Union County was created from Northumberland
County on 22 March 1813.
Welcome to the Union County PAGenWeb Project.
Purpose
The purpose of this site is to provide tools for the
genealogist and family historian researching primary and
secondary documentary materials. These tools include necessary
historical and geographical background material needed for
research, as well as respositories and the kinds of primary and
secondary resource materials that are available.
Limitations
While the Internet provides much material for research, it
must be remembered that all transcribed material, whether on the
Internet or published, is secondary source material,
statistically more prone to error than primary materials. The
Internet, and this site, has limitations for proper researching
and documentation of genealogical research. For further
information about how to use the Internet for accurate research,
consult the National Genealogical Society's Standards For
Use Of Technology In Genealogical Research.
Finding Source Material
Because the focus of this site is limited, the researcher will
find transcriptions and other secondary resource materials in the
Union County
PAGenWeb Archives, part of the USGenWeb and PAGenWeb
projects. Materials transcribed and available elsewhere on the
Internet are listed on the Links
page.
Best Practices
The top horizontal menu consists mostly offsite links to areas
closely related to this website.
- Home - this page
- Archives (offsite) - Look here for transcriptions maintaned
for the PAGenWeb Archives project
- Mailing List (offsite) - Subscribe to genealogical email
messages in Union County free
- Message Board (offsite) - Check queries and other postings
for Union County
- Links - Lists of links to other family, county government,
and travel websites
- Contact Me - Click on this to contact me with your questions
about Union County research and this website
The left side vertical menu is in three parts:
- Background - geographical and historical background
information necessary to determine what and where records are
available;
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- Bibliography - Basic reading on the history and topography of
the county
- Civil Divisions - Listing of current civil divisions
(boroughs and townships)
- County Formation - Chronology of juridictional boundaries and
how they changed over time
- Gazetteer - Table of place names, aliases and locations
- Maps - Historical maps of the county to be used in tandem
with above pages
- Repositories - collections of records in the county;
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- Courthouse - Information about records access in the county
courthouse
- Funeral Homes - Names and locations of funeral homes in the
county and adjacent areas
- Historical Society - Research information from the Union
County Historical Society
- Libraries - County libraries with genealogical and historical
resources
- Resources - what kinds of records are available
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- Cemeteries - Known cemeteries and their locations in the
county
- Census - Census records available on microfilm and the
Internet
- Churches - Older churches and records availability
- Military - Military records and where they can be found
- Newspapers - Periodicals, their years and locations
This page was updated on
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