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A Brief History of Jefferson County: Wiki
Joseph Barnett: Bio / A second Bio "Father of Jefferson County" Jefferson County Neighbors Armstrong ~ Clarion ~ Clearfield ~ Elk ~ Forest ~ Indiana |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Search Jefferson County
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"History of Jefferson county, Pennsylvania,
A Bicentennial Project of the Orange County, CA Genealogical Society |
| Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ FS: Historical Images ~ Obituaries B ~ M ~ D's Pennsylvania State Records & Databases Pennsylvania State Digital Archives Pennsylvania State Library 'Free PA Records on Ancestry' - Please Use This Link Colonial Dames Registers & Records: The Archive.org Site has a lot of Colonial Dames Books for Pennsylvania |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Family Search: Births & Christenings: 1709>1950 Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 [Filing Years: 1941-1976] Allegheny, Beaver & Jefferson Family Search: Actual Certificates & Petitions |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Marriage Records & Resources Family Search ~ Marriage Records for 'Pennsylvania Neighboring States': Delaware https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1609795 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2340271 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1674782 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1447341 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2787818 Maryland https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2523377 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675199 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204 New Jersey https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2842740 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2106099 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1803976 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2365247 New York https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1680847 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2373836 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1618491 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2058668 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2727138 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2143225 Ohio https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2367319 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1681001 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2787827 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804 West Virginia https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1408729 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1708701 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4375852 Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Pennsylvania and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. Pennsylvania Marriages: 1709 >1940 Civil Marriages: Pennsylvania ~ 1677 - 1950 These Record Images have a lot of valuable information FS: Log in, Collections, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Vital Records [Online Only] FS Catalog Registration of marriages, 1852-1855 Author:Jefferson County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Pennsylvania. County Court (Jefferson County) Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1916 Author:Jefferson County (Pennsylvania). Clerk of Orphans' Court; Pennsylvania. County Court (Jefferson County) More from FS: "Collections" - Regular Search Function Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 Poulson's American Daily Advertiser This publication has Marriage and Deaths gleaned from the Newspaper: The dates range from Jan 1800 > Dec 1810 for both Marriages & Deaths. The whole book can be downloaded from the FS Catalog: Log in to FS and use 'Catalog' Search and "Poulson". 1791>1799, 1800>1810, 1811>1825, 1826>1830 The pages are hand written by one person, so once you get used to the formation of the letters the names are not too hard to read. and... Years ago, I created an index for Jefferson Folk who got married in places other than their 'Home County' The Marriage Records, Certificates, etc were all gleaned from Family Search Databases. The Search Criteria: "Born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania." The Index is Here: There are 45 pages In addition to the above database from FS, there are three sets of Marriage Records gleaned from Ancestry: Cuyahoga, OH: 1810-1973 ~ Montana: 1865-1987 ~ Washington: 1854-2013 ~ Wisconsin: 1836-1911 Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1940 ~ Illinois, Cook County, Marriages, 1871-1920 also... Remember that many times folks 'ran away' to neighboring Counties to get married... Historical Images: Vital Records / Jefferson County "Neighbors" Armstrong, Clearfield, Clarion, Elk, Forest and Indiana Early vital records of Pennsylvania : Church