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Pennsylvania County Marriage License 1885 - 1950: Familysearch.org

Birth Indices (1906 and 1907) at the Pennsylvania Archives: Pennsylvania Birth Indices

Death Indices: At the Pennsylvania Archives:  Pennsylvania Death Indices

Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906 - 1963 (Pay Site) Ancestry.com

Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994: Includes:
Orphans' Court dockets 1820-1845 vol A-C
Orphans' Court dockets 1845-1854 vol D-E
Orphans' Court dockets 1854-1862 vol F-G
Orphans' Court dockets 1862-1869 vol H-I
Register's and Orphans' Court record index 1820-1950
Wills 1820-1854 vol A-B
Wills 1854-1880 vol C-D
Wills 1880-1887 vol E
Wills 1887-1896 vol F
Wills 1896-1903 vol G
Wills 1903-1911 vol H 

Pennsylvania and Nationwide Newspapers: Bloomfield Times (1870-1874), New Bloomfield Times (1877-1881), Harrisburg Telegraph (1914 - 1919), Independent Star (Harrisburg),  Juniata Sentinel (1864 - 1873), Juniata Sentinel and Republican (1873 - 1900) as well as other many others.  (Includes Search Engine) http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/

Miscellaneous Nationwide Newspapers.  http://news.google.com/newspapers

Family References

  • AYLE - Jacob Brenneman Ayle and Fannie Amelia Young Ayle Family Bible Records
  • BEAR - A genealogy of the Bear family and biographical record of the descendants of Jacob Bear
  • BELL - Founders of the Bell family; a record of pioneer settlers in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 1930
  • BELL - The Bell family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; the ancestors and descendants of John Henderson Bell ... by Raymond Martin Bell. 1941
  • BONAWITZ - A Book of Bonawitz and Bonewitz, A Genealogy arranged and printed by Oby Bonawitz, 1970
  • BRENNEMAN - The Brenneman History, by Albert H. Gerberich, Printed by Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pennsylvania 1938
  • BRETZ - Genealogy of the Ludwig Bretz Family, 1750-1890 (1890)
  • BRUMFIELD - Descendants of Thomas Brumfield of Berks County, Pennsylvania; Genealogy and Family History 1720-1960
  • CHAFFEE - The Chaffee genealogy, embracing the Chafe, Vol 1
  • CLAUSER (KLAUSER) - HICKS (HIX)- Some early lineages of Berks County, Pa.: Clauser (Klauser)-Hicks (Hix) and associated lines / by Beulah Hix Blair, M.A. (Mrs. Julian M.) 1959  Klauser, Althouse, Kauffman, Schertel/Shartles, Claus, Hettinger, Hicks/Hix, Heyer/Hoyer, Spatz, Schneider, Weber, Runckel, Kerschner, Nunemacher, Weiss, Leob, Goettel, Henne, Wagner, Schierman, Reigel, Albrecht
  • COPE - A Record of the Cope Family. As established in America by Oliver Cope, who came form England to Pennsylvania about the year 1682, with the residences, dates of births, deaths and marriages of his descendants as far as ascertained, by Gilbert Cope, 1861
  • DUDLEY - Dudley, by Miss Okeeffe, Volume I
  • Dudley, by Miss O'Keefe, Volume II
  • Dudley, by Miss O'Keeffe, Volume III
  • EARNEST, Indian Eve and Her Descendants by Mrs. Emma A. M. Replogle, 1911
  • FISHER - Genealogy of Joseph Fisher, and His Descendants
  • FORNEY - Sketches and Genealogy of the Forney Family from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in part, by John K. Forney, Abilene, Kansas, 1926
  • FULTON - The Fulton Family of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 1712-1772-1940. An account of the descendants of Abraham Fulton and Margaret Guthry
  • HALL - Halls of Fayette County
  • HENCH DROMGOLD HARTMAN - The Fourth Annual meeting Hench, Dromgold, Hartman...
  • HERR - Rev. Hans Herr and Decendents
  • HARTZLER / HERTZLER - The Hertzler/Hartzler Family History by Silas Hertzler (1888-1975), 1952, Hertzler family, Hertzler, Allgyer, Baughman, Beachy, Beiler, Blank, Blodgett, Blough, Bontrager, Byler, Detweiler, Esh, Fisher, Gingerich, Glick, Harshbarger, Hartzler, Hooley, Hostetler, Kanagy, Kauffman, Kenagy, King, Kurtz, Lantz, Lapp, Mast, Miller, Moist, Peachy, Petersheim, Plank, Reichenbach, Renno, Royer, Shrock, Sharp, Smoker, Smucker, Troyer, Umble, Wanner, Weirich, Wenger, Yoder, Zook, Harshberger, Stayrook, Stoltzfus, Stutzman, Swarey, Hartzler family
  • JOLLIFFE - Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia
  • KIRK - Historic-genealogy of the Kirk family (1872)
  • KREISER - A genealogy of the Kreiser family, Vol. 1
  • MAHAFFEY - Mahaffey descendants  sketch of reunions, historical records, and biographical genealogy of Mahaffey descendants, 1600-1914
  • MCNEAL - A history and genealogy of some of the descendants of Colonel John McNeal, 1680-1765: including some of the many hundreds of the allied families by marriage. John McNeal (ca.1680-1765) immigrated from Scotland to Berks County, Pennsylvania between 1700 and 1722, and married Elizabeth McNealus in 1744. They later moved to Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Descendants lived in West Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, California and elsewhere. Includes some Scottish ancestry
  • MEISSER - A Genealogy of  Meisser Family
  • MEYER - Genealogy of the Meyer family  1890
  • MEYER - A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer
  • MILLIGAN - History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy
  • PALMER - A genealogical record of the descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware) Co., Pa. In two Divisions - Palmer-Trimble.  Palmer Division, embracing also, largely, the Surnames: Almond, Arment, Baker, Baldwin, Buffington, Chamberlain (or lin), Clark, Coffman, Cope, Darlington, Davis, Dutton, Earle, Eavenson, Fox, Garrett, Gilpin, Good, Grubb, Hackney, Hall, Hatton, Hoopes, Jefferis, Jones, Kester, Larkin, McCauley, Martin, Meeteer, Mercer, Morris, Newlin, Perdue, Pyle, Smith, Taylor, Thatcher, Way, Wheeland, Wood, Worrell, Wyly, Yarnall and others. 1910
  • PARTHEMORE - Genealogy of the Parthemore family, 1744-1885 (1885)
  • WEGMAN - History of the Wegman families; or, The genealogy of the Wegmans ... The generations of Jacob Wegman, the first Wegman in America, 1715 to 1946, chronology of the Wegman reunions in Berks County, Pennsylvania
  • WORTHINGTON - The Genealogy of the Worthington Family 1894



