A FREE genealogy database of biographies, biographical sketches and multi-generational genealogies of Pennsylvania residents.
Each biography was written in the late 1800s to the early 1900s. During this time, vanity books with biographical sketches were very popular. One usually had to pre-purchase a book or pay for inclusion in the book. Sometimes the person whose biography appeared was involved in the compiling, and sometimes it was done by descendants. Many biographies have genealogy info going back many generations.
The biographies can be very useful sources to guide genealogy research.
Be sure to check each county where your family lived as each biography and family history may cover many Pennsylvania counties as the biographies follow the family as they resettle into different parts of Pennsylvania and other states.
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Adams, Aaron
Adams, Louis S.
Adams, William
Ahl, John
Aiken, Matthew
Aikman Family
Akers Family
Albright, Edwin Hon.
Albright, John
Albright, John
Alexander, Howard W.
Alexander, S.A.
Alleman, David B.
Alleman, Horace M. M.D.
Allen, James
Allen, Moses
Algeo, William G Jr.
Algeo, William G. Sr.
Allison, Abraham K.
Allison, Edward J.
Allison, Joseph
Allison, William O.
Alter, Joseph H.
Altimus, Nicholas
Anderson, Benj. P.
Anderson, John
Ankeny, Edmund K.
Anstead, John A.
Appleby, George
Appleman, Emanuel L.
Appleman, George W.
Arentrue, William
Arnett Family
Arnold, James E.
Arnold, John B. - Dr.
Asper, Frederick A.
Aucker, Reuben S.
Aue, John Henry
Augustus R. Anderson
Aurand, C. E.
Avery, Howard D.
Bachman, J. W.
Bachman, Samuel
Baer, Jacob H.
Baker, Andrew T.
Baker, Daniel
Baker, Elias
Baker, John
Baker, Samuel S.
Baker, William McClain
Baldwin, Mary A.
Baldwin, N. Leroy
Banks, Francis L.
Barefoot, William R.
Barkman, Hezekiah
Barkman, Philip
Barnett, Benjamin Franklin
Barnhill, Robert
Barnitz, Robert M
Barr, Henry A.
Barr, John D.
Barr, Smith
Barry, George J.
Bartlebaugh, Alexander L
Basehoar, George D.
Basehoar, Jacob G.
Bates, John C.
Baugher, H Louis, D.D.
Baumgardner, David
Bayler Family
Bayly, Joseph
Beahen, Thomas W.
Beales, Cyrus G.
Bealor, John W.
Beamer, W. J.
Beard, Daniel
Beard, Daniel
Beatty, Austin
Beatty, Charles
Beatty, Charles Shearer
Beatty, E. Calvin
Beatty, John R.
Beatty, Martha
Beatty, Samuel
Beatty, William
Beatty, William
Beaty, David
Beck, John H.
Beckmeyer, C. H.
Bedford, Henry
Bee, Leroy
Beegle, Francis
Beegle, Fred N.
Beilman, Edward
Bell, George W.
Bell, Robert
Beltz, Theodore H.
Bender, Christian
Bender, Edmund C.
Bender, Elias P.
Bender, Franklin
Bender, John
Bender, John
Bender, Kinzer
Benner, G. J.
Benner, H. S. Maj.
Bennett, George
Bentz, Peter
Bentzel, E. D.
Bergstresser, Samuel E.
Betts, Henry S.
Bigham, H. P.
Bikle, Philip M. Rev.
Billmeyer, George S.
Bird, Ulysses
Bishop, Simon S
Bittenger, John W.
Bittinger, Andrew J.
Black, Chauncey F.
Black, Joseph II
Black, Moses R.
Black, William W.
Blair, A. R.
Blair, Nathan A.
Blake, T. A.
Blatt Family
Blatt, Isaac G.
Blocher, Thaddeus S.
Bloom, Urias
Blymyer, Jacob Crull
Blymyer, James Nicholas
Blythe, Robert Ralston
Bogardus, John M.
