Please do not purchase this unless instructed by a WPGS researcher. If a researcher contact you explaining the need for additional funds for copies, use this item. This allows you to pay for additional pages requested during the course of your research project. Your researcher will instruct you on the number of pages to include.
WPGS has published the Allegheny Index to Dockets. Click here to view the indexes. WPGS will make a copy of the corresponding docket page for one name per order. To request a copy of a page from the Allegheny County Dockets, please complete the Archives Lookup Services Order Form and return it with your check made payable…
The Coroner of Allegheny County maintained a census of arrivals at the County Morgue. The morgue record, from which the index was produced, may include such information as name of deceased, occupation, residence, physical appearance, date and cause of death, where found, disposition of remains, age, and description of clothing and effects. See the Allegheny…
WPGS will copy the death register information for any one entry from the WPGS book index. Please complete the WPGS Research Services Order Form and the WPGS Allegheny Co. Death Registration Form and email these forms to research@wpgs.org after initiating a PayPal payment.
WPGS will provide you copies of the Naturalization Record for one named ancestor from the WPGS 7 Volume publication, “A List of Immigrants who applied for Naturalization papers in the District Courts of Allegheny Co. Pa. 1798-1906” You will receive a copy of the abstract from our publication volume and a copy of the microfilmed…
The WPA Home Survey Project, compiled in 1936 and 1937 by the Works Project Administration provides invaluable information on certain Allegheny County properties in existence at that time. Not available for all addresses. WPA home survey records include a physical description of the property, as well as a sketch of the property’s outlines (top view…
We will send you a photocopy of a completed application form, along with documents of proof of residency, for one approved First Families Ancestor Application previously submitted by a WPGS member. An index to First Family ancestors is searchable online in our Members Only Area, and is one of the benefits of a WPGS membership. …
We will search all relevant holdings in our WPGS collection for a specific individual, for an hourly fee. Up to 10 photocopies are included in that charge. Additional copies will require an additional copy fee of $.50 per page. We will also provide recommendations of additional sources for further research. Answers are in writing with…
We will search for up to 1 hour, for an individual in our Family Files, Church History Files, Cemetery History Files and Member Ancestor Chart Files for a fee. You will be advised as to the number of pages found. The above fee includes up to 10 pages copied. All extra pages copied are $0.50…
We will check the indices of up to 5 printed volumes that you select from our online catalog. Please list authors and titles, and indicate the surname or place name you wish us to search for. The fee includes a photocopy of the title page and the index pages on which the surname or place…
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