Church and Vital Records
Counties in Pennsylvania

PERRY
formed 22 Mar 1820, originally part of Cumberland

ADAMS
formed 22 Jan 1800, originally part of York

ALLEGHENY
formed 24 Sep 1788, originally part of Washington and Westmoreland

ARMSTRONG
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny, Lycoming and Westmoreland

BEAVER
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny and Washington

BEDFORD
formed 9 Mar 1771, originally part of Cumberland
BERKS
formed 11 Mar 1752, originally part of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia
BLAIR
formed 26 Feb 1846, originally part of Bedford and Huntingdon
BRADFORD
formed 21 Feb 1810, originally part of Luzerne and Lycoming
BUCKS
formed 1682, Original County
  • History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time by William W. H. Davis, A.M. President of the Bucks County Historical Society, Member of the American Historical Society, The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, The New York Genealogical And Biographical Society, The Western Reserve Historical Society; Author Of "El Gringo, Or New Mexico And Her People," "History Of Gen, John Lacey:" "The Spanish Conquest Of New Mexico;" "History of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment;" "History of the Hart Family;" "Life of Gen. John Davis;" "History Of the Doylestown Guards;" "The Fries Rebellion;" "History of Doylestown, Old And New;" Etc. Second edition, revised and enlarged with a Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County.  Prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely Genealogist, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Librarian of the Bucks County Historical Society, and John W. Jordan, LL.D. of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Bucks County, Volume 13
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Bucks County, Volume 14
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Bucks County, Volume 15
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Bucks County, Volume 16

BUTLER
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny
  • 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James A. McKee, Butler, Pa.  "History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples", 1909
  • History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers 1883
  • History of Butler, Pennsylvania, Embracing its physical features; aborigines and explorers; public lands and surveys; pioneers; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration: political affairs; the legal and medical professions; the press; schools and school laws; internal improvements; agriculture; the temperance cause; military history; the butler oil and gas fields; sketches of boroughs, townships and villages; religious, educational, social and material progress; biographies and portraits of pioneers and representative citizens, etc., etc., Illustrated, 1895
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905

CAMBRIA
formed 26 Mar 1804, originally part of Bedford, Huntingdon and Somerset

CAMERON
formed 29 Mar 1860, originally part of Clinton, Elk, McKean and Potter
  • History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages; portraits of prominent men; biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania statistics., Illustrated, 1890
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Cameron County, Volume 10

CARBON
formed 13 Mar 1843, originally part of Monroe and Northampton

CENTRE
formed 13 Feb 1800, originally part of Huntingdon, Lycoming, Mifflin and Northumberland

