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Our Collections at the Meyersdale Library Genealogy Department
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| Census Records - PA |
Census Records - MD |
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Somerset County, 1800-1880, 1900-1920
Civil War Veterans and Widows, 1890
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Allegheny County, 1850, 1860
Garrett, Frederick, and Dorchester Counties, 1880
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| Death Records |
Land, Estates, & Taxes |
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Tombstone inscriptions - Somerset, Bedford, Fayette and Westmoreland Counties of PA & Ashtabula of Ohio
Reich Funeral Home Records, 1885-1960 (Meyersdale)
William Welfley's Obituary Scrapbooks, 10 vols; 1894-1918
Tressler/Konhaus Funeral home records, 1930-1975
Somerset County mortality indices for census years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
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Tax assessments, 1795-1854
Wills, 1797-1895
Orphans Court Dockets, 1793-1846
Survey Warrants, A-Z
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| Military Records | Newspapers |
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Revolutionary War Soldiers
Berlin Muster Roll, 1813
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Meyersdale Commerical, 1888-1912
Somerset Herald, 1828-1845 (Not complete)
Somerset County Star (Salisbury), 1899, 1909-1929
Meyersdale Republican, 1900-1990
The New Republic (Meyersdale), 1991-present
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| Church Records | Miscellaneous |
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Reformed and Lutheran-for several townships and towns
Berlin Brethren Church Records 1880 - 1883
Marriages, 1855-1880 (also in card file)
Various Somerset County Family Bible Records
Bishop Lint's Marriages and Death Records, 1855-1908
Marriage Records compiled by Jeanne M. Coleman
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Werner Family Reunion Minutes, 1909-1998
DAR Ohio Records
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| Books and other Resources |
Somerset County, PA Families - Early Vital Records 1700s - 1900s (CD) - compiled by Ora L. Flaningan
Family Files
Family History Books
Meyersdale History
County and Town Histories
Casselman Chronicles, Laurel Messenger, and other local periodicals
Church Histories (Brethren, Lutheran, Amish, Reformed Mennonite, Methodist, United Brethren in Christ)
- Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania 1793 - 1869 (5 vol. set)
WPA Cemeteries Inventories, Somerset County, up to 1930
Scrapbooks on area personalities, wedding and anniversary announcements, 1979-present
Obituaries 1971-present
Photo and Archive Collections-including the Frances Livengood Imler Collection
PA Archives Series 1-7
1903 Somerset Co. Directory
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