PA Photos and Documents
Genealogy
C. C. Mellor Memorial Library – The History of the Borough of Edgewood
Regionally significant history of the Borough of Edgewood, Pennsylvania. This collection includes bound book, personal recollections and a multitude of photographs.
Centre County Library & Historical Museum – John Blair Linn Photo Album
Photo album put together by John Blair Linn (1831 – 1899) consisting of 72 black and white images of his immediate family, his extended family, and his friends from his …
Chester County History Center – Chester County Archives and Record Services – Chester County Board of Relief
This collections represents all extant records of the Chester County Board of Relief from 1861 through 1865. The Chester County Board of Relief was set up by the Act of …
Chester County History Center – Ennion Cook Account Book Collection
The digitized account book of Ennion Cook consists of 256 scanned pages and dates from 1798 to 1836. Found within this volume are Cook’s financial records as a school teacher, …
Chester County History Center – John Churchman Papers: Early Land Grants and Surveys in Chester County, Pennsylvania (Nottingham Lots)
This digitized volume is a copy of John Churchman’s survey work of the Nottingham Lots. The location of the original is unknown. Gilbert Cope, a Chester County, Pa. historian and …
Chester County History Center – John Hill Brinton Reminiscences Collection
The digitized reminiscences recorded by John Hill Brinton consist of five volumes (three original and two typed transcripts) and date from 1856 to 1868. Found within the collection are descriptions …
Chester County History Center – Timothy Kirk Memorandum Book Collection
These three digitized memorandum books belonged to Timothy Kirk, born circa 1786 in West Marlborough, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Orpha Strode (or Stroud) (1796-1875) on April 5, 1821, and …
German Society of Pennsylvania – German Society Agentur
The Agentur Records Collection consists of 72 volumes of handwritten ledgers, indexes, logs, reports, and letter books spanning the years 1847 to 1947, recording the efforts of the German Society …
Martinsburg Community Library – George Liebegott Genealogy Collection
The digitization of the eight index volumes of the George Liebegott Genealogy Collection is the first stage of indexing the entire 247 volumes of the collections. The eight volume index …
Meyersdale Public Library – African American Burials in Somerset County
As part of a larger statewide effort, in 2018 the Meyersdale Public Library undertook a project to document and compile a list of known African American burials in Somerset County. …
Meyersdale Public Library – Captain William (Will) Lewis Judy
This collection includes photographs and correspondence pertaining to Captain Will Judy, a famous son of Garrett, Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Born in 1891 and raised in this small coal …
Meyersdale Public Library – Springs Historical Society – Johnston Bender Family Collection
The Johnston Bender Family Collection combines photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and business records of two families–the Rev. Elias S. and Anna (Odell) Johnston family of Altoona and Salisbury and the Fred …
Meyersdale Public Library – Springs Historical Society – Wagner Collection
William Wagner, a cooper of Salisbury, Somerset County, worked on farms in the 1870s and then bought a farm near West Salisbury (Elk Lick Township) in 1882. With experience in …
Meyersdale Public Library – William Henry Welfley Scrapbook Collection
Born in 1840 in Salisbury, Somerset County, photographer, author and Civil War veteran William Henry Welfley would earn a reputation as “the county’s historian.” Serving 19 terms as burgess of …
New Cumberland Public Library – Roland Benjamin collection
This collection includes photographs and letters left by the Benjamin estate, primarily from the early 1900s. Mr. Benjamin grew up in northern Pennsylvania and moved to the Harrisburg area in …
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – African American Heritage Collection
This collection focuses on the heritage of African Americans in the Johnstown region.
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Cambria County Immigration Declarations
This collection includes scans of immigration declarations registered in Cambria County from 1835-1991. Information includes name, place of departure, country of origin, and age.
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Wilmore Collection
The town of Wilmore was founded around 1800 by Godfrey Wilmore a former slave from Maryland and his former indentured wife Mary. The Wilmore’s operated a sawmill and were close …
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book
The manuscript diary was recorded by the Germantown printer and Church of the Brethren pastor, Christopher Sauer, Jr. (1721-1784). Written in German script, the diary, although small, contains a wealth …
Whitehall Township Public Library – Civil War Grave Registrations
This collection contains the grave registrations forms of veterans of the Civil War buried in Lehigh County, PA. Upon burial these forms were filed with the local Veterans Affairs. Most …
Whitehall Township Public Library – Historic Books
The Historic Books collection contains local history and books of historical nature from around the Lehigh Valley. This collection also contains unpublished family history research records of private researchers, which …