Philadelphia Resources: Not Just
for Philadelphia Research
Sydney F. Cruice Dixon
Easttown Library
November 13, 2014
Philadelphia Repositories and Resources
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
219 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 9252688
www.PhilaAthenaeum.org
www.Philageohistory.org/geohistory/
Free Library of Philadelphia – The Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 191031189
(215) 6865322
www.library.phila.gov
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
2207 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 5450391
www.genpa.org
German Society of Pennsylvania
611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 (215) 6272332
www.germansociety.org
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 7326200
www.hsp.org
National Archives at Philadelphia
14700 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154 (215) 6060112
http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/
Pennsylvania State Building
110 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 5606011
Vital Records, Room 108
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/philadelphia__
801_arch_street/19014
Philadelphia City Archives
3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 6859400
www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Philadelphia City Hall
Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA
a) Orphans’ Court, Room 415, (215) 686-2234
b) Prothonotary, Room 284, (215) 686-6670
c) Recorder of Deeds, Room 154, (215) 686-2292
d) Register of Wills, Room 180-187, (215) 686-6253
Philadelphia College of Physicians
19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-3097 (215) 339-2304
http://www.collegeofphysicians.org/
The Library catalog:
http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48998/F
The index to manuscript finding aids:
http://www.collegeofphysicians.org/library/manuscripts/
Library policies:
http://www.collegeofphysicians.org/library/policies/
Urban Archives at Temple University
Samuel L. Paley Library
1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215) 204-0744
http://library.temple.edu/scrc/urban-archives
Now Go Have a Genealogy Adventure!
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