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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Genealogy, History & Facts
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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Facts
When was Allegheny County, PA Created?
Allegheny County was established on September 24, 1788, from Washington County and Westmoreland County.
What is the County Seat of Allegheny County, PA?
The County Seat is located in Pittsburgh and in addition the county government website is www.alleghenycounty.us.
What counties are adjacent to Allegheny County, PA?
Bordering Counties are Butler County, Armstrong County, Westmoreland County, Washington County, Beaver County.
Allegheny County, PA Vital Records
Where can find Allegheny County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Allegheny 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. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Pennsylvania for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.
You can search online for Allegheny County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Pennsylvania Birth Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- USGenweb Archives Pennsylvania Marriage Project
- Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III
- Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950
- Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940
- Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 – 1950
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
Allegheny County, PA Census Records
What Allegheny County, PA census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Allegheny County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Allegheny Co. Mortality Schedules can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Allegheny Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules can be acquired for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Allegheny Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be found for 1890. You can find free down-loadable and also printable census forms to help you with your research. See Also Pennsylvania Census Records Research Guide
Allegheny County, PA Courthouse and Government Records
Allegheny County CourthouseWhat genealogical records can I find in the Allegheny County Courthouse?
The below facts shows exactly what death, marriage, birth, property, wills, and court records are typically in Allegheny County. The years listed below are the first noted records with this county. See Also Pennsylvania Courthouse Records Research Guide.
- Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds
- Address: 542 Forbes Avenue, Room 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
- Phone: (412) 350-4226
- Land Records: 1788
- Allegheny County Prothonotary / Clerk of Courts
- Court & Divorce Records:1788
- Allegheny County Register of Wills/ Orphan’s Court Clerk
- Address: 414 Grant Street; 1st Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
- Phone: (412) 350-4180
- Marriage & Probate Records: 1789
- Birth & Death Records: before Jan 1906
- Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
- Early Pennsylvania Land Records
- BLM Land Records
Allegheny County, PA Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Allegheny County, PA?
A list of Allegheny County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Pennsylvania Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Pennsylvania Archives – Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (fold3.com)
- Allegheny Foothills Historical Society, 675 Old Frankstown Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239
- Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society, 224 E. 7th Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15084
- Allegheny Regional Family Historical Society, P. O. Box 1804, Elkins, WV 26241
- Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-4080; Phone: 412-687-6811
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Department, Records Research, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; (412) 622-3114
- The Pennsylvania Archives Online
- Pennsylvania State Archives, 350 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120; Phone:(717) 783-3281
- Genealogical Society Of Pennsylvania, 2207 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 545-0391
- Historical Society Of Pennsylvania. 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; Phone: 215-732-6200
- State Library of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Avenue and Walnut Street, P.O. Box 1601, Harrisburg, PA 17105-1601
Where can I connect with other Allegheny County, PA Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- Pennsylvania Genealogy Network Community (plus.google.com)
- State of Pennsylvania Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Allegheny County, PA?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Allegheny County. Each of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business oriented Sites, Private Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some require a cost. This is basically a listing which has been compiled or submitted. I do not recommend or promote one genealogy site over another.
Allegheny Co. PA Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Pennsylvania Links and Information
- Allegheny Co. D.O.T. Map
- Map of Allegheny County, PA with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red), Townships (white), and Census-designated places (blue).
- 1895 Allegheny County Map (livgenmi.com)
Allegheny Co. PA Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Pennsylvania Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Pennsylvania historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Pennsylvania (1719 – 1997) (genealogybank.com)
- News Record (North Hills, Pennsylvania) (search.ancestry.com)
- North Hills News Record (North Hills, Pennsylvania) (search.ancestry.com)
- North Hills News Record (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh’s Post-Gazette : “the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies” (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Books (amazon.com)
- Search Pennsylvania Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Allegheny County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Allegheny Co. PA Church / Bible Records & Cemeteries / Graveyards
- Pennsylvania Cemetery Records Research Guide
- Greenwood Cemetery (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com) Early Veterans of Greenwood Cemetery, including Revolutionary War, Civil War and Spanish American War
- Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions and/or Contributed Records Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Graves (findagrave.com)
- Allegheny Cemetery : historical account of incidents and events connected with its establishment : charter and supplemental act (search.ancestry.com)
- Early Pittsburgh Presbyterianism : tracing the development of the Presbyterian Church, United States of America, in Pittsburgh, (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Pennsylvania Church Records Research Guide
