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Archives Without Tears

March 24-25

PA State Archives, 1681 North 6th St. Harrisburg PA

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The Pennsylvania State Archives is excited to announce the return of in-person Archives Without Tears (AWOT) training.

AWOT is a workshop that focuses on practical ways to preserve and make available the historical records in your care. Whether you are a curious individual collecting and caring for family or community materials, a local government employee tasked with records storage, a volunteer at a local historical society, the director of a large institution, or anyone in-between, we invite all to attend. You will receive practical advice and learn basic principles.

The workshop will be held in-person on Monday, March 24 (day 1 of 2) and Tuesday, March 25 (day 2 of 2), at the new State Archives building in Harrisburg . Registration is $40, which includes both days of training, coffee and pastries on both days, and lunch on day one.

Additional details and registration information can be found at: https://www.paheritage.org/resources/events/archives-without-tears-2025.html

This event is made possible in part with a National Historical Publications and Records Commission State Board Programming Grant. 

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New on Ancestry.com

  New Ancestry.com additions of Pennsylvania State Archives holdings are the 1914 birth certificates and the 1970 death certificates.  Go to the Archives page on Ancestry.com for more information.