West Philadelphia Genealogy (in Philadelphia County, PA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to West Philadelphia are also found through the Philadelphia County and Pennsylvania pages.


West Philadelphia Birth Records

Church of the Transfiguration Baptism Register 1908-1913 (included in Pennsylvania, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Church Records) Ancestry online

West Philadelphia Church Records

Church of the Transfiguration Baptism Register 1908-1913 (included in Pennsylvania, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Church Records) Ancestry online

Church records, 1748-1993 [First Reformed] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1842-1972 [St. Mary's Episcopal] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1846-1956 [Calvary Episcopal] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1855-1952 [Asbury Methodist] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1865-1947 [St. Stephen's Lutheran] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1868-1952 [Church of the Holy Comforter; Episcopal] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1872-1899 [Belmont Methodist] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1872-1936 [St. John's Reformed] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1873-1919 [Church of the Transfiguration; Episcopal] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1880-1894 [Educational Home; Episcopal] FamilySearch Library

St. Mary's Church, Hamiltonville, West Philadelphia (admitted 1827); on Locust Street near Fortieth FamilySearch Library

West Philadelphia Death Records

Burial records of Samuel P. Frankenfield, West Philadelphia, Pa., 1859-1907 FamilySearch Library

West Philadelphia Histories and Genealogies

History of the Satterlee U.S.A. Gen. Hospital at West Philadelphia, Pa., from October 8, 1862 to October 8, 1863 FamilySearch Library

West Philadelphia illustrated : early history of West Philadelphia and its environs, its people and its historical points FamilySearch Library

West Philadelphia Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for West Philadelphia

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.

Fortieth Ward Leader. (West Philadelphia [Philadelphia, Pa.]) 1914-1922

Hospital Register. (West Philadelphia [I.E. Philadelphia], Pa.) 1863-1865

West Philadelphia Saturday Star. (West Philadelphia [I.E. Philadelphia, Pa.]) 1860-1872

West Philadelphia Tax Records

Blockley & West Philadelphia Townships, tax list for the poor, 1843-1844 FamilySearch Library


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