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• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania prepared for the centennial celebration held at Chambersburg, Penn'a, July 4th, 1876, and subsequently enlarged. To which is added a valuable appendix by J.L. Suesserott, D.M. Kennedy and others (D.F. Pursel, 1978), by I. H. M'Cauley, D. M. Kennedy, and J. L. Seusserott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Biographical annals of Franklin County (The Genealogical publishing co., 1905), by George Overcash Seilhamer and Chicago Genealogical publishing co. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens. (Unigraphic, 1978), by George Overcash Seilhamer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Churches of the valley : or, an historical sketch of the old Presbyterian congregations of Cumberland and Franklin counties, in Pennsylvania (Joseph M. Wilson, 1852), by Alfred Nevin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some missing and misplaced ancestors. Paper read before the Kittochtinny historical society, Thursday evening, May 30, 1907. (Chambersburg, Pa., 1907), by George Overcash Seilhamer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Borough of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Franklin County ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration, [1978], 1978), by United States. Federal Insurance Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Borough of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Cumberland and Franklin Counties ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration, [1978], 1978), by United States. Federal Insurance Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biographical annals of Franklin County (The Genealogical publishing co., 1905), by George Overcash Seilhamer and Chicago Genealogical publishing co. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some missing and misplaced ancestors. (Chambersburg, Pa., 1907), by George Overcash Seilhamer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens. (Unigraphic, 1978), by George Overcash Seilhamer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties (Lancaster, PA: G. Hills, 1846), by I. Daniel Rupp
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• The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria and Indiana Counties (Lancaster, PA: G. Hills, 1848), by I. Daniel Rupp (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania prepared for the centennial celebration held at Chambersburg, Penn'a, July 4th, 1876, and subsequently enlarged. To which is added a valuable appendix by J.L. Suesserott, D.M. Kennedy and others (D.F. Pursel, 1978), by I. H. M'Cauley, D. M. Kennedy, and J. L. Seusserott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (D.F. Pursel, 1878), by I. H. M'Cauley, D. M. Kennedy, and J. L. Suesserott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. ; with an appendix; embellished with several engravings ; compiled from numerous authentic sources (Gilbert Hills, Proprietor & Publisher, 1846), by I. Daniel Rupp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Prepared for the centennial celebration, held at Chambersburg, Pa., July 4, 1876. (Patriot publishing company, 1878), by I. H. M'Cauley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (D. F. Pursel, 1878), by I. H. M'Cauley, D. M. Kennedy, and Jacob Lewis Suesserott (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries...biographies: history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc. ... (Warner, Beers & co., 1887), by Jacob Fraise Richard, Samuel Penniman Bates, and Beers and company Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (Patriot publishing company, 1878), by I. H. M'Cauley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria & Indiana counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c., with an appendix ... (G. Hills, 1848), by Israel Daniel Rupp (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry counties [Pennsylvania] containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c., with an appendix ... comp. from numerous authentic sources (G. Hills, 1846), by I. Daniel Rupp (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, & c., with an appendix. Comp. from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp. (G. Hills, 1846), by I. Daniel Rupp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc. (Warner, Beers & co., 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (Patriot, 1878), by I. H. M'Cauley (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries ... biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc. (Warner, Beers, 1887), by J. Fraise Richard, Samuel P. Bates, and Beers & Co. Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Presbyterian Churches of Path Valley : addresses delivered at the sesquicentennial of the upper and lower Path Valley churches and a history of these churches, October 18-20, 1916 (Chambersburg, PA : Press of the Chambersburg Repository, 1916., 1916), by Jay Warren Kaufman and D. I. Camp (page images at HathiTrust)

• A list of deserters and non-reporting drafted men of the 16th Congressional district of Pennsylvania, from the several national drafts of 1863-64, arranged by sub-districts and counties in the order of the drafts, with an alphabetical index. (Printed at the office of the Franklin repository, 1865), by United States. Provost-marshall-general's bureau. Board of enrollment (Pennsylvania. 16th district.) and George Eyster (page images at HathiTrust)

• Papers read before the Kittochtinny Historical Society. (Chambersburg, Pa., 1899), by Chambersburg Kittochtinny Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers read before the Society from ... ([The Society], 1899), by Kittochtinny Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the Presbyterian Church of Upper West Conococheague, now Mercersburg, Franklin County, Penna. ... (Repository Printer, 1877), by Thomas Creigh (page images at HathiTrust)

• American Farmland Trust Timber Bridge, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (USDA Forest Service, the National Wood in Transportation Program :, 2000), by American Farmland Trust, United States. State and Private Forestry. Northeastern Area, and Wood in Transportation Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography (partial serial archives)
