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Pennsylvania Archives books

Updated: Apr 24, 2022


First Series


Volume 1 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1664-1747

Volume 2 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1748-1756

Volume 3 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1756-1760

Volume 4 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1760-1776

Volume 5 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1776-1777

Volume 6 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1777-1778

Volume 7 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1778-1779

Volume 8 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1779-1781

Volume 9 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1781-1783

Volume 10 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1783-1786

Volume 11 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1786-1790

Volume 12 - (Click here) Pennsylvania Archives 1790 and Appendix


Minutes of the Provincial Council


General Index to the Colonial Records in 16 Volumes and the Pennsylvania Archives in 12 Volumes - Part 1 (Click here) - Part 2 (Click here)

 

Second Series

  • Volume 1 (Click here) Minutes of the Board of War from Mar. 1777 to Aug. 1777

  • Volume 2 (Click here) Marriage licenses issued in Pennsylvania prior to 1790; Persons naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania 1740-1773, Officers and Soldiers 1744-1764, Indian Traders, Ships registers, Col. Burd's Journal

  • Volume 3 Part 1 (Click here) Names of Persons who took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania bet. 1776 and 1794

  • Volume 3 Part 2 (Click here) Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution

  • Volume 4 (Click here) The Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania 1794, Papers relating to the Defense of the Frontiers 1790-1796

  • Volume 5 (Click here) Papers relating to the Colonies on the Delaware, 1614-1682

  • Volume 6 (Click here) Papers relating to the French Occupation of Western Pennsylvania

  • Volume 7 (Click here) Provincial affairs in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750

  • Volume 8 (Click here) Record of Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1810, Volume 1

  • Volume 9 (Click here) Record of Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1810, Volume 2

  • Volume 10 (Click here) Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Line, 1775-1783, Volume 1 (Alternate link)

  • Volume 11 (Click here) Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Line, 1775-1783, Volume 2

  • Volume 12 (Click here) Muster Rolls of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812-1814

  • Volume 13 (Click here) Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, Volume 1

  • Volume 14 (Click here) Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, Volume 2 (Alternate link)

  • Volume 15 (Click here) Journals and diaries of the War of the Revolution with lists of officers and soldiers 1775-1783 (Alternate link)

  • Volume 16 Part 1 (Click here) Part 2 (Click here) The Breviate Boundary Dispute; Pennsylvania and Maryland boundaries

  • Volume 17 (Click here) Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808

  • Volume 18 Part 1 (Click here) The Connecticut Settlement in the Wyoming Valley, Dutch Settlement, Pennsylvania Claims

  • Volume 19 (Click here) Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, Volume 1

 

Third Series

  • Series Index (Click here) Minutes of the Board of Property and other references to lands in Pennsylvania. Includes Index to volumes 11-26 (Click here)

  • Volume 1 (Click here) Minutes of the Board of Property and other references to lands in Pennsylvania; Minutes of Ye Welsh Purchasers (Index to Volume 1 see p. 5-38 here)

  • Volume 2 (Click here) Minutes of the Board of Property and other references to land in Pennsylvania, including Proprietary Old Rights (Index to Volume 2 see p. 43-76 here)

  • Volume 3 (Click here) Old Rights, Proprietary Rights, Virginia Entries, and Soldiers Entitled to Donation Lands (Contents of Volume 3 see p. 81-82 here)

  • Volume 4 (Click here) Draughts of the Proprietary Manors in the Province of Pennsylvania (Contents of Volume 4 see p. 89-91 here)

  • Volume 5 (Click here) County Lieutenants during the War of the Revolution 1777-1789, Volume 1 (Index to Volume 5 see p. 97-103 here)

  • Volume 6 (Click here) County Lieutenants during the War of the Revolution 1777-1789, Volume 2 (Contents and Index of Volume 6 see p. 109-120 here)

  • Volume 7 (Click here) County Lieutenants during the War of the Revolution 1777-1789, Volume 3 (Contents and Index of Volume 7 see p. 125-129 here)

  • Volume 8 (Click here) Commissions issued by the Province of Pennsylvania with official proclamations, Volume 1 (Index to Volume 8 see p. 135-143 here)

