South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society

October 12, 2024, 2:15 p.m. *** Note: this is a Saturday!***
Tour of the new Pennsylvania State Archives
1681 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
by Aaron McWilliams, head of the Public Services Section

The tour of the new Archives building will take attendees through the Search Room and staff-only areas to see how the records in the State Archives are stored and made accessible to the public. Along the way, attendees will learn about the new building, the search room, and current Archives projects.

For those who wish to carpool, we will be meeting at the Park-and-Ride parking lot just off the Emigsville exit of Interstate 83.  We will leave the parking lot promptly at 1:30 p.m.

Directions to the State Archives available here.

About Aaron McWilliams: Aaron is head of the Public Services Section at the Pennsylvania State Archives. He is responsible for handling research inquiries at the Archives and frequently represents the agency at genealogical events. His areas of expertise include Pennsylvania state land records, Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary War militia, and genealogy. He has appeared on WITF’s Radio Smart Talk and contributed to both “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Finding Your Roots.” Prior to joining the Pennsylvania State Archives, Aaron worked as a reference archivist at the Maryland State Archives and as a professional genealogist.

Upcoming programs:

Darvin L. Martin – “Not Your Typical Cemetery—What We Know About Native American Burials in Lancaster and York Counties.”

The South Central Pennsylvania Genealogy Society holds monthly meetings at York County History Center now at 121 N. Pershing Ave. York, Pennsylvania unless otherwise noted. Free parking is available behind the building. Meetings are FREE and open to the public. For more information visit the SCPGS website http://www.scpgs.org.

South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. (SCPGS) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization of genealogists. Their purpose is to encourage and promote an interest in genealogy by collecting and preserving materials related to genealogy, encouraging the compilation and publication of family genealogies and histories, publishing materials of interest and benefit to members, holding meetings for the education of members and the public, and offering financial and volunteer support to the library at the York County History Center.