Footnote.com has the complete Pennsylvania Archives online for free access. The free access is on a permanent basis.
The Pennsylvania Archives were originally published as a 10 series of historical records in 135 volumes, more than 100,000 pages, covering the initial colonial settlement through the Civil War. The series contains essential records including military, tax, marriage, and land records, as well as documents from American history covering the Revolutionary War and the Whiskey Rebellion. It is great to have these archives online.
The Pennsylvania Archives show four important historical times:
- Early Pennsylvania settlements, from 1664 to 1780.
- The Revolutionary War (1775–1789).
- The Whiskey Rebellion (1794).
- More Pennsylvania history, through 1880.
It is difficult to browse the archives since they are only listed as Series 1, Series 2, Volume I, and Volume II, etc. But you can search just within the Pennsylvania Archives.
Footnote.com has some other databases that are always free. You can read about them at Footnote Always Free Databases.
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