Home of the Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society
GENEALOGY
OUR SERVICES
OVER 50,000 DERRY TOWNSHIP & HERSHEY ARTIFACTS & RECORDS FOR YOUR RESEARCH
A variety of resources are available to the public and for researchers to assist in genealogical and property documentation, church records, cemetery records, and yearbooks, as well as general historical research related to Derry Township.
We are pleased to announce that some of our photo collections are online! To browse our current online photo collections, as well as order image reproductions, click hersheyhistory.pastperfectonline.com. You may contact us by email at photos@hersheyhistory.org for assistance.
Due to the extensive number of images in our collection, however, not all images are available online. The good news is that we are regularly publishing new photo catalogs, so check back often.
History Center members automatically receive a 25% discount on all orders.
HOW WE CAN HELP:
Please send an email to : info@hersheyhistory.org to schedule an appointment or call us at 717-520-0748.
There is no charge to meet with Hershey History Center personnel.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Cemetery Transcription Library
Ellis Island American Family Immigration History Center
Family Search Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Genealogy
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Historical Society of Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission PA residents can access Ancestry.com PA -Pennsylvania specific records for free
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY RESOURCES
Log in with a Dauphin County Library Card to access the following resources: (Get a card)
For full-text searching from 8/1/1986 to present, choose the first option listed. For a full-color Image edition of the Patriot-News that offers a virtual experience of viewing the print newspaper, including classifieds, job listings, obituaries and advertisements, from late 2018 to present, choose the second option listed.
Newspapers.com Pennsylvania Edition
Provides full runs and portions of runs of many current and older/historic Pennsylvania newspapers, some from as far back as the 1700s up to the 2000s. Enjoy viewing a newspaper as it originally looked, since each page is fully scanned.