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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

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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

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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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