CHESTER
formed 1682, Original County

CLARION
formed 11 Mar 1839, originally part of Armstrong and Venango
  • History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, edited by A. J. Davis, 1887
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Clarion County, Volume 27

CLEARFIELD
formed 26 Mar 1804, originally part of Huntingdon and Lycoming

CLINTON
formed 21 Jun 1839, originally part of Centre and Lycoming

COLUMBIA
formed 22 Mar 1813, originally part of Northumberland
  • History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, containing a history of each county, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of representative men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc. Edited by J. H. Battle.  Illustrated.  1887
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Columbia County, Volume 31

CRAWFORD
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Crawford County, Volume 32

CUMBERLAND
formed 27 Jan 1750, originally part of Lancaster

DAUPHIN
formed 4 Mar 1785, originally part of Lancaster

DELAWARE
formed 26 Sep 1789, originally part of Chester

ELK
formed 18 Apr 1843, originally part of Clearfield, Jefferson and McKean
  • History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages; portraits of prominent men; biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania statistics., Illustrated, 1890
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Elk County, Volume 37

ERIE
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny and Crawford
  • History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages, schools churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc., Illustrated, 1884
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Erie County, Volume 38
FAYETTE
formed 26 Sep 1783, originally part of Westmoreland

FOREST
formed 11 Apr 1848, originally part of Jefferson and Venango

FRANKLIN
formed 9 Sep 1784, originally part of Cumberland
  • Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania containing genealogical records or representative families, including the early settlers and biographical sketches of prominent citizens.  Illustrated.  1905
  • Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, prepared for the Centennial Celebration held at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, July 4th 1876, and Subsequently Enlarged by J. H. McCauley, to which added a valuable appendix by J. L. Suesserott, M.D., D. M. Kennedy and other and embellished by over one hundred lithographic illustrations, drawn by W. W. Denslow, John H. Pomeroy, Publisher, 1878
  • The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford and Perry Counties, containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general and statistical description of the principal boroughs, town and villages, &c., with an appendix, embellished with several engravings, by I. Daniel Rupp, 1846
  • History of Franklin County: A collection of reminiscences of the early settlement of the county; with Biographical sketches and a complete history of the county to the present time, by William T. Martin, 1858

FULTON
formed 19 Apr 1850, originally part of Bedford

GREENE
formed 9 Feb 1796, originally part of Washington
  • History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, containing an outline of the state from 1682, until the formation of Washington County in 1781.History during 15 years of union.  The Virginia and New State Controversy – Running of Mason’s and Dixon Line – Whiskey Insurrection, - History of Churches, Families, Judges, Senators, Assemblymen, Etc., Etc., by William Hanna, 1892
  • History of Greene County, Pennsylvania by Samuel P. Bates, Illustrated, 1888
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Greene County, Volume 44

HUNTINGON
formed 20 Sep 1787, originally part of Bedford

INDIANA
formed 30 Mar 1803, originally part of Lycoming and Westmoreland

JEFFERSON
formed 26 Mar 1804, originally part of Lycoming
  • A Pioneer History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania and my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, (1898)
  • History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.  With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Edited by Kate M. Scott, 1888
  • Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Her Pioneers and People 1900-1915, By William James McNight, M. D. of Brookville, Pa. Two Volumes, Illustrated.  Volume I, Historical. 1917
  • Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Her Pioneers and People. By William James McNight, M. D. of Brookville, Pa, Two Volumes. Illustrated. Volume II 1917
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Jefferson County, Volume 47

JUNIATA
formed 2 Mar 1831, originally part of Mifflin

LACKAWANNA
formed 13 Aug 1878, originally part of Luzerne

LANCASTER
formed 10 May 1729, originally part of Chester
  • A Bibliography of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1745-1912, by Lottie M. Bausman. Publications of the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, printed By Patterson & White Company Philadelphia, Pa., 1916
  • A Biographical History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  Being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other.  By Alexander Harris, 1872.
  • A Brief History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with special reference to the growth and development of its institutions, designed for the school and home. By Israel Smith Clark, edited by Anna Lyle, teacher of History in the Millersville State Normal School. 1892
  • Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Part 2, containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers. Illustrated. 1903
  • History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, Philadelphia, Everts and Peck, 1883
  • Tribute to Old Lancaster, City – County, Pennsylvania.  Dedicated to the Friends of the Lancaster Historical Society, second edition, 1908
  • The Lancaster Farmer, A Monthly Journal: devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Practical Entomology, Domestic Economy and General Miscellany, edited by Prof. S. S. Rathvon, Volume X, 1878
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Lancaster County, Volume 50
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Lancaster County, Volume 51

LAWRENCE
formed 20 March 1849, originally parts of Beaver and Mercer Counties.

