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An urban finding aid for the 1880 federal population census of Philadelphia FamilySearch Library
Department and ward census, 1807?, 1812, 1864-1874, 1887-1904 FamilySearch Library
Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, African-American Census, 1847 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Bonds for support of illegitimate children, 1811-1859 FamilySearch Library
Case records, 1854-1906 FamilySearch Library
Cases referred to committee on bastardy, 1822-1825 FamilySearch Library
Court docket, 1789-1837 FamilySearch Library
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) general court records 1691 - 1707 Archive Grid
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) general court records Am.371 Archive Grid
Prisoners for trial docket, 1790-1882 FamilySearch Library
Abstracts from Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania gazette, April 17, 1755 to December 27, 1764 FamilySearch Library
An essay on original land titles in Philadelphia FamilySearch Library
City lot patents, v. 1, 1781-1785 FamilySearch Library
Copy of the deeds of trust, charter, by-laws, and list of lot-holders : with an account of the cemetery (Philadelphia Cemetery, 1845) Internet Archive
Deeds (Philadephia County, Pennsylvania), 1683-1886 ; index to deeds, 1683-1916 FamilySearch Library
Deeds, mortgages, miscellaneous instruments left for recording and not called for, ca.1743-ca.1879 FamilySearch Library
Exemplification (grantee) index, 1683-1801 FamilySearch Library
Exemplification record, patent books (Philadelpha, Pennsylvania), 1667-1839 FamilySearch Library
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) general court records 1691 - 1707 Archive Grid
Germantown deeds, 1682-1702 FamilySearch Library
Old rights, proprietary rights, Virginia entries and soldiers entitled to Donation Lands with an explanation of Reed's map of Philadelphia Genealogy Gophers
Old rights, proprietary rights, Virginia entries and soldiers entitled to Donation Lands with an explanation of Reed's map of Philadelphia; ser. 03, v. 03 Genealogy Gophers
Philadelphia city lots, 1682-1790 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia city lots, 1700 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia lots and taxes card file, undated Archive Grid
Plan of Philadelphia FamilySearch Library
Warrants and surveys of the province of Pennsylvania including the three lower counties, 1759 Genealogy Gophers
A true list of the names of the inhabitants of Philadelphia County as they stand classed and draughted, 1777 FamilySearch Library
Annals of the Sixth Pennsylvania cavalry Genealogy Gophers
At peace with honor : the Civil War burials of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
Board of War and State Navy Board file, 1776-1777 FamilySearch Library
Brief history of the movement to abolish the slums of Philadelphia and provide decent homes for the poor Indiana Memory
Civil War Service Records, Union, Colored Troops 20th-25th Infantry Fold3
Civil War Service Records, Union, Colored Troops 31th-35th Infantry Fold3
General muster roll of battalions 1-6, city of Philadelphia Militia, 1784 FamilySearch Library
History of the 75th Regiment, Pa. Vols. FamilySearch Library
History of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, together with a complete roster of the regiment and regimental officers Genealogy Gophers
History of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Internet Archive
History of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry : from its organization November 17, 1774 to its centennial anniversary November 17, 1874 FamilySearch Library
History of the Philadelphia Brigade : Sixty-Ninth, Seventy-First, Seventy-Second, and One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers FamilySearch Library
List of sick soldiers in Philadelphia, December 1776 FamilySearch Library
Military Service enrollment books, 1861-1862, Philadelphia 19th & 20th Wards FamilySearch Library
Military enrollment book, wards 19 and 20, 1861-1862 FamilySearch Library
Military petitions for naturalization filed in the Philadelphia (County) District Court, 1862-1874 WorldCat
Militia absentee returns for Philadelphia City, 1777-1791 FamilySearch Library
Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War Ancestry
Old rights, proprietary rights, Virginia entries and soldiers entitled to Donation Lands with an explanation of Reed's map of Philadelphia Genealogy Gophers
Old rights, proprietary rights, Virginia entries and soldiers entitled to Donation Lands with an explanation of Reed's map of Philadelphia; ser. 03, v. 03 Genealogy Gophers
Orderly book, 1776-1778 FamilySearch Library
Papers relating to the War of the Revolution, 1775-1777 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Ancestry
Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Genealogy Gophers
Philadelphia in the World War, 1914-1919 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia soldier's home records, 1866-1883 FamilySearch Library
Register of the Members of the "Artillery Corps, Washington Grays" of the City of Philadelphia Ancestry
Register of the members of the "Artillery Corps, Washington Grays" of the city of Philadelphia who served in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 Internet Archive
Return of absentees in the city Militia, battalions 1-6, and artillery, 1781-1784 FamilySearch Library
Roll of the 7th Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, 1782 FamilySearch Library
Rough and regular : a history of Philadelphia's 119th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the Gray Reserves FamilySearch Library
Selected final pension payment vouchers 1818-1864 : Pennsylvania: Philadelpha & Pittsburg FamilySearch Library
The streets of Philadelphia : crowds, congress, and the political culture of revolution, 1774-1783 FamilySearch Library
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI (Soldiers Buried in Lafayette Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA) Ancestry
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI (Soldiers Buried in United American Mechanic's Cemetery, PA) Ancestry
250th anniversary of the settlement of Germantown : Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 20, 21 and 22, 1933 FamilySearch Library
An alphabetical index to Ulster emigration to Philadelphia, 1803-1850 FamilySearch Library
Black [punishment] books, 1880-1912 FamilySearch Library
Black women's cellar ward, 1826-1832 FamilySearch Library
Civil War Service Records, Union, Colored Troops 20th-25th Infantry Fold3
Civil War Service Records, Union, Colored Troops 31th-35th Infantry Fold3
Computer-processed tabulations of data from seamen's protective certificate applications to the collector of customs for the Port of Philadelphia, 1812-1815 FamilySearch Library
Directory of ethnic resources of Philadelphia and Delaware Valley FamilySearch Library
