Pennsylvania Archives

The Pennsylvania Archives are a 138 volume set of reference books compiling transcriptions of letters and early records relating to the colony and state of Pennsylvania. The volumes were published in nine different series between 1838 and 1935 by acts of the Pennsylvania legislature. Contents of the archives include:
*Letters between key government figures in Pennsylvania
*Papers of the Governors
*Marriage Licenses issued prior to 1810
*Militia and Continental Muster Rolls including French-Indian War, Revolution and War of 1812
*Revolutionary Diaries
*County Tax Lists (typically of the Revolutionary era)
*Oath's of Allegiance
*Ship Lists (compiling German immigrants during 1700's)
*Land related records
*Election returns

References and Links to Volumes

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=TUjgjGmzJB4C Lost in Pennsylvania? Try the Published Pennsylvania Archives by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, M.L.S., 1999, The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]
* [http://academics.sru.edu/library/guides/paarchives.htm Indexes to the Pennsylvania Archives]

Colonial Records
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=8QkMAAAAYAAJ Vol 1 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1683-1700]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=3gcMAAAAYAAJ Vol 2 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1700-1717]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rEwOAAAAIAAJ Vol 3 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1717-1736]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Gk0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 4 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1736-1745]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=vdQLAAAAYAAJ Vol 5 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1745-1754]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=j00OAAAAIAAJ Vol 6 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1754-1756]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rM0LAAAAYAAJ Vol 7 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1756-1758]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=zpwMAAAAYAAJ Vol 8 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1757-1762]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=2wgQAAAAYAAJ Vol 9 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1762-1771]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=CE0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 10 - Minutes of the Provincial Council 1771-1775]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=qkwOAAAAIAAJ Vol 11 - Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1776-1779]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=L00OAAAAIAAJ Vol 12 - Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1779-1781]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rE0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 13 - Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1781-1784]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=9k0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 14 - Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1784-1786]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JE4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 15 - Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1784-1786]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=YhoLAAAAIAAJ Vol 16 - Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1789-1790]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=qujwJ3Ge9ZEC General Index to the Colonial Records]

Series 1
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GwEQAAAAYAAJ Vol 1 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1644]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rgAQAAAAYAAJ Vol 2 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1748]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z1QOAAAAIAAJ Vol 3 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1756]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rM4LAAAAYAAJ Vol 4 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1760]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=gnsFAAAAQAAJ Vol 5 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1776]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=IfsPAAAAYAAJ Vol 6 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1777]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=aVMOAAAAIAAJ Vol 7 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1778]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=uXAFAAAAQAAJ Vol 8 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1779]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=4TwOAAAAIAAJ Vol 9 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1781]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=cdALAAAAYAAJ Vol 10 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1783]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=sz0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 11 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1786]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZAkQAAAAYAAJ Vol 12 - Pennsylvania Archives Commencing 1790]

Series 2
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=onEFAAAAQAAJ Vol 2 - Marriage Licenses prior to 1790]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ThwQAAAAYAAJ Vol 3 - Oath of Allegiance 1776-1794, Papers of Revolution]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=CXIFAAAAQAAJ Vol 4 - Papers of Whiskey Insurrection 1794]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=VnIFAAAAQAAJ Vol 5 - Papers relating to Colonies on the Delaware]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JEAOAAAAIAAJ Vol 6 - Papers Relating to French Occupation of Western PA]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=mz8OAAAAIAAJ Vol 7 - Provincial Affairs 1682-1750]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=AD0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 8 - PA Marriages prior to 1810 (Philadelphia, Carlisle, Chester)]
* [Vol 9 PA Marriages prior to 1810]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=4z0OAAAAIAAJ Vol 10 - Battalions and Line 1775-1783]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=n3MFAAAAQAAJ Vol 11 - Battalions and Line 1775-1783]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rRwQAAAAYAAJ Vol 12 - Muster Rolls 1812-1814]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=QD8OAAAAIAAJ Vol 14 - Battalions and Militia 1775-1783]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=q9YLAAAAYAAJ Vol 15 - Revolutionary Diaries]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=iEAOAAAAIAAJ Vol 17 - Oath of Allegiance and Ship Lists 1727-1775]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=xCAQAAAAYAAJ Vol 18 - Connecticutt Settlement in Wyoming Valley]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JZsMAAAAYAAJ Vol 19 - Minutes of Board of Property]

