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| Subject |
Author |
Title |
Notes |
Call Number |
| Biography |
|
Commemorative Biographical
Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre,
Clearfield, Jefferson, and Clarion |
(Chicago: J. H. Beers,
1898; 1679 pgs., 275 leaves of plates)
Filmed by GSU in 1977. |
Microfilm:
Pgs. 1-466 - 0963344
Pgs. 467-1651 (end) - 0963345
Second filming of complete book: 0982149 |
| Directories |
|
Business Directory
of the Counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clearfield, Clarion, Cambria,
Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Westmoreland, 1896-1897: Comprising
a Complete List of Business and Professional Men, etc. |
(Marion Center, PA:
Interior Business Directory Co., 1897; 304 pgs.)
Filmed by GSU in 1970. |
Microfilm:
0823842, item 3. |
| Genealogy Handbooks,
Mauals, etc. |
Clint, Florence |
Clarion County, PA,
Area Key: A Guide to the Genealogical Records of Clarion County,
PA, Including Maps, Histories, Charts, and Other Helpful Materials |
No publisher listed
for 1st edition, published ca. 1974; 39 pgs.
Reprinted by Area Keys, Kiowa, CO, ca. 1977; ii, 68 pgs., illus., maps. |
Microfilm of 1st edition:
0940024, item 2
2nd edition of book: 974.8 A1 no. 749 |
| Genealogy |
Jordan, John Woolf
(1840-1921) |
Genealogical and Personal
History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania |
(NY: Lewis Historical
Publishing Co., 1913; 3 vols.; viii, 1162 pgs., ca. 115 leaves
of plates; illus.; ports.)
Reprinted 1974 by W. C. Cox, Tucson, AZ.
Includes index. |
Book:
974.885 D2g
Microfilm of reprint (vols. 1-3):
1000540, items 3-5 |
| History / Biography |
Davis, A. J. |
History of Clarion
County, Pennsylvania |
(Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co.,
1887; 664 pgs., lxxii pgs.)
Filmed edition contains supplement to 1969, with index, published circa 1969
by Record Press, Rimersburg, PA.
No circulation to Family History Centers. |
Microfilm:
1320665, item 3 |
| History / Biography |
Keatley, Hettie A. |
A Compendium of Edenburg
and Edenburg People |
Original published
by Clarion Jacksonian Print., Clarion, PA, 1887; 165 pgs.
Reprinted by W. X. Cox Co., Tuscon, AZ, 1974. |
Microfilm:
1000549, item 3 |
| History |
Kepple, Arnold |
Callensburg,
a Small Community: History of Callensburg and Licking Township |
(3rd edition
published by the author, [1991]; vi, 399 pgs.; illus; map; ports.)
Includes index.
Note: Index is available on this Web site. |
Book:
974.869 / C1 H2k 1991
Microfilm:
1697772, item 22 |
| History |
Kurtz, Mrs. Walter |
History of Salem Township
from Ancient Times to 1976; Researched and Written by Mrs. Walter
Kurtz; Sponsored by Salem Community Club |
(Salem, PA?: Salem
Community Club?, 1976?; 47 pgs.; illus.; ports)
Includes history of localities within Salem Township. |
Microfilm:
1697347, item 1
Book:
974.8 A1 no. 404 |
| History |
Peters, Robert H. |
If These Hills Could
Talk: a History of Brady's Bend Township, Perry Township, and
East Brady, Pennsylvania |
(East Brady, PA: Brady's
Bend Historical Society, [1984?]; 242 pgs.; illus.; maps; ports.) |
Book:
974.8 H2prh |
| History |
Rupp, Israel Daniel
(1803-1878) |
History of Armstrong
County; History of Clarion County,
Pennsylvania |
Originally written
in 1847.
Reprinted by Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown,
PA, 198-?; pgs. number 340-[346], 383-388.
Note: Transcribed text is available on this Web site. |
Book:
974.8 A1 no. 310 |
| Obituaries |
Leader-Vindicator (New
Bethlehem, PA) |
Obituaries, ca. 1988 |
Obituaries collected
by Josephine Y. Baggs, in 1989, of people who lived in Clarion,
Armstrong, or Jefferson Counties.
Record is arranged alphabetically. |
Microfilm:
1697507, item 7 |
| History |
|
St. Petersburg Centennial 1872-1972 |
(St. Petersburg, PA, s.n., 1972?); 78 pgs.; ill.,
maps, ports. |
Book:
974.869/S1 |
| Land and Property |
Register of Wills,
Clarion County |
Deed Books, 1806-1888
Indices to Deeds, 1806-1946 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
27 reels |
Microfilm listed
separately. |
| Land and Property /
Maps |
Rockford Map Publishers |
Land
Atlas and Plat Book, Clarion County, PA |
(Rockford, IL: Rockford
Map Publishers, 1987; 68 pgs.; 20 maps)
Includes index to land owners.