- A history of the Catholic Church in the dioceses of Pittsburg and Allegheny (search.ancestry.com)
- East Liberty Presbyterian Church : with historical setting and a narrative of the centennial celebration, April 12-20, 1919 (search.ancestry.com)
- A history of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley Pennsylvania : consisting of certain addresses, delivered February 16-19, 191 (search.ancestry.com)
- Manual and directory of Smithfield Street M.E. Church for 1888 : containing full account of the centennial celebration of Pitts (search.ancestry.com)
- Historical sketch of the Sabbath-schools connected with the First Presbyterian Congregation of Pittsburgh : from A.D. 1800 to A (search.ancestry.com)
- A Brief history of Lebanon Presbyterian Church (search.ancestry.com)
- Souvenir year book of the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. : its organization, work, membership. (search.ancestry.com)
- Semi-centennial anniversary of the First United Presbyterian Church, Allegheny City, Pa. : Thursday, Nov. 3, 1881. (search.ancestry.com)
- The Pittsburgh Catholic : commemorating the completion of 100 years of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. (search.ancestry.com)
- Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Church Books (amazon.com)
Allegheny Co. PA Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- Allegheny Co., PA GenWeb Archives Biographies & Collections (usgwarchives.net)
- Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (search.ancestry.com)
- Whirling spindle : the story of a Pittsburgh family (search.ancestry.com)
Allegheny Co. PA General and History Websites
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Allegheny Co. PA Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Pennsylvania – Counties – Allegheny (cyndislist.com)
- Allegheny County Pennsylvania (genealogytrails.com)
- Allegheny Co. PAGenweb (pagenweb.org)
- Allegheny County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives (usgwarchives.net)
- History of Pittsburgh and environs : from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution (search.ancestry.com)
- A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh of today : its resources and people (search.ancestry.com)
- History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement and progress to the present time, a description of i (search.ancestry.com)
- Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania : personal and genealogical, with portraits. (search.ancestry.com)
- Standard history of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (search.ancestry.com)
- The history of Pittsburgh : its rise and progress (search.ancestry.com)
- Biographical review. : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Pittsburg and the vicinity, Pennsylvania. (search.ancestry.com)
- Women and the trades : Pittsburgh, 1907-1908 (search.ancestry.com)
- Notable men of Pittsburgh and vicinity (search.ancestry.com)
- The Story of Pittsburgh and vicinity : illustrated (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh : the story of a city (search.ancestry.com)
- Index to Standard history of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, edited by Erasmus Wilson (search.ancestry.com)
- Recollections of seventy years and historical gleanings of Allegheny, Pennsylvania (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County : a sesqui-centennial review (search.ancestry.com)
- The Story of the sesqui-centennial celebration of Pittsburgh, July 4, September 27 to October 3, and November 25, 1908 : illust (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County : its early history and subsequent development : from the earliest period till 1790 (search.ancestry.com)
- The history of Pittsburgh : with a brief notice of its facilities of communication and other advantages for commercial and manu (search.ancestry.com)
- The challenge of Pittsburgh (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny County’s hundred years (search.ancestry.com)
- History of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania : with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public buildings, (search.ancestry.com)
- Memory’s milestones : reminiscences of seventy years of a busy life in Pittsburgh (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh’s progress, industries and resources, 1886 (search.ancestry.com)
- Centennial volume of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1784-1884. (search.ancestry.com)
- The History of the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, 1837-1909 (search.ancestry.com)
- Recollections of persons and places in the West (search.ancestry.com)
- Story of Old Allegheny city (search.ancestry.com)
- Old Pittsburgh days (search.ancestry.com)
- The village of Sewickley (search.ancestry.com)
- The social mirror : a character sketch of the women of Pittsburg and vicinity during the first century of the county’s existen (search.ancestry.com)
- Prominent men of Pittsburgh and vicinity (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh, past and present (search.ancestry.com)
- Chronicles of families, houses and estates of Pittsburgh and its environs (search.ancestry.com)
- A short history of Pittsburgh, 1758-1908 (search.ancestry.com)
- The early history of the fifteenth ward of the city of Pittsburgh (search.ancestry.com)
- Fleming’s views of old Pittsburgh : a portfolio of the past (search.ancestry.com)
- Some Pittsburgh memories (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh in 1816 (search.ancestry.com)
- Winans & Bro.’s guide map of Pittsburgh and Allegheny : showing the location of academies and schools, banks, churches, cemete (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania genealogies (fragmenta genealogica heraldica). (search.ancestry.com)
- Pittsburgh in ye olden time : a pictorial and chronological review of the first century of its history. (search.ancestry.com)
- Tales of pioneer Pittsburgh (search.ancestry.com)
- Alleghany County, Virginia, its resources and industries (search.ancestry.com)
- In and about Allegheny (search.ancestry.com)
- The Story of Grant’s Hill : and its relation to the struggle between the British and French for the possession of a continent (search.ancestry.com)
- 1758 Being A Sketch of The Founding of Pittsburgh (search.ancestry.com)
- Allegheny Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Allegheny Co. PA Immigration & Naturalization
- Pennsylvania, Naturalizations, 1794-1908 (search.ancestry.com)
Allegheny Co. PA Military Records
- Pennsylvania Military Records Research Guide
- Pennsylvania Military Records (fold3.com) offers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Pennsylvania both males and females who served. Excellent for Allegheny County genealogists, researchers, historians and a lot more.
Allegheny Co. PA Schools & Directories
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Directories, 1888-92 (search.ancestry.com)
- Social directory for greater Pittsburgh (search.ancestry.com)