State of Pennsylvania


    WELCOME to the ALHN and AHGP Pennsylvania Homepage!
    Your resource for Pennsylvania State History!
    We are the Keystone State, home of independence, the liberty bell, the countries second capital, and the City of brotherly love. Founded by William Penn from a grant by King George in order to rid himself of the Quakers. Pennsylvania is a beautiful state, one of the orginal thirteen colonies, home to Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross and Benjamin Rush. Our state is rich in coal, German Heritage, hardworking Irish and so much more. We invite you to add to the heritage by contributing information to our site, adopting a county, or browsing We hope you enjoy your stay and will come visit our beautiful state.

    Our Hearts are with the Pennsylvania families who lost loved ones
    in the tragedy of Sept 11, 2001.
    PA ALHN/AHGP has created a special page just for them.
    We hope you can find some comfort in the page
    Updated July 2,2003


    General Information
    About ALHN
    About AHGP

    PA ALHN Counties
    How To Create A New PAALHN Website (County or Topic)
    Adopt a PAALHN Website
    How To Add Your Site To The Pennsylvania American Local History Network
    Nominate A Site - ALHN Excellence Award
    Submit Your Site To the ALHN
    Webmaster's Assistance Page
    Join An ALHN WebRing
    ALHN Graphics - For Use on ALHN Pages Only
    Log - What's New in PA ALHN/AHGP
     
    History - Topical Index
     
    Agriculture
    Antique Letters and Documents
    Antiques and Antique Stores
    Arboreta and Botanical Gardens
    Architectural History
    Art
    Automotive History
    Aviation History
    Banks
    Bench and Bar
    Bible Records- 
    Biography
    Books
    Bridges
    Broadcasting
    Cemeteries- 
    Census and Tax Lists-
    Chatrooms
    Children Safe Web Sites
    Civil War- 
    Climate and Weather (See Disasters)
    Constitutional History and Law
    Corporate History
    Counties - Website Links - 
    Disasters
    Domestic Arts
    Duels
    Economic History
    Education and Schools- 
    Epidemics (see Disasters)
    Ethnic and Culture
    Etiquette
    Events/Seminars
    Exploration
    Food
    Forests Fires and Firefighting
    Forestry
    Fraternal and Patriotic Organizations
    Funerals
    Genealogy - 
    Geography and Maps
    Geology
    Ghost Towns
    Government- 
    Great Depression
    History- Towns, Living and General 
    Holidays
    Immigration/Naturalization-Coming Soon!
    Industrial Revolution
    Inventors and Inventions
    International Mystery Gallery - Unidentified Photos
    Land History
    Labor History
    Language
    Law Enforcement
    Libraries/Archives- 
    Literature
    Logging and Lumber Jacks
    Living History
    Magazines & Journals (See also Newspapers)
    Maps/Gazetters- 
    Maritime
    Medicine
    Melungeons
    Metal Works
    Microforms
    Migrations -  - New URL
    Military Resources, including Civil War
    Mines and Mining - Coming Soon!
    Miscellaneous
    Museums, Parks and Historical Places- 
    Music
    Mystery Families
    Native American/First Nations
    Newspapers
    Occupations
    Orphanages
    Patriotic Organizations See Fraternal Orgs-  -
    Pets
    Postal History
    Poor Houses and Poverty -
    Presidents of the United States
    Publishing
    Railroads - Coming Soon!
    Religion & Churches - 
    Professional Researchers and Commercial Genealogy Web Sites - 
    Researchers/Research-Volunteers
    Revolutionary War
    Pennsylvania Surname Registry- 
    Science
    Societies - Genealogical and Historical Societies & Associations- 
    Statesmen and Politicians
    Taverns and Inns
    Textiles
    Timelines of History- 
    Traditions/Oral History/Folk Lore
    Trails
    Transportation
    The 1920's
    Weapons
    Women
    Works Progress Administration
    Zoological Parks
    Miscellaneous
     
    If you have a website or an idea for a website that doesn't fit into any of the categories above but is historical in nature, please feel free to email us about it.  We would be more than happy to visit your site and review it for inclusion in our history network.


    This American Local History Network site is maintained by Barbara Lavin and Margaret Steen. If you would like more information on this project, how to adopt an available county or special interest website, please read About The American Local History Network Project first, then contact the state coordinators for any additional requirements or information.
     
     

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