If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as there are specific categories and resources that have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- Access Genealogy – Pennsylvania
- Albright College Digital Collections
- Allegheny College Digital Collections
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Pennsylvania
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Arcadia University Digital Collections
- Archives Records Information Access System (Pennsylvania State Archives)
- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Digital Collections
- Bryn Mawr College Digital Collections
- Bucknell University Digital Collections
- California University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Carnegie Mellon University Digital Collections
- Cheyney University Digital Collections
- Chronicles: The Annals of Dickinson College
- Chronicling America – Pennsylvania
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Collections
- Cyndi’s List – Pennsylvania
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Pennsylvania
- Dickinson College Digital Collections
- Digital Collections at the State Library of Pennsylvania
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Library of Appalachia
- Digital Public Library of America
- Digital Public Library of America – Pennsylvania
- Drexel University Digital Collections
- Duquesne University Digital Collections
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Elizabethtown College Digital Collections
- Erie County Public Library
- Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society
- FamilyHart Online Genealogy Database
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Pennsylvania
- FindAGrave
- Franklin & Marshall College Digital Collections
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
- Genealogy Trails – Pennsylvania
- German Society of Pennsylvania
- Gettysburg College Digital Collections
- Google Books – Pennsylvania
- HathiTrust – Pennsylvania
- Haverford College in Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Historic Pittsburgh
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania Digital Library
- Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Interment.net – Pennsylvania
- Internet Archive – Pennsylvania
- Jewish Genealogical and Archival Society of Greater Philadelphia
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Lafayette College Digital Collections
- Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
- LaSalle University Digital Collections
- LDS Genealogy – Pennsylvania
- Lehigh University Digital Collections
- Library Company of Philadelphia
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Lincoln University Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Pennsylvania
- Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia
- Luzerne County Historical Society
- Messiah University Digital Collections
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Moravian University Digital Collections
- Muhlenberg College Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Philadelphia
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- Neumann University Digital Collections
- New Horizons Genealogy – Pennsylvania
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Patriot and Grave Registry
- Penn in the Age of Franklin, 1740-1790
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- Pennsylvania State Archives
- Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg Digital Collections
- Pennsylvania State University – Pennsylvania College of Technology Digital Collections
- Pennsylvania State University – University Park Digital Collections
- Pennsylvania Western Archives and Collections – Edinboro
- Philadelphia City Archives
- PhillyHistory.org
- POWER Library: Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library
- Presbyterian Historical Society
- RootsWeb.com
- Rosemont College Digital Collections
- Saint Joseph’s University Digital Collections
- Saint Vincent College Digital Collections
- Sanborn Maps – Pennsylvania
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- State Library of Pennsylvania
- Swarthmore College Digital Collections
- Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library
- Temple University Digital Collections
- Temple University Urban Archives
- The Official Land Records Site
- Thomas Jefferson University Digital Collections
- University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections
- University of Scranton Digital Collections
- University of the Arts Digital Collections
- Ursinus College Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Pennsylvania
- US GenWeb Archives – Pennsylvania
- Villanova University Digital Collections
- Washington and Jefferson College Digital Collections
- Washington County – Citizens Library
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
- Widener University Digital Collections
- Wilkes University Digital Collections
- York College of Pennsylvania Digital Collections
Here is the list of over 6,440 curated Pennsylvania genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- BMD Records
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
