These are some great tools with which to get started.

 

  • Free Access to Ancestry.com Pennsylvania for PA Residents

  • Find a Grave - Cemeteries in Philadelphia County

  • Family Search - Philadelphia County PA Genealogy

  • US Federal Census • 1790-1950

  • United States World War I Draft Registration Cards • 1917-1918

  • Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania - Delaware County Collection

  • Delaware County Archives • County Government Records

  • Delaware County Historical Society

  • Delaware County and Vicinity Maps

  • 1899 Delaware County Map

  • Delaware County Look Up Volunteers

  • Delaware County Libraries

  • Philadelphia History

  • Philadelphia Museums

  • Philadelphia Resources

  • Message Boards and Mailing Lists

  • Philadelphia Lookups

  • Old-time Occupations

  • Philadelphia Directories 1785 - 1907

     

    “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

    Benjamin Franklin

    • Eastern State Penitentiary former accommodations!

    Closed in 1971