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
 "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 Canada: Family Search / Ancestry Vital Records: Family Search / Ancestry 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. 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. |
"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 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 |
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Lookups: Lookups are available for the following NewsPaper Sites: America's NewsBank ~ Newspaper Archives NewsPapers.com [Obits, Vital Records] also... Subscription Database Access: My Heritage / Heritage Quest / Fold3 / Historic Map Works Civil War: Reports of Union Army Generals Contact: Martha and... Google Archives for lookups in the Pittsburgh Gazette Please include Name of interest and time frame with your query. Cemeteries Allegheny County PAGenWeb Tombstone Project "Cemeteries of Allegheny County" PA, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960 With the proliferation of Cemetery Databases and Volunteers photographing them as well as the ease of searching FAG and others, I will leave the Cemetery work and data to others. There was a lot of Cem work done by the DAR in the 1940's: There are a number of publications available in the FS Catalog. Allegheny County Genealogy Trails Project Page Allegheny County PA-Roots Project Page PA Digital Archives - Archives Records Census Records & Misc Publications Records: Indexes & Images | PA Mortality Schedules 1890 Veteran's & Widow's Census | Population Schedules: Download Rolls of Film PA Archives ~ Abstracts | Stephen Morse & More |
Magazines & Newspapers These publications are chock full of great information and can be downloaded here. "The Power Library" - Digital Archives Google Newspaper Archives The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project Newspaper Collections: Missouri Historical Society California Digital Newspapers Libraries & Miscellaneous Resources University of Pittsburgh ~ Historic Pittsburgh [Plat Maps!] Digital Collections ~ Rauh Jewish Archives 'Reclaim the Records' DAR Collections - Library Internet Archive Free Library of Philadelphia 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. Have a resource to share? Contact: Martha Another fun way to do Family & Historical Research: Become a PAGenWeb County Coordinator Go Here for More Information |
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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 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>>> Allegheny Pioneers ~ PA 'Points of Entry' German Passenger Lists "The Palatine Project" ~ PA Naturalization Records Family Search / Ancestry California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949 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 |
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 NewsBankFor 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
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 |
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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
Life Struggles in Rebel Prisons Joseph Ferguson, Philadelphia, PA 1865 LDS Film 8812501
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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. <<<NEW>>> 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. <<<NEW>>> 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 |
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