Allentown Genealogy (in Lehigh County, PA)

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Allentown Birth Records

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Register of births 1894-1905 ; Card index 1894-1905 FamilySearch Library

Allentown Cemetery Records (58)


Allentown Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Allentown, Pennsylvania LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Allentown Church Records (68)


Allentown City Directories (97)


Allentown Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Death registers 1852-1855, 1874-1918 FamilySearch Library

Lehigh Valley, Pa. Deaths and Marriages, V. 2a, As Reported in the Catasaqua Dispatch 1873-1882, the Allentown Democrat 1847-1878, and the Morning Call Jan 1895-June 1896 Issues FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death File, 1810-1911 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Allentown Histories and Genealogies

A renowned doorstep : from several columns, inspired by the 200th Anniversary of Trout Hall (1970), written for the Sunday Call-Chronicle, Allentow, Pa., by Mr. Kohl, editor emeritus, of this publication FamilySearch Library

Allentown and its vicinity about sixty [now 120] years ago FamilySearch Library

Allentown and its vicinity about sixty years ago FamilySearch Library

Allentown bicentennial 1762-1962, Lehigh County sesquicentennial 1812-1962 FamilySearch Library

Allentown, 1762-1987 : a 225-year history FamilySearch Library

Allentown, Pa. bicentennial, 1962 : sesquicentennial, Lehigh County Genealogy Gophers online

Allentown--1950, Marking 200 Years of Growth Ancestry online

Allentown; 1950, marking 200 years of growth; published for Old Home Week FamilySearch Library

Descriptive History of the City of Allentown Ancestry online

Descriptive history of the city of Allentown : describing its natural, mercantile, manufacturing, financial, and commercial facilities, together with its resources, industries, and business enterprises FamilySearch Library

Early history of Allentown FamilySearch Library

Early music and musicians of Allentown FamilySearch Library

Fiftieth anniversary, Lehigh Saengerbund, 1858-1908 FamilySearch Library

First treasurer's books of Lehigh County FamilySearch Library

Half-Century, the Fifty-Year Story of the Allentown Hospital, 1899-1949 Ancestry online

Half-century, the fifty-year story of the Allentown Hospital, 1899-1949 FamilySearch Library

Historic calendar of Allentown and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

History, Petition For Charter, Constitution, By-Laws, and List of Members of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society Ancestry online

Introducing ... the Livingstons FamilySearch Library

Lehigh heritage FamilySearch Library

Men of Allentown Ancestry online

Men of Allentown FamilySearch Library

Men of Allentown Genealogy Gophers online

Men of Allentown Genealogy Gophers online

Northampton Township; Lehigh County's Atlantis FamilySearch Library

Notable events in the social life of Allentown in the 18th century FamilySearch Library

Past, Present and Future of the City of Allentown, PA Ancestry online

Past, present and future of the city of Allentown : historical and social features, natural, mercantile, manufacturing, financial and commercial resources and facilities, together with representative industries and business houses FamilySearch Library

The Charcoal Iron Industry in the Perkiomen Valley Ancestry online

The Liberty Bell in Allentown and Allentown's Liberty Bell Ancestry online

The Liberty Bell in Allentown and Allentown's Liberty Bell : issued in connection with the 150th anniversary of the bringing of the Liberty Bell to Allentown for safety, September 24, 1777 FamilySearch Library

The development of Allentown, 1811-1873 FamilySearch Library

The early hotels of Allentown FamilySearch Library

The mayors of Allentown FamilySearch Library

Allentown Immigration Records

Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 Ancestry online

Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 Fold3 online

Naturalization records, 1812-1906 FamilySearch Library

Allentown Land Records

Deed records 1812-1901 ; Index 1812-1911 FamilySearch Library

Allentown Map Records

Allentown 1922 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Allentown 1922 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Allentown, 1922, Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Atlas of the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1888 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Bird's eye view map of the city of Allentown, Pa., 1879 Library of Congress online

Bird's-eye-view map of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1922 Library of Congress online

Bird's-eye-view map of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1922 Library of Congress online

Map of Allentown, Penna. 1901. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1932 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1932-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1957 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1958 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, March 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, October 1891 Library of Congress online

Allentown Marriage Records

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1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

