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| HINTS IN RESEARCHING THE PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES by
Linda S. McCleary, Arizona State Genealogy, Librarian
The Pennsylvania Archives is a 138 volume set of materials relating to Colonial and
Revolutionary times in Pennsylvania. The set contains a wealth of information for
Pennsylvania researchers. Below is a summary of each volume in the Pennsylvania Archives
set.
COLONIAL RECORDS = 16 volumes. Contains Provincial Council (1683-1776) and Supreme
Executive Council (1776-1790) minutes. Chronologically arranged; Table of Contents; Index
located in the last volume of Series 1. FIRST SERIES = 12 volumes of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth papers. Arranged chronologically from 1664 -1786. Each volume has its own
index. General index is located in the last volume of this series along with the Colonial
Records.
SECOND SERIES =19 volumes. Church records, militia rolls included.
Index at the end of each volume. Vol. 1: Minutes of the Board of War, and Navy Board
(1775-84) Vol. 2: Penn. marriages prior to 1790; ships registers; naturalizations
(1740-1790)
 | Vol. 3: Persons who took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Penn. 1776-94; Papers
dealing with the Revolutionary War, Officers of the State of Penn. 1774-90. |
| Vol. 4: Whiskey Insurrection Papers (1794-5) |
| Vol. 5: Papers relating to the Colonies on the Delaware (1614-82) |
| Vol. 6: Papers Relating to the French Occupation in Western Penn. |
| (1631-1764 includes maps) |
| Vol. 7: Papers relating to the Provincial Affairs; Papers relating to the Dutch and
Swedish Settlements on the Delaware River (1630-1763 with maps)Vol. 8: Penn.
Marriages Prior to 1810 (part 1) |
| Vol. 9: Penn. Marriages Prior to 1810 (part 2); Officers of Colonies on the Delaware
(1614-1776) |
| Vol.10&11: Lists of Penn. Soldiers in the War of the Revolution, (1775-83) |
| Vol. 12: Rolls of Penn. Volunteers in the War of 1812-14. |
| Vol.13&14 Lists of Penn. Soldiers in the War of the Revolution in Associators,
Militia, and Battalions (1775-83) |
| Vol. 15: Journals and Diaries of theWar of the Revolution with Lists of Officers and
Soldiers (1775-83) |
| Vol. 16: Boundary Dispute Papers between Penn. and Maryland. |
| Vol. 17: Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State
of Penn.(1727-75 with foreign arrivals 1786- 1808) |
| Vol. 18: Documents relating to the Connecticut Settlement in the Wyoming Valley
(1753-1801)Vol. 19: Land Grants (1685-1730) |
THIRD SERIES = 30 volumes. Land, Military and Tax Records. General
Index located in Volumes 27-30.Vol. I & 2: Land Grants 1681-1795
| Vol. 3: Land rights and Revolutionary Soldiers (1682-1794) |
| Vol. 4: Maps of proprietary manors (1683-1773) |
| Vol. 5: Accounts of the Treasury of Penn. (1775-83) |
| Vol. 6: Accounts of County Lieutenants (1777-83) |
| Vol. 7: Military Fines, Finances and Land Grants (1773 -8 8) |
| Vol. 8-10: Commissions issued by the Province (1733-90) |
| Vol. 11-12: Chester County Tax Lists (1765-85) |
| Vol. 13: Bucks County Tax Lists (1779-86) |
| Vol. 14-16: Philadelphia City and County Tax Lists (1769-83) |
| Vol. 17: Lancaster County Tax Lists (1772-82) |
| Vol. 18: Berks County Tax Lists (1767-85) |
| Vol. 19: Northhampton and Northumberland Counties Tax Lists (1772-88) |
| Vol. 20: Cumberland County Tax Lists (1778-85) |
| Vol. 21: York County Tax Lists (1779-83) |
| Vol. 22: Bedford, Huntingdon, Westrnoreland, Fayette, Allegheny and Washington Counties
Tax Lists (1773 -8 8) |
| Vol. 23: Muster Rolls and Pension Lists of the Revolutionary War (1776-1832) |
| Vol. 24-26: Warrantees of Land Including Name, Acres, and Date (1733 -1896) |
| Vol. 27-30: General Index of All Names in Series 3 in 4 volumes. |
FOURTH SERIES = 12 volumes. Papers of the Govemors, Colonial,
Provincial and State (1681-1903). Index in each volume. General Index in Vol. 12
FIFTH SERIES = 8 volumes. French and Indian War. Revolutionary War and
Militia Papers. General Index in Vol. 15 of the sixth Series.
| Vol. 1: Lists of Soldiers and Ships Registers (1743-1782) |
| Vol. 2-8: Military Rolls of the Revolutionary War, Associators & Militia (1775-83) |
SIXTH SERIES = 14 volumes. Klitary Registers for Revolutionary War,
War of 1812 and Mexican War; Church Records, Estate Inventories. General Index in the five
volumes of the Seventh Series.
| Vol. 1-2: Military Rolls of the Revolutionary War for Philadelphia, Washington Co.,
Wesmoreland Co., and York Co. |
| Vol. 3: Lists of male white inhabitants between ages of 18 and 53 capable of bearing
arms by county (1784-1790)Vol. 4: Military Abstracts (1790-1817) |
| Vol. 5: Militia Lists of Males Capable of Bearing Arms (1790-1800) |
| Vol. 6: Church Records from Lehigh Co. (1734-1834); Church Records from Lancaster Co.
(1752-1786); Marriage Licenses by State of Penn. |
| Vol. 7-9: Muster Rolls of the War of 1812-1814. |
| Vol. 10: War of 1812 and Mexican War (I 846-47) |
| Vol. 11: Election Returns (1756-1789) |
| Vol. 12-14: Revolutionary War land papers. |
| Vol. 15: General Index for the Entire Fifth in two parts. |
SEVENTH SERIES = Complete Index to the Sixth Series only. Over one
million names in 5 volumes.
EIGHTH SERIES = Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives
of the Province of Pennsylvania; reprinted from 18th Century records. 8 volumes. No Index;
however, is chronologically arranged from 1682-1776.
NINTH SERIES = Executive Minutes, a Journal of Official Actions of the
Governors; Revolutionary War Claims; Pensioners. 10 volumes. Not Indexed (1790-1838).
Neil McDonald, macbd1@arthur.k12.il.us
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