Unable to search within Pennsylvania birth records collection
I have found a collection I'd like to explore: "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999." The Wiki explains how to search it:
Search by name on the Collection Details Page.
1) Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
2) Click Search to show possible matches
But when I visit the collection details page, there is no search box:
In fact, this collection doesn't even show as an option in the Find a Collection search field:
How can I search or explore the "Historical Society" collection?
Answers
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You might find this earlier discussion useful @Nick Kocharhook https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/428929
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Perhaps @Áine Ní Donnghaile will confirm the likely answer - i.e., the one she suggested to me when I asked a similar question about a different collection, some while ago.
If you look at the date in your screenshot it reads "16 July 2023" (just yesterday), so it is likely that it will be a week or two before a "Search" link to these records will appear.
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The collection is searchable on FindMyPast.com https://www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-states-records/birth-marriage-and-death/pennsylvania-births-and-baptisms and it does not appear to require a paid subscription to view the images, just a free guest account.
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Very interesting, thanks both! I found that the above link didn't allow me to search within the collection, but this one does: https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/historical-society-of-pennsylvania-births-and-baptisms
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FindMyPast.com also has a separate collection of Roman Catholic baptismal records from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. I believe those can also be accessed without a paid sub.
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