Research Guides
You can research many topics at the State Archives, but the information may be scattered through many different groups of records. These topical guides will help you by telling you something about the topic and explaining where you might find records related to it.
Collections
- Record Groups (Government Records)(opens in a new tab)
- Manuscript Groups (Non-Government Records)(opens in a new tab)
- Digitized County Microfilm (Onsite)
Miscellaneous Research Guides
- Energy Production(opens in a new tab)
- Historic Buildings(opens in a new tab)
- Influenza Epidemic of 1918(opens in a new tab)
- Molly Maguires(opens in a new tab)
- Photographs(opens in a new tab)
- Published Pennsylvania Archives(opens in a new tab)
- Religion(opens in a new tab)
- Women's History(opens in a new tab)
- WPA and The New Deal(opens in a new tab)
African American Records
- Guide to African American Resources(opens in a new tab)
- Slavery and the Underground Railroad(opens in a new tab)
Genealogy
- Agricultural Census Information(opens in a new tab)
- Birth Indices(opens in a new tab)
- Census Records(opens in a new tab)
- County and Municipal Records(opens in a new tab)
- Coal Miners(opens in a new tab)
- Death Indices(opens in a new tab)
- Indentured Servants(opens in a new tab)
- Naturalization and Immigration(opens in a new tab)
- Naturalizations, PA Supreme Court(opens in a new tab)
- Prison Records(opens in a new tab)
- Ships' Passenger Lists(opens in a new tab)
- Vital Statistics(opens in a new tab)
Land Records
- County and Municipal Records(opens in a new tab)
- Land Records Indices(opens in a new tab)
- Land Records Overview(opens in a new tab)
- Land Warrant Applications(opens in a new tab)
- Maps(opens in a new tab)
- Warrantee Township Maps(opens in a new tab)
Military Records
- Civil War(opens in a new tab)
- French and Indian War(opens in a new tab)
- Korean Conflict(opens in a new tab)
- Mexican Border Campaign(opens in a new tab)
- Mexican War(opens in a new tab)
- Militia Resource Guide Overview(opens in a new tab)
- Militia Resource Guide, 1682-1815(opens in a new tab)
- Militia Resource Guide, 1815-1870(opens in a new tab)
- Pennsylvania National Guard(opens in a new tab)
- Spanish American War(opens in a new tab)
- Vietnam Conflict(opens in a new tab)
- War of 1812(opens in a new tab)
- World War I(opens in a new tab)
- World War II(opens in a new tab)
Revolutionary War
- Revolutionary War Overview(opens in a new tab)
- Revolutionary War Militia Overview(opens in a new tab)
- Bedford Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Berks Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Bucks Co Revolutionary War Associators(opens in a new tab)
- Bucks Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Chester Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Cumberland Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Lancaster Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Northampton Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Northumberland Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Philadelphia City Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Philadelphia Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Washington Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- Westmoreland Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
- York Co Revolutionary War Militia(opens in a new tab)
Railroad Records
- Anthracite Railroad Records(opens in a new tab)
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, MG-427(opens in a new tab)
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Other Record Holders(opens in a new tab)
- PRR (the Pennsylvania R.R. Co.), MG-286(opens in a new tab)
- PRR Accidents(opens in a new tab)
- PRR Architectural Drawings(opens in a new tab)
- PRR Employee Cards(opens in a new tab)
- PRR Locomotive and Car Drawings(opens in a new tab)
- PRR, Other Record Holders(opens in a new tab)
- PRR Subsidiaries and Successors(opens in a new tab)
- Railroad Employees(opens in a new tab)
- Railroad Maps(opens in a new tab)
- Railroad Digitized Microfilm(opens in a new tab)
- Railroad Photographs(opens in a new tab)
- Railroad Record Collections(opens in a new tab)
Environmental Resources
- Environmental Resources, RG 1-6(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, RG 7-13(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, RG 14-34(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, RG 37-43(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, RG 45-75(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 6-156(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 160-190(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 191-207(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 208-209(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 214-308(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 309 pt 1(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 309 pt 2(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 325-442(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 450-471(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 472 pt 1(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 472 pt 2(opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Resources, MG 472 pt 3 -496(opens in a new tab)
