Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections:

Pennsylvania, Oliver H. Bair Funeral Records Indexes, 1920-1980 Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783 Pennsylvania, Card Indexes to Genealogical Scrapbooks and Research Folders U.S., Select Family History and Bible Records Index

New Jersey State Archives Collections: New Jersey, State Census, 1895 New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802 New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817

New York City Department of Records Collections: New York, New York, Birth Index, 1878-1909 New York, New York, Marriage Indexes 1866-1937 New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948

New York State Collections: New Jersey, State Census, 1895 New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920 New York, World War I Veterans' Service Data, 1913-1919 U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes

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Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989 U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules, New York, 1850-1880 New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 Salina, New York, Records, 1805-1969 New York, Veteran Burial Cards, 1861-1898 New York, Military Service Cards, 1816-1979 New York, WWII Enlisted Men Cards, 1940-1945 New York, Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865 New York, State Census, 1915 New York, State Census, 1925 New York, New Jersey Soldiers Serving in the New York National Guard, 1918 New York, National Guard Monthly Roster, 1940-1945 New York, State Veterans' Questionnaires, 1861-1991 New York, Record of Award Medal, 1920-1991 New York, 74th Infantry National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1889-1917 New York, U.S. National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1923-1947 New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 New York, State Census, 1892 New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812 Albany, New York State Census, 1915 New York Marriages, 1600-1784 New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902 New York, Alien Depositions of Intent to Become U.S. Citizens, 1825-1871 New York, Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1866-1931 New York, Mexican Punitive Campaign Muster Rolls for National Guard, 1916-1917 New York, Sales of Loyalist Land, 1762-1830 New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, 1812-1815 New York, State Census, 1855 New York, Naturalization Papers, 1799-1847

Delaware State Collections: New York, Naturalization Papers, 1799-1847 Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912 Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908 Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1933 Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933 Delaware Naturalization Records, 1796-1959 Delaware, Wills and Administrations, 1683-1947 Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800

Maryland State Collections:  Baltimore, Maryland, Deaths and Burials Index, 1877-1992  Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911  Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850  Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774-1815  Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1837-1860  Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-1886  Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839  Marriage records, Prince Georges Co., Maryland, 1777 to 1836  A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland