Somrset county, Pennsylvania

History ~ Biography ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups and Queries
A Brief History of Somerset County: Wiki

Somerset County Neighbors
Cambria, PA ~ Bedford, PA ~ Fayette, PA Westmoreland, PA
Garrett, MD ~ Allegany, MD

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Search Somerset County

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Historical Register of Places
History of the Railroad in Pennsylvania

Online Books Site
This is the selection for Somerset County

Biographies ~ Books ~ Magazines

History Of Bedford, Somerset And Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania.
With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches
Of Some Of Its Pioneers And Prominent Men
Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884.
The index is here: Read Online or Download

History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania,
with genealogical and personal history
by
Blackburn, E. Howard; Welfley, William Henry, 1840- 1n;
Koontz, William Henry, 1830-;
Lewis Publishing Company. 1906
The Index is Here: Read Online or Download

For King or Country
A Bicentennial Project of the Orange County, CA
Genealogical Society
Revolutionary War Ancestors with 200 Years of Descendants
Both Volumes are in the FS Catalog: Please use this Link
Two Volumes ~ PDF Index : Published in 1975

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.

There are a great number of Biographies in the above book.
I have gleaned some for Pennsylvania, but there are probably more.
The Complete Index can be found here.
The Book may be read online or downloaded here.

The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
There is a huge collection of the above Magazine on the Archive.org Site
The early volumes: 1877-1922 have vital records in them.
There are later editions as well and all of them can be downloaded in a variety of formats.

There is a nice selection in the 'Old Somerset Files' Section, Scoll Down
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Maps
Historical Pennsylvania Maps
Another Historic Map Site
Historic Maps of PA ~ "Old Maps Online"
Perry Casteneda Map Collection
Historic County Lines ~ Pennsylvania Topo Maps
USGW Archives: Maps Civil War Maps
Caldwell's Historical Atlas: 1878
Warrantee Township Maps
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Library of Congress
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"What's New"
The Pennsylvania=German Society
The above Society has a huge selection of their publications which were published:
"Distinguished Annual Volume Series, published regularly since 1891, on various aspects of the Pennsylvania German culture."

A great many of them have been digitzed and can be found on both the Archive.org site and the Family Search Catalog.

I was interested enough in them to download a slew of them and go through them for bits of Historical and Genealogical information for my three PA Counties: Allegheny , Somerset and Westmoreland .

I found Biographical Sketches and 'In Memoriam' articles which, considering the wide time frame for the Publications, might be of interest to Family History Researchers. I also found a nice Chapter on 'The Amish' beginnings in Pennsylvania and a Chapter on Fort Allen.

So, I created two pages of information with links to the actual digital pages.
Each parsed out section is a searchable pdf file so you can find the person of interest quickly.

I was not able to find all of the Volumes, I hope to continue to search for them as they are chock full of great historical information. Please use this link for the file which will, in turn give you a link to any particular article or person of interest.

USGenWeb® Archives Access: Tables of Contents
This Link is a searchable pdf file which contains all the links to the Archives.
Each link is fully functional and will access the section for your use.
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Lookups and Queries
Lookups: Lookups are available for the following NewsPaper Sites:
HeritageHub ~ 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

If you wish to post Genealogical or Historical Queries online,
Somerset County now has it's own mail list:
Use this Link to Subscribe

This Section will contain reformatted resources from the Old Somerset Files.
There were hundreds of items to go through and assess for updating.
Some of the files may still contain email addies that are probably no longer valid.
There is no way to track them down, so please do not ask.
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Somerset Townships
The files linked below are all searchable pdf's
Exceptions: Upper & Lower Turkeyfoot ~ Conemaugh ~ Meyersdale
Ogle ~ Paint ~ Quemahoning ~ Salisbury and Summit
Addison ~ Allegheny ~ Black ~ Brothersvalley ~ Conemaugh ~ Elk Lick ~ Fair Hope ~ Greenville ~ Jefferson ~ Jenner
Larimer ~ Lincoln ~ Meyersdale Boro. ~ Middlecreek ~ Milford ~ Northampton ~ Ogle ~ Paint ~ Quemahoning
Salisbury Boro. ~ Shade ~ Somerset ~ Southampton ~ Stonycreek ~ Summit ~ Upper & Lower Turkeyfoot

