Pennsylvania Genealogy - Pennsylvania Genealogy

Pennsylvania Genealogy is being developed as a genealogical and historical resource for your personal use. It contains information and records for Pennsylvania ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Specifically, it provides sources for birth records, death records, marriage records, census records, tax records, court records, and military records. It also provides some historical details about different times and people in Pennsylvania history.

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Records

The Zion Evangelical Lutheran is found in Old Zionsville, Upper Milford Twp, Lehigh County, PA. This series of records includes the burial records of the church as copied from the official church records.

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The Auerhaim Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

This genealogical sketch traces the Auerhaim family from its German roots in Prussia to its establishment in western Pennsylvania. It describes several generations, beginning with an industrious grandfather who supported a synagogue and conducted grain and hotel businesses, then follows Moses Mordecai Auerhaim and his children, many of whom settled in American cities. The account focuses especially on Solomon Auerhaim, who emigrated to the United States, built a successful dry goods business in Petroleum Center, Oil City, Erie, and Bradford, and erected the New Auerhaim building. It also outlines the marriages, children, and later careers of his descendants.

The Eby Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

This genealogy traces the Eby line from Theodore Eby, who immigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1717, through several generations that moved from Lancaster County to Ohio, Indiana, and eventually Bradford, Pennsylvania. It highlights Samuel Eby, a pioneer farmer and German Baptist preacher in Stark County, Ohio, and his descendants, many of whom settled in Indiana and neighboring states. The article closes with the family of Delilah Eby Caldwell, whose marriage connected the Eby line to Bradford, where her husband became a successful oil producer and their children continued to live and work in the community.

The Durfey Family of Venango County Pennsylvania

This article traces the Durfey family from its Rhode Island Durfee origins through successive generations in Connecticut and western Pennsylvania, following the line from Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth to Benjamin Durfey, Joseph Durfey, and Benjamin (2) Durfey, a Connecticut legislator and manufacturer. It then follows Charles Averill Durfey, who moved to Venango County and later Bradford, where he managed oil and real estate interests and served in civic roles, and his son Frank Edward Durfey, who continued the family’s business and public involvement. The piece also includes the Kingsley line connected by marriage to Harmony Kingsley Durfey.

The Holbrook Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

The name of Holbrook is ancient and distinguished, and is frequently met with in England and the United States. As early as the reign of Richard II. of England one of that name was admitted to the order of Knighthood and “A chevron between three mullets” assigned as his coat-of-arms. Many Holbrooks were early in New England. The name first appears at Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1640, when Thomas Holbrook settled in that part of Weymouth called “Old Spain.” His will, dated December 31, 1668, mentions wife Jane and children: Children Thomas. John. William. Ann. Elizabeth. Jane. (II) Thomas (2) Holbrook Thomas…

The Schermerhorn Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania

This genealogical account traces the Schermerhorn line from Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, a prosperous 17th-century settler in New York’s Mohawk Valley, through successive generations in Schenectady, Herkimer County, and Pennsylvania. It highlights the family’s long association with farming, church life, and local civic affairs, along with notable early landholding and trusteeship disputes over the Schenectady patent. The narrative concludes with Edward Edgar Schermerhorn, an educator who became superintendent of schools in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and his family connections to the Gillespie and Harder lines, linking the old Dutch-American lineage to later life in Venango County and beyond.

The Harris Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

This article traces the Harris line from early New England settlers through successive generations in Connecticut and New York to the family’s establishment in Pennsylvania, especially in Bradford and McKean County. It outlines the ancestry of Asa Harris and his descendants, including Delpha Harris and Marshall Delos Harris, while also connecting the family to the Moore and Edson lines through marriage. Alongside births, marriages, migrations, and occupations such as farming, shoemaking, lumbering, and business, the account places the family within broader regional history and notes their civic, religious, and military ties.

Genealogy in Neighboring States

The following states neighbor Pennsylvania and are not part of the Great Lakes Genealogy below.