
Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania
The PAGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb
Project

Welcome
My name is Martha and I am the
Allegheny County Coordinator:
I do not live in PA, but both my
husband and I have roots deep in her soil.
I will do my very best to answer questions and perhaps help locate that
missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"
Contact:
Martha
Search Allegheny County
"Gleanings"
The "Gleanings" from my years of Database Research
can be
found here: Two Sections: Family Search & Ancestry
Crime & Prison Records:
Family Search / Ancestry
Military:
Family Search /
Ancestry
Miscellaneous:
Family Search / Ancestry Canada: Family Search /
Ancestry
Cemeteries, Fun Hm's, Coroner:
Family Search /
Ancestry
Vital Records: Family Search / Ancestry
If you just want to look at all the files gleaned
from Family Search:
Use this Link
If you just want to look at
all the files gleaned from
Ancestry:
Use this Link

"PA Only" records will be found here
Many Indexes will be found using the above link
Records from the following States:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, GA, HI,
IA, ID, IN, KY, MI, MN, MT,
NC, NH, NV, NY [City], OH, OR,
Philadelphia, PA, SC,
TN, TX, UT, VT, WI, Willamette Valley,
OR, WVA
"California Gleanings" Databases for Folks from other
States who left a paper trail in California Use these
links:
Ancestry: California /
Family Search: California
Tombstone Inscriptions:
Old Bethel Graveyard, St Clair Twp., Allegheny County
"Only old stones copied"
The above record was found
in the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Publication, Volume VI, 1917
Use this Link for access.

Canada: Family Search / Ancestry
Inlcudes the following:
Obituaries, WWI Military Files, F-A-G,
Ontario, Can Marriages, Council Registrations US Residents serving in
Canandian Expedition Forces
Marriage & Death Registers
Canadian Digital Newspapers
Canadian Digital
Archives
Canadian Genealogy
There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits
from local papers.
Please use this link.

Looking
for your people in New Jersey?
"Reclaim the Records"
This great Resource can be found here.
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"What's New"
From the FS
Catalog:
Tidbits from the Big Piney
Examiner of Sublette Co., WY
1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing
Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden
The
Indexes for Each Booklet are Here
The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death & Funeral Notices
Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers
Send for scans
or
Download individual booklets from the FS Catalog

Divorce Records from Oregon
/ Ancestry
Additional Page with
"Incomplete Male Names"
NEW>>>Family
Search:
Civil Marriages: Pennsylvania
1677 - 1950
These Record Images have a lot of valuable information

Family Search: Historical Images
The Types of Information:
Baptism's, Burial's, Births & Birth Rec Ind's,
Death Records, DC's, Cemetery,
Communion, Confirmation, Court Records, Deeds, Funeral's,
Genealogy, Land Records,
Marriages, Probate Records & Indexes, Vital Records
Locations & Time Frame:
Allegheny City, Allegheny Twp., Benjamin, W Deer Twp,
Carson, Hall, Herron, Mc Donald, S Park Twp., Ohio Twp., Pittsburgh,
as well as Allegheny County proper
1851 - 1950
So...
The following will help you get a handle on information
that could be of value to your search for Family data.
The chart linked
here will be a decent guide.
Use it to find data of interest, noting the film #
To access the Historical Images, log into your FS Account:
Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images:
You can begin with the search, but if you get lost or cannot
figure it
out, then use the chart I have created to access the information.
So...Then...

Backtrack to Search, Catalog, and plug in the DGS Film number
of interest
from the Charts in the 'Fiche-Film' slot.
Note: Draft Registrations & Federal Census Records were not Indexed
Folks moved around, it is always a good idea to check the Neighbors
of a particular County:
Here are the FS Historical Images for Allegheny's Neighbors:
Armstrong, Butler, Washington,
Beaver,
Westmoreland

For the 'Newbie'
Basic Online Research Resources: All Free
Family Search
RootsWeb - World Connect ~
Linkpendium
~ Cyndi's List
Western
PA Genealogical Society
Internet
Archives
Zaba
Search ~ Living Individuals

Another
untapped Resource
Genealogical Collections of the DAR
FS has a huge collection of film that has marvelous and unpublished
documents.
Use the FS Catalog, Search using 'DAR' and Pennsylvania.