Foreign-born female convicts, 1897-1905 FamilySearch Library
Forging freedom : the formation of Philadelphia's Black community, 1720-1840 FamilySearch Library
German American annals , devoted to the comparative study of the historical, literary, linguistic, educational and commercial relations of Germany and America Genealogy Gophers
German and Swiss settlers in America 1700's-1800's FamilySearch Library
German immigrant servant contracts registered at the port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831 FamilySearch Library
Germantown 1683-1933 : the record that a Pennsylvania community has achieved in the course of 250 years; being a history of the people of Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill FamilySearch Library
History of ownership of Indian Queen Hotel and Indian Queen Inn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
Jewish Exponent [Electronic Resource]. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1887-Current US Newspaper Directory
Jewish Exponent. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1887-Current US Newspaper Directory
Jewish Times of the Greater Northeast. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1976-1983 US Newspaper Directory
Jewish Times. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1933-1947 US Newspaper Directory
Jewish Times. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1973-1976 US Newspaper Directory
Jewish Times. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1983-Current US Newspaper Directory
Jewish immigrant aid societies' records of Jewish arrivals, 1913-1947 FamilySearch Library
Jewish petition cards to bring relatives to the United States, 1923-1935 FamilySearch Library
Jewish records, 1752-1920 FamilySearch Library
Jewish records, 1802-1910 FamilySearch Library
Lists of Palatine immigrants who arrived in Philadelphia in 1727 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia Jewish Times. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1925-1933 US Newspaper Directory
Philadelphia Jewish Times. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1947-1973 US Newspaper Directory
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Runaway Servants, Convicts, and Apprentices, 1728-1796 Ancestry
Receiving Erin's children : Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish famine migration, 1845-1855 FamilySearch Library
Records of the Welsh Society of Philadelphia, 1798-ongoing Archive Grid
Report of the Federation of Jewish Charities of Philadelphia and its affiliated organizations for the year ending... : a list of annual subscribers to the Federation FamilySearch Library
Runaway slave advertisements of the Pennsylvania Gazette & index, 1740-1776 FamilySearch Library
The Jewish quarter of Philadelphia : a history and guide 1881-1930 FamilySearch Library
The Occident and American Jewish Advocate (the leading Jewish publication in the United States during this period) 1843-1853 Jewish-American History Foundation
The house of the miller on the Millbach : the architecture, arts and crafts of the Pennsylvania Germans FamilySearch Library
U.S., Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1924 Ancestry
Welsh Americans : the manuscript collection, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Abstract of wills at Philadelphia FamilySearch Library
Abstract of wills of Philadelphia County. FamilySearch Library
Abstracts (mainly deaths) from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1775-1783 FamilySearch Library
Abstracts from Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania gazette, April 17, 1755 to December 27, 1764 FamilySearch Library
Abstracts of Philadelphia wills, 1682-1825 FamilySearch Library
Abstracts of wills recorded in the administration books, Register's Office, Philadelphia. / Administration books F-L. FamilySearch Library
Administration of wills, Philadelphia, 1682-1900 FamilySearch Library
Index to wills and administration records, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1682-1850 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization petitions and records, 1795-1911 FamilySearch Library
Orphans' Court records 1719-1856 ; Index 1719-1938 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia Guardians of the Poor indenture records, 1791-1822 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia Guardians of the Poor; bonds for the support of illegitimate children and other indigent persons, 1811-1859 FamilySearch Library
Wills and inventories of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1682-1724 FamilySearch Library
Wills proved at Philadelphia, 1682-1700 FamilySearch Library
Wills proved at Philadelphia, 1697-1702 FamilySearch Library
Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924 FamilySearch Library
1769 tax list (proprietary), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, city and county : transcribed and arranged alphabetically by surnames FamilySearch Library
A transcript of the fifteenth eighteen Penny Provincial Tax assessed the 13th day of March 1772, for the City & County of Philadelphia FamilySearch Library
City tax duplicates, 1791-1854 FamilySearch Library
Constables' returns to tax assessors, 1762-1780 FamilySearch Library
County tax assessment ledgers, 1762-1844, for city of Philadelphia and Blockley Township FamilySearch Library
Enumeration index, 3rd ward, 3rd precinct, 1854 FamilySearch Library
Lamp tax for Lower Delaware, High Street, & North wards, Philadelphia, 1765 FamilySearch Library
Maintance of the poor tax for the city of Philadelphia, 1767 FamilySearch Library
Paving tax for Lower Delaware, High Street, & North wards, Philadelphia, 1765 FamilySearch Library
Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry
Philadelphia City & County, Pennsylvania taxpayers 1779 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia City tax list, 1829 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia County tax book, 1770 FamilySearch Library
Philadelphia lots and taxes card file, undated Archive Grid
Poor tax duplicate, 1767-1853 FamilySearch Library
Poor tax duplicate, 1767-1853 FamilySearch Library
Poor tax register, 1819-1847 FamilySearch Library
Proprietary, supply, and state tax lists of the city and county of Philadelphia FamilySearch Library
Proprietary, supply, and state tax lists of the city and county of Philadelphia for the years 1779-1881 Digital Public Library of America
Records of individual tax assessments for Philadelphia County for 1767 Digital Public Library of America
Tax list of Philadelphia City and County, 1781-1783 FamilySearch Library
Tax lists of Philadelphia City, 1754 FamilySearch Library
Taxables in the City of Philadelphia, 1756 FamilySearch Library
Taxables in the city of Philadelphia, 1756 WorldCat
United States direct tax of 1798; tax lists for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: New Market Ward FamilySearch Library
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