LEBANON
formed 16 Feb 1813, originally part of Dauphin and Lancaster

LEHIGH
formed 6 Mar 1812, originally part of Northampton
  • A History of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, by James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, (1914)
  • A History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from the earliest settlements to the present time, including much valuable information for the use of schools, families, libraries, by James J. Hauser, 1902
  • History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, by Charles Rhoads Roberts, Rev. John Baer Stoudt, Rev. Thomas H. Krick, William J. Dietrich. In Two Volumes, Illustrated.  Volume I, 1914
  • History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, by Charles Rhoads Roberts, Rev. John Baer Stoudt, Rev. Thomas H. Krick, William J. Dietrich. In Two Volumes, Illustrated.  Volume II, 1914
  • History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, by Charles Rhoads Roberts, Rev. John Baer Stoudt, Rev. Thomas H. Krick, William J. Dietrich. In Two Volumes, Illustrated.  Volume III, 1914
  • History of the Lehigh Valley, containing a copious selection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., etc., relating to the history and antiquities with a complete history of all its internal improvements, progress of the coal and iron trade, manufactures, etc., by M. S. Henry, 1860
  • History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Alfred Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford. Illustrated, 1884
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Lehigh County, Volume 6

LUZERNE
formed 25 Sep 1786, originally part of Northumberland

LYCOMING
formed 13 Apr 1795, originally part of Northumberland


MCKEAN
formed 26 Mar 1804, originally part of Lycoming
  • History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages; portraits of prominent men; biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania statistics., Illustrated, 1890
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, McKean County, Volume 56

MERCER
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny and Crawford
  • History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its past and present, including its aboriginal history; its earliest settlement and development; a description of its historic and interesting localities; sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens; statistics, etc. Also a condensed history of Pennsylvania.  Illustrated. 1888
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Historical Scrapbook of Mercer County, Volume 57.  Contains various newspaper clippings.
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Mercer County, Volume 57

MIFFLIN
formed 19 Sep 1789, originally part of Cumberland and Northumberland

MONROE
formed 1 Apr 1836, originally part of Northampton and Pike

MONTGOMERY
formed 10 Sep 1784, originally part of Philadelphia

MONTOUR
formed 3 May 1850, originally part of Columbia
  • History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, containing a history of each county, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of representative men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc. Edited by J. H. Battle.  Illustrated.  1887
NEW CASTLE
formed

NORTHAMPTON
formed 11 Mar 1752, originally part of Bucks
  • History of Northampton, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, containing brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents and interesting facts in the early history of these counties with an appendix containing matters of deep interest, embellished by several engravings, compiled from various authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp, 1845
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Northampton County, Volume 65


NORTHUMBERLAND
formed 21 Mar 1772, originally part of Bedford, Berks, Cumberland, Lancaster and Northampton

PHILADELPHIA
formed 1682, Original County

PIKE
formed 26 Mar 1814, originally part of Wayne

POTTER
formed 26 Mar 1804, originally part of Lycoming
  • History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages; portraits of prominent men; biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania statistics., Illustrated, 1890
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Potter County, Volume 81

SCHUYLKILL
formed 1 Mar 1811, originally part of Berks and Northampton
  • Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy, family history, biography. Containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present. In two volumes, illustrated.  Volume I,  1916
  • Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy, family history, biography. Containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present. In two volumes, illustrated.  Volume II,  1916
  • Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, containing sketches of the county by Samuel T. Wiley. Together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the country, by Henry W. Ruoff, 1893
  • History of Northampton, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, containing brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents and interesting facts in the early history of these counties with an appendix containing matters of deep interest, embellished by several engravings, compiled from various authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp, 1845
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Schuylkill County, Volume 62
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Schuylkill County, Volume 82

SNYDER
formed 2 Mar 1855, originally part of Union


SOMERSET
formed 17 Apr 1795, originally part of Bedford

SULLIVAN
formed 15 Mar 1847, originally part of Lycoming
  • History of Sullivan County, embracing an account of its glory, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization; the formation of its towns, with biographical sketches of prominent residents, etc., etc.. by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Sullivan County, Volume 85

SUSQUEHANNA
formed 21 Feb 1810, originally part of Luzerne

TIOGA
formed 26 Mar 1804, originally part of Lycoming
  • DAR Early Vital Records of Pennsylvania; (Contains records on Tioga Church, Cemetery, Revolutionary War Soldiers, Marriage, Death, Court and News, Miscellaneous Wills, and Family Bibles)
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Tioga County, Volume 87

