Blair County Genealogical Society, Blair County, PA

All Pennsylvania counties, complete from 1790 through 1920, on microfilm.
1790 Census for states of Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia.
1850 Census for states of:

Iowa - Jefferson, Johnson, Jones and Keokuk counties
Ohio - Montgomery County - 2 reels

1890 Census of Union Veterans, Widows and Dependents - 5 reels - 22 counties
1880 Mortality Schedules: 6 reels covering Adams to York Counties
1930 Pennsylvania Census, all counties, on microfilm - no index is available

CENSUS INDEXES

Pennsylvania Census Indexes in book form, 1790-1860

1910 Pennsylvania Miracode Index on CD

CHURCH

First United Presbyterian Church, 14th ave & 12th St, Altoona

First United Methodist Church, 12th ave & 13th Street, Altoona

First Presbyterian Church, Walnut & Allegheny St. Hollidaysburg, 1861-1880

Duncansville Methodist Church, Allegheny Twp. Blair County

Salem Lutheran Church, Antis Twp. 1805-1877

First Presbyterian Church, Tyrone, 1857-1907

Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania, Albert H. Ledoux, compiler, 5 volumes, 1793-1869

COUNTY HISTORIES

Africa, J. Simpson, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, 2 volumes

Davis, Tarring, History of Blair County, 2 volumes

Wiley, Samuel T., Biographical and Portrait Encyclopedia of Blair County, Pa., 2 volumes

COURT

Blair County Register of Births, 1894-1905

Delayed Birth Records - complete, indexed

Orphans Court Estate Records, indexed

Death Records, 1896-1905

Blair County Orphan Court Dockets - 1958-1980’s

Blair County Marriage Records, 1885-1981

EQUIPMENT

12 microfilm readers

3 microfilm reader-printers

5 copy machines

LAND

Pennsylvania Warrant Registers, Commissions and Patents - 348 reels

Blair County Deeds - 400 deed registers in books and/or on microfiche

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM

OBITUARY COLLECTIONS AND INDEXES

BEDFORD COUNTY

Salemville, Advocate & Herald 1894-1898
The Bedford Gazette - (Abstracts 180 -1898) 1900-1909, 1966-1978, 1980, 1983-2007
Everett - The Bedford County Press - 1962, 1963, 1965, 1991 & 1992
Everett, The Everett Press, 1897
Saxton - The Broad Top Bulletin - 1989-1994, 1998 & 1999, 2003-2007

BLAIR COUNTY

Altoona Mirror - 1908, 1909, 1912 (6 mo.), 1923-1932, 1979-2007
Archie Claar Collection - Bedford - Blair - Cambria Mixed, 1933-1948

BCGS Obituary Collection & Index, 1979 to date and miscellaneous dates
Hoenstine Obituary Collection - 1948-1983
Martinsburg - Morrisons Cove Herald - 1885-2007
Spielman Collection - Blair - Bedford Cambria Mixed, 1960s-1970s, 4,806 Pages
Tyrone Herald & Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone Borough Death List 1881-1931
Tyrone Daily Herald - 2003-2007

BUCKS COUNTY

The Morning Call - 1998, 2002-2004

BUTLER COUNTY

Mixed Dates - 1922-1965

CAMBRIA COUNTY

Barnsboro Star - 1997
Johnstown Tribune Democrat - 1968, 1974, 1982-2006
Johnstown Tribune Democrat - Index of Deaths - 1853-2005
Patton Union Press Courier - 1969, 1970, 1993-2000, 2002
Star Courier - 2003-2005, 2006

CENTRE COUNTY

Bellefonte - The Democratic Watchman - Index of Deaths, 1889-1920
Phillipsburg - Daily Journal - Index of Deaths - 1868-1977
State College - Centre Daily Times - 1997-2006

CLARION COUNTY

Clarion Democrat - 1895-1920 (Abstracts)

CLEARFIELD COUNTY

Clearfield - The Progress - 1996-2004, 2006
Osceola Mills - Osceola Leader - Index of Deaths - 1935-1954

CLINTON COUNTY

Clinton County - The Record - Mixed Dates
Lock Haven - The Express - 2002-2007

DAUPHIN COUNTY

Harrisburg Patriot News - Jun. 1997-2003

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Chambersburg Public Opinion - 2000-2003, 2005-2007

FULTON COUNTY

Democrat, Republican & County News - Combined Mixed Dates - 1898-1970

HUNTINGDON COUNTY

Shirleysburg Area - Mixed Years, 900 Pages
Huntingdon - The Daily News - 1986, 1997-2005
Huntingdon - Semi-Weekly News - Index of Deaths - 1878, 1881-1903

INDIANA COUNTY

Indiana Gazette - 1980-2007

LANCASTER COUNTY

Blair County Names Only

LYCOMING COUNTY

The Williamsport Sun Gazette 2002-2005

SOMERSET COUNTY

The Daily American - 2000, 2002-2007

YORK COUNTY

York Dispatch Daily Record & Sunday News - 1998-2006

MILITARY

Revolutionary War Pennsylvania Soldier Pension Records, 54 16 mm reels

Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, 5 volumes

HOENSTINE COLLECTION

A collection of ~3,000 books which formerly comprised the Hoenstine Rental Library, purchased by BCGS as a unit, and indexed by -

GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN PENNSYLVANIA, by Floyd G. Hoenstine, 1978. Surname and topic index to the first 2,500 books in the former Hoenstine Rental Library

GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN PENNSYLVANIA, Supplement 1, by Floyd G. Hoenstine, 1985. Continuation of 1978 guide to the collection

GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN PENNSYLVANIA, Supplement 2, by Floyd G. Hoenstine, 1990. Continuation of 1978 guide and Supplement 1

GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN PENNSYLVANIA, Supplement 3, by Floyd G. Hoenstine, 1995. Continuation

PERIODICALS

Your Family Tree

Heritage Quest

Everton's Genealogical Helper

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Sollenberger

Plummer

Crider

SURNAMES

In addition to published family studies, BCGS maintains an extensive collection of surname folders, and invites donations of documented data, newspaper clippings, photographs, and family trees to this collection

TAX RECORDS

Bedford, Huntingdon and Somerset County 1798 Direct Tax - 2 reels

Bedford County tax records from 1771 - 1830 (not inclusive) in print format

Blair County Tax Records (starting from formation of the county in 1846)

Huntingdon County Assessment Records - 5 reels starting from 1787

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