Got Quakers ?
Quaker Resources:
Monthly Meeting Notes: 1681 > 1935
[Ancestry]
The above resource is chock full of
great information.
Quaker Information Center
Cyndi's List of Quaker Records
Friends Historical Library
Quaker Records: Family Search
Hinshaw Index to Quaker Records
Hinshaw Records are also
available in the FS Catalog |


Odds & Ends
Lookups & Queries
Please use the Mail List link below to
post Genealogical or Historical
Queries,
Mail List can
be found here.

Mining & Land Records
Mining in PA |
Virtual Museum of Coal Mining |
Mining Artifacts |
Underground Miners
Mining Disasters
~
Knox Mine Disaster
Brief of Title to Nine Tracts of Land |District # 3 of Depreciation
Lands
Formerly being in Westmoreland County - Now Allegheny & Butler Counties,
State of PA
Philadelphia: EC Markley & Sons,
Publishers: 1869

Maps
Historical
PA Maps
~ Another Historic Map Site
Historic PA County
Maps
Historic Maps of PA
~
Perry Casteneda Map Collection Historic County Lines
PA Topo Maps ~ Historic Pittsburgh Maps
Allegheny Municipalities / Townships Allegheny County Map
PA Panoramic Maps ~
Civil War Maps
Allegheny County PAGenWeb Archives
USGenWeb Archives Map Project - PA
Historic Maps of Allegheny County [Scanned and contributed by
Larry Thompson,
from "History of Allegheny County, PA", ca. 1876]
New>>>Warrantee Township Maps

Immigration, Ships Passenger Lists
& Naturalization
German Settlement in PA
~
Ship's
Transcribers Guild
Allegheny Pioneers
~
PA
'Points of Entry'
German Passenger Lists
"The Palatine
Project" ~
PA
Naturalization Records
Passenger Lists,
Passports, Employment Records
Family Search
/ Ancestry
California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959
California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949
Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger & Crew Lists, 1900-1959
U.S., Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1914-1965
Want More Clues?
The Internet Archives contain a wealth of old books and family
genealogies.
A simple search using "PA Genealogy" gives this link"

Mortality Schedules
are another untapped resource
PA Mortality Schedules
FS has a searchable site for Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules:
1850 & 1880
There are more for other States,
use the FS Catalog and
Keyword Search.
California Death Index :
Born in PA, died in San Luis Obispo Co.,
CA
[Possible Obits
from the database]
Contact: Martha

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Vital
Records
Family
Search
Births & Christenings: 1709>1950
PA Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 [Filing Years] Allegheny,
Beaver & Jefferson Family Search: Actual Certificates & Petitions
1st Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, PA Baptismal
Register:1857-1893
LDS 893739

Marriage Records
Vital Records : Marriages:
Family Search Databases
Records from the following States:
AL, AR,
Arizona, California, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachussets, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York [City & County], Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia
"Family Search "Collections' Marriages &
Deaths
PA County Marriages: 1885>1950
PA Marriages: 1709>1940
Allegheny Search -
Marriage Records
Allegheny County
Marriage Indexes
1800 > 1875 ~
1876 ~
1877 ~
1878 ~
1879 ~
1880
Marriage Database Indexes:
Ancestry

Death Records:
Family Search /
Ancestry
and more...
Kentucky
Deaths 1852 > 1964 [Anc]
"Born in Allegheny
& Jefferson Counties"
Lookups Available if you do not have access.
Pittsburgh City Deaths: 1870>1905
Minnesota Death Index: 1908-2007
B: Allegheny, Beaver, Jefferson

Poulson's
American Daily Advertiser
This
publication has Marriage and Deaths gleaned from the Newspaper:
There are three books:
1800>1810,
1811>1825,
1826>1830
Here are Indexes
The
pages are hand written by one person, so once you get used to the
formation of the letters the names are not too hard to read.