UNION
formed 22 Mar 1813, originally part of Northumberland

VENANGO
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny, Crawford and Lycoming
  • History of Venango County, Pennsylvania. Its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and British occupation of the country, its earliest settlement and subsequent growth; a description of its historic and interesting localities; its rich oil deposits and their development; sketches of its cities, boroughs, townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc., etc. Illustrated.  1890
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Venango County, Volume 89

WARREN
formed 12 Mar 1800, originally part of Allegheny, Crawford, Lycoming and Venango
  • History of Warren County, Pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, edited by J. S. Schenk, assisted by W. S. Rann, 1887
  • A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer: also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda: my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown, by W. J. McKnight, M.D., 1905
  • Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Warren County, Volume 90

WASHINGTON
formed 28 Mar 1781, originally part of Westmoreland

WAYNE
formed 21 Mar 1798, originally part of Northampton

WESTMORELAND
formed 26 Feb 1773, originally part of Bedford

WYOMING
formed 4 Apr 1842, originally part of Luzerne

YORK
formed 19 Aug 1749, originally part of Lancaster


  • Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, printed under the direction of William Francis Harrity, Secretary of the Commonwealth, edited by Wm. H. Egle, M.D., Volume XVII, (1890) - Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania 1727 - 1775 with Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808, (1892)
  • Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume I, 1853
  • Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume XIII, 1891; The Life and Times of John Dickinson, 1732-1808, by Charles J. Stille. LL.D.
  • The History of Pennsylvania: from its discovery by Europeans, to the Declaration of Independence in 1776 , 1829
  • Report of the Commission to locate the site of the frontier forts of Pennsylvania by Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania; Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, 1848-1935; Buckalew, John M., b. 1826; Reynolds, Sheldon; Weiser, Jay Gilfillan; Albert, George Dallas 1896 Contents.--Volume 1. The Indian forts of the Blue Mountains. By H.M. Richards. The frontier forts within the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River. By J.M. Buckalew. The frontier forts within the Wyoming Valley region. By S. Reynolds. The frontier forts in the Cumberland and Juniata Valleys. By J.G. Weiser.--v.2. The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania. By G.D. Albert
Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of the state of Pennsylvania with a compendium of history. A record of the achievements of her people in the making of the Commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume I, 1904
Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of the state of Pennsylvania with a compendium of history.  A record of the achievements of her people in the making of the Commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume II, 1904
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume I, 1914
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume III, 1914
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume IV, 1915
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume V, 1915
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume VI, 1916
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume VII, 1916
Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, by John W. Jordan, LL.D., Volume X, 1918

Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume I, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from March 10, 1683 to November 27th 1700, 1838
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume II, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from December 18, 1700 to May 16, 1717, 1852
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume III, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from May 31, 1717 to January 23, 1735-6, 1852
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume IV, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from February 7th, 1735-6, to October 15th, 1745, both days included, 1851
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume V, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume VI, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from April 2d, 1754, to January 29th, 1756, both days included, 1851
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume VII, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from January 29th, 1756 to January 11th, 1758, both days included  1851
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume VIII, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of Council from May 21st, 1779 to July 12th,1781,both days included, 1853.

Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume XII,  Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of the Supreme Executive Council from May 21st, 1779, to July 12th, 1781, both days inclusive, 1853
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume XIII, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of the Supreme Executive Council from
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume XIV, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of the Supreme Executive Council from January 1st, 1784, to April 3rd, 1786, both days inclusive, 1853
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume XV, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of the Supreme Executive Council from July 4th, 1786, to February 6th, 1789, both days inclusive, 1853
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume XVI, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, containing the proceedings of the Supreme Executive Council from February 7th, 1789, to December 20th, 1790, both days inclusive, 1853

Notes and Queries Historical, Biographical and Genealogical 1896
Notes and Queries Historical, Biographical and Genealogical 1899

The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania, Volume I, Proceedings at Reading, Pennsylvania, April 13 1918

Welsh Settlement in Pennsylvania, by Charles H. Browning, 1912

Pennsylvania in American History, by Hon. Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, LL.D., 1910

Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Civil War, Volume 2
Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Civil War, Volume 2a
Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Miscellaneous, Volume 1
Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Miscellaneous, Volume 2
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Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Miscellaneous, Volume 8
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Pennsylvania County Histories, Scrapbooks, Miscellaneous, Volume 9
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Annals of Buffalo Valley, PA

History of the First Battalion Pennsylvania Six Months Volunteers and 187th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Six Months and Three Years Service, Civil War 1863-1865, compiled by James M. Gibbs, 1905

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the Nineteenth Congressional District, Pennsylvania (1897)

