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.
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.
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.
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).
