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Pennsylvania
Research Resources
The
Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine,
Volumes 1-39
(CD 213)
Reviewed by Marthe
Arends
Researchers to the Pennsylvania
area are no doubt familiar with the prestigious Genealogical Society
of Pennsylvania; their publication, The Pennsylvania Genealogical
Magazine, is distributed semiannually and contains a variety
of articles, research tips, book reviews, and case studies. This
CD contains the images of the actual publication for the years 1895
to 1995 and features specific information on approximately 343,000
individuals. According to the Introduction, the Genealogical Society
of Pennsylvania "was among the first in the United States to recognize
the value of collecting and preserving the vital and personal records
of those ancestors whose lives now comprise our American History.
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania is committed to preserving
and publishing heretofore unpublished primary sources." There are
certainly a good many vital records and primary sources published
in the Magazine — for example, a volume picked at random
(XII) included the following sources:
- The Memory of Pennsylvania
- Marriages by Reverend
Thomas J. Kitts, Canton, New Jersey and Philadelphia
- Abstracts of Wills
and Administrations of Sussex County, Delaware
- Early Minutes of
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends
- Pennsylvania Gravestone
Inscriptions, St. Thomas' Episcopal Churchyard, Whitemarsh
- Marriages by Reverend
John J. Johnston of Huntingdon, Blair County, Pennsylvania
- Abstracts of Wills
and Administrations of Bedford County
- Blunston's Licenses
- Notices from The
Franklin Repository, Chambersburg, 1802-1805
- Bible Records:
Reiff, Brady, Good, Hinman
- Genealogical Notes
and Land Titles
- Marriages from
the Docket of Isaac Hicks
- Fragments of Old
Philadelphia Graveyards, Laurel Hill First Reformed Protestant
Dutch Church
- Phillips Bible
Record
- Obits of Revolutionary
War Veterans
- Bible Records
- Notes, Queries
and Corrections ...and more!
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November
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Although the vital
records are useful and interesting, I found the other articles
just as fascinating, and the family histories and genealogies
particularly detailed and informative. Four supplements to the
Magazine are included: Palatine Church Visitations,
1609; the Nieuwkirk, Nieukirk, Newkirk Family; Genealogical
Accessions, 1974; Genealogical Accessions, 1975.
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As with other
Genealogy.com CDs, you may search the CD for the name of
an individual, or browse through the index. The drawback
to this type of CD is that there is no index to search for
items that are not names. However, tables of contents and
indexes to each section (volumes) are included, making it
easier for the interested researcher to find information
on a specific church, location, or subject.
If you are researching
ancestors in the Pennsylvania area, The Pennsylvania
Genealogical Magazine might be of great help. Full of
family histories and genealogies, vital records and primary
sources of information, the Magazine makes fascinating
reading of interest to any PA researcher.
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Marthe Arends has
been involved in genealogy for 18 years. She has lectured on computers and genealogy
to many groups, has been the SysOp of a Fidonet genealogy BBS, has written articles
for a variety of genealogy publications, and currently writes fiction. Marthe has also written Genealogy
Software Guide and Genealogy
on CD-ROM, both published by the Genealogical
Publishing Company.
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