Biographical History of the Northwest, Volume IV, American Biography of Representative Men, by Alozo Phelps, A.M. 1890


Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume VI, 1904

Historical and Biographical Sketches, by Samuel W. Pennypacker, 1883

Historical register notes and queries, biographical and genealogical (1883)


Index to heraldic illustrations
Juniata Memories
Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies (1920)

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Pennsylvania archives third series (1894)

Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XVII, edited by William Henry Egle, M.D., Tax List Compilation, Part 1, Tax List of County of Lancaster (1771, 1772, 1773, 1779 and 1782), 1894

Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume III, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Militia Rolls 1783 - 1790, Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, County, Philadelphia City and County, Washington, Westmoreland, York County, Published 1907
Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume V, Part 1, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, 1907
Muster and Payrolls, Pennsylvania Militia, 1790-1800 (Allegheny – Montgomery Counties)
Pennsylvania, Archives, Sixth Series, Volume VI, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, 1907
     - Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County, 1734-1834, translated by Charles R. Roberts  1906

Pennsylvania Archives, 1907. Volume XII,  part 1, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Forfeited Estates - Inventories and Sales
Pennsylvania Archives, 1907, Volume XII part 2,  edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Forfeited Estates - Inventories and Sales

Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume XIV, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, 1907
    - Memorandum book of Dr. John Ewing with Account of a Journey to Settle the Boundary of Pennsylvania, May, 1784.   
    - Orderly Book June 19th 1779 to July 30th 1779
    - The Order of March of Hand's Brigade from Wyoming to Tioga
    - Orderly Book of the Lieutenant Colonel's Company, German Regiment, 1780
    - Orderly Book November 18th, 1780 to December 9th, 1780
    - Letter Book Respecting the Most Christian Majesty, 1780
    - Early Petitions

Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series,1907, Volume XV part 1 (A-E), edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery

The Pennsylvania-German Society, Proceedings and Addresses at York, October 11, 1893, Volume IV, 1894
  •  In Memoriam: (Samuel Cochran Slaymaker; Dr. Oswald Seidensticker)
  • Biographical Sketches (William Beidelman; John Wierman Bittenger; John Randolph Bricker; David B. Brunner; Robert K. Buehrle; Thomas Henry Capp; William Henry Egle, M.D.; George Garibaldi Fisher; Benjamin Franklin Frick; John Peter Shindel Gobin; Lee Light Grumbine; John Lincoln Hertz; Charles Frederick Hill; Amos Hoffman; Walter James Hoffman;Jefferson E. Kershner; Joseph Lyon Lemberger; Edwin Konigmacker Martin; Daniel C. Maurer; John Franklin Mentzer; H. Mosser; George Hildebrand Ranck; Samuel W. Pennypacker; Robert Rau; Michael Albert Rhoads, George Redsecker Ross; Nathan C. Schaeffer; Franklin Jacob Schantz; Frederick Schober; Abraham Sebastian Schropp; Samuel Miller Sener; R. Hathaway Shindel; William Latimer Small; Edward Webster Spangler; James A. Stahle; John S. Stahr; John Carey Wagner; David S. Witmer; Hiram Young; Jacob G. Zern)
  • Birth and Baptismal Record of Trinity Lutheran Church , Lancaster 1774-1786 (continued)
  • Birth and Baptisms of the First Reformed Church, Lancaster,(1736-1769)

The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceedings and addresses at Bethlehem, October 16, 1895, Volume VI, 1896 
  • In Memoriam (Josiah Funck; Rev. Charles Gutzlaff Fisher, D.D.; Major Grant Weidman; J. Schall Wilhelm)
  • Biographical Sketches: Samuel Philip Heilman; Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden; George Brubaker Kulp; John E. Roller; Dr. Jacob Schantz Shimer; John Frederick Unger; Isaac Newton Urner
  • Trappe Records, Lutheran Congregation – Birth and Baptisms (Trappe, Montgomery County, PA)
  • Birth and Baptismal Register of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster (concluded)
  • Index to Proper Names (Volumes I-V)
The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at Lebanon, October 22, 1903, Volume XIV, 1905
  • In Memoriam (Hon. Lee L. Grumbine; Hon. Jacob L. Steinmetz; Col. Wilbur Fisk Reeder; Dr. Rev. Joseph Augustus Seiss)
  • Record of Marriages in the St. Michael’s and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at Germantown, October 25, 1904, Volume XV, 1906
  • In Memoriam (Henry Kuhl Nichols; James Meily; Franklin Dundore; Henry Edwin Slaymaker; Hiram Young; Christian P. Humrich; Freeland Gotwalts Hobson; Rev. David McConaughy Gilbert; George Benson Dunmire, M.D.; Daniel Rhine Hertz, D.D.S.; Hon. John H. Weiss
The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at Reading, October 27, 1905, Volume XVI, 1907
  • In Memoriam (Richard Meily; John Weidman Mish; William Franklin Weiser; Robert Rau; Rudolph F. Kelker; John Randolph Bricker; Jacob B. Mauser; Rev. Franklin F. J. Schantz, D.D.)
  • Pennsylvania-German Genealogies: The Heister Family, by H. M. N. Richards
  • Record of Indentures of Individuals bound out as Apprentices, Servants, etc., and of German and other Redemptioners in the office of the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, October 3, 1771 to October 5, 1773
The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at Lancaster, PA., November 6, 1908, Volume XIXa, 1910
  • In Memoriam (Joseph Alexander Rice; Rev. J. Darmstaetter; Addison Graham Marr; Oliver Christian Burkett; Charles Allen Fon Dersmith; Jacob H. Redsecker, Ph.M.)
The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at York, PA., October 14, 1910, Volume XXI, 1912
  • In Memoriam (Abraham F. Hostetter, Esq.; Samuel M. Sener, Esq.)
  • The Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem, PA 1742-1910

