Pennsylvania historical records

Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the United States. It became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 12, 1787.

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Pennsylvania vital records Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 6,562,484 records available Pennsylvania Marriages 7,947,269 records available Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior To 1810 836 records available Pennsylvania, Delaware County Marriages 271,397 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania directories, guides and references Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1936 2,811 records available Mcelroy's Philadelphia Directory, 1851 1,084 records available Mcelroy's Philadelphia Directory, 1847 912 records records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania land records Pennsylvania, Chester County Tax Registrations, 1715-1890 405,040 records available Proprietary and State Tax Lists of the County Of Lancaster, 1771 - 1773, 1779,1782 920 records available Pennsylvania Archives: Third Series, Volume 14, Part 2, Supply and State Tax Lists, City and County of Philadelphia, 1769, 1774, 1779 (1894) 844 records available See the entire collection catalog of land records in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania histories, memories and biographies Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 32 566 records available Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester of Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania 1,720 records available History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume 3 1,004 records available History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1 984 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania schools and universities records Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA), 1883 - 2009 29,233 records available La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA), 1940 - 2009 15,452 records available Lebanon Valley College, Yearbook (Annville, Pennsylvania) 22,047 records available Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture (Doylestown, PA), 1960 - 1987 6,511 records available Delaware Valley College (Doylestown, PA), 1989 - 2009 4,609 records available See the entire collection catalog of school and universities records in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania books and publication records Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 1 1,331 pages Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 12, 1897 - 1902 996 pages Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 12 994 pages Friends Intelligencer, Volume 14 (1857) 850 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration records in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania immigration records Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Passenger List Card Index, 1883-1948 1,153,200 records available Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Passenger Lists, 1800-1882 489,486 records available Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance To the Province And State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, With the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808 800 records available Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French And Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 To 1776 550 records available Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Passenger Lists, 1883-1945 1,752,048 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration records in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania military records Pennsylvania Archives: Fifth Series, Volume 5 851 records available Pennsylvania Archives: Fifth Series, Volume 7 1,066 records available History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: Complete Record of the Organization, And of the Different Companies, Regiments And Brigades 754 records available Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution: Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775 - 1783, Volume 1 806 records available Pennsylvania Archives: Fifth Series, Volume 6 670 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania census records Pennsylvania, Chester County Septennial Census 243,88,338 records available See the entire collection catalog of census records in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania newspaper records Pennsylvania Newspapers, 1795-2009 7,508,052 pages in 70 newspaper titles See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Pennsylvania

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