Obituaries
Obituaries from NewsBank
For the 4 PA
Counties I host:
Allegheny ~ Beaver ~ Jefferson ~ Westmoreland
1983 > 2020
/
Contact Martha for Obit
Coming Soon... Obits for Somerset County
CA, Oakland, Alameda Co., Newspaper Record Collection,
[1985
> 2011] and many more
The images are on
Family Search, sign in for access.
Note:
There are a lot
of PA Only Obits Here
Obituary
Central
Obituaries: Mc
Donald Outlook [Transcriptions]
US Obituaries,
American His. Soc. of Germans from Russia,
1899-2012 [Updated to
include Wisconsin]

PA
State Records & Databases
Birth & Death Records ~
Land Records
PA
State Digital Archives ~
PA State Library
Pennsylvania
Newspaper Archive: Free Digital Newspapers
DAR
/ Colonial Dames: Records & Books
Early Vital Records ~ PA
Search the
DAR
~
The
GAR ~ The SAR
Colonial Dames Registers
& Records
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LDS Film
Record of deaths, 1874-1903,
of those who died leaving
estates probated in Allegheny County, PA
Authors:
Allegheny County (PA). Register of Wills
"Sworn statements by informants giving the name of deceased,
date of death, and residence."
The records are arranged by date of registration with the
Register of Wills. The deaths may have occurred a few days to a
year before being registered."
I have created pdf indexes
from the sets of Microfilm
Below is a chart that explains each Film with index pages.
Log into FS, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # into Film-Fiche Slot
Or contact me and I will send you files:
Include film # & Date Ranges
Description |
Film # |
Index Pages / Image #s |
Dea, v. 1 - v. 2 (to p. 179), reg: Jul 1874-Oct 1878 |
499309 |
4 - 32 |
Dea, v. 2 (p. 180-end) - v. 4 (to p. 129), reg: Oct 1878-Nov 1883 |
499310 |
253-280 / 372-395 / 617-643 |
Dea, v. 4 (p. 130-end) - v. 6 (to p. 137), reg: Nov 1883-Nov 1887 |
499311 |
224-249 / 583-612 |
Dea, v. 6 (p. 136-end) - v. 7, reg: Nov 1887-Jan 1891 [This is an error, the Files begin 3 May 1889] |
499312 |
278-305 |
Dea, v. 8 - v. 9 (to p. 611), reg: Jan 1891-Jan 1894 |
499313 |
1 - 32 / 379-411 |
Dea, v. 9 (p. 610-end) - v. 11 (to p. 469), reg: Jan 1894-Feb 1897 |
499314 |
32-64 / 406-439 |
Dea, v. 11 (p. 468-end) - v. 12, reg: Feb 1897-Mar 1899 |
499315 |
106-138 |
Dea, v. 13 - v. 14, reg: Mar 1899-Jan 1902 |
499316 |
5-36 / 375-406 |
Dea, v. 15, reg: Jan 1902-Mar 1903 |
499317 |
5-33 |
The actual images follow each set of
indexes:
For instance, Film
499309,
Adair, William - will be found on Film 499309, image #33
[ The index ends on image # 32]
Use the chart above to find persons
of interest and to determine where the image will be.
Each image has two pages which have the page # in the upper left
and right corners.
After you find the person of interest, go to the
Estate Indexes.