The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at Philadelphia, PA., October 17, 1913, Volumes XXIV  and The Pennsylvania-German Society, proceeding and addresses at Lancaster, PA., November 13, 1914, Volume XXV, 1917
  • In Memoriam (Hon. George F. Baer, LL.D.; Hon. James Addams, Beaver, LL.D.; Hon. Maurice C. Eby; William Laubach; Prof. Lewis S. Shimmell, Ph.D.; Hon. George Franklin Huff; George R. Oberholtzer; Thomas W. Saeger; Christian Edgar Titzel; William Weis; Col. Thomas C. Zimmerman, L.H.D.)


Proceedings and addresses, Volumes 27-28 By Pennsylvania-German Society
Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 5 By Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
Records of the Annual Hench and Dromgold Reunion


The history of the county of Cumberland , England 1794
The Lancaster Farmer, A Monthly Journal, Volume X - 1878
The New England historical and genealogical register (1847)
The Northmen in Cumberland & Westmoreland (1856)
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy 1901-1903
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 1
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 2
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 5
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 7
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 8 part 2
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 8
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 10
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol 12
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy Vol part 1
The Pennsylvania-German devoted to the history, biography, genealogy
The postal record, Volumes 13-14 page 85


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Year book of the Society of Sons of the Revolution, in the State of Maryland. Baltimore, February 5th, 1896 (1896)

Other States


Delaware
  • Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware  Vol 1
  • Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware


Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa
  • Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa, containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the Governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon Counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships., 1889
  • History of Boone County, Iowa, N. E. Goldthwait, Illustrated, Volume I, 1914
  • History of Boone County, Iowa N. E. Goldthwait, Illustrated, Volume II, 1914
  • History of Butler County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, by Irving H. Hart, Volume II, 1914
  • History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa, by Harry E. Downer, Illustrated, Volume I, 1910
  • History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its people, illustrated, Volume II, 1915
  • A History of Dickinson County, Iowa, together with an account of he Spirit Lake Massacre, and he Indian troubles on the Northwestern frontier, Illustrated, by R. A. Smith, 1902
  • History of Hamilton County, Iowa, by J. W. Lee, illustrated, Volume I, 1912
  • History of Hamilton County, Iowa, by J. W. Lee, illustrated, Volume II, 1912
  • History of Linn County, Iowa, from its earliest settlement to the present time, by Luther A. Brewer and Barthinius L. Wick, Illustrated, Volume I, 1911
  • Portrait and Biographical Album of Louisa County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Governors of the state and of the Presidents of the United States, 1889
  • Historical Sketch of Lyon County, Iowa, and a description of the country and its resources; giving information with regard to the inducements which it offers to immigrants and others desiring to settle in the Northwest, by S. C. Hyde, 1873
  • Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with accompanying biographies of each; a condensed history of Iowa, with portraits and biographies of the Governors of the state; and engravings of prominent citizens of Pottawattamie County, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families, 1891
  • History of Sac County, Iowa, by William H. Hart, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families, illustrated,1914
  • History of Scott County, Iowa, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the prehistoric races, Aborigines, French, English and American conquests, and a general review of its civil, political and military history, Illustrated 1882
  • The History of Warren County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Warren County, Constitution of the United States, Constitution of the sate of Iowa, miscellaneous matters, etc., illustrated, 1879
  • The biographical record of Webster County, Iowa, illustrated, 1902

