Digital Records of the University of Pittsburgh Archives

If your family tree has Pittsburgh connections, you should definitely take some time to check out the extensive record collections held by the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center. Here are just 10 of the items you can view online:

• First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths
• Birmingham United Church of Christ (Pittsburgh, Pa.)- baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths
• Ridgelawn Cemetery Company at German Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's Cemetery (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - burials
• Bellevue Methodist Episcopal Church (Avalon, Pa.) - membership, baptisms, marriages, deaths
• First Congregational Church (Etna, Pa.) - baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths
• Building Permit Dockets (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - building permits, 1877-1916
• Rolling Rock Training Camp (Ligonier, Pa.) - complete roster, 1917
• Tax Book of Pitt Township (Allegheny County, Pa.) - names and property, 1795-1798
• Hotel Schenley Register (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - visitor names and residences, 1908
• Criminal Photograph Album (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - suspect names, details and photographs, 1919-1920

But don't just focus on the digital records. Make sure you search the collection guides for any records that could help you with your genealogy research. Many haven't been digitized, but you may find a gem that is too good to ignore.