[Note: Up-to-date volumes are available from the Clarion
County Courthouse.] |
Book:
974.8 A1 no. 775 |
| Naturalization and
Citizenship |
Court of Common Pleas,
Clarion County |
Declarations of Intention,
1849-1906 |
Includes indices within
each volume.
Filmed by GSU in 1982. |
Microfilm:
1317056, items 1-2 |
| Naturalization and
Citizenship |
Court of Common Pleas,
Clarion County |
Naturalization Docket,
1841-1906 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
Records arranged alphabetically by first letter of surname. Contains names
of persons being naturalized, with place of nativity, date of declaration,
and date of admission. |
Microfilm:
1317056, item 3 |
| Probate Records |
Register of Wills,
Clarion County |
Will Dockets, 1841-1917;
General Index to Registers' and Orphans' Court Records, 1840-1981 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
7 reels
Additional indices are found at beginning of Vols. A-F |
Microfilm listed
separately. |
| Vital Records |
Orphans' Court, Clarion
County |
Registration of Births,
1893-1907 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
2 reels
Records are arranged alphabetically by first letter of surname, then by
date. Vols. 2 and 3 include indices to delayed registration of births. |
Microfilm listed
separately. |
| Vital Records |
Orphans' Court, Clarion
County |
Registration of Deaths,
1893-1907 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
Records are arranged alphabetically by first letter of surname, then by
date. |
Microfilm:
1315268, item 3 |
| Vital Records |
Orphans' Court, Clarion
County |
Delayed Birth Certificates,
1941-1976 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
3 reels
For index, see Orphans' Court Registration of Births, 1893-1907. |
Microfilm listed
separately. |
| Vital Records |
Orphans' Court, Clarion
County |
Marriage License Dockets,
1885-1916 |
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
9 reels
Indices are found within each volume. |
Microfilm listed
separately. |
| Cemeteries |
Hughes, Dwight |
Jefferson Cemetery, Beaver Township |
Author's notes, 1990. 2 leaves. |
Book:
974.8 A1 no. 796 |
| Cemeteries / Church Histories |
Richland Presbyterian Church, Salem Township |
Richland Presbyterian (Brick) Church Cemetery, Salem
Township, Clarion County: Stones Copied April, 1976 |
Microfilm of typescript; approx. 32 pgs.; at the
Nickleville Presbyterian Church.
Filmed by GSU in 1986. |
Microfilm:
1463337, item 9 |
| Cemeteries |
Throop, Eugene F. |
Forest County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Inscriptions |
(Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987; xvii, 147 pgs.,
map). ISBN: 1-55613-037-6
Map in pocket.
Includes index.
Includes some cemeteries in Clarion and Venango Counties. |
Book:
974.868 V3t |
| Church Records / Cemeteries |
Daughters of the American Revolution (Pennsylvania),
Genealogical Records Committee |
Church Parish Records and Cemetery Inscriptions
of Western Pennsylvania, 1700-1950. |
Typescript.
Includes partial index.
Filmed by GSU in 1972. |
Microfilm:
0893736, item 1 |
| Church Records |
First Presbyterian Church, East Brady |
Church Records, 1875-1910: Register of Pastors;
Register of Elders; Register of Communicants; Register of Baptisms,
1876-1910; Register of Marriages, 1888; Register of Deaths, 1876-1879 |
Microfilm of original records in possession of Presbyterian
Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA. |
Microfilm:
1311263, item 5 |
| Church Records |
Foxburg Presbyterian Church |
Session Minutes, 1878-1879; Register, 1877-1880 |
Filmed by GSU in 1981.
Microfilm of original records at the Presbyterian Historical Society
in Philadelphia, PA.
Contains Minutes, Registers of Elders, Communicants, Baptisms,
and Marriages. |
Microfilm:
1310905, item 1 |
| Church History / Genealogy / History |
History Committee of St. Joseph Parish, Lucinda,
PA |
A Proud People, a Proud Heritage: The History of
Clarion County's Knox Township Area, Lucinda, Snydersburg, Huefner,
and St. Joseph Parish |
(State College, PA: Josten's Printing & Pub.,
ca. 1988; 272 pgs.); ISBN 0-9620183-0-9
Includes index.
Includes genealogies of the first settlers and present-day [1988?]
area residents and a history of the St. Joseph Parish with biographies
of its priests.