Bogart, James Rev.
Bohn, Solomon
Boll, Henry
Bollinger, Ephraim
Bollinger, Oliver J.
Bonner, William F.
Boody, Lincoln H.
Boody, Lincoln H.
Boone, George III
Boone, George Jr.
Boone, George Jr.
Boone, Squire
Boor, Baltzer F.
Boor, Oliver P.
Boor, William D.
Boor, William N.
Bortz, Captain Martin S.
Bosserman, John
Bossinger, Frederick
Bossinger, Henry
Botsford, Milton V.
Bower, Hiram R.
Bower, Hiram W.
Bower, Isaiah
Bowlin, Peter and Nancy Blockard
Bowman, Emanuel W.
Bowman, Wesley
Boyd, Daniel
Boyd, George S.
Boyd, Peter Keller
Boyd, Stephen Gill
Bratton, Charles
Bratton, William B.
Bream, Francis
Bream, R. William
Bream, W. D.
Bream, William
Brechbill, Samuel L.
Breece, Horace
Breidenbaugh, Edward S.
Breneman, Jacob
Breneman, Michael B., M.D.
Brennan, Patrick F.
Brenneman, H. C.
Bressler, C. H.
Brewster, Philanders S. Rev.
Brinkerhoff, Isaac F.
Brinser, Otto
Brisbin, Samuel J.
Brobst, Martin L.
Brody, Solomon
Brower, Jeremiah John
Brown, George E.
Brown, Hartford P.
Brown, Hiram H.
Brown, James C.
Brown, James M.
Brunner Family
Bryfogle, Winthrop C.
Bryfogle, Winthrop C.
Buchanan, George
Buchanan, Harvey
Buchanan, William
Bucher, John Conrad Rev.
Buckalew, John M.
Buckingham, John W.
Buddinger, Joseph
Buehler, C. H. Col.
Buehler, David A.
Burg, Horace William
Burg, William Horace M.D.
Burket, Isreal
Burnham, Nathan F.
Burns, George W.
Bushman Althedore
Bushman, Lewis A.
Byers, Christian
Byers, John G.
Cadwallader, George B.
Caldwell, John T.
Calhoun, David
Camp, David
Camp, John
Campbell, Azariah
Campbell, Charles H.
Campbell, Charles H.
Campbell, James
Campbell, John
Carl, Jere
Carl, John
Carl, Lewis
Carpenter, Emanuel
Carpenter, William H.
Cartright Family
Cashman, Amos
Caslow, Henry
Casner, Jacob
Cassat Jacob Hon.
Cassey, Andrew L.
Cathcart, Andrew B.
Catteral, Joseph H.
Cessna, John Hon.
Chalfant, Thomas
Chamberlin, John
Chambers, Edmund T.
Childs, George T.
Christ, Evan P.
Clapp Family
Clark, Alexander
Clark, Philip
Clarke, John, Sr.
Clemens, Henry
Clement, Charles M.
Clement, John Kay
Clement, John Kay
Cleveland, John
Clifford, John
Colt, John T.
Clinch, Andrew F.
Close, William Thomas
Cobean, J. H.
Coen, Joel
Cole, Ephraim
Cole, Francis
Cole, Henry
Cole, Jacob
Cole, James
Colehouse, James H.
Coleman Family
Collins, A. J.
Collins, Joseph
Conner, Harrison J.
Conner, Harrison J. - Capt.
Conrad, Edmund
Conrad, Franklin Gesford
Contner, David McKane
Cook, Henry E.
Cook, P. McCauley - Hon
Cook, William S.
Cope, Roger
Coshun, Joseph
Coulson, Francis
Covalt, Abraham
Crawford, Joseph
Creasy, Samuel C.
Cresap, Thomas
Crider, David W.
Crider, Henry M.
Crider, Philip B. and Fountain W.
Cross, Murry S.
