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• Pennsylvania Biographies ... bios and history of men and women in PA

• Pennsylvania Biographies Project

• Pennsylvania Dutch are of German Heritage, Not Dutch

• Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect Project

  Site for vocabulary and grammar of the Pennsylvania German (Pennsylvania Dutch) dialect common in Southeast Pennsylvania and as well as other areas.

• Pennsylvania Dutch Family History and Genealogy

• Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Biographies

  Biographies of people from Pennsylvania who have made important contributions to the nation and the world.
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• Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War - Biographies

  Each Pennsylvania soldier biography contains regiment, battles fought, injuries and POW details, if any, as well as birthplace, birthdate, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the War.

• Schöne Neue Welt Rheinländer erobern Amerika

  Early emigration of Rhinelanders to Pennsylvania.

• The Causes of Palatine Emigration

  Excerpted from Early Palatine Emigration by Walter Allen Knittle.

• The Italian American Program

  from the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. Preserves and interprets the history and culture of people of Italian descent in Western Pennsylvania.

  • Archival Collections

    Collection includes the Trinity Presbyterian Church Records, Ateleta Beneficial Association Records, Beneficial Society of North Italy Records, & Ladies North Italian Lodge Records.

• The Molly Maguires

• The Molly Maguires

• The Molly Maguires

  From Wikipedia.

• The Original 13 Settlers of Germantown Pennsylvania

  Thirteen families answered Franz Daniel Pastorius' call to settle in Pennsylvania. They came aboard the Concord in 1683. The settlement is called Germantown, PA. Germantown PA was once the nation's capitol. These founders were deeply against slavery. This site considers their genealogy, their history, their culture, and their homeland.

• The Scotch-Irish in Western Pennsylvania

  An account of the Scotch-Irish contribution to the history of Western Pennsylvania.

• The Scotch-Irish of Pennsylvania

  An account of the early Scotch-Irish settlers in Pennsylvania, mentioning many of the prominent people and families of Ulster and Scots origin in the state.

• Tim's Tips on Pennsylvania German Research

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• Tribes and Villages of Pennsylvania

• Welcome To The Twin Tiers History and Genealogy Site

  Covering information on the people who made their marks in the history and genealogy of what is known as the Twin Tiers of southern New York and the northern part of Pennsylvania.

• Western Pennsylvania Orphans

  Information, illustrations and orphan lists.