Filimed by GSU in 1989. |
Microfilm:
1651383, item 11
Book:
974.869 / K1 H2p |
| Church History / Church Records |
Hollenbach, Raymond E. |
Memorial
History of St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Churches, 1813-1960:
Historical Sketch of St. Paul's Churches, Beaver Township, Clarion
Co., PA: Church Records of St. Paul's Churches |
Transcribed and compiled by Hollenbach under direction
and supervision of John B. Dengler.
(No publisher, 1960; 211 pgs.; illus.)
Filmed by GSU in 1980. |
Microfilm:
1294884, item 9
Typescript book:
974.869 / B1 K2b
Microfilm of typescript:
0908505, item 1 |
| Church Records |
Koppenheffer, Cornelius E. |
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church (United
Church of Christ), Fairmount City (Alcola), Pennsylvania, Church
Records / Copied from Old German Church Record Book.
Baptisms and Confirmations, 1820-1876 |
Filmed by GSU in 1973 and 1980.
2 reels
Microfilm of typescript at the Evangelical and Reformed Archives,
Lancaster, PA.
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Includes history of Alcola Church; addendum gives history of
some families. |
Microfilm:
1294884, item 8
Baptisms, 1820-1850
0941097, item 5
Baptisms and Confirmations, 1820-1876 |
| Church Records |
Koppenheffer, Cornelius E. |
Zion
Evangelical and Lutheran Church, Shannondale, Redbank Township;
Translated and Copied from Old German Church Record Book |
Microfilm of typescript at the Evangelical and Reformed
Archives, Lancaster, PA.
Filmed by GSU in 1980.
Includes Baptisms, 1828-1872, and Communicants, 1834-1836. |
Microfilm:
1294884, item 10 |
| Church Records / History / Cemeteries |
McNamara, Billie R. |
Record of Births, Baptisms, Communion Seasons, Marriages,
and Deaths in the Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, circa 1867-1929,
Licking Charge, Clarion County, Including a List of Marked Burials
in the Adjacent Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Hill Cemetery and Historical
Notes about Clarion County, Licking Township, and Mt. Zion Church |
(Knoxville, TN: By the Author, 1995); vi, 136 pgs.,
illus., maps) |
Book:
974.869 / L1 K2m |
| Church Records |
Methodist Episcopal Church, New Bethlehem, PA |
Church Records, 1869-1911 |
(Princeton, NJ: NMI, Norton Micro-Images, 1973)
Church was later known as First United Methodist Church.
Gen. Soc. of PA: XCh 335 (xx428). |
Microfilm: 1671251, item 1
- Probationers (includes Baptisms), 1869-1888
- Classes
- Members, alphabetical and chronological
- Baptisms, 1870-1891
- Marriages, 1871-1891
1671251, item 2
- History
- Members, chronological and alphabetical
- Probationers, alphabetical
- Baptisms, 1895-1911
- Marriages, 1895-1911 |
| Church Records |
Presbyterian Church, Scotch Hill, PA |
Session Records, 1880-1912 |
Microfilm of original records in the possession
of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Filmed by GSU in 1982.
Contains Minutes, Pastors (1877-1912), Elders (1877-1911),
Communicants, and Baptisms. |
Microfilm:
0505950, item 7 |
| Church History |
Richland Presbyterian Church, Salem Township |
The Richland United Presbyterian Church |
Also known as The Old Brick Church.
Microfilm of typescript; 3 pgs.; at the Nickleville Presbyterian Church.
Filmed by GSU in 1986. |
Microfilm:
1463337, item 8 |
| Church History |
St. Michael's, Fryburg, PA |
St. Michael's, Fryburg, PA, 1820-1974 |
[1974?]; 176 pgs.; illus.; ports.
Typescript
Filmed by GSU in 1978. |
Microfilm:
1036845, item 9
Book:
974.869/F1 K21s |
| Deeds |
|
|
| Record Title |
Dates |
Film Number |
Direct Index to Deeds,
A-D
Direct Index to Deeds, E-J
Direct Index to Deeds, K-O
Direct Index to Deeds, P-V
Direct Index to Deeds, W-Z |
1806-1946
1806-1946
1806-1946
1806-1946
1806-1946 |
1315283
1315284
1315285
1315286
1315287 |
Adsectum Index to Deeds,
A-C & D-K
Adsectum Index to Deeds, L-R
Adsectum Index to Deeds, S-Z |
1806-1946
1806-1946
1806-1946 |
1315288
1315289
1315290 |
Deeds from Venango County,
vol. 1 (p. 1-165)
Deeds from Venango County, vol. 1 (p.
