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Genealogy Resources in Pennsylvania Public Libraries

Pennsylvania public libraries are repositories of local history and local genealogy. The libraries in this list have collections of local history and genealogy, and, in some cases, they have created online indexes to obituaries in their local newspapers.

Disclaimer: This page contains links that are not under the management or control of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are not governed by the privacy or security policies of the Commonwealth. We have provided links to these sites because they have information or features that may be of interest to you as a visitor to Commonwealth Libraries.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or the facts presented, on these sites. Further, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these sites.

Adams County Gettysburg Adams County	Allegheny County Pittsburgh Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Berks County Reading Reading Public Library	Tarentum Community Library of Allegheny Valley-Tarentum
Bradford County Troy Bradford County Library	Blair County Roaring Spring Roaring Spring Community Library
Cambria County Johnstown Cambria County Library	Butler County Butler Butler Area Public Library
Clarion County Clarion Clarion Free Library	Centre County Bellefonte Centre County Library
Rimersburg Eccles-Lesher Library	Clinton County Lock Haven Renovo Area Public Library
Elk County Wilcox Wilcox Public Library	Erie County Erie Erie County Public Library
Fayette County Masontown German-Masontown Public Library	Lackawanna County Scranton Lackawanna County Library System
Uniontown Uniontown Public Library	Lawrence County New Castle New Castle Public Library
Lancaster County Lititz Lititz Public Library	McKean County Bradford Bradford Area Public Library
Lycoming County Williamsport James V. Brown Library	Philadelphia County Free Library of Philadelphia
Northampton County Bangor Bangor Public Library	Somerset County Meyersdale Meyersdale Public Library
Bethlehem Bethlehem Area Public Library Easton Easton Public Library	Union County Lewisburg Union County Library System
Schuylkill County Pottsville Pottsville Free Public Library	Warren County Warren Warren Library Association
Tioga County Wellsboro Green Free Library	Westmoreland County Greensberg Greensburg Hemphill Area Library
Venango County Franklin Franklin Public Library	Latrobe Adams Library Dead-a-Base Ligonier Ligonier Valley Library
Washington County Canonsburg Canonsburg Public Library	York County Hanover Guthrie Memorial Library

For additional information, please contact:

Kathy Hale | Government Documents Library/Access/Systems Supervisor
Pennsylvania Department of Education - Bureau of State Library
607 South Drive. Forum Building | Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600
Phone: 717.787.2327
kahale@pa.gov | www.education.state.pa.us