Clearfield is a borough and the county seat of clearfield county, pennsylvania, united states. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. Genealogy and local history state library of pennsylvania. Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, genealogy, newspapers, obituaries, vitals. The area was then known as chincleclamousche township. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Some records of this court are found in pennsylvania, chancery court, the registrars book of governor keiths court of chancery of the province of pennsylvania, 17201735reprint, with comments prepared by committee on legal biography and history of the pennsylvania bar association, harrisburg, pa. Centre county and clearfield county history of the french settlers in covington and girard townships clearfield county, pa. The borough is part of the dubois, pa micropolitan statistical area, as well as the larger state collegedubois, pa combined statistical area. List of approved ancestors genealogical society of. Clearfield county recalls the early days in the areas history when log drives filled the. Search census records 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1890 veterans. Not organized for judiciary purposes until 1822, clearfield functioned as a part of centre county.
Welcome to our clearfield county family history research page. Erected in 2007 by the pennsylvania historical and museum commission. Our mission is to provide leadership and support in promoting genealogy through education. The first courthouse, in use for 46 years was build circa 1814. The 1878 atlas which we are posting below is located in the library of congress. Clearfield county clearfield county, formed march 26, 1804, was named for clear fields found by early travelers. Caldwells 1878 atlas of clearfield county, pennsylvania clearfield county atlas 1878 originally published. David gallaher passed away on april 1, 2020 at the age of 86 in clearfield, pennsylvania. Furthermore, the clearfield county genealogy project hosted by shirley pierce and nathan zipfel has posted online another book, clearfield county, pennsylvania.
Twentieth century history of clearfield county, pennsylvania, and representative citizens. Caldwells illustrated historical combination atlas of clearfield county pennsylvania. Included in this book are lists of more than 450 miners killed, every farm in the county in 1950, the 1938 tax rolls, merchants in business more than 40 years, all newspapers published in the county, churches, over 100 murders, biographies of over 100 significant people and a chapter on the military including lists of all county soldiers killed in action. Clearfield county, pennsylvania genealogy genealogy. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers lewis cass aldrich d. Clearfield county is a sixthclass county located in the u. Also, a downloadable copy of the entire book is online. Clearfield white pages phone books in pennsylvania pa. Clearfield county comprises the dubois, pa micropolitan statistical area, which is also. Get instant criminal history, financial history, addresses and contact info. Clearfield county, pennsylvania genealogy familysearch. Clearfield, pennsylvania postcard history series by. Clearfield county was established on march 26, 1804,from parts of lycoming county and huntingdon county.
We also have federal census records for pennsylvania, from 1790 to. Learn more about state of pennsylvania court, tax, land and probate records the clerks office does not do research most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research. Bloom and other clearfield county, pa area descendants may find a lot of genealogical information about their families at this websitel. Present and past by thomas lincoln wall, published in 1925.
The county seat is clearfield, and the largest city is dubois. Listed in this table are the qualifying ancestorsthose whose residency in pennsylvania falls within one of the required time periodsfrom first families applications approved to date. Links are provided to take you to the location where possible. Some of this information is held at the databoards and some is on the county pages. Photographsstreet scenes 1 psychiatry 1 quakers 1 rush township centre county, pa. Girard in clearfield county genealogy in clearfield county, pa usa 1,012,695 pennsylvania 60,629 clearfield county 768 girard in clearfield county 5. Search our online phone book to find phone numbers, addresses, and more. The creeks name alluded to openings or clearfields made by the large number of bison in the area. United states of america hotels, motels, resorts and inns.
