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Family, church, and commercial cemeteries, both past and present, with address and phone number (with available). Reference is made to the location and availability of records. Softbound, 76 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
In 1906, Allegheny City was annexed to Pittsburgh, and two years later, the pattern of wards was modified, and many street names were changed because of duplication. The 11” x 17” maps show old and new street names and old and new ward boundaries. This atlas is a necessary tool for census and city directory…
Volume I: Deaths in the Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Districts, 1888-1897 (124 pages. Volume II: Deaths in the PA Bituminous Coal Districts, 1898-1901. (Also known as Fatal and Nonfatal Accidents in the Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Districts) (236 pages) The Superintendent of every coal mine in Pennsylvania was required to send to the Mine Inspector an annual…
Lists names of 6,000 owners, along with the date and time of the fire, plus location, structure type, and cause of the fire. Softbound, 345 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
These publications list over 14,000 names from marriage returns performed by ministers, aldermen, and justices of the peace in Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1875. Alphabetical by groom with an index to brides. Softbound. Vol. 1, A-G, 228 pages. Vol. 2, H-M, 228 pages. Vol. 3, N-Z, 225 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
This publication lists names from marriage returns performed by ministers, aldermen, and justices of the peace in Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1875. Alphabetical by groom with an index to brides. Vol. 1, A-G. Softbound. 228 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
This publication lists names from marriage returns performed by ministers, aldermen, and justices of the peace in Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1875. Alphabetical by groom with an index to brides. Vol. 2, H-M. Softbound. 228 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
This publication lists names from marriage returns performed by ministers, aldermen, and justices of the peace in Pittsburgh from 1870 to 1875. Alphabetical by groom with an index to brides. Vol. 3, N-Z. Softbound. 225 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Over 4,500 names are included from Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Softbound, 88 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Prior to 1906, Allegheny City was an independent entity separate from the City of Pittsburgh. Information includes the place of birth for the bride and groom, the residence of each, age, race, occupation, date of marriage, and the name of the person performing the ceremony. 2,500 entries. Includes a separate listing of aldermen and ministers…
Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, Personal War Sketches of the African American Members of Col. Robert G. Shaw Post No. 206, Pittsburgh. Contains the personal stories of over 275 Civil War soldiers and sailors as told in their own words. Serves as a methodology resource for anyone doing Civil War research. Coil…
Abstracts of every news item and advertisement of genealogical interest from the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies, including marriages, deaths, indentured servants, runaway slaves, estates, land sales, etc. 366 pages. Published by Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Extant (surviving) voter lists for the City of Pittsburgh, beginning in 1805 and extending to the 1850s. Over 13,000 names. Softbound. Published by Western Pennsyvlania Genealogical Society. 164 pages.
This alphabetical list of Presbyterian churches, past and present, lists the address, type, content, and location of each extant church record. Includes names of early ministers. Softbound. 74 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Lists congregations and traces the history, locations, names and denominational changes of dissenting churches in Allegheny County. Softbound. 41 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Lists 3,500 students enrolled in the Civil War Soldiers’ Orphan Schools of Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Crawford, Fayette, Mercer, and Westmoreland counties in 1876. Gives dates of birth, admission, and discharge, and home post office address when not in school. Contains significant genealogical remarks about many children. Brief description and history of the orphan schools. Both…
An every-name landowner index to the Atlas of Butler County from 1874. Softbound. 27 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
The cemetery is at 647 Allegheny Avenue, Oakmont, PA 15139. This booklet includes a description of the cemetery and tombstone readings. Softbound, 160 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
This 11″ X 17″ atlas contains 49 plates that depict the original land grants that settlers of present-day Allegheny County received from the Commonwealth after William Penn and his descendants vested the land to the legislature issued starting in the late 1780s and early 1790s, which fell into two specific categories: The Treaty of Fort…