German Marriages, 1828-1832, Published in the German Newspaper Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County FamilySearch Library

History of Zion Reformed church, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1762-1937. WorldCat

Jerusalem Union Church, 1741-1911, Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pa. WorldCat

Lehigh Valley, Pa. Deaths and Marriages, V. 2a, As Reported in the Catasaqua Dispatch 1873-1882, the Allentown Democrat 1847-1878, and the Morning Call Jan 1895-June 1896 Issues FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death File, 1810-1911 FamilySearch Library

Marriage license dockets, 1885-1951 ; Index 1885-1961 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches (includes Zion Reformed Church, 1765-1861) (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com online

Allentown Military Records

Revolutionary patriots of Allentown and vicinity FamilySearch Library

Allentown Newspapers and Obituaries

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Allentown Democrat (Pennsylvania/United States) [Allentown] 12 September 1850 to 12 September 1850 Elephind online

Allentown Democrat 1879-1918 Newspapers.com online

Allentown Der Lecha Caunty Patriotᅠ(1859-1869) Newspaper Archive online

Allentown Der Lecha Patriot Und Northampton Demokratᅠ(1839-1848) Newspaper Archive online

Allentown Der Lecha Patriotᅠ(1848-1859) Newspaper Archive online

Allentown Leader 1893-1918 Newspapers.com online

Allentown Lehigh Registerᅠ(1849-1872) Newspaper Archive online

Der Friedens-Bote und Lecha, Northampton, Bucks, Berks und Montgomery Caunties Anzeiger 1840-1840 Newspapers.com online

Der Lecha Caunty Patriot 1838-1869 Newspapers.com online

Der Lecha Caunty patriot (Allentaun, Pa.) (from April 20, 1859 to April 20, 1869) MyHeritage online

Der Lecha Caunty patriot. (Allentaun, Pa.) (from April 20, 1859 to April 20, 1869) Chronicling America online

Der Lecha Caunty patriot. 1859-04-20 to 1869-04-20 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Caunty wo?chentlicher Anzeiger. 1838-10-17 to 1839-01-16 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Caunty wochentlicher Anzeiger (Allentaun, Pa.) (from Oct. 17, 1838 to Jan. 16, 1839) MyHeritage online

Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Caunty wochentlicher Anzeiger. (Allentaun, Pa.) (from Oct. 17, 1838 to Jan. 16, 1839) Chronicling America online

Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat (Allentaun, Pa.) (from Jan. 23, 1839 to May 29, 1848) MyHeritage online

Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) (from Jan. 23, 1839 to May 29, 1848) Chronicling America online

Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. 1839-01-23 to 1848-05-29 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Der lecha patriot (Allentaun, Pa.) (from Aug. 7, 1848 to March 16, 1859) MyHeritage online

Der lecha patriot. (Allentaun, Pa.) (from Aug. 7, 1848 to March 16, 1859) Chronicling America online

Der lecha patriot. 1848-08-07 to 1859-03-16 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

First World News 11/01/1993 to 04/01/1995 Genealogy Bank online

German Marriages, 1828-1832, Published in the German Newspaper Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County FamilySearch Library

La Voz Hispana 1994-2008 Newspapers.com online

Lecha Caunty Patriot 10/17/1838 to 04/20/1869 Genealogy Bank online

Lehigh Valley, Pa. Deaths and Marriages, V. 2a, As Reported in the Catasaqua Dispatch 1873-1882, the Allentown Democrat 1847-1878, and the Morning Call Jan 1895-June 1896 Issues FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death File, 1810-1911 FamilySearch Library

Morning Call 01/01/1984 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Morning Call 1883-2023 Newspapers.com online

Morning Call, The: Web Edition Articles 04/14/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank online

The Lehigh register. 1849-01-04 to 1872-12-18 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Allentown

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Allentown Critic. (Allentown, Pa.) 1884-1889