Twentieth century history of clearfield county, pennsylvania, and representative citizens kindle edition by swoope, roland d download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This is a bibliography of most of our biographical and historical volumes currently being used for transcription to our various pennsylvania counties. Includes index, brief history of clearfield county, and birdseyeviews of du bois inside front cover and clearfield inside back cover. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your clearfield county ancestors. Guide to clearfield county, pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history. Girard in clearfield county genealogy in clearfield. Map, pennsylvania, clearfield county library of congress. Paroots is a commonwealth of pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. Through these historic photographs, witness the growth of curwensville, clearfield, and dubois despite terrible floods and fires. Inclusion of an ancestral name is acceptable proof of residency for future applications. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. On his death elisha fenton left his books to found a library in this district. Clearfield county paroots genealogy project familysearch catalog the familysearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications in their collection.
Twentieth century history of clearfield county, pennsylvania, and representative citizens by swoope, roland d. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading twentieth century history of clearfield county, pennsylvania, and representative citizens. Our genealogy and local history collection is one of our largest services and consists of indexes, genealogies, state and county histories, family histories, city directories, atlases, land warranty maps, ship passenger lists, and compilations of church and cemetery records. The county seat is located in clearfield and in addition the county government website is. The first board of county commissioners to the county were roland curtin, james fleming and james smith, all appointed by governor mckean in 1805. Pennsylvania court records genealogy familysearch wiki. Salvation by faith alone serving christ alone we are passionate about gods love and we want you to feel surrounded in his love too. Now we need to get one of the males to do the dna test to see what martin luthers line may be. Caldwells illustrated historical combination atlas abebooks. Clearfield county was formed from parts of lycoming and huntington counties and was organized by act of assembly, march 26, 1804 and approved by governor mckean, the governor of the commonwealth.
White the centennial history of oregon, 18111912 source. The landex remote software is a very comprehensive search tool for the frequent searcher. Find property records, vital records, inmate and court records, professional and business licenses, contractor licenses and much more. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. This is based on gunter luthers book up until bernhard marianus conrad luther in cambria co pa, then mostly census data and okay okay one family tree online. Institute of museum and library services and through library access funds administered by the office of commonwealth libraries, department of education, commonwealth of pennsylvania. Clearfield the clearfield county historical society will hold its annual open house and book sale on saturday, dec. Clearfield county church records historical society of. The genealogical society of pennsylvania gsp is a nonprofit educational institution located at 2100 byberry road, suite 111, philadelphia pennsylvania 19116.
Clearfield county was created in 1804, from parts of huntingdon and lycoming counties and named for clearfield creek. Clearfield je grad u americkoj saveznoj drzavi pensilvanija. Search usa pennsylvania clearfield county clearfield county. Top 20 best hotels near clearfield county historical. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1822. It entirely surrounds clearfield, and much of its early history is bound up with that of the county and has been given under that head. Clearfield county images of america and millions of other books are. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,215 people making it the second most populous community in clearfield county behind dubois. Search criteria is identical to the software in the courthouse. Clearfield county pa city directories lds genealogy.
Big savings and low prices on clearfield county historical society, clearfield, pennsylvania. The clearfield county recorder of deeds office is pleased to offer computer access to its official records database. History of clearfield county, pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers 2. The clearfield county courthouse is located in clearfield, pennsylvania. Roland swoopes twentieth century history of clearfield. Founded in 1892, gsp is one of the oldest genealogical societies in the united states. The books deal with a wide variety of county and genealogy topics, and are. Google books american bastille a history of the illegal arrests and imprisonment of american citizens during the late civil war includes major jacob wilhelm, grahampton, pennsylvania source. Clearfield county recalls the early days in the areas history when log drives filled the west branch of the susquehanna and the woods were occupied by lumbermen. Massive history of clearfield county, pennsylvania. Funeral home services for gary are being provided by beardsley funeral home and crematory, inc the obituary. History of clearfield county, pennsylvania penn state libraries.
Clearfield county is bounded north by elk and cameron counties. Clearfield county, pennsylvania public records directory. Funeral home services for david are being provided by beardsley funeral home and crematory, inc the. Hi and welcome to the clearfield county pennsylvania genealogy project a proud member of the paroots family of websites.
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