General Resources
- Pennsylvania Non-Population Census Schedules at FamilySearch
- Pennsylvania Counties 1850 and 1880 U.S. Agricultural Census and 1927 Triennial Agricultural Census at Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission website
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Archives
- Penn Pilot - Historic Aerial Photographs of Pennsylvania, 1937-1972
- Pennsylvania Digital Repository
- Pennsylvania Death Indexes, 1906-1961 (Some are already available on ancestry.com.)
- Pennsylvania Birth Indexes
- Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
- Penny Postcards from Pennsylvania Counties at U.S. GenWeb Archives
- Pennsylvania Genealogy -- Blog
- Power Library: Pennsylvania's Electronic Library: PA Photos and Documents
- Pennsylvania Maps online at the Library of Congress
- Pennsylvania State Archives Research Online
- Historic Pennsylvania Statutory Law at The Advancing Genealogist
- Pennsylvania County (& Township) Maps, U.S. Digital Map Library at USGenWeb Archives
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (some public resources, more if you're a member)
Pennsylvania Newspapers (except Butler and Mercer Counties)
- The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette - 22 Feb 1828 - 27 Jun 1865
- The Daily Times (Beaver) - 13 Oct 1906 - 18 Oct 1956
- The Butler Times at Google News - Jan 1907 - Dec 1912 (some issues missing)
- Blog post with clickable list of all Pennsylvania newspapers that are available at Google News Archives
- Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive at https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/
Butler County
- "American Citizen," 1863-1872 at Chronicling America
- Butler County Wiki at FamilySearch
- Butler Area Public Library Obituary Database
- Butler Area Public Library Genealogy Department
- Butler County Genealogical Society
- Butler County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society
- Butler County RootsWeb
- "Butler Citizen,"1877-1922 at Chronicling America
- "The Butler Times" at Google Newspapers
- Butler County Borough and Township Maps, 1874
- History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, 1895 (transcription)
- Butler County Newspapers at Chronicling America
- Birdseye view of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, 1896, at Library of Congress
Mercer County
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I am trying to find the birth and marriage record for Marie Specht B 1859 in Philadelphia- to Jacob Friedrich Theurer B 1851 Spielberg Germany. They lived most (all) of their lives in Milwaukee WI-can you direct me to a likely resource-have looked at Ancestry--Thanks!! guentjoie@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI know FamilySearch.org continues to add to their collection of Pennsylvania marriage records. It's possible you could find a record there. When you search be sure to consider all possible spelling variations. Good luck!
DeleteYour site is very impressive!!! Retired a few years ago, and want desperately to organize. I came across your site, looking for info on Old German Transcription. My Grandmother came in the early 1920's. She had 3 brothers who were priest, one was one of Hitler's priest, another a Dominican who ended up in Dachau, and survived, and one came to the US. Their mother died at a young age. This past year I was able to obtain my great uncles records from Dachau prison camp and the records for the one who was one of Hitlers priest. ALL handwritten, and totally alien to me. But now I believe I could make some headway now. Thanks so much!!
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Thank you, Cathy, and you're welcome. What interesting ancestors you have, with such sad experiences. I'm glad you were able to find records for your grandmother's brothers, and that they survived! Good luck with translating the records!
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