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From: "Kathy Funk" <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Fw: Pennyslvania Digital State Archives
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 22:50:34 -0500

For all of us whose ancestors may have lived in Pennsylvania (forwarded from
another list)

Good luck!!


>
> The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy
> Newsletter and is copyright 2001 by Richard W. Eastman. It is
> re-published here with the permission of the author.
>
> ===================================================================
>
> - Pennsylvania Digital State Archives
>
> The state of Pennsylvania has announced the release of a major new
> online database of interest to genealogists. ARIAS (Archives
> Records Information Access System) is now online. This huge
> database already contains the Revolutionary War Military Abstract
> Card File, the World War I Service Medal Application Cards and the
> Spanish American War Veterans' Card File of United States
> Volunteers. Future additions already underway include the Civil
> War Veterans' Card File and the Mexican Border Campaign Veterans'
> Card File.
>
> On July 3, the State of Pennsylvania issued the following
> announcement:
>
> On behalf of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania
> Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) Executive Director
> Brent D. Glass today announced Pennsylvanians now -- for the
> first time -- can access historical records through the PA
> PowerPort.
>
> The Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) will
> enable Pennsylvanians and researchers from around the world to
> utilize the tremendous resources of the Pennsylvania State
> Archives right from their homes or local libraries.
>
> The records can be accessed through the PA PowerPort at
> http://www.state.pa.us or directly at the Commission's site at
> http://www.phmc.state.pa.us.
>
> "With the click of a mouse, students, teachers, family
> researchers and history buffs will be able to view online
> historical records maintained at the State Archives in
> Harrisburg," Glass said. "Our goal is to provide easy, cost-
> free access to historical records that constitute our most
> valuable window to the past. We think of it as the `Digital
> State Archives.'"
>
> Currently, ARIAS offers approximately 200,000 images relating
> to the participation of Pennsylvanians in the Revolutionary
> War, Spanish-American War and World War I.
>
> The Revolutionary War records are arranged alphabetically by
> the surname of each soldier, with information on service in
> the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy; the
> name and rank of soldier; active or inactive duty; county of
> residence; battalion in which served; and the archival record
> from which the information was extracted.
>
> More than 300,000 Civil War and Mexican Border Campaign
> service card images also are being loaded into the system.
>
> Eventually, millions of digitized records, ranging from 19th-
> century county birth, death and marriage dockets to
> collections of photographs illustrating every aspect of the
> Pennsylvania experience, will be added.
>
> "Genealogists are hungry for access to records such as these,"
> said James Beidler, executive director of the Genealogical
> Society of Pennsylvania. "The beauty of the resources found
> in ARIAS is that they will lead researchers to the original
> source documents, which is what every family historian yearns
> to find about his or her ancestors."
>
> The above Web addresses will work, but I found the direct path at:
> http://www.phmc.state.pa.us
>

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