parish records and cemetery inscriptions of western Pennsylvania, 1969 [DAR Records] |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Vital Databases on FamilySearch: Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 Pennsylvania Obituaries, 1977-2010 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 Jefferson County Deaths: LDS Film #927545: 1893-1906 Registration of deaths, 1853-1854 [Jefferson Co., PA: Register of Wills - Author] also... California Death Index : Born in Pennsylvania, died in San Luis Obispo Co., CA [Possible Obits from the above database] and... Years ago, I created an index for Jefferson Folk who died in places other than their 'Home County' The Death Records, Certificates, etc were all gleaned from Family Search Databases. The Search Criteria: Born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The Index is here, there are 69 pages. Information Gleaned: Name, Date of Birth, Date of Death, Event = Location of Death Record and from Ancestry... Death Certificates: IN, 1899-2011 & KY Deaths: 1852-1965 |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Family Search Historical Images Records that are not available with the traditional FS Search The Types of Information: Births [Delayed], Biographies, Cemetery, Census, Deaths & DC's, Deeds, Docket, Orphan Ct Rec's, History, Photos, Grantee Indexes, Marriage & Marriage Licenses, Military Discharge Rec's, Naturalization's, 'Soldier Rec's' [Army] Warrants, Wills Locations & Time Frame: Jefferson Co., PA Barnes, Knox Twp, Rose Twp, and Soldier, Winslow Township Time Frame: 1810 > 1974 Please use this Link for the Chart with the Film Descriptions and Number And Then: Search, Catalog, and plug in the DGS Film number of interest from the Chart in the 'Fiche-Film' slot Note: If you want to do the searches for yourself: To acess the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images: Enter Location of Interest |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Cemetery Records With the continuing work of volunteers for F~A~G, this page will contain a just link. There are 174 Cemeteries listed on F~A~G Other records will be listed as they are located. St James Lutheran & Methodist Church Cemeteries Ringold, Jefferson, Pennsylvania Data Copied: 1950 by Miss Josephine Young, Ogden, Utah Please use this Link: Booklet in pdf format The PA portion of the USGenWeb� Archives has quite a few Cemeteries with Transcriptions for Jefferson County: Please use this Link Family Search has a set of records: Roll of Honor Names of soldiers who died in defence of the American Union, interred in... Please Use This Link - There are 27 Volumes Ancestry has an interesting collection of Cemetery Databases:  |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Obituaries There have been a lot of obits transcsribed by the Volunteers for the Jefferson County portion of the USGenWeb� Archives: They can be found using this Link. Obituary Databases & Books: Family Search PA Obits: 1977-2010 US Obituaries, American His. Soc. of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 California, Fresno and Napa Counties, Obituaries, 1974-1997 California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 Idaho, Southeast Counties, Obituaries, 1864 - 2007 Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 [FS Dbs] Arizona, Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008 [FS Dbs] "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY" 1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden Download the Books Here: There are indexes at the end of each book. The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death & Funeral Notices Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers Obituaries from NewsBank For these 4 PA Counties: Allegheny ~ Beaver ~ Jefferson ~ Westmoreland 1983 > 2020 / Possible Obituaries : California Death Index California Death Index : Born in Pennsylvania, died in San Luis Obispo Co., CA [Possible Obits from the above database] and... finally Miscellaneous Vital Records From the LDS Catalog ~ Sign in for access Pennsylvania Probate Records: 1683>1994 Will Abstracts: Gen Soc of PA Vol VII [1920] |
| Military ~ Crime & Punishment ~ Odds & Ends Military Records & Resources War in Pennsylvania PA Volunteers in the Civil War - Jefferson County Civil War ~ Civil War Maps ~ War of 1812 Spanish-American War ~ War of the Revolution PA Digital Archives ~ War Records ~ Siege of Fort Pitt ~ Military Forts in PA Internet Archives ~ Misc War Records US Mexican War Index & Service Records, 1846-1848 Military Records Family Search ~ 1890 Veteran's Schedule Military Headstone Applications ["Died in Jefferson Co." FS Dbs] Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998 Compiled Service Military Records The Internet Archives [Archive.org] has a huge amount of filmed records. This link is for Pennsylvania "Soldiers of the Great War", Vol 3, Pennsylvania Time Lines for Wars LDS Catalog Military Data with a connection to Jefferson County, PA