Chosse a link below to learn more about the stated records. This page describes the type of databases that can be found Online in Pennsylvania research.

• The Pennsylvania Archives Online: As one of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania played an important part in our nation's early history. Many significant records were created and kept by Pennsylvania, as Philadelphia was both the site of the Continental Congress and the largest port of the time. Many of those early documents, and others through the 1800s, were transcribed into the published Pennsylvania Archives. These volumes should not be confused with the repository in Harrisburg where official colonial and state records are kept. The images here are pages from the 138-volume, 10-series set of the well-known collection of early government records transcribed and printed by the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Archives has been relied upon by scholars, genealogists, and historians for valuable historical information for over a century. The only online availability of virtually all of the Pennsylvania Archives is here, with free access, on Footnote.com.
• Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890: This collection contains the following indexes: 1772 Tax List (Northampton County); 1790 Federal Census Index; 1800 Federal Census Index; 1810 Federal Census Index; 1820 Federal Census Index; 1830 Federal Census Index; 1840 Federal Census Index; 1840 Pensioners List; 1842 Chester County Census Index; 1850 Federal Census Index; 1857 Chester County Census Index; 1860 Federal Census Index; 1870 Federal Census Index; 1890 Naval Veterans Schedule; Early Census Records.
• Early Pennsylvania Land Records: The contents of this database, comes from the minutes of the Board of Property, for the then Province of Pennsylvania.
• Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819: This database includes abstracts from probated wills for the years 1682-1819.
• Berks County, Pennsylvania Estate Records, 1752-1914: The nearly 37,000 estate files indexed in this database contain original papers including wills, inventories, accounts, guardianship appointments, orphans' court real estate sales, etc.
• Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages: This database is a collection of Lutheran Church baptism and marriage records from southeastern Pennsylvania between 1730 and 1779.
• Pennsylvania Marriages to 1790: This database contains the names of over 31,000 individuals for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to 1790.
• Pennsylvania Marriages to 1810: Originally published in volume VIII of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives, this wonderful collection contains almost 35,000 marriage records
• Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1727-76: This database contains some 30,000 names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from the years 1727 to 1776.
• Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750: This database contains the results of a study of the immigration of the Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania between 1682 and 1750.
• Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance: This database lists the names of immigrants who took the oath of allegiance to the province and state of Pennsylvania from 1727-1775.
• Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2: This database lists the names of immigrants who took the oath of allegiance to the province and state of Pennsylvania from 1777-1789.
• Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-73: This database is a listing of persons naturalized in the colony between 1740 and 1773.
• Philadelphia German Immigration, 1700-75: This volume gives a history of German immigration to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1700 to 1775
• Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945: This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1800-1945.
• Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records: It includes information on more than 113,000 immigrants from nearly 100 countries who applied for citizenship through the Philadelphia courts system from 1789 to 1880.
• Philadelphia, 1800-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists: This data set contains alphabetical listings of approximately 180,000 individuals who arrived at Philadelphia from foreign ports between 1800 and 1850.
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Indentures, 1771-1773: This collection of indenture records was compiled by the city mayor's office between 1771 and 1773.
• Ship Passenger Lists to Pennsylvania: Miscellaneous Ships: The database is a partial record of Ships Passenger Lists to Pennsylvania. Most of these ships carried Palatine refugees.
• Pennsylvania Pensioners, 1835: This database identifies thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers who were covered under various pension acts in the early 1800s.
• Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812: Compiled from the Pennsylvania Archives collection, this database is a listing of soldiers who volunteered to fight the British during the War of 1812.