Pennsylvania Cultural Groups

United States Pennsylvania  Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

For a brief discussion of the many ethnic, political, or religious groups who immigrated to Pennsylvania, see the "Emigration and Immigration" article.

Acadians in Pennsylvania
For a history of Acadians from Nova Scotia who came to Pennsylvania in 1755, see Simone Vincens, Les Indomptes. This includes information for about 400 individuals. The text is in French.

African Americans
See African American Resources for Pennsylvania.

American Indians
See Indians of Pennsylvania.

Germans in Pennsylvania
Meyen, Emil. Bibliography on the Colonial Germans of North America: Especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their Descendants. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. ;.

A good history is William T. Parsons, Pennsylvania Dutch: A Persistent Minority (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976). ; . It has an excellent bibliography of Pennsylvania German sources.

A history of events before 1782 is H. Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of their Remote Ancestors from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War: With Particular Reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and Other Non-resistant Sects (1917, reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969). ; ; and. It is organized chronologically by year.

A good history of modern times is Homer Tope Rosenberger, Pennsylvania Germans, 1891-1965 Frequently known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"(1917 reprint, Lancaster, PA.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1966). ; . It includes a brief account of events before 1891. It also has a description of "Outstanding Collections of Pennsylvania German Material" on pages 508-62.

A helpful genealogy of a small group of Pennsylvania Germans called "Schwenkfelders" is Samuel Kriebel Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 (New York, NY: Rand McNally, 1923). Vol 1 online; Vol 2 online; ; and. This book is a revision of a work done in 1879.

A helpful index is Card index to Pennsylvania Germans in the magazines : Proceedings and addresses (Pennsylvania German Society); Pennsylvania Dutchman; PGFS or Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Penn-Germania; The Pennsylvania-German; Historical review of Berks County; Reprint, the Morning call; some copied Bible records, 1713-1951, and news clippings (Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1978). .

Huguenots in Pennsylvania
Stapleton, Ammon. ''Memorials of the Huguenots in America, With Special Reference to Their Emigration [sic] to Pennsylvania. 1901''; Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. .

Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania
Dunaway, Wayland Fuller. The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania. and It includes a helpful bibliography.

Welsh in Pennsylvania
Browing, Charles Henry. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia, PA.: William J. Campbell, 1912.

Glenn, Thomas Allen. Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of Haverford and Radnor, Historical and Genealogical Collections Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania, Settled by the Cymric Quaker in 1682. Norristown, PA.: Herald Press, 1896. and.

Glenn, Thomas Allen. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913. and.