Crouse, Daniel
Crouse, Edmund
Crouse, Layton
Crouse, William
Cunningham, James
Daly Family
Darin, John Jackson
Daron, George
Davenport, H. H.
Davenport, John A.
Davenport, Ray H.
Davidson, James J.
Davis, William S.
Dawes, Edward L.
De Ross, David Eli
Dearborn, John
Deardorff, D. G.
Deardorff, Ephraim
Deardorff, Oliver
DeBurkarte, J.
Dechert, Walter H.
Deemer, Alexander
DeHaven Family
Dehaven, John
Dehaven, Samuel
Dehaven, William
Deininger, James C.
Deininger, James C.
Deininger, L. T.
Dellett, Wilson S.
DeLong, William
Deremer, John
Deremer, William
Detrick, Amos M
Detrick, Amos W.
Devers, John H.
Dewart, Lewis
Dewart, William L.
DeWitt, Alpheus Moore
DeWitt, Joseph Patton
Dibert, Daniel C.
Dick, Samuel
Dicken, John
Dicken, Solomon
Dicks, W. Howard
Dickson, Duval
Dickson, J.R.
Diehl, David
Diehl, Elijah F.
Diehl, George W.
Diehl, H. Grant
Diehl, Henry
Diehl, Henry P.
Diehl, J. W.
Diehl, John
Diehl, Joseph A.
Diehl, Joseph R.
Diehl, Leah
Diehl, Peter
Diehl, Solomon F.
Diehl, William H.
Diffenderfer, John W.
Dildine, Abram B.
Dildine, Isaac K.
Dill, Armstrong B.
Dillon, John Lloyd
Dimmick, Addison
Dodson, Andrew
Donehoo, George P. - Dr.
Donehoo, George P. - Dr.
Dorr, Charles H.
Dorsey, Samuel
Dotterer, Henry Sassaman
Doty Family
Doyle, Philip Thomas
Drake, Franklin
Dravo, John F.
Dresbach, James Monroe
Dreyer, Peter
Drinker, Francis P.
Drinker, Francis P.
Duff, Alexander
Dull, Hannah C.
Durboraw, Isaac N.
Durkee, Daniel
Duttera, Charles H.
Duttera, William Sr.
Dysart, James A.
Eaches, John T.
Eachus, Homer
Eachus, Robert
Eachus, William H.
Earle, Albert Boardman
Eavenson, Thomas
Ebert, Henry A.
Ebner, Edward
Eckbert, William F.
Eckman, Elisha M.
Edgar, Thomas H.
Edmiston, James and Samuel - Dr.
Edwards, William
Egolf, John H.
Ehrehart, Thomas
Eichar, William F.
Eichelberger, Captain Eli
Eisenbise, Samuel
Eisenhart, Henry W.
Eisenhower Family
Elden, Charles Delap
Elder, George Wilson
Elick, F. J.
Ellenberger, Elijah
Elliott, George
Elliott, John A.
Elliott, Thomas
Ellis, David C.
Ellis, Jarvis
Ellis, John
Ellis, Nathaniel M. Col.
Elwell, George Edward
Elwell, William
Emery, Thomas J.
Emig, Philip H.
Emmert, George W. and Gilbert P.
Emmitt, David
England, Joseph
England, Rufus
England, William
Engle, Christian
Engle, Michael H
Enrenzeller, Jacob - Dr.
Entriken, John C.
Eppehimer, Henry
Erb, William W.
Erieg, George A.
Ermentrout, Daniel Hon.
Erwin, William H.
Eshelman, Albert B.
Eshelman, Amos
Eshelman, Jacob
Ettinger, D. M.
Evans, Abner
Evans, Charles C.
Evans, Daniel
Evans, John
Evans, William
Everett, Francis M.
Everhart, W. F.
Evert, William Weaver
Ewing Family
Ewing, James
Eyler, George P.
Eyster, Elias
Fagely, George
Faughnan, John C.
