Edited by Leon J. Stout. Publication Number 2 of the Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Boalburg, Pennsylvania, 1979. Second Printing, 1979. This volume contains an introduction to Patee Library, general references and census materials, and Pennsylvania materials. Many of the entries in this guide were compiled by members of the Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Softbound, good…
By Floyd G. Hoenstine. 1978. First edition. Suggestions for research in the field of genealogy and history, with sources of information in Pennsylvania. Hardbound, good condition, non-circulating library edition (has library ID markings), 8.5” x 11”, 604 pages. $20.00
By Louis M. Waddell. This books of easy-to-read essays reflects the human dilemmas and working concerns that have brought Americans before their highest court of law. In these 17 stories, which originated in Pennsylvania or reflect its traditions, we see the Court employing the Constitution as a shield against arbitrary government and narrow conceptions of…
Burials in the Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, 1811-1995. Compiled and published by Allen R. & Marla K. Mechling. Not just another cemetery book, this compilation contains a vast amount of genealogical information on the early founders and residents of the Kittanning and central Armstrong County area. Taken from cemetery card files, tombstone readings, family histories,…
Pastoral Records, 1989-1999, An Historical Records Volume, Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church. Compiled by Robert O. Boyd and edited by Norman Carlysle Young in 1999. This volume is the third in a series of Pastoral Records that endeavor to encapsulate the entire record of men and women who served the Western Pennsylvania…
Records From The Past, Funeral Home Records, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1. Compiled by Kathryn Cooley Miller, First Edition, April 1997. Includes Sharp, Wagner, Cooley, Goldsboro, and Williams Funeral Homes. ISBN #1-55856-253-2. 176 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 8.25″ x 10.75” x 0.4.” Duplicate in WPGS library.
An Index to the 1798 Direct Tax for Pennsylvania, Wheatfield Township, Westmoreland County (Indiana County), Volume I. Prepared by G. J. Gregord, CGRS, 1987. A unique reference source for genealogists searching for late eighteenth-century ancestors. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 25 pages. 8.5″ x 11” x 0.25”. Duplicate in WPGS library.
Lehigh County (Pennsylvania) Tombstone Abstracts of persons born prior to 1800 from 64 cemeteries within the limits of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, by Charles F. Seng. First Edition, October 2007. ISBN# 978-1-55856-486-2. It contains some unique and vivid personal information that may not be available elsewhere! The author personally did his own footwork with all that…
Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA, Deed Records (Books AA, BB, CC, DD), Deeds Recorded 1784-1791, Volume 4. Includes areas now comprising Dauphin and Lebanon counties. Compiled by Edward N. Wevodau. 160 pages. Indexed. Softcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 8.5” x 10.5” x 0.35.” First printing, July 2004. ISBN #1558564268. Price:
Stringtown on the Pike by John Fulton Stuart Collins, Jr. in 1996. Tales and history of East Liberty and the East Liberty Valley of Pennsylvania. Covers the origin of Stringtown, the early struggles, and the people who shaped its destiny, past and present, together with related stories of old “Pittsburgh” coincident with the settlement of…
Bessemer Cemetery, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. Includes Bessemer Finnish, Bessemer Swedish, Bessemer Jugo-Slav, and Saint Anthony cemeteries in Bessemer, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. By Dwight Edward Copper in 2004. 79 pages. Illustrated. Indexed. Softcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 8.5” x 11” x 1”. Duplicate in WPGS library.
Death Records of Butler County, Pennsylvania, 1852-1854 and 1893-1905. Transcription of original records by Cindy Baughman and Pat Collins in 2005. 181 pages. Hardcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 8.5” x 11” x 0.75”. Duplicate in WPGS library.
Cemetery Census with Genealogical Data with a History of the Congregation compiled by Dwight Edward Copper in 2003. This cemetery record book not only includes stone readings by section and row, but contains genealogical material as well as copies of clippings from newspaper records, the history of the Rich Hill Presbyterian Church, baptisms and marriages,…
Compiled from original records by Phillip A. Rice in 1994. This church was formerly called Bethany United Evangelical and is located at 13th and Market Streets, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Records of two church books of historical records, lists of pastors (1894-1993), members, marriages (1897-1993), baptisms (1897-1993), deaths (1950-1993) plus every name index make this…
Howard Frank and Dorothy (Rhoades) Finfrock: Their Ascendants and Descendants. Author: Barbara J. Finfrock. First Edition, 1987. 502 pages. Illustrated. Indexed. Hardcover. Excellent condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 8.5” x 11.25” x 1.5.” This family is mostly found in Ohio and Indiana. Duplicate in WPGS library.
Now the First United Methodist Church of Pottsville. Compiled from original records by Phillip A. Rice; indexed by Jean A. Dellock. First Printing, 2004. ISBN #1558564225. 216 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 8.5” x 10.5” x 1.5.” Duplicate in WPGS library.
Compiled by Norman B. Wilkinson. Edited by S. K. Stevens and Donald H. Kent. 1957. 826 pages. Indexed. Hardbound. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 6.25” x .9.25” x 1.75”. Duplicate in WPGS library.
Author S. K. Stevens. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged by Donald H. Kent in 1976. Originally Published in 1960 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 58 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 6” x 9” x 0.25”.
Including wills and administrations of Union, Mifflin, and Indiana Counties, all formerly a part of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Compiled by Charles A. Fisher in 1992. The abstracts are arranged by county and are therein divided into separate sections of wills and administrations. Approximately 10,000 persons are mentioned in the text and includes an index to…
An early settler of the Wyoming Valley and a soldier of the American Revolution. Author: Edward Merrifield, Scranton, PA. Reprinted in 1998. The story of the captivity and rescue from the Indians of Luke Swetland, an early settler of the Wyoming Valley (PA), coming with the Connecticut settlers in 1769, and a soldier of the…
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