Discover Your Pennsylvania Ancestors!
In the late 1800’s many books were published on local Pennsylvania county history. Most of these books, often 500-1000 pages each, are found digitized on Internet Archive. As a genealogist researching early PA ancestors, are these county histories helpful to research? Is it worth reading through them? Here’s nine types of information you can find […]
In the late 1800’s many books were published on local Pennsylvania county history. Most of these books, often 500-1000 pages each, are found digitized on Internet Archive. As a genealogist researching early PA ancestors, are these county histories helpful to research? Is it worth reading through them? Here’s nine types of information you can find […]
Each county in Pennsylvania began issuing marriage licenses in 1885. Marriage licenses provide the genealogist with the parents of the bride and groom, as well as their age, residence, place of birth, and who married the couple (A great way to determine their religious faith and find more records!). If you ancestors lived in one […]
John Curry died suddenly at age 33 leaving little information about his life. Can researching his children and his siblings provide some clues to his life? Is it worth the time to do all this extra research? Let’s find out! Links PA State Archive Vital Records Indexes for publicly accessible state birth and death certificates not […]
Not every genealogy record we want is online and indexed for easy searching. In fact the majority of records are not even digitized! This is certainly the case for marriage licenses in PA, and in this episode I start online to look for John Curry’s marriage record before contacting the county to get it. Links […]
Searching through 20th century census records seems like it should be easy. Can I find John Curry in the 1920, 1910, and 1900 census? Not without some challenges. See how I figured it out in this episode. Listen and subscribe to the audio podcast here: https://your-pennsylvania-ancestors.simplecast.com/episodes/success-with-20th-century-census-records Become an Inner Circle Member and exclusive content while […]
The first step in genealogy research often means starting with a 20th century death certificate. Follow along as Denys analyzes a 1923 Pennsylvania death certificate to start the research for John Curry’s ancestors. Links PA Death Certificates on Ancestry.com Learn how to get free access through the PA State Archive if you live in Pennsylvania Historical […]
Denys spent the winter doing a lot of reading and has two history books to recommend. Ready to break the narrative of what you know about American history? These books will do it! Episode Notes Sometimes when you can’t make progress in genealogy research, its because you don’t understand the history of the time and […]
