Beaver County, Pennsylvania
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Hello, My name is Martha and I will be your guide to resources in Beaver County. I do not live in Pennsylvania, but both my husband and I have roots deep in her soil. I will be happy to answer questions and perhaps help find elusive records. I can be contacted via email. Please use this link  Beaver County Neighbors: Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence, Washington, PA Hancock County, WVA Columbiana County, OH
A Brief History of Beaver County: Wiki Search Beaver County 1876 Atlas / Business Directory: Historic Map Works Pages 081 > 171 The pages are 4 to 5 mb in size. Download to study offline The TOC for Township Maps is Here. Send for Scans Four Mile Church: Gleanings from a Book on it's History Historical Pennsylvania Maps Another Historic Map Site Perry Casteaneda Map Collection | Historic County Lines Pennsylvania Topo Maps | 'Ancestor Tracks' Plat Maps USGenWeb Archives Map Project - Pennsylvania Sanborn Maps: Library of Congress Beaver County Communities ~ Formation, local Township data, Page Sets: 1, 2, 3
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. "California Gleanings" Databases for Folks from other States who left a paper trail in California Use these links: Ancestry: California / Family Search: California Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive This is the link for all of the Newspaper Titles Here is a linked chart for the Papers for Beaver County
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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 NEW>>>Family Search: Civil Marriages: Pennsylvania 1677 - 1950 These Record Images have a lot of valuable information California Digital newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers, but many of them have articles from other States including Minnesota Use this Link Contact Martha This just in...New Database from Ancestry New Hampshire, U.S., Prison Records, 1812-1968 Prison Ledgers... Ancestry / Log into your Acct for Access
Family Search: Historical Images The Types of Information: Births, Biographies, Cemetery, Church Records, Citizenship Petitions, Court Records, Deaths & DC's, Deeds, Docket, Ct Orphan Rec's, Grantor / Grantee Rec's, Land Records, Marriage & Marriage Licenses, Military Discharge Rec's, Naturalizations, 'Soldier Rec's', Tax Records, Probates, Warrants, Wills So... The following will help you get a handle on information that could be of value to your search for Family data. Use the chart linked here for 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 all out, then use the chart linked above. So...Then... Backtrack to Search, Catalog, and plug in the DGS Film number of interest from the Chart in the 'Fiche-Film' slot. 'Beaver County' Neighbors: Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence & Washington Counties, PA Hancock County, WVA & Columbiana, OH Note: There are over 100 Films for Washington Co., PA Marriages Use the link for Allegheny County and scroll down "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 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 |
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Beaver County Cemeteries F-A-G Indexes [FS] Cem Books: 1, 2, 3, 4 Beaver Co., Cems included in the Archives can be found here. St Titus Cemetery - Burial Register 1902 > 1923 Kings Creek Cemetery, Hanover Twp LDS 893734:FS Catalog St Joseph's Cemetery - Partial Survey The hand written Pages for the Burial Register are available: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50 51-61, Single: 48-61 Thank's Jen! LDS Film 856808: Cemeteries Old Transcriptions Baden, Concord Presbyterian, Mt Olivet, Mt Oliver [Ind], P1-15 - P16-29 John Anderson Memorial Old Economy. A-L, M-Z [German Translations which include arrival in the US] Harmony Society -Wiki All of the above files have an index at the end of the Transcriptions and are searchable pdf files. 'Topo Zone' Use Topo Maps to find Cemeteries Miscellaneous Records Family Search / Ancestry Vital Records: Odds & Ends: Gleans: Ancestry Records from the following States: Colorado, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Oregon, Central / East New York Western New York 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 Act of February 20 1866: Name Changes: California AK- Pioneer Home, Appleton Biographies, CA State Hospital Rec's, Early Oregonians, Jackson Co., MO Voter Registrations, Michigan Mortality Schedule, North American Families, Oregon Biography Cards, Pima, AZ, Voter Registrations, PassPort Applications, Prohibition Agents, American Red Cross Nurses, BaseBall Questionaires, Craft Persons, Eastern Cherokee Registrations, Homestead Records, Iowa Tax Assistance, Post Master Assignments, Quaker Periodicals, Register of Scientific Tech's, US Consular Applications & Certificates, US Biographies: Women, St Albans, VT, Border Crossings, Washington Indian Enrollments Poulson's American Daily Advertiser This publication has Marriage and Deaths gleaned from the Newspaper: The dates range from Jan 1800 > Dec 1810 for both Marriages & Deaths. The whole book can be downloaded from the FS Catalog: Log in to FS and use 'Catalog' Search and "Poulson". 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. History of Beaver County Newspapers: Francis Smith Reader, 1905 Book can be downloaded here. "Every Name Index" for the History of Beaver County Newspapers Nancy B Foster, 1992 The folks listed in the index above can be found using the PA Newspaper Archive Site |
Vital Records &
Obituaries The basic search locations for Vital Records such as Family Search and The Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society are just links, everything else will have indexes for your use. The Databases and links below will assist you with your research. The indexes below were created from FS & Anc Databases and have data for the four Pennsylvania Counties I host: Allegheny, Beaver, Jefferson & Westmoreland and coming soon: Records for Somerset County, PA 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 Marriage Database Indexes: Ancestry "PA Only" records will be found here