More Probate Info
PA Probate Records: 1683 >1994
Will Abstracts: Gen Soc of PA Vol VII [1920]
The Abstracts for Vol
VII have been extracted:
Pgs:
44-61,
136-146,
226-235
PA Vital Records [Online Only] FS Catalog |

Crime & Prison Records:
Family Search / Ancestry
and more
"Album of Criminals, 1906" FBI Records [NCBI Index]
Alcatraz, California, U.S. Penitentiary Prisoner Index,
1934-1963
Alabama, Convict Records, 1886-1952
California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950
Iowa, Consecutive Register of
Convicts, 1867-1970
Montana, Prison Records, 1861-1968 [Anc]
New Mexico, Department of Corrections Records, 1905-1958
PA, Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records,
1829-1971
Texas, Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875-1945
Tulare County, California, Sheriff's Office and Jail Records,
1874-1963
"The ESPY Files" Executions in the US: 1608-2002
>>>NEW<<<
Prison
Records
Record of the Federal Dead
Buried From:
Libby, Nelle Isle, Danville & Camp Lawton Prisons
and at
City Point, and in the Field before Petersburg and Richmond
Published: US Christian Commission
Philadelphia:
James B Rodgers, Printers, 1865
There is an
Index
and an Explanation about the
Cemeteries
Use this Link for the files
Download Book from Family Search or
Contact for Lookups |
Miscellaneous Prison &
Correctional Institution Records
Family Search Catalog
FS Prison Records / Film & Name Index Searches |
AL, Deaths of state convicts, 1884-1951; deaths of county convicts,
1885-1922, 1884-1951 |
MO,Court martial papers,
Record Group no. 133, MO State Archives,
Jefferson City, 1862-1877 |
GA, Fulton Co. Records from the Atlanta His. Ctr, 1827-1955 |
GA, Savannah City Jail Registers, 1855-1873 |
LA State Penitentiary Records, 1866-1963 |
MA Reformatory for Women (Framingham, MA) 1874-1933 |
MT, Flathead County Records, 1871-2007 |
NH, Rockingham Co, prisoners index, 1772-1840 |
Suffolk Co. (MA) sheriff's records, 1799-1930 |
WA State Penitentiary inmate registers, 1881-1961 |
Life
Struggles in Rebel Prisons
Joseph Ferguson, Philadelphia, PA
1865
LDS Film 8812501
Alpha Index |
Img Rg |
A - F |
117 - 120 |
G - L |
120 - 123 |
M - R |
123 - 125 |
S - Z |
125 - 128 |
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Biographical & Historical Resources
History
Allegheny History ~ Multiple Wiki's
Allegheny County History Books
[See the below
for Individual Bio's]
Famous People of Pittsburgh |
Rock Musicians of Pittsburgh
Historical Register of Places |
History of the Railroad in PA
The
Biographies are consolidated on one page
which can be found here

Family History
Family
Histories & Genealogical Data
Ayres, Darlington Family: Index
[Online Book]
**Dietz, Hallenbeck, Bernard Kepler, Knepper, Melchoir Kim
**Above Familes have data in the Nat Gen Quarterly.
**Contact
me for a scan
Sharpless Family: Index
[Online Book],
John Alexander & Margaret Glasson
Hilt
Family ~ Huish
Family
Meinert
Family Home Page
~
Noe Family
Send for Files on the unlinked Families

For King or Country
A
Bicentennial Project of the Orange County, CA Genealogical
Society
Revolutionary War Ancestors with 200 Years of Descendants
The Index is here. I am happy to do lookups.
Contact: Martha

Memorials & Biographies
William Scott ~ 1850-1906
A History of Frances Alice Glover Bateman Aug 1958
Allegheny County, Illustrated : Published: 1896
General Catalogue of the Western University of PA
1819-1896

Military Biographies
Soldiers And Patriots Biographical Album
Containing Biographies and Portraits of Soldiers and Loyal
Citizens
In the American Conflict, Together with the
Great Commanders of the Union Army
Also
A History of the Organizations growing out of the War:
The Grand Army of the Republic,
The Loyal Legion,
The Sons of Veterans, and
The Woman's Relief Corps
Chicago, ILL
Union Veteran Publishing Company, 1892.
The Complete Index can be found here.
The Book may be read online or downloaded
here.

