If you want to begin researching your Irish heritage and family history in Pennsylvania, you may want to start at the State Library. There are a few books to begin perusing, and they are listed below. You will see the title and the book number. The library is located at:
Forum Building, Commonwealth Ave & Walnut St, Harrisburg
Main entrance on South Drive facing Soldiers’ Grove behind the State Capitol.
The State Library website is at:
Pennsylvania State Library
A Google map of the library:
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Irish Heritage Books Available:
CS414.B39 1999, In Search of your British & Irish Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing your English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish Ancestors
CS482.P45 1970, Indexes to Irish Wills
CS482.V53 1967, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810
CS483.G74 1993, Tracing your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide
CS483.O337 1976, Irish Pedigrees:or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation
CS483.R33 2001, Discovering your Irish Ancestors: How to Find and Record your Unique Heritage
CS483.R93 1997, Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History
CS483.Y97 1990, Irish Family History
CS484.M58 1988, Guide to Irish Parish Registers
CS484.M58 1988b, Parish Maps of Ireland
CS484.M58 2002, New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland
E184.I6 F36, Famine Immigrants 1846-1851
E184.I6 S35 1980, Passengers from Ireland
HA1141.5 1841.M37 1999, Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland)
HA1170.15 1841.M37 1999, Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland)
Web Research for More Irish Family Research:
General Registry Office of Northern Ireland
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