Research & Subject Guides

LancasterHistory’s Research and Subject Guides are designed to help you identify the types of resources best suited for your needs. Each guide focuses on resources available remotely, either through LancasterHistory or another third-party organization, as well as resources available on-site at LancasterHistory in our Research Center.

The guides may contain URLs to other organizations’ or institutions’ websites or other third-party URLs. These URLs do not constitute official endorsement on behalf of LancasterHistory and are for informational purposes only. LancasterHistory is not responsible for those URLs, the content found on those webpages being linked to, or those website’s privacy policies and policies on collecting data. If you find a broken or incorrect link in any of the guides, please let us know at research@lancasterhistory.org so we may fix them.

PLEASE NOTE: Clicking on a Word Document version below will download the document to your computer. PDFs, however, are viewable within your web browser.


Online American History Resources

Resource Guide as a Word Document [59kb, .docx]

Resource Guide as a PDF [244kb, PDF]

Online Genealogy Resources

Resource Guide as a Word Document [39kb, .docx]

Resource Guide as a PDF [456kb, PDF]

Subject Guide: Asian-American History

Subject Guide as a Word Document [59kb, .docx]

Subject Guide as a PDF [313kb, PDF]

Subject Guide: Black History

Subject Guide as a Word Document [92kb, .docx]

Subject Guide as a PDF [712kb, PDF]

Subject Guide: Lancaster County’s Jewish Community

Subject Guide as a Word Document [30 kb, .docx]

Subject Guide as a PDF [194 kb, PDF]

Subject Guide: Law in Lancaster

Subject Guide as a Word Document [42kb, .docx]

Subject Guide: Law in Lancaster [218kb, PDF]

Subject Guide: Slavery and the Underground Railroad

Subject Guide as a Word Document [74kb, .docx]

Subject Guide as a PDF [401kb, PDF]

Subject Guide: Transportation

Subject Guide as a Word Document [35kb, .docx]

Subject Guide as a PDF [239kb, PDF]