Pennsylvania History & Genealogy CDs and Downloads

History and Genealogy of Allegheny County's Western Suburbs, Vol.1

pdf format cd for Windows


Includes:

* From the History of Allegheny County - Moon, Coraopolis, Findlay, Crescent, North Fayette, South Fayette, Collier, Robinson, Stowe, and Neville.  28 pages, giving a detailed early history of these townships and boroughs, listing early settlers, industries, and religious institutions. Searchable File

* 80 pages of full color tombstone photos from Coraopolis Cemetery, concentrating on the older stones.
Surnames include: McCabe, Hamilton, Jolly, Buzza, Dickson, Seibert, McConnell, Wilson, Fisher, Kinyear, Wetzel, Pfeffer, Bateman, McClelland, Welch, Luttringer, Hanner, McAllister, Kepper, Keim, Hofacker, Marshall, Magnus, Alexander, Whitaker, Arras, McDonald, Surls, McClinton, Phillips, Von Stein, Neely, Weckerle, McCormick, Venter, Johns, Knopf, McCombs, Bader, Bateman, Coukart, Saddington, Lutz, Harvey, Reed, Bailey, Parker. File is searchable by last name.

* 88 pages of full color tombstone photos from the cemetery at Sharon Presbyterian Church, Moon Township.
Surnames include: Gittins, Rankin, Bates, Dally, Sanders, Kelly, Green, Doughty, Uhrine, Harvey, McCall, Mihalyi, O'Brien, Cramer, Price, Moore, Erwin, Gass, Wyke, Eberle, Lauderbaugh, Klixbull, Richards, Burkholder, Wick, Neely, White, Lindsay, Behm, Carpenter, Lewis, Gordon, McCartney, Meyers, Bartley, McBrier, English, Woolrich, Davidson, Shields, Meanor, Gebhart, McLaughlin, Kennedy, Sohn, Scharpf, McElhaney, Harper, Van Dyke, McCarriher, Davie, Brogley, Follett, Rouser, Irons, Ramsey, Pettibone, Kirkpatrick, McCoy, Hattman, Hood, Cooper, Gibb, Wynn, McCague, Wilson, Bailey, Aten, Evans, Hahn, McCutcheon, Mertz, Findlay, Reid, Dickson, McGregor, Jacobs, Wagner, Logan, McKindley, Beggs, Lee, Keil, Schmidt, Hainley, Snyder, Crookham, McElravy, McGee, Edgar, Brown, Deemer, Clark. File is searchable by last name.

High resolution late 1800s map of Neville Island, showing residents, as well as some detail for McKee's Rocks, Middletown/Coraopolis, Robinson, Hayes, and other nearby Ohio Valley riverfront communities

Booklet from the Dedicatory Services at Riverdale Presbyterian Church at Shousetown (Glenwillard)   February 16, 1902 -details committee memberships, lists members  8 pages

Photos of the plaques on the cemetery monument at Glenwillard - there are no individual tombstones in this cemetery
 

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Thurston's Directory of Pittsburgh, 1857-58

    Phonebook-like directory of Pittsburgh residents in 1857, organized alphabetically by last name, and listing the person's occupation and address. A vital tool for researching your Pittsburgh ancestors. Also includes a business directory. Over 250 pages PDF format.

PDF CD-ROM for Windows $14.99 + s/h

requires Adobe Acrobat reader, available for free 
Note: Pages 1-38 have occasional scorch marks near the bottom, and several pages have a few names each that are unreadable.


 
The Butlers of the Cumberland Valley Provides a history of Thomas & Eleanor Butler and their distinguished descendants.
17 pages, from the January 1883 Historical Register
Downloadable PDF format   $0.99
The Family   of Blaine Descendents of James Blaine, who immigrated to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1745.
Reprinted from the 1883 Historical Register 6 pages
Downloadable PDF format  $0.99

 
 
Pennsylvania Family Histories
Collections of public domain biographical sketches, short histories, maps, cemetery images, and other records relating to families in Pennsylvania. Not exhaustive but a good way to start or flesh out genealogical research by collecting together out of print and otherwise hard to find resources.
Hamilton Familes of Pennsylvania
50 pages
pdf download   $4.99
pdf on CD-ROM for Windows   $9.99+s/h

requires Adobe Acrobat reader, available for free 




History & Genealogy of Delaware County, PA

118 Page pdf format CD

Over 70 double-column pages of biographies of notable Delaware County citizens and Pioneers

7 pages listing 1722 taxables in several townships that would later be part of Delaware County

Illustrations of :
Delaware County Court House
Friend's Meeting House @ Springfield
Burd Orphan Asylum
Headquarters of LaFayette @ Battle of Brandywine
Town Hall @ Chester
Crozer Theological Seminary
Ridley Park Station
Chester Military Academy
Glen of Glenolden
Ridley Park Lake
House where Penn resided while at Chester
Old Town Hall at Chester
Swarthmore College

$9.99 + s/h

  Genealogical Resources

Erie, PA:
Old Erie Taverns
Waterford Plank Road

Pittsburgh Area:
McKees Rocks
   

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