• Emigrants From the Palatinate to the American Colonies in the 18th Century (special study #1; Norristown, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953), by Friedrich Krebs and Milton Rubincam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750: Being a List of Certificates of Removal Received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1902), by Albert Cook Myers
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• A Journal of a Voyage from Philadelphia to Cork in the Year of our Lord, 1809; Together With a Description of a Sojourn in Ireland (Philadelphia: West Park Pub. Co., 1915), by Margaret Boyle Harvey, contrib. by Dora Harvey Develin (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Narrative of the Captivity of John McCullough, ESQ: Written by Himself (handwritten volume; 1833), by John McCullough (page images at ohiomemory.org)
• Pennsylvania; political, governmental, military and civil (The American historical society, inc., 1933), by Frederic Antes Godcharles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old pike. A history of the National road, with incidents, accidents, and anecdotes thereon. Illustrated. (The author, 1894), by Thomas B. Searight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania-German dialect writings and their writers ([Press of the New era printing company], 1918), by Harry Hess Reichard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some Pennsylvania leaders. (commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania Historical commission, 1942), by Sylvester Kirby Stevens and Pennsylvania Historical Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Political leaders of provincial Pennsylvania (Macmillan, 1919), by Isaac Sharpless (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's who in Pennsylvania; containing authentic biographies of Pennsylvanians who are leaders and representatives in various departments of worthy human achievement ... (L. R. Hamersly company, 1904), by Lewis Randolph Hamersly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The biographical encyclopædia of Pennsylvania of the nineteenth century. (Galaxy publishing company, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical and biographical sketches (R.A. Tripple, 1883), by Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania pioneers against tuberculosis. (National Tuberculosis Association, 1952), by Esther Louise Gaskins Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old pike : a history of the National Road, with incidents, accidents, and anecdotes thereon (Heritage Books, 1990), by Thomas B. Searight and Douglas Pappas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Recollections of "ye olden time," with biographical sketches of eminent clergymen, statesmen, merchants ... etc., in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania ... (Lee and Shepard;, 1878), by William Mason Cornell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Pennsylvania (R.L. Meyers, 1900), by Lewis Slifer Shimmell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Who's who in Pennsylvania; a biographical dictionary of contemporaries (L. R. Hammersly & company, 1908), by John W. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Continental sketches of distinguished Pennsylvanians. By David R. B. Nevin. With an appendix, containing important state papers, and valuable statistical and historical information, selected from authentic sources. (Porter & Coates, 1875), by David Robert Bruce Nevin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Courts and lawyers of Pennsylvania; a history, 1623-1923 (The American historical society, inc., 1922), by Frank Marshall Eastman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The legislative sketch book comprising reminiscances of legislatures : and personal sketches of the heads of department and members of the first legislature under the constitution of 1874. (T.F. Scheffer, 1876), by George Hallenbrooke Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prominent and progressive Pennsylvanians of the nineteenth century. (The Record publishing company, 1898), by Leland M. Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The progressive men of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... Comp. and ed. by Col. Charles Blanchard. (A. W. Bowen & co., 1900), by Charles Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and times of Andrew Gregg Curtin (Thompson Publishing Co., 1896), by William Henry Egle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The provincial councillors of Pennsylvania, who held office between 1733-1776 : and those earlier councillors who were some time chief magistrates of the province, and their descendants ([S.n.], 1883), by Charles Penrose Keith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography, illustrated. (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), by Frederic Antes Godcharles, Ernest Spofford, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, and John W. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memorial encyclopedia of the State of Pennsylvania (The Amer. Historical Soc., Inc., 1919), by James A. Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Indian Walk, performed for the proprietaries of Pennsylvania in 1737, to which is appended a life of Edward Marshall. (Edwin S. Stuart, 1886), by William J. Buck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians; a standard reference. (Leader Publ., 1913) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Distinguished men of Philadelphia and of Pennsylvania. (Press Co., 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A journal of a voyage from Philadelphia to Cork in the year of our Lord, 1809 : together with a description of a sojourn in Ireland (West Park Pub. Co., 1915), by Margaret Boyle Harvey and Dora Harvey Develin (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Republican party (L.A. Williams Pub. and Engraving Co., 1899), by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some Pennsylvania women during the War of the Revolution (Harrisburg Pub. Co., 1898), by William Henry Egle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's who in Pennsylvania; a biographical dictionary of contemporaries. (New York, in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Country clergy of Pennsylvania (P. W. Ziegler, 1890), by S. F. Hotchkin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention 1872 and 1873: its members and officers and the result of their labors. (Inquirer Book and Job Print, 1873), by A. D. Harlan and Pennsylvania (page images at HathiTrust)
