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WHAT'S AVAILABLE AT PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGY TRAILS
COUNTY UPDATES: What's been added recently. You can also find which counties have been updated in the COUNTIES ONLINE	LEWIS AND CLARK   Capt. Lewis's Exploration of Louisianna and the Visit of the Osage Indian Nation to Washington  Captain Lewis and Captain Clarks Party of Discover and Expediton to the Pacific Ocean
RECENT ADDITIONS ON OUR MAIN SITE
Agriculture The Second Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society  (1824) Vineyards in Pennsylvania (1824) Method of Tanning Hides (1824) Dying With Poke Berry Juice (1824) Preventing Skippers in Bacon (1824)	Events   The 1884 Pennsylvania Forest Fire 14 Horses Killed In an 1810 Severe Storm July 1824 Severe Lightning Storm Destroys Property and Takes Lives
Government (Pennsylvania Legislature) List of Pennsylvania Governors - Contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer Members of the 1837 Constitutional Convention News About The Removal of the Seat of Government to Harrisburg   Pennsylvania Government News John Spayed Resigned Office of President of Courts (1809) BRITISH DESERTERS (1809) James Engle Resigns as Speaker of the House (1810) Former Gov. Richard Penn Dies in England (1811) Legislature Ratifies Bridge Over Delaware (1811)	Military War of 1812:  Biography of Captain George Washington Reed News of Pennsylvania in the War of 1812 Death Records for Soldiers of the Great War - Contributed by Jeanne Hall   State Summary of War Casualties [Pennsylvania] U. S. Navy 1946 -  Contributed by Vicki Hartman    Awards of Distinguished Service Medal - Pennsylvania   - Contributed by Tammy Clark   Awards of Distinguished Service Cross - Pennsylvania, Unknown Counties  - Contributed by Tammy Clark   War with Spain – Medal of Honor Recipients - Contributed by Linda Rodriguez Revolutionary War Veterans: John Joseph Henry (Lancaster County PA) and Death of Colonel Michael Smyser (York County PA)
State History The Arrival of Gen. La Fayette in Pennsylvania in 1824 Great Indian Walk - The Walking Off of Land to Purchase from Teeyusscuing Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania	Transportation Laying the Foundation for the Union Canal (1824) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (1824) Canal Between Mount Carbon and Reading  (1824)   Erie Canal Transportation Company (1824) Schuylkill Canal (1824) Pennsylvania Canal (1828)   1824 Pennsylvania Canal Surveys
State Data Pennsylvania Marriages: Names of Persons For Whom Marriage Licenses Where Issued In the Province of Pennsylvania Previous to 1790 - Pages 13-15 A's Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 (B Surnames) - Contributed by Janice Rice Miscellaneous Marriage Records and Wills for Pennsylvania  - Contributed by Jeana Gallagher 1831 Pennsylvania Death Records from the National Intelligencer - Contributed by K. Torp	Newspapers 1871 Deaths from Mining

COUNTIES ONLINE
COUNTY	HOST	Facts
Adams County	Vicki Hartman UPDATED!	formed in 1800 from parts of York County. County seat: Gettysburg.
Allegheny County	Christina Anthony UPDATED!	formed in 1788 from parts of Washington and Westmoreland Counties. County seat: Pittsburgh.
Armstrong County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny, Lycoming, and Westmoreland Counties. County seat: Kittanning.
Beaver County	Kat Lowrie	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Washington Counties. County seat: Beaver.
Bedford County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1771 from parts of Cumberland County. County seat: Bedford.
Berks County	Vicki Hartman UPDATED!	formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia Counties. County seat: Reading.
Blair County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1846 from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford Counties. County seat: Hollidaysburg.
Bradford County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1810 from parts of Luzerne and Lycoming Counties; originally called Ontario County, renamed as Bradford County in 1812. County seat: Towanda.
Bucks County	Available for Adoption	one of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania in 1682. County seat: Doylestown.
Butler County	NEW HOST! Jeanne Hall	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny County. County seat: Butler.
Cambria County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1804 from parts of Somerset and Huntingdon Counties. County seat: Ebensburg.
Cameron County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1860 from parts of Clinton, Elk, McKean, and Potter Counties. County seat: Emporium.
Carbon County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1843 from parts of Monroe and Northampton Counties. County seat: Jim Thorpe.
Centre County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1800 from parts of Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, and Huntingdon Counties. County seat: Bellefonte.
Chester County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	one of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania in 1682. County seat: West Chester.
Clarion County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1839 from parts of Venango and Armstrong Counties. County seat: Clarion.
Clearfield County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1804 from parts of Lycoming and Huntingdon Counties; Clearfield functioned as a part of Centre County for judiciary purposes until 1822. County seat: Clearfield.
Clinton County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1839 from parts of Lycoming and Centre Counties. County seat: Lock Haven.
Columbia County	Tammy Clark	formed in 1813 from parts of Northumberland and Luzerne Counties. County seat: Bloomsburg.
