A rare of collection of historical books of reading, pa and berks county. Publication date 1906 topics westmoreland county pa. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions such as a county or town, go to locating online databases, and can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the family history library in salt lake city, utah. Jan 19, 2010 history of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania by j. History of huntingdon county, in the state of pennsylvania. The following memoranda relating to the early history of this place were learned from some of the older inhabitants. Welcome to the huntingdon county historical society. History of huntingdon county in the state of pennsylvania. History of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania j. Books were personally hand scanned one page at time at a resolution of 600dpi paying careful attention to detail. The town of huntingdon was laid out a short time previous to the revolutionary war by rev. History of huntingdon county in the state of pennsylvania from the earliest times to the centennial anniversary of american independence, july 4 1876 by milton scott lytle published at lancaster, pa by william h. The county was named for the historic english county of huntingdonshire.
Hanover has been an industrious town since it was laid out by richard mcallister in 1763. Pennsylvania history and books northumberland county. The county was created on september 20, 1787, mainly from the north part of bedford county, plus an addition of territory on the east big valley, tuscarora valley from cumberland county. Huntingdon county pa usgenweb project morris township. In addition to his statement concerning the standing stone, he has given us another fact of perhaps not less importance, and one which has been almost. The westmoreland county historical society is an educational organization. For faster results, type a keyword or surname in the search window which can be found at the top of this page or under menu on mob.
Evie adams little books relate beaver county history news, sports. Choose our history of pennsylvania books at arcadia publishing. Search usa pennsylvania huntingdon county huntingdon county. This digital collection contains the archive of the huntingdon gazette and the huntingdon journal also published as the journal and the journal and american. Genealogies books, cds and maps for genealogy research.
Huntingdon is a borough in and the county seat of huntingdon county, pennsylvania, united states. Huntingdon county is bordered by centre county north, mifflin county east, juniata county east. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your huntingdon county ancestors. It is located along the juniata river, approximately 32 miles 51 km east of altoona and 92 miles 148 km west of harrisburg. Welcome to our huntingdon county family history research page. F and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Bicentennial edition, history of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, civil, political, and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time, including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources by william h. The entire valley of the juniata was included in the county of cumberland. History of huntingdon county written by j simpson africa of huntingdon, in egles 1876 history of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. There are many types of census records for huntingdon county guide you in researching your family tree. Full text of history of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania. Featuring books of historical interest and significance to western pennsylvanias lawrence county. Childrens programsteen programsadult programs all artists welcome clubevery third thursday, 6 pm.
Hundreds of years ago, great forests of very old trees grew in the gentle valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what is now berks county. In passing through the county from the southeast to the northwest, there occur successively the tuscarora, shade, blacklog, jacks, sidelinghill, terrace, allegripus, tussey s, lock, brush, bald eagle, and the great allegheny. History frankstown, in frankstown township, is one of the oldest communities in blair county. This page is dedicated to people searching for ancestors in huntingdon county pennsylvania. Named after frank stevens, who operated a trading post nearby, the junction of the juniata and the kittanning trail became a noted gathering and commercial center in the 1730s before being gradually abandoned in the following decade as fur trading. Youll also find a wide range of historical and genealogical materials from canada, england, scotland and more. Huntingdon county, pennsylvania cemetery records leave a comment cemetery, pennsylvania most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Page 208 gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin. Bookprinted material history of huntingdon county, in the state of pennsylvania.
Historic huntingdon, 17671909 huntingdon county pa. Sci huntingdon is pennsylvanias oldest state correctional institution in continuous operation, opening its gates in 1889. Christian grew to manhood and married in berks county, and in 1800 migrated to what is now 1883 morris township, huntingdon co. The huntingdon gazette is the first successful newspaper on the town of huntingdon and covers late 1806 through early 1839. Revolutionary war soldiers gravestones bob cree pointing out revolutionary and civil war graves to roy stevens at the mcalevy cemetery in jackson township. Linnaria polly wheland, a wellversed genealogist, donated all of her research materials including family files, family books, county histories, cemetery records and copies of bible pages from some local families. Box 382, orbisonia, pa 17243 814 4475492 hunt tower, huntingdon 814 6436308.
Pennsylvania genealogy free pennsylvania genealogy. Google books a genealogical record of one branch of the donaldson family in america descendants of moses donaldson who lived in huntingdon county, penn. Bordering counties are centre county, mifflin county, juniata county, franklin county, fulton county, bedford county, blair county. Everyday discount prices and great customer service. A project of huntingdon county pa usgenweb archives. Huntingdon county historical society, huntingdon 814 6435449 p. Sci huntingdon pennsylvania department of corrections. Abraham acres adam alexander andrew antietam april battle became bedford bedford county benjamin blair blair county borough brigade built capt centre county certif charles church company dec company july 18 company june 28 company may 18 corp daniel daughter david died disch elected erected expiration of term farm. Huntingdon genealogy in huntingdon county, pa usa 1,060,369 pennsylvania 62,615 huntingdon county 581 huntingdon 112 note. Huntingdon county file manager josie baughman huntingdon county usgenweb archives. For general information and books about pennsylvania, or to locate information about other counties, visit the pennsylvania page of time voyagers bookstore dont forget to check on the parent county from which a county was originally founded. History of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania by africa, j simpson, b.