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Genealogy
Trails has some nice
Civil War Biographies:
Major-General George Brinton Mcclellan
Major-General George Gordon Meade
Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock
Major-General John W. Geary
Brigadier-General Alexander Hays
Major-general John Fulton Reynolds
Lieutenant John T. Greble
Rear-Admiral David D. Porter
Rear-Admiral John A. Dahlgren
Genealogy Trails also has lots of other
Pennsylvania Military Data.
Please use this link
for access.
"Thanks to Gen Trails"
We appreciate You! |
Military Resources
War in PA
Allegheny War Memorial
|
Civil War
War of 1812 ~
Spanish-American War ~
War of the Revolution [Wiki]
PA Digital Archives ~ War Records
Internet Archives
Misc War Records
Fort Pitt
~
Military Forts in PA
Military Records ~ Family Search
Soldiers of the Great War, Vol 3, PA

Modern Wars
Timeline of World War I | Timeline of World War II
Korean Conflict
|
Viet Nam |
Bay of Pigs
Desert Storm ~ Gulf War
Compiled Service Military Records
The Internet Archives [Archive.org] has a huge amount of filmed
records.
This link is for PA

The
rebellion record of Allegheny County, from
April,
1861 to October, 1862:
containing the narrative of the
organization of companies and regiments,
the pecuniary aid tendered by corporations
and individuals;
the history of the home guards; the
operation of the draft and the list of exempts (1862)
Publisher: Pittsburgh : Lare and Hartzell
Language: English | Call number:
31735061327767
Digitizing Sponsor & Book Contributor:
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Collection: university_pittsburgh;
americana
Notes: No TOC. | Full catalog record: MARCXML
Download Here
This book has an editable web page on
Open
Library

Allegheny County, PA, in the war
for the suppression of the rebellion, 1861-1865:
roll of honor,
defenders of the flag,
attack on Fort Sumter, S.C., April 12, 1861,
surrender at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865 (1924)
Author: Evans, Samuel Minis, 1843-
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : [s.n.]
Possible copyright status: [Not in Copyright]
Language: English | Call number: 837740
Digitizing sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation
Book contributor: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Collection: university_pittsburgh; americana
Notes: No TOC. |Full catalog record: MARCXML
Download Here
This book has an editable web page on
Open
Library.

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Life-struggles in rebel prisons : a record of the
sufferings, escapes, adventures and starvation of the Union
prisoners, containing an appendix with the names, regiments, and
date of death of Pennsylvania soldiers who died at Andersonville
Statement of Responsibility:
by Joseph Ferguson ; with an introduction by Joseph T. Cooper
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1988
Microreproduction of originals published: Philadelphia : J.M.
Ferguson, c1865. xxiv, 206 p.
LDS Film # 08812501
Index:
A - F: Img 117 - 120 ~ G - L: Img 120 - 123
M - R: Img 123 - 125 ~ S - Z: Img 125 - 128
New
Resource:
The
American Civil War Research Database
For researching the
individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War.
The database contains indexed, searchable information on more
than four million soldiers and thousands of battles, together
with 17,000 photographs.
I have access to the above Subscription Database:
I will do limited lookups: Contact Martha |

"The Fine Print"
Allegheny County Coordinator:
Martha A
Crosley Graham
PAGenWeb
State Coordinator: Nancy Janyszeski
PAGenWeb
Assistant
State Coordinator (Eastern Counties): Mary Ann
Lubinsky PAGenWeb
Assistant
State
Coordinator (Western Counties):
Martha A C Graham
If you are interested in volunteering for this
project, please review our "Volunteer" page and contact us! There are many ways to
participate.
If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
Information contained on all of the
pages within the Allegheny County portion of the PAGenWeb may be used for
personal genealogical and historical purposes. Please
be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is
due: Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the
resignation of the County Coordinator. Any person donating information in the future
retains the right to have it returned to them upon request.
Allegheny County,
Pennylvania ~ PAGenWeb ~ USGenWeb ~ USGenWeb Archives
Site Updated: 13 March 2022
Online Continuoulsy since 1996 |