Crawford County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny County. County seat: Meadville.
Cumberland County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1750 from parts of Lancaster County. County seat: Carlisle.
Dauphin County	Nancy Piper	formed in 1785 from parts of Lancaster County. County seat: Harrisburg.
Delaware County	Kim Paterson UPDATED!	formed in 1789 from parts of Chester County. County seat: Media.
Elk County	Available for Adoption	formed 1843 from parts of Jefferson, McKean and Clearfield Counties. County seat: Ridgway.
Erie County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny County; attached to Crawford County until 1803. County seat: Erie.
Fayette County	Kat Lowrie	formed in 1783 from parts of Westmoreland County. County seat: Uniontown.
Forest County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1848 from parts of Jefferson County; attached to Jefferson County until 1857. County seat: Tionesta.
Franklin County,	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1784 from parts of Cumberland County. County seat: Chambersburg.
Fulton County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1850 from parts of Bedford County. County seat: McConnellsburg
Greene County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1796 from parts of Washington County. County seat: Waynesburg
Huntingdon County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1787 from parts of Bedford County. County seat: Huntingdon.
Indiana County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1803 from parts of Lycoming and Westmoreland Counties; it was attached to Westmoreland County until 1806. County seat: Indiana.
Jefferson County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1804 from parts of Lycoming County. Attached to Westmoreland County until 1806 and to Indiana County until 1830. County seat: Brookville.
Juniata County	Available for Adoption	formed 1831 from parts of Mifflin County. County seat: Mifflintown.
Lackawanna County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1878 from parts of Luzerne County. County seat: Scranton.
Lancaster County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1729 from parts of Chester County. County seat: Lancaster.
Lawrence County	Jeanne Hall	formed in 1849 from parts of Beaver and Mercer Counties. County seat: New Castle.
Lebanon County	Nancy Piper UPDATED!	formed in 1813 from parts of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. County seat: Lebanon.
Lehigh County	Vicki Hartman	formed in 1812 from parts of Northampton County. County seat: Allentown.
Luzerne County	Claire Moran UPDATED!	formed in 1786 from parts of Northumberland County. County seat: Wilkes-Barre.
Lycoming County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1795 from parts of Northumberland County. County seat: Williamsport.
McKean County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1804 from parts of Lycoming County; Attached to Centre County until 1814 and to Lycoming County until 1826 for judicial and elective purposes. McKean was fully organized only in 1826. County seat: Smethport.
Mercer County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny County. County seat: Mercer.
Mifflin County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1789 from parts of Cumberland and Northumberland Counties. County seat: Lewistown.
Monroe County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1836 from parts of Pike and Northampton Counties. County seat: Stroudsburg.
Montgomery County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1784 from parts of Philadelphia County. County seat: Norristown.
Montour County	Tammy Clark	formed in 1850 from parts of Columbia County. County seat: Danville.
Northampton County	Vicki Hartman UPDATED!	formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. County seat: Easton.
Northumberland County	Tammy Clark UPDATED!	formed in 1772 from parts of Lancaster, Berks, Bedford, Cumberland, and Northampton Counties. County seat: Sunbury.
Perry County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1820 from parts of Cumberland County. County seat: New Bloomfield.
Philadelphia County	Kim Paterson	One of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania in 1682. The city and county of Philadelphia were combined in 1854 and city and county offices merged in 1952.
Pike County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1814 from parts of Wayne County. County seat: Milford.
Potter County	Available for Adoption	Formed in 1804 from Lycoming county. Attached to Lycoming County until 1825 and to McKean County until 1835 for judicial purposes, Potter was not fully organized until 1835. County seat: Coudersport.
Schuylkill County	Available for Adoption	Formed in 1811 from parts of Berks and Northampton Counties. County seat: Pottsville.
Snyder County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1855 from parts of Union County. County seat: Middleburg.
Somerset County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1795 from parts of Bedford County. County seat: Somerset.
Sullivan County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1847 from parts of Lycoming County; attached to Lycoming until 1848. County seat: Laporte.
Susquehanna County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1810 from parts of Luzerne County ; attached to Luzerne County until 1812. County seat: Montrose.
Tioga County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1804 from parts of Lycoming County; attached to Lycoming until 1812. County seat: Wellsboro.
Union County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1813 from parts of Northumberland County. County seat: Lewisburg.
Venango County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming Counties; attached to until 1805. County seat: Franklin.
Warren County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango until Warren was formally organized in 1819. County seat: Warren.
Washington County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1781 from parts of Westmoreland County. County seat: Washington.
Wayne County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1798 from parts of Northampton County. County seat: Honesdale.
Westmoreland County	Kat Lowrie	formed in 1773 from parts of Bedford County. County seat: Greensburg.
Wyoming County	Available for Adoption	formed in 1842 from parts of Luzerne County. County seat: Tunkhannock.
York County	Available for Adoption UPDATED!	formed in 1749 from parts of Lancaster County. County seat: York.
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