Series 3
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=hEIOAAAAIAAJ Vol 1 - Minutes of Board of Property]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=C0MOAAAAIAAJ Vol 2 - Minutes of Board of Property]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=qlUOAAAAIAAJ Vol 3 - Old Rights Proprietary Rights Virginia Rights]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=n_4PAAAAYAAJ Vol 4 - Proprietary Manors]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=dEMOAAAAIAAJ Vol 5 - Accounts of County Lieutenants during Revolution]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=_9kLAAAAYAAJ Vol 6 - Accounts of County Lieutenants during Revolution]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=d6gMAAAAYAAJ Vol 7 - Accounts of County Lieutenants during Revolution]
*Vol 8 - Commissions
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=2J0MAAAAYAAJ Vol 9 - Commissions]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q9sLAAAAYAAJ Vol 10 - Commissions]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=pUQOAAAAIAAJ Vol 11 - Tax Lists for County of Chester]
*Vol 12 - Tax Lists for County of Chester
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=fD4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 13 - Supply and Tax Lists Bucks County]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Iz8OAAAAIAAJ Vol 14 - Supply and Tax Lists City and County of Philadelphia]
*Vol 15 - Supply and Tax Lists City and County of Philadelphia
*Vol 16 - Supply and Tax Lists City and County of Philadelphia
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0AOAAAAIAAJ Vol 17 - Tax Lists of Lancaster County]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=BUEOAAAAIAAJ Vol 18 - Tax Lists for Berks County]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=skEOAAAAIAAJ Vol 19 - Supply and Tax Lists for Northampton and Northumberland Counties]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=IUIOAAAAIAAJ Vol 20 State and Supply Transcripts of the County of Cumberland]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=_qkMAAAAYAAJ Vol 21 - Returns of Taxables for County of York]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GEMOAAAAIAAJ Vol 22 - Taxables of Bedford, Huntingdon, Westmoreland, Fayette, Allegheny & Washington Counties]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=60MOAAAAIAAJ Vol 23 - Navy, Line, Militia and Rangers 1775-1783]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=UEQOAAAAIAAJ Vol 24 - Land Records 1730-1898]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=rUQOAAAAIAAJ Vol 25 - Provincial Papers: Warrantees of Land 1730-1898]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=fNQLAAAAYAAJ Vol 26 - Provincial Papers: Warrantees of Land 1730-1898]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=1hwQAAAAYAAJ Vol 27 - Title Pages and key pages from 3rd series]
*Vol 28 General Index to Vol. 11-26
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=KUgOAAAAIAAJ Vol 29 - General Index to Vol. 11-26]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=aNULAAAAYAAJ Vol 30 - General Index to Vol. 11-26]

Series 4 - Papers of the Governors
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q5sMAAAAYAAJ Vol 2 - Papers of the Governors 1747-1759]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=LD4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 3 - Papers of the Governors 1759-1785]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=tgEQAAAAYAAJ Vol 6 - Papers of the Governors 1832-1845]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=76IMAAAAYAAJ Vol 7 - Papers of the Governors 1845-1858]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ykAOAAAAIAAJ Vol 8 - Papers of the Governors 1858-1871]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=7v8PAAAAYAAJ Vol 9 - Papers of the Governors 1871-1883]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=lagMAAAAYAAJ Vol 10 - Papers of the Governors 1883-1891]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JUQOAAAAIAAJ Vol 11 - Papers of the Governors 1891-1897]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Cv8PAAAAYAAJ Vol 12 - Papers of the Governors 1897-1902]

Series 5
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=RkUOAAAAIAAJ Vol 1 - Officers and Soldiers 1744-1765]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=5UIOAAAAIAAJ Vol 2 - Col. Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=iD4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 5 - Associators and Militia]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=_0QOAAAAIAAJ Vol 8 - Associators and Militia]

Series 6
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ED4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 2 - Revolutionary Militia]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=1dYLAAAAYAAJ Vol 3 - Post Revolutionary Militia 1783-1790]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=OkQOAAAAIAAJ Vol 4 - Military Abstracts from Executive Minutes 1790-1817]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=6j4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 5 - Militia 1790-1800]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=BtgLAAAAYAAJ Vol 7 - Muster Rolls 1812-1814]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=30AOAAAAIAAJ Vol 8 - Troops 1812-1814]
*Vol 9 - Miscellaneous Papers 1812-1814
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=xdkLAAAAYAAJ Vol 10 - Expenditures of the State 1812-1814]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=-0UOAAAAIAAJ Vol 11 - Election Returns]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=VdoLAAAAYAAJ Vol 12 - Forfeited Estates]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=kdoLAAAAYAAJ Vol 13 - Forfeited Estates Inventories & Sales]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4OAAAAIAAJ Vol 14 - Revolutionary Orderly books, Early Petitions]
*Vol 15 Every name index into 5th series Series 7 - Every name index into the 6th series
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=TkEOAAAAIAAJ Vol 1 - Name Index: A to Dehl]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=80IOAAAAIAAJ Vol 2 - Name Index: Dehl to Holding]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=79oLAAAAYAAJ Vol 4 - Name Index: Miekli to Shafer]
*Vol 5 - Name Index: Shafer to Zwerness