First Friday Genealogy - Philadelphia

11/02/2024

In a thrilling development for history buffs and drone enthusiasts alike, a high-tech aerial survey has potentially located a long-lost piece of Civil War

04/03/2024

We are meeting on April 5 at noon at Philadelphia City Archives. Bring your lunch. Share your accomplishments. Ask you questions.

02/15/2024

Finding Your Roots' National Virtual Event - Tuesday, March 12 | 8 PM ETJoin us for an enlightening discussion about genealogy with a special Finding Your Ro...

12/20/2023

We set genealogy goals but this could be a good idea.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is returning for 2024!

For those of you who don’t know, 52 Ancestors is a way of chronicling our ancestors by writing about them in a prompt every week. Individuals do this through a blog, their website, whatever works for them and isn’t too much effort - we’re going for telling stories, not getting bogged down in how they’re told.

This year had some incredibly poignant tales, some that truly touched me, some that made me laugh, and some that even inspired me to work more on my own family history. I felt a kinship to all of you, and your ancestors as well.

52 Ancestors is about many different things. One is accountability to keep telling the stories of our ancestors, but do it in a way that keeps us invigorated and not burned out.

To sign up, please click here: https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52ancestors

10/13/2023

Just a few reminders before you come to visit us at the State Archive. Also, don't forget to book your appointment in advance: https://bit.ly/njsaappointments.

10/11/2023

Use this interactive map to see the streets before your house was built. Just enter your address or the address of a property and enter the year it was built or the years before and it will show you what the street grid looked like back then.

https://www.philageohistory.org/tiles/viewer/

10/05/2023

This Friday we’ll be meeting at Philadelphia City Archives. Changed our start time at 11am. See you then.

09/03/2023

Our monthly meeting will take place on September 8 at noon. We meet at Philadelphia City Archives. Bring your lunch, successes and brickwalls, we try to help each other expand our family trees. At 1pm, we’re taking a behind the scenes tour of the archives.

07/30/2023

Our monthly meeting will take place on August 4 at noon. We meet at Philadelphia City Archives. Bring your lunch, successes and brickwalls, we try to help each other expand our family trees. For those unable to get to Philly, we also provide a zoom link. Send a message along with your email and we’ll send you the link.

07/05/2023

We are holding this month’s meeting via Zoom only. If you are searching for Philly records this could be the perfect option to ask questions about where to look for records. If you would like the zoom like send a message and i’ll send you the details. We are starting at noon on Friday July 7.

Mark your calender. We’re planning a behind the scenes tour of Philadelphia City Archives as part of our September meeting on September 8.

06/17/2023

Discover your dad, grandpa, and more in the paper. Search 754 million+ pages in our newspaper archive for obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, social pages and much, much more.

05/08/2023

Good to know

- The Pennsylvania State Archives will soon begin its long-awaited move to 1681 North Sixth St., Harrisburg, Pa. The new State building is expected to open to the public in late September 2023. Here's what you need to know - https://phmc.info/ArchBuildAlert

04/15/2023

Not too far to travel.

The Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ) was founded in 1921 by genealogical scholars dedicated