{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Unique &amp; Rare Pennsylvania Birth Records That Few Know About","description":"What if I told you that in the 1700\u2019s and 1800\u2019s in Pennsylvania, there were unique and beautiful birth records created? These are not official government records and not church records. It is what we call fraktur and I explain what it is and where to find it in this episode. Links: My Inner Circle Members get a resource sheet with links to digital collections of fraktur. The example shown is \u201cBirth and Marriage Record (Geburts und Trauschein) for Catharina Stutzmann and Daniel Esch,\u201d hosted at the Free Library of Philadelphia website https:\/\/libwww.freelibrary.org\/digital\/item\/5808 Two other websites with digital images of fraktur are the National Archives nara.gov and Winterthur Museum in Delaware winterthur.org Subscribe to PA Ancestors Discoveries Newsletter&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/welcome.paancestors.com Become an Inner Circle Member https:\/\/www.paancestors.com\/members\/ Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson in 1788 in Philadelphia, www.amclassical.com, Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. Support the show &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Your Pennsylvania Ancestors","author_url":"https:\/\/paancestors.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26116788\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/26116788"}