Allentown Democrat and Lehigh Valley Advertiser. (Allentown, Pa.) 1857-1859

Allentown Democrat. (Allentown, Pa.) 1847-1857

Allentown Democrat. (Allentown, Pa.) 1859-1919

Allentown Evening Item. (Allentown, Pa.) 1915-1921

Allentown Friedens-Bote. (Allentown, Pa.) 1847-1916

Allentown Leader. (Allentown, Pa.) 1903-1934

Allentown Morning Call and Morning Herald. (Allentown, Pa.) 1920-1921

Allentown Morning Call. (Allentown, Pa.) 1898-1920

Allentown Morning Call. (Allentown, Pa.) 1921-1939

Allentown Morning Herald. (Allentown, Pa.) 1919-1920

Allentown Record. (Allentown, Pa.) 1921-1923

Allentown Times. (Allentown, Pa.) 1937-1959

Chronicle and News. (Allentown, Pa.) 1877-1883

Chronicle and News. (Allentown, Pa.) 1896-1921

Critic. (Allentown, Pa.) 1883-1884

Critic. (Allentown, Pa.) 1889-1894

Daily Chronicle and News. (Allentown, Pa.) 1875-1877

Daily Chronicle and News. (Allentown, Pa.) 1883-1895

Daily Chronicle. (Allentown, Pa.) 1870-1875

Daily City Item. (Allentown, Pa.) 1878-1915

Evening Chronicle. (Allentown, Pa.) 1939-1985

Evening Dispatch. (Allentown, Pa.) 1866-1867

Harrisonian of Lehigh. (Allentown, Pa.) 1840-1840s

Lehigh Herald. (Allentown, Pa.) 1827-1834

Lehigh Register. (Allentown, Pa.) 1846-1912

Lehigh Republican and Mauch Chunk, Farmers' & Mechanicks' Register. (Allentown, Pa) 1826-1829

Lehigh Republican. (Allentown, Pa.) 1825-1826

Lehigh Valley Daily News. (Allentown, Penn'a.) 1865-1875

Lehigh Valley Review. (Allentown, Pa.) 1908-1950

Lehigh Valley Times-Telegram. (Allentown, Pa.) 1933-1936

Morning Call. (Allentown, Pa.) 1895-1898

Morning Call. (Allentown, Pa.) 1939-Current

Morning Herald. (Allentown, Pa.) 1873-1877

Pennsylvania Labor Herald. (Allentown, Pa.) 1913-1936

Sunday Critic. (Allentown, Pa.) 1888-1889

Welt Bote. (Allentown, Pa.) 1854-1910s

Allentown Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Allentown School Records

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Allen High School - People Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1918, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1948 E Yearbook online

Allen High School yearbook, 1918, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1948 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Allentown Bible Institute - Beacon Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1935 E Yearbook online

Allentown Bible Institute yearbook, 1935 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Allentown High School yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Allentown Nurses College - ANC Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1922 E Yearbook online

Allentown Nurses College yearbook, 1922 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Allentown Preparatory School - Alprescho Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1929, 1936, 1937, 1938 E Yearbook online

Allentown Preparatory School yearbook, 1919, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Berean Bible School - Searchlight Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1961 E Yearbook online

Berean Bible School yearbook, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cedar Crest College - Espejo Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1922, 1957 E Yearbook online

Cedar Crest College yearbooks, 1922, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central Catholic High School - Glen Echoes Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1933, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965 E Yearbook online

Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1933, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central Junior High School - Booster Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1949 E Yearbook online

Central Junior High School yearbook, 1949 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dieruff High School - Ledannus Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1960, 1982 E Yearbook online

Dieruff High School yearbook, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2012 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Early schools and school teachers of Allentown and Lehigh County FamilySearch Library

Louis E Dieruff High School yearbooks, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Muhlenberg College yearbook, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Muhlenberg College, A Quarter-Centennial Memorial Volume Ancestry online

Muhlenberg College, a quarter-centennial memorial volume : being a history of the college and a record of its men FamilySearch Library

Nurses College Allentown Hospital yearbook, 1922 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Parkland High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Retrospect, P.A. Allen High School Genealogy Gophers online

Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing - Carmen Sylva Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1928, 1929, 1943, 1951, 1952, 1956 E Yearbook online

Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing yearbook, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salisbury High School yearbook, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Whitehall High School - Sowhiter Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 E Yearbook online

South Whitehall High School yearbooks, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Swain School yearbook, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Whitehall High School yearbook, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

William Allen High School - Comus Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1982 E Yearbook online

Wilson Borough High School - Des Memoires Yearbook (Allentown, PA), 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977 E Yearbook online



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