Life-struggles in rebel prisons : a record of the sufferings, escapes, adventures and starvation of the Union "prisoners, containing an appendix with the names, regiments, and date of death of Pennsylvania soldiers who died at Andersonville" Statement of Responsibility: by Joseph Ferguson ; with an introduction by Joseph T. Cooper Publication: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988 Microreproduction of originals published: Philadelphia : J.M. Ferguson, c1865. xxiv, 206 p. LDS Film # 08812501 Index: A - F: Img 117 - 120 ~ G - L: Img 120 - 123 M - R: Img 123 - 125 ~ S - Z: Img 125 - 128 "Record of the Federal Dead Buried From: Libby, Nelle Isle, Danville & Camp Lawton Prisons and at City Point, and in the Field before Petersburg and Richmond" Published: US Christian Commission Philadelphia: James B Rodgers, Printers, 1865 There is an Index and an Explanation about the Cemeteries Download Book from Family Search or "Soldiers And Patriots Biographical Album Containing Biographies and Portraits of Soldiers and Loyal Citizens In the American Conflict, Together with the Great Commanders of the Union Army" Also A History of the Organizations growing out of the War: The Grand Army of the Republic, The Loyal Legion, The Sons of Veterans, and The Woman's Relief Corps Chicago, ILL Union Veteran Publishing Company, 1892. There are a great number of Biographies in the above book. I have gleaned some for Pennsylvania, but there are probably more. The Complete Index can be found here. Read online or download here. Civil War Biographies: Genealogy Trails Major-General George Brinton Mcclellan ~ Major-General George Gordon Meade Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock ~ Major-General John W. Geary Brigadier-General Alexander Hays ~ Major-General John Fulton Reynolds Lieutenant John T. Greble ~ Rear-Admiral David D. Porter ~Rear-Admiral John A. Dahlgren Genealogy Trails also has lots of other Pennsylvania Military Data. Please use this link for access. "Thanks to Gen Trails" We appreciate You!   Two New Databases: Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 [FS] The above set of files is very interesting. There are thousands of records. U.S., Naval Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, 1825-1889 [Ancestry] Military "Historical Bulletins" The Historical Bulletin : devoted to patriotism, genealogy and historical research; our ancestors and relatives and their military achievements The above magazines are available on FS Books: Log in, Search: Books: Enter Pennsylvania Military Then to the left: 'Full Access' |||<?>||| Crime And Punishment "The Espy Files" PA begins on Pg 275 [US Executions] Iowa, Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1867-1970 [Anc Dbs] Alabama Convicts, 1886 - 1952 [Anc Dbs] Texas, Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875-1945 [And Dbs] Miscellaneous Prison & Correctional Institution Records Family Search Catalog    |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Odds and Ends Libraries ~ Archives ~ Newspapers Pennsylvania State Digital Archives Pennsylvania State Library 'How to get access to 'Free PA Records on Ancestry' Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive There is one Jefferson County Newspaper Listed The Star , Reynoldsville, 954 Issues 11 May 1892 > 28 December 1910 Library of Congress ~ National Archives University of Pittsburgh, Digital Library Pennsylvania Quakers: A lot of great information [archive.org] Mining and Land Records Mining in Pennsylvania Mining Artifacts ~ Underground Miners Mining Disasters ~ Knox Mine Disaster Land Records Guide |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Census Records Records: Indexes & Images Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules ~ 1890 Veteran's & Widow's Census Population Schedules: Download Rolls of Film USGW Archives: All Jefferson County Files Stephen Morse & More |||/?\|||~|||/?\|||~|||/?\||| Miscellaneous Gleanings: PassPort Applications ~ Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959 [FS Dbs]n California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 Anc Dbs] New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963 [Anc Dbs] U.S., Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1914-1962 [Anc Dbs] Social Security Applications: 1936>1990 [FS Dbs] U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 [POB: Allegheny, Beaver & Jefferson-Anc Dbs] ] U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [Anc Dbs] U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847 - 2015 [Anc Dbs] Note: Ancestry is still updating this dbs, it has a lot of information available] Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812 - 1934 [Anc Dbs] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) [Anc Dbs] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Homes for Disabled Veterans:1866 > 1938 [Anc Dbs] U.S., List of Interred Soldiers of the U.S. Army, 1827-1889 |
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