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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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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: |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