• Martial deeds of Pennsylvania. (T.H. Davis & Co., 1875), by Samuel P. Bates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings to commemorate the public services of Matthew Stanley Quay by the Pennsylvania Legislature, Wednesday, March 22, 1905. (The Legislature, 1905), by Pennsylvania. General Assembly and Samuel W. Pennypacker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noted Pennsylvanians (J.B. Lippincott company, 1913), by Walter Lefferts (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pennsylvania and its public men (Philadelphia :, 1909), by Samuel Hudson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pennsylvania biography: or, Memoirs of eminent Pennsylvanians: with occasional extracts, in prose and verse, from their writings ... (J. Crissy, 1840), by John R. Goodman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Pennsylvania (R. L. Myers & company, 1900), by Lewis Slifer Shimmell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Quid mirror. The first part... (Printed and republished (with an explanatory note) by George Helmbold, jr., 1806) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopaedia of contemporary biography, of Pennsylvania ... (Atlantic publishing & engraving company, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Portraits and sketches of heads of state departments and members of the legislature of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg Pub. Co., 1895), by Wm. Rodearmel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Portraits of the heads of state departments and portraits and sketches of members of the legislature of Pennsylvania, 1893-1894 (E. K. Meyers printing houses, 1893), by William Rodearmel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The twentieth century bench and bar of Pennsylvania. (H.C. Cooper, jr., bro. & co., 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home authors--Pennsylvania (Union book company, 1913), by William Ringgold Straughn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Portraits and biographies of the members of the legislature of Pennsylvania and heads of departments; session of 1895; comp. by William McAtee; published by the Roshon Portrait Company. (J. H. McFarland Company, Mount Pleasant Printery, 1895), by William McAtee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania, including the counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. (Unigraphic, 1977) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Genealogical and personal history of northern Pennsylvania. (Lewis historical publishing company, 1913), by John W. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania (Lewis historical Pub. Co., 1915), by John W. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Pennsylvania (The Century Publishing and Engraving Co., 1904), by E. S. Glover, Andrew Arnold Lambing, and George Irving Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brown's miscellaneous writings upon a great variety of subjects : prepared and written from 1880 to 1895 (J. J. Miller, 1896), by Jacob Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old pike : a history of the national road, with incidents, accidents and anecdotes thereon (Prince Maccus Publisheers, 1983), by Thomas B. Searight and Robert Bruce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notes and queries, historical, biographical and genealogical, relating chiefly to interior Pennsylvania. (Harrisburg publishing company, 1894), by William Henry Egle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old pike : A history of the National road, with incidents, accidents, and anecdotes thereon. Illustrated. (The author, 1894), by Thomas B. Searight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the governors of Pennsylvania : with the incidental history of the state, from 1609 to 1872 (J.K. Simon, 1872), by William Crawford Armor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the governors of Pennsylvania : with the incidental history of the state, from 1609 to 1872 (J.K. Simon, 1873), by William Crawford Armor (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Pittsburgh and environs from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution (Amer. Hist. Soc., 1922), by George Thornton Fleming (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of Pennsylvania (Maynard, Merrill & Co., 1907), by Lewis Slifer Shimmell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronicles of central Pennsylvania. (Lewis historical publishing company, inc., 1944), by Frederic Antes Godcharles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography. (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical register : notes and queries historical and genealogical, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania (Lane S. Hart, 1883), by William Henry Egle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania : a history (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, inc., 1926), by George Patterson Donehoo and Lewis Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of southwestern Pennsylvania. (Lewis historical publishing company, inc., 1939), by Lewis Clark Walkinshaw (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Daily stories of Pennsylvania : prepared for publication in the leading daily newspapers of the state (Milton, Pa. : [publisher not identified], 1924., 1924), by Frederic Antes Godcharles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Martial deeds of Pennsylvania (T.H. Davis & Co., 1876), by Samuel P. Bates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750 : being a list of certificates of removal received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Baltimore : Southern Book Company, 1957., 1957), by Albert Cook Myers and Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of Pennsylvania, by L.S. Shimmell ... (R.L. Myers & Co., 1900), by L. S. Shimmell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old pike. A history of the National Road, with incidents, accidents, and anecdotes thereon. Illustrated. (The author, 1894), by Thomas B. Searight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania, a history (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1926), by George Patterson Donehoo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Daily stories of Pennsylvania : prepared for publication in the leading daily newspapers of the state..., by Frederic Antes Godcharles (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon, by Thomas B. Searight (Gutenberg ebook)

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