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Clarion County - The 19th Century and Before

Clarion County - The 19th Century and Before Compiler: Retrospect Publishing
The History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania published in 1887 by Aaron Davis is one of the first histories for the county and provides an excellent insight to the people, businesses, and social happenings of Clarion County during the 1800s. Like many county histories, it includes extensive chapters on the formation and founding of the county, the townships and the boroughs, along with genealogies of Clarion County families.

You will be able to quickly search well over 750 biographies of Clarion County residences found in both the 1887 History of Clarion County and the Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania published in 1898. The 1892 Clarion County directory offers an alternative to the missing 1890 Federal Census for the county. This mini library of nineteenth century Clarion County, Pennsylvania books could offer a clue to some of your genealogy questions. This CD contains images of the original pages along with a full text search capability for the following books:

  • History of Clarion County, PA (Aaron J. Davis; D. Mason and Co.; Syracuse, 1887)
  • Commemorative Biographical Record of Central PA - Clarion County section only ( J.H. Beer & Co.; 1898)
  • Directory of Clarion County, PA 1892 (John B. Patrick and John A. Doyle; Republican-Gazette Printers; Clarion; 1892)
  • Directory of the Butler Oil Region, containing the Principal Towns from Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, and Jefferson counties (J.F. Wiggins & Co.; J.F. Diffenbacher, Pittsburgh, 1873)

System Requirements: CD-ROM drive; Windows Operating System. Not compatible with network software.

Search over 700 biographies of county residences within seconds along with the extensive lists of Civil War Soldiers recruited from the county. This collection of books will provide any researcher valuable insight to the people, business, and social happenings of the county during the 1800s. The 1892 directory offers an alternative to the missing 1890 Federal Census when trying to local county residences. 82 illustrations.

2007, 1,654 pages, CD
ISBN 19293548X

Price: $39.95




SKU: CD-R-C121

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