Death Records: Family Search / Ancestry Pittsburgh City Deaths: 1870>1905 Minnesota Death Index: 1908-2007 B: Allegheny, Beaver, Jefferson Records from the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York [City], Ohio, Oregon, Philadelphia, PA, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Willamette Valley, OR, West Virginia Miscellaneous Vital Records: Vital Records: Family Search / Ancestry
Records from the following States: AZ, CA, Grants Pass, OR, HI, IL, ID, MI, MN, NH, OH, PA, San Diego, CA
Obituaries
Obituary Gleanings - Indexes: Family Search / Ancestry Pennsylvania Obituary Gleans Obituaries from NewsBank 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. Obituary Central / Pennsylvania 1899-2012 Funeral Home Obituary Cards, 1914-2007 The above resource contains obits and other information for many PA Counties. There appears to be two images for each name entry
I have access to San Luis Obispo County Newspapers and will do lookups Obits-GenealogyBank [FS]: Born: AK, MN, MO, OR, PA, & WI Died: San Luis Obispo Co., CA Contact for Query Quaker Information Center Cyndi's List of Quaker Records Friends Historical Library Quaker Records: Family Search Hinshaw Index to Quaker Records Monthly Meeting Notes: 1681 > 1935 [Ancestry] The above resource is chock full of great information. |
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Lists, Lookups & Queries There is a Mail List for Pennsylvania Use this Link to Subscribe and post queries If you wish to post new Queries, please use the new Mail List: PA 'io Groups' [Subscribe Link] Lookups: Archival Newspapers: Historical and Current [Obits, Vital Records] Subscription Database Access: Newspapers.com / Access World News / Kansas City Star / My Heritage / Heritage Quest Fold3 / Historic Map Works / Civil War: Reports of Union Army Generals Contact: Martha
Libraries & Miscellaneous Resources University of Pittsburgh ~ Historic Pittsburgh Digital Collections Rauh Jewish Archives Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive: Free Digital Newspapers 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 New Military Resources: The American Civil War Research Database is 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 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 |
German Settlement in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 'Points of Entry' German Passenger Lists "The Palantine Project" Pennsylvania Naturalization Records
Passenger Lists, Passports & Employment Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949 New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957 [Images] Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962 Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957 Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1961 U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 All California, Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950 UT, Select UPRR Pers Rec, 1890-1965
Crime & Punishment Gleanings: Family Search / Ancestry "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 Miscellaneous Prison & Correctional Institution Records Family Search Catalog
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Biographies for Beaver County History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania Richard Jacob Fraise A Warner & Co: Philadelphia & Chicago ~ 1888 There are three sets of Biographies: West Side ~ East Side ~ South Side There is no Index, but the pdf files are searchable and in Alpha order. Beaver County Officers 'From the above History' Book of Biographies Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres: S Harmer Neff, Sec'y: C R Arnold, Treas Buffalo, NY - Chicago ILL ~ 1899 The index is here, Download the book here [or send for pages of interest] Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania Under the Editorial Supervision of John W Jordan, LLD New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company ~ 1913 The Index is here. Vols: I, II, III Read Online or Download [Or I will send pages of interest] Genealogical & Personal History Of Beaver County, Pennsylvania John W Jordan, LLD ~ Volume II New York ~ Lewis Publishing Company ~ 1914 The Index is here. Download the book here
Famous People of Pennsylvania Rock Musicians of Pennsylvania Historical Register of Places History of the Railroad in Pennsylvania Biographies from my personal Research Appleton's Cycolpedia of American Biography: 1600-1889 <<<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!" |
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County and the Military/span Soldier's discharge books, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 1919-1934 These files are really interesting. LDS Film 1463124 I have separated out the index pages which can be sent as an attachment. The whole roll of film is here, Pages of Interest can be sent via email, contact me
Military Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry The Internet Archives has a wealth of data available Pennsylvania and 'The Wars' Soldiers of the Great War, Vol 3, PA and... Civil War | War of 1812 | Spanish-American War [Wiki] 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 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 Pennsylvania Military holdings at the Pennsylvania Historical Society Pennsylvania Military Cemeteries Military Headstone Applications
Military Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry More from Family Search... >>>Military Data: Family Search Catalog<<< Donation lands or military tracts granted to the officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary Army, 1780-1800 Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865 GAR Roster: Published:1921 Department of Pennsylvania
<<<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 |
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