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This project is used to relate all units from Pennsylvania who served in the Union Army.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Cumberland County, PA.
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in York County, PA.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Blair County, PA.
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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Lenape:
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This project is for those from Pennsylvania and /or their respective Counties. Please go to following link for more information.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Dauphin County, PA.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Northumberland County, PA.
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Bucks County, PA. Finding Aid (Place Names, published in 1955) Townships Northampton
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Huntingdon County, PA.
July 1-3, 1863 This project is devoted to all soldiers of every rank who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, and to the families of those soldiers. This project is less about the conflict than it is about the people who engaged in it. That said, many historians call this battle the turning point of the Civil War. After two years of fighting, the war was practically at a standstill. In M...
Adams County, Pennsylvania: 2nd President of the United States of America John Adams: Notable people: Joel Funk Asper: Henry R. Brinkerhoff: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Mamie Eisenhower: Eddie Plank: John Studebaker: David Day (missionary): ) John A. Hauser: Erik Harris: 16th President of The United States of America Abraham Lincoln:
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived, or died in Berks County, PA.
This project is focused around the genealogy of members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). If you have sourced information, please don't hesitate to contribute. Influential and Well-Known Quakers George Fox William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania Robert Barclay, The Quaker Apologist Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader Joan Baez, Singer and Political Activist John Dal...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cambria County, PA.
2nd Florida Infantry(CSA): ) Jacksonville, Duvall County,Florida: Eastern Theater of the American Civil War: Army of Northern Virginia: Siege of Yorktown (1862):
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Carbon County, USA.
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University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn ) is an American private Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate st...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Westmoreland County, PA.
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Wikipedia: By the 1740s, Philadelphia ranked as the richest British port in the New World. By 1771, Philadelphia ranked as the largest British port and dockyard in North America. Locals then rose in protest against British economic policies and imports. In response to complaints by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Philadelphia Governor John Penn asked General Thomas Gage to send som...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Warren County, PA.
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The Philadephia 76ers (also commonly known as the Sixers ) are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals , they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA, and one...
Mellon University=Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon or CMU; /ˈkɑrnɨɡi ˈmɛlən/ or /kɑrˈneɪɡi ˈmɛlən/) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the Carnegie Institute ...
The Battle of Wyoming, or Wyoming Massacre, occured in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778, between American Patriots and their Loyalist and Iroquois foes. At least 300 Patriots were killed in the battle. Resources "Massaccre of Wyoming"*
University is an American private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines. Its undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2014, the university had 4,904 undergraduate students and 2,165 graduate students. Lehigh is cons...
University, commonly referred to as Temple, is a comprehensive public research university (formerly private) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The University was founded in 1884 by Russell Conwell. As of 2014, more than 37,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are enrolled in over 400 academic degree programs offered at seven campuses and sites in Pennsylvania, and ...
October 6, 1683 - Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements. (Today in History, Antelope Valley Press, Thursday, October 6, 2011, p. B2). Germantown was founded by German settlers, thirteen Quaker and Mennonite families from Krefeld (Germany),[1][2] in 1681. Today the founding day of Germantown on October 6, 1683,...
College=Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of 1,545 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles (17.7 km) southwest of Philadelphia.Founded in 1864, Swarthmore was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. The school was organized by a Committee of Quakers from three Hicksi...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Montour County, PA.
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In 1809 the Reverend William Cowherd established the Bible Christian Church, in Salford, as a breakaway from the Swedenborgian New Church in King Street, his congregation had to take a vow not to eat meat. Chapels were also established in Manchester at Ancoats and Hulme. The central idea of vegetarianism - that there is a kinship of all nature - stretches back 2500 years to the Greek philosop...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Juniata County, PA.
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Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: Brig. Gen Am Rev John Armstrong Sr: .
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Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania: Samuel Gettys: Steve Courson: Julia H. Johnston: Julia Jacobs Harpster: Henry Eyster Jacobs: Eddie Plank: Samuel Simon Schmucker: John Studebaker: 16th President of The United States of America Abraham Lincoln: Governor of Pennsylvania Andrew Gregg Curtin:
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Schuylkill County, PA.
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This subportal is part of the USA Portal . The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The commonwealth borders Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, PA.
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This will be a Work in Progress (WIP) 3/30/2019 Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Adams County,Pennsylvania, 11/19/1863: Gettysburg National Cemetery: 16th President of The United States of America Abraham Lincoln: Governor of Pennsylvania Andrew Gregg Curtin: Governor of Maryland Augustus Bradford: Governor of Indiana Oliver P. Morton: Governor of N...
List of Governors and Presidents of Pennsylvania==
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times (1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly. Since the Constitution of 1776, written by American revolutionaries, the legislature has been known as the General Assembly. The Genera...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fulton County, PA.
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Pittsburgh,Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
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We are creating a family tree of current and past residents of Greene County, Pennsylvania and their ancestry. Please feel free to join our project so that we can begin connecting trees and people together. Help explore how families within this geographic area are linked together. This project will ultimately include, but is in no way limited to, the volunteer research collected for www.Green...
Note: While using ANY genealogical website or program...please be informed that ANY possible family connections are NOT valid until they can be verified with documentation. Scope of Project is To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree the goals being: •1) to create on Geni an accurate representation of the genealogical information •2) to clean up duplicates and ensu...
According to a lecture by Dr. George Schweitzer, a highly regarded genealogical researcher, ship owners were very actively recruiting German settlers to the colonies at this time. England was bringing large quantities of cargo back from the colonies and to make the process more profitable they needed cargo for the western-bound journey also. They weren't as concerned about bringing in money fro...
Note: While using ANY genealogical website or program...please be informed that ANY possible family connections are NOT valid until they can be verified with documentation. This Edington clan has been hard to trace and document - where I and others feel should be investigated more I have put "Questionable" in the suffix box - this is especially done if conflicing data has been given over the ...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Czech Republic-Bohemia Croatia Fin...
This Project will serve as a collection of all Mayor's who served in cities in Pennsylvania. Still under construction.
Links Naming Conventions
United States Senators from Pennsylvania List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania (from U.S. Senate web site--no links) List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania (with wikipedia links)
Restricted to the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries: From viewing multiple maps and surveys we get a better idea as to where the following Brown family individuals lived. John Brown (1710-1753) and Hannah (Hague) John Brown (1731-1761) and Lydia (MNU) Jonathan Brown (b.c.1759) and his wife Eva (Crowl) Adonijah Brown (c.1785- ) buried in Slate Hill cem. and his sister Martha Brown (spin...
Much of the history of Pennsylvania - and the US- can be found in the stories of the state's oldest buildings, and the people associated with them. Profiles to be added to this project can be the builders, owners, or inhabitants of the buildings. Or perhaps the people were connected through their professional lives or work. When adding a profile to the project please include the building the ...