  • Volume 9 (Click here) Commissions issued by the Province of Pennsylvania with official proclamations, Volume 2 (Index to Volume 9 see p. 149-155 here)

  • Volume 10 (Click here) Commissions issued by the Province of Pennsylvania with official proclamations, Volume 3 (Contents of Volume 10 see p. 161 here)

  • Volume 11 (Click here) Tax list for Chester County 1765-1771 (Index to Volume 11 see p. 167-175 here)

  • Volume 12 (Click here) Tax list for Chester County 1774-1785 (Alternate link) (Contents of Volume 12 see p. 181-189 here)

  • Volume 13 (Click here) Tax list for Bucks County 1779-1786 (Contents see p. 195-201 here)

  • Volume 14 Part 1 (Click here) Tax list for the City and County of Philadelphia for 1769, 1774, and 1779 Part 2 (Click here) (Contents see p. 207-212 here)

  • Volume 15 (Click here) Tax list for the City and County of Philadelphia for 1779, 1780, and 1781 (Contents see p. 217-220 here)

  • Volume 16 (Click here) Tax list for the City and County of Philadelphia for 1781, 1782, and 1783 (Contents see p. 225-228 here)

  • Volume 17 (Click here) Tax list for the County of Lancaster for 1771-1773, 1179 and 1782 (Contents see p. 233-242 here)

  • Volume 18 (Click here) Proprietary Return Berks County 1767 (Contents see p. 243-249 here)

  • Volume 19 (Click here) Tax list for Northampton and Northumberland Counties 1772-1787 (Contents see p. 255-262 here)

  • Volume 20 (Click here) Tax list for Cumberland County 1778-1782 and 1785 (Contents see p. 267-271 here)

  • Volume 21 (Click here) Tax list for York County 1779-1783 (Contents see p. 277-281 here)

  • Volume 22 (Click here) Tax list for the Counties of Bedford 1773-1784, Huntingdon 1788, Westmoreland 1783 & 1786, Fayette 1785 & 1786, Allegheny 1791, and Washington 1786; Census of Bedford 1784 and Westmoreland 1783 (Contents see p. 287-294 here)

  • Volume 23 (Click here) Muster rolls of the Navy and Line, Militia and Rangers, 1775-1783, with list of Pensioners, 1818-1832 (Contents and Index see p. 299-310 here)

  • Volume 24 (Click here) Warrantees of Land in the Several Counties of Pennsylvania 1730-1898, Volume 1 (Contents see p. 315-319 here)

  • Volume 25 (Click here) Warrantees of Land in the Several Counties of Pennsylvania 1730-1898, Volume 2 (See also Part 2) (Contents see p. 325 here)

  • Volume 26 (Click here) Warrantees of Land in the Several Counties of Pennsylvania 1730-1898, Volume 3 (Contents see p. 331 here)

  • Volume 27 (Click here) General Index to Volumes 11-26 (Letters A-Co)

  • Volume 28 (Click here) General Index to Volumes 11-26 (Letters Co-Ju)

  • Volume 29 (Click here) General Index to Volumes 11-26 (Letters Ka-Re)

  • Volume 30 (Click here) General Index to Volumes 11-26 (Letters Re-Zy)

 

Fourth Series

  • Volume 2 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1747-1759

  • Volume 3 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1759-1785

  • Volume 4 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1785-1817

  • Volume 5 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1817-1832

  • Volume 6 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1832-1845

  • Volume 7 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1845-1858

  • Volume 8 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1858-1871

  • Volume 9 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1871-1883

  • Volume 10 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1883-1891

  • Volume 11 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1891-1897

  • Volume 12 (Click here) Papers of the Governors 1897-1902

 

Fifth Series

  • Volume 1 (Click here) Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the Province of Pennsylvania 1744-1765 (Alternate link)