The huntingdon journal continues the coverage beginning in. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Genealogy franklin county genealogy huntingdon county fannettsburg, pa. History of northampton county, pennsylvania, illustrated 1884. Digital library of the ksgenweb biography of john w. Cree, set out to find and photograph all the marked graves of revolutionary war soldiers in huntingdon county. These are books that were published by a wide variety of publishers between the 1880s and recent years and. Descendants lived in pennsylvania, ohio and tennessee. Lands that were wild and heavily forested, and filled. History of westmoreland county, pennsylvania by boucher, john newton, 18541933. Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of the juniata. June george george w henderson henry hollidaysburg hundred huntingdon county indians isaac jacob james john johnston joseph july 18. What huntingdon county, pa census records are available. All books set in huntingdon on the global book map.
Federal population schedules are available for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940. The huntingdon county historical society is pleased to announce its annual winter lecture series. History and historical places in huntingdon county, pennsylvania. See more ideas about pennsylvania, pennsylvania history and places. History of huntingdon county, in the state of pennsylvania from the earliest times to the centennial anniversary of american independence, july 4, 1876 by milton scott lytle. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much more. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. History and books about berks county, pennsylvania. Families of huntingdon county, pa the coniglio family website obituary of charles lloyd connor, 18911941 source. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level.
If the survey book reference has only one number, then only a letter was used to identify that survey book. Greene county, pennsylvania genealogy familysearch. History of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania. Every survey book reference will contain a letter and usually two numbers for the book citation and a page number. Being a brief account of the history of huntingdon from its earliest settlements to the present day, comprising many historical facts, now published for the first time, regarding its formation. Huntingdon county pa probate records lds genealogy. Huntingdon county, pennsylvania map it was created on september 20, 1787 from bedford county. Genealogy search huntingdon county, pa family history.
Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. Internet archive world war i draft registration cards, 19171918 huntingdon county source. History of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania open. Huntingdon county, egles history of pa, 1883 huntingdon. Raymond martin bell john weston 17201792, of unknown origi, and wife agnes lived in juniata twp. Census bureau maintains genealogy records in the form of census data. Huntingdon county is a county located in the center of the u.
When completed, the philadelphia congregations early records project will offer over 41,000 pages of. The huntingdon journal continues the coverage beginning in the mid 1830s and running through the middle of the. University of california history biography of amos cook source. If you have the desire to help transcribe genealogical data and place it online for the free use of all researchers, volunteer information is available here. Many of fayette countys local history books have been digitized, but finding them online can be tricky. Early craftsmen prospered, benefiting from the towns location at an intersection for travelers and settlers moving west during the colonial period. On the delaware in falls township, bucks county, pennsylvania. The books listed here are books that were not published by hearthstone legacy publications. Pennsylvania huntingdon and broad top mountain drakes ferry and east broad top east broad top railroad and coal company lewisburg, centre and spruce creek telegraphs. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. Historical address, sunday, october 23, 1932 by fackenthal, b. We found books set in huntingdon and 9 others set nearby. John harris, from whom i have quoted the distances from place to place through huntingdon county, deserves to be inscribed on the list of those who have written history without knowing it. The books in this section are all printed books most are hardbound, and are not cds or dvds.
History of huntingdon and blair counties, pennsylvania on. Huntingdon county historical society working to preserve. On a saturday evening this past december, friends and family members of evelyn evie adams gathered at the serbian club. Huntingdon white pages phone books in pennsylvania pa. Adobe acrobat reader required to view digital books. Huntingdon county pennsylvania, huntingdon genealogy, juniata river valley, huntingdon borough, early newspapers, weekly advertiser, democratic newspaper, laural springs paper mill, primary sources, standing stone. The county lies entirely within the great central mountainous district, and its surface is consequently rugged. The county seat is located in huntingdon and in addition the county government website is what counties are adjacent to huntingdon county, pa. Click to read more about history of huntingdon county, pennsylvania by i. The weston family of huntingdon county, pennsylvania. Originally intended to reform and educate young male offenders, inmates were schooled in the trades which included, painting, plumbing, carpentry and cabinet making, electrical, masonry stone and brick a foundry.
Full text of history of huntingdon and blair counties. For example, d 17 177 should be interpreted as survey book d17, page 177. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35 million users. Archives of historical books of reading, pa and berks county. The doctor had been over to england soliciting funds in aid of the university.
Biography of david diggins the centennial history of oregon, 18111912 source. Book printed material history of huntingdon county, in the state of pennsylvania. This state page of our website provides direct links to free pennsylvania genealogy databases and historical titles and information found on pennsylvania genealogy, whether they exist on our site, or across the web. Special thanks to susan walters who transcribed this work. On this page, weve gathered our recommended titles for.
History and historical places in huntingdon county. Outreach services is the traveling branch of the huntingdon county library, serving those who cannot easily access the library by offering a variety of services that can take place anywhere in the county, bringing the library wherever you are. A brief history of this county will appear here soon. The beaver county genealogy and history center operates on a very limited budget. Forgotten books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. Forgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Welcome to huntingdon county pennsylvania history and genealogy. Huntingdon county genealogy records are kept by a number of different government agencies and departments in huntingdon county, pennsylvania. June george george w henderson henry hollidaysburg hundred huntingdon county. History genealogy real property pennsylvania old cumberland co. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. History of washington county, pennsylvania historic pittsburgh. The weston family of huntingdon county, pennsylvania book. Other municipal and pennsylvania state offices also maintain records that are useful for tracing lineage.
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