Published in 1885, it is a much more contemporary source for demographic, relationship, and social information on our ancestors who lived in crawford county. There are many types of census records for crawford county guide you in researching your family tree. Murders, mysteries and history of crawford county, pennsylvania 18001956 hilton, don on. Search census records 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1890 veterans. Crawford county genealogy is part of the usgenweb and pagenweb projects. Acrevalue helps you locate parcels, property lines, and ownership information for land online, eliminating the need for plat books. If you have the desire to help transcribe genealogical data and place it online for the free use of all researchers, volunteer information is available here. Andre norton was the creator of this award which is still actively presented to qualifying individuals. Welcome to crawford county pennsylvania history and genealogy. Geographic information services crawford county, pennsylvania.
History of fayette county, pennsylvania internet archive. United states, department of the interior, geological survey. Early 18051840 every name, obits 1805 to present, marriages 18051950. The county was created on march 12, 1800, from part of allegheny county and named for colonel william crawford crawford county comprises the meadville, pa micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the eriemeadville, pa combined. If you have ancestral roots in the county dating back to 1840 or earlier. Commonwealth of pennsylvania, department of environmental resources, topographic and geologic survey. This atlas located in the files of the pennsylvania state archives in harrisburg, pa, shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our.
History of bedford, somerset and fulton counties, pa. This page primarily lists records kept at the county level. The county was created on march 12, 1800, from part of allegheny county and named for colonel william crawford. Three trustees were appointed for each county, those for crawford being david mead, frederick haymaker, and james. Includes meetings minutes, photographs, directory of officers, and related links.
Crawford county historical society preserving our past. Crawford county vital records can be found at the pennsylvania office of vital records has copies of birth and death records since 1906 and death records. History of adams county pennsylvania, part 3, including biographical sketches from history of cumberland and adams counties, pennsylvania. The county was named in honor of william crawford, surveyor who helped to open transappalachian lands to settlement the crawford county courthouse is located in meadville, pennsylvania. The only crawford county building on the national register of historical places. History of crawford county, pennsylvania internet archive. The county was named in honor of william crawford, surveyor who helped to open transappalachian lands to settlement. Jonathan titus made a permanent settlement of oil creek four years before the division. Usa 1,015,348 pennsylvania 60,654 crawford county 684 crawford county histories and genealogies 26. This collection consists of two books covering the early history of meadville and crawford county. Murders, mysteries and history of crawford county, pennsylvania 18001956 don. Historic bridges of michigan and elsewhere the geology of the oil regions of warren, venango, clarion, and butler counties including surveys of the garland and panama conglomerates in warren and crawford, and in chautauqua co. These projects made up of group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the united states. Please refer to the information to the statewide vital records in pennsylvania for current fees and application process.
The day to day operations include creatingmaintaining gis data and services, training county staff, and providing public mapping digital and paper. History of crawford county, pennsylvania 1885 edition. History of crawford county, illinois, volume 1 history of crawford county, illinois, crawford county historical society ill. Genealogy working papers donated by other researchers, many files and books, family histories 2. Pennsylvania history of crawford county, containing a history of the county. Learn more about state of pennsylvania court, tax, land and probate records crawford county is bordered by erie. Crawford county, pennsylvania was created on march 12, 1800 from allegheny county. Historic pittsburgh collection is a digital collection that provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of pittsburgh and the surrounding western pennsylvania area on the. Crawford memorial award for the best first fantasy novel is named in his honor.
The mission of the crawford county historical society. Genealogy trails history group crawford county, pennsylvania source. Luty, the lake as it was, an informal history and memoir of conneaut lake meadville, crawford co. Like most of books i have researched from the publishers history of. The legislature on the march 12, 1800, passed an act separating crawford, mercer, venango, warren, and erie counties from the territory of allegheny county, which were to form temporarily one county under the name of crawford. Family old photos allegheny college football team, meadville, 1897 includes e.