165-end) |
1810-1834
1834-1841 |
1315440
(both volumes on reel) |
Deeds from Armstrong
County, vol. 1
Deeds from Armstrong County, vol. 2 |
1806-1832
1832-1840 |
1315441
(both volumes on reel) |
Deed Books, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (p. 1-324)
Deed Books, vol. 2 (p. 324-end) and
vol. 3 - 1/2 |
1840-1846
1846-1853 |
1315442
(both volumes on reel) |
| Deed Books, vol. 4 and
vol. 5 (p. 1-550) |
1853-1857 |
1315443 |
| Deed Books, vol. 5 (p.
550-end), vol. 6, and vol. 7 (p. 1-410) |
1857-1862 |
1315444 |
| Deed Books, vol. 7 (p.
410-end), vol. 8, and vol. 9 (p. 1-490) |
1862-1865 |
1315445 |
| Deed Books, vol. 9 (p.
490-end), vol. 10, and vol. 11 (p. 1-610) |
1865-1868 |
1315446 |
| Deed Books, vol. 11
(p. 610-end), vol. 12, vol. 13, and vol. 14 (p. 1-120) |
1865-1870 |
1315447 |
| Deed Books, vol. 14
(p. 120-end), vol. 15, and vol. 16 (p. 1-200) |
1868-1871 |
1315448 |
| Deed Books, vol. 16
(p. 200-end), vol. 17, and vol. 18 (p. 1-335) |
1871-1873 |
1315449 |
| Deed Books, vol. 18
(p. 335-end), vol. 19, and vol. 20 |
1873-1874 |
1315450 |
| Deed Books, vol. 21
and vol. 22 (p. 1-500) |
1874-1876 |
1315451 |
| Deed Books, vol. 22
(p. 500-end), vol. 23, vol. 24, and vol. 25 (p. 1-195) |
1875-1878 |
1315452 |
| Deed Books, vol. 25
(p. 195-end), vol. 26, and vol. 27 (p. 1-420) |
1876-1879 |
1315453 |
| Deed Books, vol. 27
(p. 420-end), vol. 28, and vol. 29 |
1878-1882 |
1315454 |
| Deed Books, vol. 30,
vol. 31, and vol. 32 (p. 1-260) |
1880-1883 |
1315455 |
| Deed Books, vol. 32
(p. 260-end), vol. 33, and vol. 34 |
1882-1884 |
1315456 |
| Deed Books, vol. 35,
vol. 36, vol. 37, and vol. 38 |
1883-1888 |
1315457 |
| Deed Books, vol. 39
and vol. 40 |
1884-1886 |
1315458 |
| Wills |
|
|
| Record Title |
Dates |
Film Number |
| General Index, A-E |
1840-1981 |
1315276, item 2 |
| General Index, F-Mi |
1840-1981 |
1315277 |
| General Index, Mi-Z |
1840-1981 |
1315278 |
Will Dockets, Vol. A
and Vol. B (p. 1-111)
Will Dockets, Vol. B, Vol. C, and Vol.
D |
1841-1868
1863-1892 |
1315279
(all volumes on reel) |
| Will Dockets, Vol. E,
Vol. F, and Vol. G (p. 1-300) |
1893-1905 |
1315280 |
| Will Dockets, Vol. G
(p. 300-end), Vol. H, and Vol. I |
1905-1912 |
1315281 |
| Will Dockets, Vol. J
and Vol. K |
1912-1917 |
1315282 |
| Births |
|
|
| Record Title |
Dates |
Film Number |
| Registration of Births,
vol. 1 and vol. 2 |
1893-1906 |
1315265 |
| Registration of Births,
vol. 3 |
1903-1907 |
1315266, item 1 |
| Delayed Birth Certificates,
Books 1-3, File nos. 1-1060 |
1941-1943 |
1315266, items 2-4 |
| Delayed Birth Certificates,
Books 3-6, File nos. 1060-2650 |
1943-1952 |
1315267 |
| Delayed Birth Certificates,
Books 6-7, File nos. 2650-3138 |
1952-1976 |
1315268, items 1-2 |
| Marriages |
|
|
| Record Title |
Dates |
Film Number |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 1 |
1885-1887 |
1315268, item 4 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 2 and vol. 3 |
1887-1889 |
1315269 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 4 and vol. 5 |
1889-1891 |
1315270 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 6 and vol. 7 |
1891-1894 |
1315271 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 8 and vol. 9 |
1894-1899 |
1315272 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 10 and vol. 11 |
1899-1904 |
1315273 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 12 and vol. 13 |
1904-1909 |
1315274 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 14, vol. 15, and vol. 16 (p. 1-107) |
1909-1913 |
1315275 |
| Marriage License Dockets,
vol. 16 (p. 107-end) |
1913-1916 |
1315276, item 1 |
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