1. Pennsylvania Research

2. Basic Guidelines If possible, interview closes living relative.
Record family data and personal information that you know.
Research from what you know to what you do not know.

3. Vital Records
Birth Information: birth certificate, certificate of birth, birth return, baptismal, christening and confirmation
Marriage: marriage certificate, license, marriage banns
Death: certificate, death notice, obituary, burial information (church, funeral home, cemetery/headstone), Social Security life claim, Social Security Death Index, Department of Vital Records

4. Obtaining Vital Records
Department of Health.org

5. Additonal Documents Census: federal and state
Land records: grantor/grantee
Probate (wills)
Passenger records
Declaration of Intent (Naturalization)
Military (draft and pension)
Published family histories

6. Search Engines
Google
Bing
Yahoo
Google

7. Ways of how to do research
Topical: name of cemetery, newspaper, etc.
Telephone directory: 411.com
Religious affiliation
Geographical: town, county, state
Utilize Internet

8. Websites for Research
Free Family History and Genealogy Records — FamilySearch.org
Location Research — FamilySearch.org
Pennsylvania Genealogy & Pennsylvania Family History Resources - Ancestry.com
Cyndi's List - United States - Pennsylvania

9. Cemetery Research http://www.findagrave.com/
BillionGraves | Cemetery & Headstone Records
Cemetery Records Online - Interment.net

10. Calculating Dates Calculator: Add to or subtract from a date
Old Style Dates – Julian Calendar vs. Gregorian

11. Census
Census Forms

12. Analizing Handwriting
English Alphabet Handwriting | Hand Writing

13. Maps/Atlas
PA State Archives - MG-11 - County Maps - Main Interface

14. Railroads
Locating Railroad Employee Records for Genealogy | American Railways ( 's)
Researching Old Railroads & Railroad Workers Online

15. Orphanages and Institutions
Orphan & Orphanage Records
Pennsylvania State Hospitals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

16. Newspapers/Directories
Legacy.com | Where Life Stories Live On
Pennsylvania Online Historical Newspapers - Online Historical Newspapers
Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories - Online Historical Directories
free historic PA newspapers

17. Genealogy/Historical Societies
Directory of Pennsylvania Genealogical and Historical Societies
Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Site - Bradford County & Tioga County (PA): Chemung (NY)
Painted Hills Genealogy Society Home