He having manifested an inclination for medical pursuits, his education was conducted with this object in view, but when the war of the rebellion broke out he deferred his. Extracts from part one of the annual report of the department of internal affairs for 1904 family history library history of. Zillow has 466 homes for sale in crawford county pa matching. He was finally captured by the indians while in command of an expedition returning from sandusky, ohio and tortured until he died. A brief history of politics in crawford county april, 2020 crawford county has rarely stifled its opinions regarding national politics. The acrevalue crawford county, pa plat map, sourced from the crawford county, pa tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. To bring enlightenment, new knowledge, encouragement and inspiration to every member of the library.
What crawford county, ar census records are available. Products sort by product product v price price v default default v sales sales v per page 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 view all. History of westmoreland county volume 1 index paroots. Twelve years before crawford county was partitioned from allegheny county, david mead and his nine adventurers arrived in french creek valley and camped on the shore of mill run.
Federal population schedules are available for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 crawford co. Crawford county courthouse judicial center, 2nd floor 359 e. Old pictures, photographs and postcards from family albums, old yearbooks, genealogy records and shoeboxes submitted by researchers like you. Guide to crawford county, pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family. On january 2, 1805, the first issue of the crawford weekly messenger came off the. Murders, mysteries and history of crawford county, pennsylvania. History of crawford county, pennsylvania, containing a history of the county. When crawford county was created, it contained a large part of what is now the state of oklahoma. Family old photos titusville, pa high school 1919 girls glee club includes irene roof source. Crawford county was established on october 18,1820 and was formed from pulaski county. Howard waugh crawford co, pa and mckean co, pa source. View pennsylvania maps such such as historical county boundaries changes, old vintage maps, as well as road highway maps for all 67 counties in pennsylvania.
Geographic information services crawford county pennsylvania. Cambria county library johnstown, pa history books. Living as a pioneer in northwestern pennsylvania had many disadvantages. Discover the past of pennsylvania through state maps in our online collection of old historical maps that span over 250 years of growth. Usa 1,015,348 pennsylvania 60,654 pennsylvania histories and genealogies 3,603 crawford county histories and genealogies 26. The day to day operations include creatingmaintaining gis data and services, training county staff, and. Designed to make highquality scholarship accessible for students, the pennsylvania history series has been published since 1948 and now features more than thirty titles that advance the mission of the pha by engaging with key social, political, and cultural issues in the history of the state and region. In 2015, the crawford county historical society purchased the tarr mansion to save it from demolition. Crawford retained a large volume of unbound fcpi books and offered them with paper bindings at low prices through the 1970s.
Collects and preserves materials of county history and to promote further historical study. Register and recorder crawford county, pennsylvania. If you have ancestral roots in the county dating back to 1840 or earlier, we request you fill out the document below and send it in to the county historian address on form. Crawford county comprises the meadville, pa micropolitan statistical area, which is. Luty, the lake as it was, an informal history and memoir of conneaut lake. Crawford county, pennsylvania family history and genealogy books. Other short histories of crawford county and her people various short history articles from the crawford county usgenweb archives includes the entire text of the book history of clark and crawford counties, illinois 1883, a sketch of hutsonville, hardinsville school rosters, a newlin family history, etc. Maps of pennsylvania 16731878 ancestor tracks has posted downloadable images from the 1876 historical atlas of crawford county, pennsylvania published by j. What crawford county, pa census records are available. The act of march 12, 1800, provided that the county seat of crawford. The tone was set by residents in 1807 who burned an effigy of federalist, aaron burr outside the courthouse. He received his preliminary education at conneautville academy.
Crawford county was named in honor of colonel william crawford who was a staunch defender of the white settlers from the attacks of indians. Federal population schedules are available for 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 free index, 1890 fragment, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 crawford co. Old historical city, county and state maps of pennsylvania. Everyday discount prices and great customer service. Family old photos allegheny college meadville track team, 1932 includes coach h. Crawford county historical society preserving our past to.
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