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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
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