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Elk County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Project

A project of the Pennsylvania USGenWeb

Bob Nay, Your Elk County Coordinator

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Elk County PA
Elk County PA

Winslow Hill
Winslow Hill, Benezette
The most popular elk-viewing site in Pennsylvania
Where in Elk County is Benezette?

 

Hi, and welcome to the new Elk County PAGenWeb site.

First of all--A special note of thanks and appreciation to Ellis Michaels-our neighboring PAGenWeb Clearfield County Coordinator- and others (Judy Banja and Joe Patterson)for their assistance in helping me establish the Elk County website.

This website is being maintained by Bob Nay. Click on my name and search my family gedcom files there which include my ancestors that settled early in Jay and Benezette Townships- The Winslows,Ovells, Burkes, Hicks, and many more.

The USGenWeb Kidz Project

My one major regret in getting involved in my family histories / genealogy was that I didn't start sooner or listen better. I lost those opportunites to talk to my father, grandparents, and even a great-grand father and other relations who passed on before I got interested. So I recommend to all to not wait and even if you have a chance to encourage our young ones to learn their family stories. The USGenWeb Kidz is one resource you can take advantage of whether you are a teacher , parent, or grandparent. Have fun with our young ones by sharing stories you may only know- please pass it on.

Be A Participant and ShareYour Info on This Website

You can support our genealogy efforts by contributing any files, records, family stories; by volunteering your time, or making suggestions. Additionally you can contribute to the Pennsylvania genealogy project in the following links.

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I specifically could use volunteers to help with each township in developing up to date histories, cemetery records, special biographies, and ancestor files. I will try to work on Benezette and Jay townships, but definitely need help on the others. Please email me if you can help out. Hope you find this site helpful in your search and come back often to see the changes.


I do not live in Pennsylvania and am not able to do research in Elk county. So please do not email me with lookup questions or queries. Use the mailing list or message boards - there's a wealth of knowledge and help there!


I'm very interested in your comments and suggestions to make this site useful and interesting to you.
Please submit your comments in this linked comment form. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the site and information.


There's a lot of information stored in these links below. It's almost overwhelming. But I've tried to make this info as specific to Elk County as I can. I just wish there was more primary information. Hopefully this is occur overtime as we share more.



When searching genealogy records, remember Elk County was created on April 18, 1843 from parts of neighboring Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean Counties (check these sites and records also). The Elk and related wildlife are an important make-up of this region both historically and today in Elk county. First State Game Lands established in Pennsylvania, in 1920, are here. The county seat-Ridgway- was settled in 1824.

Elk County Related Archives- USGenWeb Project

USGenWeb Archives-Elk
USGenWeb Archives-with Elk Link
National Archives-Genealogy


US GenWeb Project



US GenWeb Archives



Click to PaGenWeb County Map

Our Neighbors: Jefferson ; Clearfield ; McKean ; Cameron ; Forest ; Warren



PA GenWeb Project


PA GenWeb Archives


Honoring our Elk County (and all) Veterans
United We Win         

Thirteen Farewells(Worthy Reading)
Penna Volunteers of the Civil War Penna Volunteers of the Civil War-42nd Regiment
Elk County Military Affairs
Mt Zion Historical Society
Pennsylvania State Archives- Veteran's Info
National Park Service Civil War

Elk County Genealogy Resources & Links:

Cemeteries
Censuses, Wills, Bibles, Photos, etc
Family Group Project/ Genealogies/Special Rememberances
Elk County Courthouse, Ridgway

PLEASE SHARE YOUR RECORDS:

( births, obits, wills, and many more)

updated Elk County History


updated Elk County Today
Elk

Elk Fall in Pa

Mailing Lists & Message Boards



Click for Penna County Map
USGS Elk Townships Map
USGS Elk Townships Map
Map: 1912 Elk County
Penna County Formation Map
USGS - Elk County Map Query Page

HowStuffWorks

How DNA Profiling Works
How Genealogy Works
HowStuffWorks-Genealogy Websites

Other Genealogy Guides (see Genealogy Resources for more)

RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Histories
Old Handwriting
Ancestor Search Engines
Family Search
RootsWeb Search
World Connect


WorldGenWeb

View Elk County Calendar



Please feel free to post your Reunions,Local Genealogy Meetings etc.

View PA Genealogy Calendar

Take a Break with Fun Genealogy
Fun for all Ages

Genealogy Word Games
Genealogy for Kids
The USGenWeb Kidz
Nothing about Genealogy -BrainBashers Hangman



 

Copyright © 2008 Bob Nay and contributors

All materials located on this website are the sole property of the webmaster and the original contributors (file donations). In developing this site I have attempted to honor all copyright provisions- if any corrections need to be made please email me. You may copy any of this information for your own personal research but please refrain from selling it commercially or reposting it online without permission from the author(s).


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