Your Pennsylvania Ancestors

The book Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770–1830 is a favorite of mine and author Peter Gilmore shares highlights of the book in this episode. Learn what life was like for our early Irish Presbyterian ancestors.

Links:

Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770–1830, by Peter Gilmore - Univeristy of Pittsburgh Press

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Researching our ancestors’ religion can deepen our understanding of their lives. I’m thrilled to feature the Presbyterian Historical Society in this episode. The Presbyterians were some of the first to arrive in Pennsylvania and have churches all over the state. Get tips on researching in their original congregational records direct from their experts!

Links

Presbyterian Historical Society https://www.history.pcusa.org

Current Active Presbyterian Churches https://pcusa.org

Brief History of the Presbyterian Church https://www.history.pcusa.org/history-online/presbyterian-history/history-church

Timeline of Presbyterian History in America https://www.sutori.com/en/story/timeline-of-presbyterian-history-in-america--ogoSFqdtmsxwumZf9xHHiukQ

Family Tree of Presbyterian Denominations https://www.history.pcusa.org/history-online/presbyterian-history/family-tree-presbyterian-denominations

Journal of Presbyterian History on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/publisher/phs

Bibliographies of Presbyterian history https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?page=1&category=2&op=list

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Thinking about setting goals for you genealogy inn 2022? Julie Cahill Tarr of Genealogy in Action is my guest this week and she shares how to set SMART goals for genealogy, get over perfectionism, and set a schedule that works for you.

Julie Cahill Tarr at Genealogy in Action

See my genealogy goals for 2022

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Genealogists often struggle with how to share everything they found in their research with family. Clémence Scouten of Memoirs and More shares three easy family history gifts you can do for the holiday or anytime!

Links :

Clémence Scouten, Memoirs and More, LLC https://www.memoirsandmore.com

Book of family history questions for interviews: Recording Your Family History, by William Fletcher

Blurb.com

BookWright on Blurb.com https://www.blurb.com/bookmaking-tools

Mixbook.com

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collections/sanborn-fire-insurance-maps

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Researching the Scots Irish in early Pennsylvania is challenging. Determining when and where they came from in Northern Ireland is even more so! Author Dr. William Roulston shares some history of the Ulster Irish and his book Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600–1800 in this episode.

Ulster Historical Foundation ancestryireland.com

Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors by William J. Roulston https://smile.amazon.com/Researching-Scots-Irish-Ancestors-essential-genealogical/dp/1909556653

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Through out Pennsylvania's history, the state has kept many different kinds of records on military service members. Find out all about these records with Aaron McWilliams of the Pennsylvania State Archive.

Links
Pennsylvania State Archive https://www.phmc.pa.gov/archives/pages/default.aspx

Digitized PA State Archive records on Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ai/collections/PA/StateArchives

Digitized PA State Archive records on Power Library https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa:root

Military record index cards in ARIAS http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us

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As genealogists we often wonder what our ancestors felt about historical events. Few of us know! Denys offers ways to journal about our current events for our descendants.

Books mentioned: A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary 1785-1812, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich; and The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan.

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Newspapers can give us so much more than obituaries of our ancestors. James Beidler gives us some new ideas on how to use them from his book The Family Tree Historical Newspaper Guide.

Links for all of Jim's books at jamesmbeidler.com (Plus his weekly genealogy post!)

The Family Tree Historical Newspaper Guide: How to find Your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers

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Have you been meaning to collect some of your family's stories? Need some energy and inspiration to get started? This is the podcast episode for you!

Clémence Scouten of Memoirs and More, LLC joins Denys to give tips on how to start compiling your family's stories. Visit her website http://www.memoirsandmore.com for free worksheets and questions to ask family members.

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Season 6 begins a new theme. Listen in and subscribe to catch all the new episodes, including bonus episodes between the regular Friday releases.

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Research often doesn't go the way we expect in genealogy. Wrapping up Season 5 and sharing what's next in the research of the Curry family.

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Every county in Pennsylvania has a locally run historical society. Denys visited Clearfield County Historical Society and had an unexpected find.

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A visit to the county courthouse has both expected and unexpected finds for genealogists. Learn what Denys found in her visit to learn about the Curry family.

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Denys completed a genealogy research trip in July. Was it worth the the time and effort to do a genealogy research trip? This episode also features tips on how to find ancestors in cemeteries.

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Joshua Blay details the early 1800's vital records available at the Philadelphia City Archive.

Links:

Philadelphia City Archives

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PACSCL

What kinds of discoveries can you make at an archive like the Historical Society of Pennsylvania? Lee Arnold tells us.

Links:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania hsp.org

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Lee Arnold of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania tells you what to expect when you go to HSP.

Links:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania hsp.org 

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An exciting story of finding an ancestor in court records from Aaron McWilliams of the Pennsylvania State Archives.

Links:
More from the Pennsylvania State Archives pastatearchives.org

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What digitized genealogy records can you access at home for free? Listen in as Aaron McWilliams tells me.

Links:
More from the Pennsylvania State Archives pastatearchives.org

Listen to Podcast Episode 1: Pennsylvania State Archives

Also see my blog post on Updates from the PA State Archives

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