Other Town and Village Records, Maps
Rockwood ~ Brunerstown ~ Dividing Ridge ~ New Centerville ~ Whitehorse Mountain
Somerset Township Maps: 'Regular and Topos'
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The Cemeteries of Somerset County
Please Use this Link
There was a huge set of files, they have been reorganized and reformatted.
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Biographies:
The Bio files were on a lot of different
pages: See Chart Below

First: Bios found in the Township Files:
Allegheny ~ Stonycreek-1 ~ Stonycreek-2 ~ Summit
Next:
Biographies:
Gleans from County Histories & Contributors
Baer, George Frederick (b.1842) ~ Baldwin, Leroy ~ Black, Jeremiah Sullivan (b.1810) ~ Blauch, David D ~
Burket, Isreal ~ Campbell, Jacob Miller (b.1821) ~ Cochrane, Miss Elizabeth (b.1867) ~ Ruppel, William (b.1849)

Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends

Military Records and Resources
Survey of World War Veterans of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
[1935 & 1936: A WPA Production]
This great book contains a lot of good information.
Split out Sections: Please use this Link
The book also contains a list of Deceased Veterans

Military as well as Miscellaneous Articles
Pennsylvania Archives: Magazine
These publications are full of great information and
can be downloaded here.
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War in Pennsylvania

PA Volunteers in the Civil War - Somerset County
Civil War ~ Civil War Maps ~ War of 1812
Spanish-American War
War of the Revolution
PA Digital Archives ~ War Records
Fort Pitt ~ Military Forts in PA
Internet Archives ~ Misc War Records
US Mexican War Index & Service Records,
1846-1848
Military Records Family Search

Compiled Service Military Records
The Internet Archives [Archive.org] has a huge amount of filmed records.
This link is for Pennsylvania
Soldiers of the Great War, Vol 3, Pennsylvania
Time Lines for Wars

Military Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry
Records from the States of:
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi,
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
New York,, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington

<<<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

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

Search: DAR ~ GAR ~ SAR [Ancestor Databases]
and...
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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Crime and Punishment

FS Prison Records: Films: Ice Drive
1617966, Mc Neil Island ~ 956170, Yuma Territorial Prison 978903, V 2,
San Quentin ~ 978904, V 3, San Quentin ~ 978905. V 4, San Quentin 978906, Vols A & B ~ 978907, Folsom
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri Military Prison

"The ESPY Files" Executions in the US: 1608-2002

Pennsylvania Prison Records

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: Please use this link for a Chart with Types and Dates

Life Struggles in Rebel Prisons
LDS Film 8812501
There is an Index: Image Range 117 - 128

Miscellaneous Prison Records from Family Search
Copy and Paste any row of the list into your browser, it will bring up the FS Link
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
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Odds and Ends
Historical Register of Places
History of the Railroad in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical Hospital Collections

Mining & Land Records
Mining in Pennsylvania
Virtual Museum of Coal Mining ~Mining Artifacts
Underground Miners
Mining Disasters in Pennsylvania [Wiki List]
Land Records Guide
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Census Records
Records: Indexes & Images
Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules
1890 Veteran's & Widow's Census
Population Schedules: Download Rolls of Film
USGW Archives: All Somerset County Files
Stephen Morse & More
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Pennsylvania Probate Records: 1683>1994
Will Abstracts: Gen Soc of PA Vol VII [1920]
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Got Quakers ?
Pennsylvania Church Records [Includes Quaker Records]
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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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
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Lastly...
"Gleans: Family Search"
Database Indexes I have created over the years.
This Link is for all PA Files
Please use this link for all FS Databases
FS Death Records:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idabo, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York City, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin

Marriages: Databases
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Canada
Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachussetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York City, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, SLO, CA, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

Obituaries: Databases
Grants Pass, OR, Kaui, HI, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Crawford, OH, Pennsylvania, Payson, AZ

Military Databases [Ice Drive]
From the States of:
Alabama, Arkansas. California, Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington

Coroner, Funeral Homes, Cemetery Databases [Ice Drive]
From the States of:
Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland

Miscellaneous Databases [Ice Drive]
AK, Pioneer Home, IA Tax Assistance, Jackson MO, Voter Registrations
Native American Census, Pima, AZ, Voter Registrations
Vermont, St Alban's Border Crossings