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Compiler: Marlene Garrett Bransom. This book is a compilation of deaths and obituaries that appeared throughout the Pittsburgh Courier community columns and headlines from March 25, 1911, to December 27, 1912. These deaths represent individuals who lived in the small towns of southwestern Pennsylvania such as Beaver Falls, Belle Vernon, Braddock, Brownsville, Canonsburg, Connellsville, Charleroi, Erie, Greensburg,…
Compiler: Marlene Garrett Bransom. Book Two in this series is a unique compilation of deaths that encompasses over one hundred small towns and cities across the United States from January 13, 1923, to December 27, 1924. Locally featured, are the towns of Apollo, Bellevue, Brownsville, Canonsburg, Carlisle, Charleroi, Clairton, Donora, Duquesne, Ellwood City, Finleyville, Greensburg, Homestead,…
The Ultimate Research Book: Worldwide Adoption and Vital Records by Lori Carangelo | 1998 First Edition | Paperback | 293 pages | ISBN: 09425605004 | Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.32 x 11 inches | From the files of Americans For Open Records (AmFOR) | Each edition reveals how to find anyone, nationwide, dead or alive, for little…
County Courthouse Book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley | 1990 First Edition | Paperback | 386 pages | ISBN: 080631284X | This is a written survey of county courthouses and other jurisdictions, with the names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of organization of all county courthouses, a concise summary of record holdings, personnel, and services. Can…
County Courthouse Book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley | Second Edition 1996 | Paperback | 397 pages | ISBN: 0806314850| This is a complete overhaul of the 1990 classic, featuring updated coverage of 3,125 county jurisdictions and 1,577 New England towns and independent Virginia cities, details of the 18 Vermont probate districts, 9 Massachusetts districts, and…
Finding Your Italian Ancestors . . . 2nd Edition, by Grant Karcich. This book is designed to help those researching other Italian ancestry. It includes 150 addresses for Italian archival sources. Published by Heritage Productions (Book HC12) in 2007. Soft cover: 85 pages.
By Eleanor M. V. Cook. 1987. This guide is intended to make Montgomery County research easier for researchers at all levels, from beginners to those with years of experience, for genealogists, and for historians, by bringing together in one place information on county, state, and federal records concerning county residents. Paperback, 91 pages. Condition: Good,…
Christ Church was established in 1695 and was the first Episcopal church in Philadelphia. For a number of years it served the entire Anglican community, and by 1760, when St. Peter’s was split off from it, more than 10,000 baptisms and burials were recorded in its registers. These registers are intact from 1709, and the…
Edited by Kenneth Scott. Special publication No. 46. 1980. ISBN 0915156466. 301 pages. Hardcover. Good Condition. Non-circulating library edition but has library markings. Hardly used.
Pennsylvania German Marriages, Marriages, and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches, with Index, by Donna R. Irish. Published in 1984. This is the most essential collection of Pennsylvania-German source materials to appear since the publication of Strassburger and Hinke’s Pennsylvania German Pioneers over fifty years ago. Primarily a compilation of Reformed Church marriage records (including…
Index to the Probate Inventories of York County, Pennsylvania, 1749-1850 by David A. and Brenda L. Paup. Reading an inventory is like rummaging through your grandmother’s attic. You are filled with wonder and curiosity as you visualize these objects that no longer play an important part in our modern lives, but once were depended upon…
Compiled by Joseph Lee Boyle. (2014) Originally called “Very impudent when drunk or sober” Delaware Runaways, 1720-1783, this book refers to 2,500 runaways and their masters. It also includes an informative introduction concerning the status of indentured servitude and slavery in Delaware, as well as a detailed bibliography of the sources Mr. Boyle consulted and…
Births, Marriages, Deaths. 2000. 4th Edition, By Thomas Jay Kemp. Application forms and ordering information or the vital records you need for driver’s licenses, passports, jobs, social security, proof of identity, etc. Softbound, very good condition, non-circulating library edition (has library ID markings), 8.5” x 11”, 603 pages.
By Carole Shammas, Marylynn Salmon, and Michel Dahlin. 1987. A study of how Americans have distributed household wealth over three centuries, focused on the relationship between the inheritance process and changes in capitalism and the structure of the family. Hardbound, very good condition, non-circulating library edition (has library ID markings), 6” x 9”, 320 pages.
Washington County, Maryland, Cemetery Records, Volume 1, 2, and 3. Recorded by Samuel Webster Piper and edited by Dale W. Morrow, 1992-1993. Volume 1, 149 pages; encompassing the cemeteries of Sharpsburg District #1 (including Antietam National Cemetery) and Williamsport District #2. Volume 2, 140 pages, encompassing the cemeteries of the Clairspring District 4 and Hancock…
Historic data and reminiscent of the centennial. Author: Andrew White McCollough. Reprinted in 1996. 123 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Good condition. Non-circulating library edition, with library ID markings. 5.75” x 8.75” x 0.25.” Duplicate in WPGS library.
These death registrations are the result of an act in 1893 requiring assessors of the townships, boroughs, and wards to record deaths within their district (does not include deaths in Pittsburgh, Allegheny City, McKeesport, or Sewickley. ) This Index includes the name of the deceased, date and place of death, and document number. With this…
These death registrations are the result of an act in 1893 requiring assessors of the townships, boroughs, and wards to record deaths within their district (Does not include deaths in Pittsburgh, Allegheny City, McKeesport, or Sewickley. ) This Index includes the name of the deceased, date and place of death, and document number. With this…
These death registrations are the result of an act in 1893 requiring assessors of the townships, boroughs, and wards to record deaths within their district (does not include deaths in Pittsburgh, Allegheny City, McKeesport, or Sewickley. ) This Index includes the name of the deceased, date and place of death, and document number. With this…
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. Copyright 2014, 2008, 1988, 1985; 349 pages; indexes. Published by Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. ONLINE ORDERS and DIGITAL DOWNLOAD PDF ONLY. Be sure to provide an…
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