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Inside the Pa. court case pitting a genealogist against Ancestry.com

Pennsylvania hired genealogy company Ancestry.com to digitize a sweeping list of historical documents. Now the company claims it owns those digital copies.
By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania will have 36 new historical markers

The new markers add to more than 2,500 others throughout the state and will be installed in 18 counties, including Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Cambria, Clinton, Delaware, Erie, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lehigh, Lycoming, Monroe, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Washington, and York.

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

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Pennsylvania pulls gay pioneer’s marker over 1993 interview

A roadside historical marker installed less than a year ago to honor a gay rights pioneer has been removed after a state senator raised concerns with Pennsylvania’s state history agency.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Know of a place where a PA historical marker should be placed?

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is taking nominations
By Scott LaMar/WITF

Pennsylvania revises Confederate markers, recasts forces as “enemy” soldiers

Pennsylvania has revised or removed historical markers and plaques about the Confederacy amid a nationwide reckoning over how the army is remembered.

By Colin Deppen/Spotlight PA

Preserving PA history

By Scott LaMar/WITF
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