakers, and diverse immigrant communities. They reveal the evolution from rural farmlands to bustling urban centers like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, reflecting the state’s dynamic economic and cultural shifts. For genealogists and family researchers, Pennsylvania’s family histories are one of the many invaluable tools connecting individual family narratives with broader historical milestones, as well as with the enduring legacy of a state that played a pivotal role in shaping America.
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- Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settlers 1,962 records
- Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester of Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania 1,720 records
- Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended From John And Jane Sharples, Settlers Near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 (1887) 1,446 records
- Biographical And Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (1890) 1,417 records
- Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 15, Part 1 1,264 records
- Genealogy of the Smedley Family, Descended From George And Sarah Smedley, Settlers In Chester County, Pennsylvania (1901) 1,208 records
- Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John & Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (Now Delaware) Co., Pennsylvania (1910) 1,206 records
- Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Containing Biographical And Genealogical Sketches of Prominent And Representative Citizens And of Many of the Early Settlers, Part 2 1,182 records
- History And Genealogy of the Harlan Family (1914) 1,160 records
- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 38 1,106 records
- Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Part 2 1,091 records
- History And Genealogy of the Harlan Family, And Particularly of the Descendants of George And Michael Harlan, Who Settled In Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1687 (1914) 1,060 records
- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 8 1,052 records
- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 1 1,033 records
- Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent And Representative Citizens And of Many of the Early Settled Families (1905) 990 records
- Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Volume 2 974 records
- Centennial Biography: Men of Mark of Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania, 1776-1876 (1876) 966 records
- Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Volume 1 934 records
- Biographical Annals of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (1904) 924 records
- Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins, And Other Pennsylvania Families (1918) 884 records
- Strassburger Family And Allied Families of Pennsylvania 882 records
- Some of the First Settlers of "the Forks of the Delaware", 1760 - 1852 858 records
- Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 5, Part 1 850 records
- Genealogical And Family History of the Wyoming And Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume 1 (1906) 829 records
- Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1 822 records
- Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Part 1 (1905) 816 records
- Genealogy of the Descendants of John Kirk, Born 1660, at Alfreton, in Derbyshire, England. Died 1705, in Darby Township, Chester (Now Delaware) County, Pennsylvania (1912) 806 records
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