Kansas

Maryland
  • The History of Montgomery County, Maryland, from its earliest settlement in 1650 to 1879: The Early Land Grants - By Whom Patented - Their Order of Settlement and Present Owners - Local and General Events - Leading Incidents - Principal Towns, Villages, &c. - Its Soil, Products, and Industries.  Also, sketches of prominent men of the county. Directory of post offices, merchants, manufacturers, professors, farmers, tobacco planters, mechanics, mills, colleges, schools, and churches, with an appendix containing a description of the prominent business houses of Washington and Georgetown. Complied and arranged from authentic sources by T. H. S. Boyd, 1879
  • History of Western Maryland. Being a history of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties from the earliest period to the present day, including biographical sketches of those representative men by J. Thomas Scharf, A.M., in two volumes, Volume II, 1882

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

New Jersey

Ohio
  •  A History of Adams County, Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time, including character sketches of the prominent persons identified with the first century of the country's growth and containing numerous engravings and illustrations by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers, 1900
  • A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County, Ohio, Illustrated, 1902
  • History of Crawford County, Ohio, containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time, embracing its topography, geological, physical and climatic features... a history of Crawford County... biographical sketches; portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, etc., etc., Illustrated, 1881
  • History of Darke County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc., general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest Territory; history of Ohio; map of Darke County; Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc., Illustrated, 1880
  • An Outline History of Dayton, Ohio, 1796-1896, prepared from "Early Dayton, by Robert W. Steele and Mary Davis Steele" and from the "History of Dayton" 1896
  • History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio,  their past and present, containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Fairfield and Perry Counties;  their townships, cities, villages, towns, schools, churches, societies, industries, statistics, etc., a history of their Soldiers in the late war; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; miscellaneous matter; maps of the counties; biographies and histories of pioneer families, etc., etc., compiled by A. A. Graham, Illustrated, 1883
  • A Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio, illustrated (1902)
  • A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, by Harvey Scott, 1795 - 1876.  1877
  • History of Fayette County, Ohio, her people, industries and institutions, Frank M. Allen, editor, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of old families, illustrated, 1914
  • History of Franklin County, Ohio, a collection of reminiscences of the early settlement
  • History of Hancock County, Ohio, biographical and statistical, by Jacob A. Spaythe, 1903
  • History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of Ohio, including an outline history of the Northwest; complete history of Know County; its townships, cities, towns, villages, schools, churches, societies, industries, statistics, etc., a record of its Soldiers in the late war; portraits of its early settlers and prominent men; views of the finest buildings; miscellaneous matters; map of the county; biographies and histories of pioneer families, etc., compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr., illustrated, 1881
  • History of Logan County Ohio, containing a history of the state of Ohio; a history of Logan County, Biographical sketches, portraits of some early settlers and prominent men, Illustrated, 1880
  • History of Richland County, Ohio, including the original boundaries, its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of Ohio..., compiled by A. A. Graham, illustrated, 1880
  • History of Seneca County, Containing a detailed narrative of the principal events that have occurred since its first settlement down to the present time; a history of the indians that formerly resided within the limits; geographical descriptions, early customs, biographical sketches, etc., etc., with an introduction containing a brief history of the state, from the discovery of the Mississippi River down to the year 1817, to whole of which is added and appendix containing tabular views, etc., by Consul W. Butterfield, 1848
  • History of Shelby County, Ohio, and representative citizens, by A. B. C. Hitchcock, Sidney, Ohio, (1913)
  • The History of Union County, Ohio, containing the history of the county, 1883
  • History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time by Ben Douglas, 1878
  • Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families.Illustrated. 1889

South Dakota

  •      History of Dakota Territory, by George W. Kingsbury, South Dakota its history and its people edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustrated, Volume I, 1915
  •      History of Dakota Territory, by George W. Kingsbury, South Dakota its history and its people edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustrated, Volume II, 1915
  •      History of Dakota Territory, by George W. Kingsbury, South Dakota its history and its people edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustrated, Volume III, 1915
  •      History of Dakota Territory, by George W. Kingsbury, South Dakota its history and its people edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustrated, Volume IV, 1915
  •      History of Dakota Territory, by George W. Kingsbury, South Dakota its history and its people edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustrated, Volume V, 1915
  •      History of Faulk County, South Dakota, by Captain C. H. Ellis, together with biographical sketches of pioneers and prominent citizens, illustrated, 1909
  •      History of South Dakota, by Doane Robinson, together with personal mention of citizens of South Dakota, illustrated, Volume I, 1904
  •      History of South Dakota, by Doane Robinson, together with personal mention of citizens of South Dakota, illustrated, Volume II, 1904

Texas

Virginia
  • Historical Collections of Virginia containing a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes
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