Faust, Daniel
Faust, William B.
Feather, Samuel H.
Felix, Henry A.
Felix, William H.
Felty, Harry
Ferguson, John F.
Fetterhoof, Harry B.
Fichthorn, Joseph A.
Fichtner, Jacob Rev.
Fields, C. C.
Figard, John C., Esq.
Figard, Levi H.
Fike, Charles B.
Filler, William B.
Fink, Joseph F.
Fink, Pious P.
Finley, William Edward
Fischer, William E.
Fischer, William E.
Fisher, Albert C.
Fisher, George
Fisher, Joel E.
Fisher, John W.
Fisher, Robert J.
Fleming, James R.
Fleming, John
Fleming, John R.
Fleming, Joseph M.
Fleming, Joseph W.
Fleming, Robert Thomas
Fleming, William Wilson
Flenniken, Elias
Fletcher, Winfield Scott
Flinchbaugh, F. F.
Flinchbaugh, S.S.
Floyd, John B.
Flynn, John W.
Forbes, John W.
Fordyce Family
Fordyce, A. G. & S.
Forest, Hamilton W.
Forham, P. Rev.
Forney, David P.
Forney, John S.
Forrest, Hamilton W.
Forry, Henry M.
Forry, Silas H.
Fosnot, Henry J.
Frank, David P.
Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin, Orrin H.
Frey, Alexander J.
Frey, Daniel S.
Frey, Jacob
Fritz, Andrew Lucius
Fry, D. W.
Fry, George
Fry, W. C.
Frysinger, George
Frysinger, William
Fuller, Jehiel
Fullerton, David and Elizabeth Stokes
Funk, John S.
Fyan, William Lyons
Gable, I. C.
Gable, S. M.
Gallagher, Francis W.
Gallagher, John E.
Galey, William R.
Gansel, Joseph
Gardner, Albert C.
Gardner, Arnold
Gardner, Leonard Marsden
Gardner, William H.
Garlitz Family
Garlitz, Christian
Garlitz, Christian
Garretson, Israel
Garver, Abraham Benjamin
Geesey, A. F.
Gehr, Abraham
Geiselman, Daniel
Geiselman, Daniel
Geiselman, Michael H.
Geiselman, Michael H.
Geist, John
Gelbach, Joseph
Gery, William A.
Gettier, Charles P. - Dr.
Gibboney, Granville M.
Gibboney, William M.
Giettier, Stephen
Gift, Levi
Gilliland, John
Gilliland, Nancy W. Page
Gilliland, S A.
Gilmore, Sarah A.
Ginder, Philip
Gitt, Daniel D.
Gitt, Joseph S.
Gladfelter, Daniel L.
Glasgow, John
Glass, Thomas Burn
Glass, William Austin
Glatfelter, David L.
Glenn, Henry F.
Glocker, Anthony
Goldsborough, Charles Edward - Dr.
Golembiewski, Anthony
Goodwell, Robert
Goss, Isaac L.
Goss, Robert E.
Gotwald, D. K.
Graff, Abram Witmer
Graham, James M.
Graham, Lewis
Graham, William A.
Grassmyer, Abram M.
Gray, Joseph B.
Graybill, George
Gresly, H. J.
Griest Cyrus S.
Griest, Amos
Griest, Jesse W.
Gross, George W.
Gross, John K.
Group, John B.
Grove, Eli F.
Grove, George J.
Gue, Frank
Gumbert, John A.
Gump, John A.
Haines, Guy
Hall, Benjamin
Hall, Daniel R. and Robert J.
Hamacher, Johann Peter
Hamaker, David
Hamaker, David C.
Hamar, John
Hamme, John H
Hammer, John Bisel
Hankey, F. A.
Hanna, Sarah E.
Hannan, Frank
Hantz, B. Franklin and Charles F.
Hardie, Robert James
Harding, James J.
Harding, James J.
Harker, William G.
Harman, Daniel
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