  • Volume 2 (Click here) Col. William Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen, 1775-1776, Battalion Officers, Second Pennsylvania Battalion, Third Pennsylvania Battalion, Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion, Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion, Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion, Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, The Musketry Battalion, The State Regiment of Foot, The Pennsylvania Line 1776-1783, General Officers Pennsylvania Line, Pennsylvania Line 1780, Centennial Line First Pennsylvania 1776-1783, Roster of Field and Staff Officers, First Regiment 1777, 1778, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, Non-commissioned Officers and Privates, Eighteen Months' Men, Enlistment Papers, Continental Line Fourth Pennsylvania 1776-1783, Field and Staff Officers Second Regiment, Second Pennsylvania Regiment 1777-1781 and 1783, Continental Line Third Pennsylvania 1777-1783, Third Pennsylvania Regiment 1776-1781 and 1783, Continental Line Fourth Pennsylvania 1777-1783 (Alternate link)

  • Volume 3 (Click here) Continental Line, Fifth Pennsylvania, 1777-1783

  • Volume 4 (Click here) Continental Line, The Invalid Regiment, 1777-1783

  • Volume 5 (Click here) Muster rolls relating to the associators and militia of the Counties of Bedford, Berks, Bucks and Chester

  • Volume 6 (Click here) Muster rolls relating to the associators and militia of the County of Cumberland

  • Volume 7 (Click here) Muster rolls relating to the associators and militia of the County of Lancaster

  • Volume 8 (Click here) Muster rolls relating to the associators and militia of the Counties of Northampton and Northumberland

 

Sixth Series

  • Volume 1 (Click here) Muster Rolls relating to the associators and militia of the City of Philadelphia

  • Volume 2 (Click here) Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Muster rolls and papers relating to the associators and Militia of the City of Philadelphia, continued

  • Volume 2 (Click here) Muster Rolls relating to the associators and militia of the Counties of Washington and York

  • Volume 3 (Click here) Militia rolls 1783-1790

  • Volume 4 (Click here) Military abstracts from Executive minutes Vol. 1-9 inclusive, 1790-1817

  • Volume 5 (Click here) Muster rolls of the Pennsylvania Militia 1790-1800, Allegheny County Militia

  • Volume 6 (Click here) Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County, 1734-1834, Baptisms, Marriages, Communions, deaths

  • Volume 7 (Click here) War 1812-1814

  • Volume 8 (Click here) War 1812-1814

  • Volume 9 (Click here) Misc. Papers 1812-1814, Drafted Troops 1812-1814

  • Volume 10 (Click here) Expenditures by the State of Pennsylvania on account of the U.S. 1812-1814; also in the Mexican War 1846-1847 (Click here)

  • Volume 11 (Click here) Election returns

  • Volume 12 Part 1 (Click here) Part 2 (Click here) Inventories, Sales, and Forfeited Estates 1777

  • Volume 13 (Click here) Inventories, Sales, and Forfeited Estates

  • Volume 14 (Click here) Memorandum book of Dr. John Ewing on a journey to settle the boundary of Pennsylvania, May, 1784, orderly book 1779, and letters

  • Volume 15 Part 1 (Click here) Index to Fifth Series (Alternate link)

 

Seventh Series


Volumes 1-5 contain the index to the Six Series.

Vol. 1 (A-D)

Vol. 2 Pt 1 (D-G) - Pt 2 (G-H)

Vol. 3 Pt 1 (H-L) - *Pt 2 (L-M) *(Updated 12/13/21. Thank you to the visitor who notified me!)

Vol. 4 Pt 1 (M-P) - Pt 2 (P-S)

Vol. 5 Pt 1 (S-T) - Pt 2 (T-Z)

 

Other

  • Warrantees of Land (Click here) Franklin County 1784-1895, Northumberland County 1772-1892, Lycoming County 1795-1896, Clearfield 1806-1896, Wyoming County 1847-1895, Bedford County 1771-1893, Huntingdon County 1787-1889, Centre County 1801-1891

  • Minutes of the Susquehanna Company claiming lands in Wyoming (Click here)

  • Inventory of the County Archives - Adams County - Luzerne County

  • Guide to Photographs at the Pennsylvania State Archives (Click here)

  • Guide to Published Archives of Pennsylvania, Covering the 138 Volumes of Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives Series 1-9 (Click here)

  • Summary Guide to the Pennsylvania State Archives (Click here)

  • The Afro American in Pennsylvania (Click here)

  • The Indian Chiefs of Pennsylvania (Click here)

  • Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania - Volume 1 (Click here) - Volume 2 (Click here)

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