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Zion Genealogical Society
2400 Gabriel Avenue, Zion, IL 60099

The Zion Genealogical Society serves not only the Zion-Benton Community but also includes the neighboring Lake County Illinois Communities of: Beach Park, Gurnee, North Chicago, Park City, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Wildwood, and Winthrop Harbor.

The Zion Genealogical Society is sponsored by the Zion-Benton Public Library. Mail to the Society should be sent in care of the Zion-Benton Public Library at 2400 Gabriel Avenue, Zion, Illinois 60099-2280. The Society’s genealogical research materials are housed at the Zion-Benton Public Library for public use. Our general meetings are held on the third Monday of each month and begin at 7:00 p.m. These meetings are open to the public at the Beach Park Village Hall at 11270 West Wadsworth Road, Beach Park, Illinois.

The Society membership year runs from September 1 to August 31. Individual annual dues are $15 (online newsletter) or $18 (paper newsletter). Family annual dues are $18 (online newsletter) or $21 (paper newsletter). Lifetime membership is also available for $150 (online or paper newsletter). Dues may be paid at Society meetings or sent to the Zion-Benton Public Library in care of the Society. Please notify the Society promptly of any changes to either your postal or e-mail address.

The Illuminator (on-line newsletter) is published the first week of February, May, August and November. Items which appear in The Illuminator are carefully selected by the staff. These items are included for the convenience of our members. The ZGS makes no claims on the validity or accuracy of the statements made. Contributions to The Illuminator are very welcome. Articles may be submitted to the editor or mailed to the Society as stated above. The staff of The Illuminator reserves the right to limit the length of articles, subject to available space. Articles can also be e-mailed to the Society at [mailto:ziongenealogy@aol.com ziongenealogy@aol.com].

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Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1728–1775 Immigration Lists, Oaths of Allegiance in Philadelphia, Books A–G Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). Recorder of Deeds.


 * 1743 Extract aus der Registratur der Supreem Court zu Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Supreme Court (Philadelphia County). Text in German and English.


 * 1777–1790 Oaths of Allegiance Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Predominantly loyalty oaths rather than naturalization papers.


 * 1793–1906 Petitions for Naturalization Pennsylvania. Court of Common Please (Philadelphia County). Indexes 1793–1930. See catalog notes.


 * 1794–1911 Declarations of Intention Pennsylvania. Court of Common Please (Philadelphia County).


 * 1795–1851 Naturalization Register Pennsylvania. Court of Common Please (Philadelphia County).


 * 1795–1911 Naturalization Petitions and Records United States. Circuit Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District).


 * 1795–1931 Naturalization Petitions, and Declarations, 1906–1931 United States. District Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District). Index 1795–1928. Also available online, access through catalog listing. Note missing petitions.


 * 1800–1929 Petitions for Naturalization Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County), includes index, 1802–1930.


 * 1802–1837 Index to Naturalization and Declaration Reports [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] Microfilm of original records at the Philadelphia City Archives.


 * 1802–1932 Declarations of Intentions Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County), includes index 1810–1887. Records not available 1907–1912.


 * 1811–1874 Petitions for Naturalization Pennsylvania. District Court (Philadelphia County).


 * 1818–1875 Declarations of Intention of Naturalization Pennsylvania. District Court (Philadelphia County).


 * 1839–1843 Declarations of Intention Pennsylvania. Court of General Sessions (Philadelphia County).


 * 1881–1930 Naturalization Index for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Includes petitions and declarations filed in the Circuit Court (Pennsylvania: Eastern District).


 * 1916–1930 Index to Declarations of Intentions and Petitions for Naturalization, Petitions for Naturalization, 1914 Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County).


 * 1791–1906 Naturalization Papers


 * 1743 Extract aus der Registratur der Supreem Court zu Philadelphia


 * 1795–1906 Naturalization Papers
 * 1777–1785 Oaths of Allegiance and Fidelity


 * 1798–1910 Naturalization Declarations of Intention and Petitions
 * 1799–1906 Naturalization Docket
 * 1883–1906 Declarations of Intentions


 * 1831–1906 Naturalization Records – declarations and petitions, indexes in volumes 1–2

Vernon County Historical Society Viroqua, Wisconsin e-mail: vcmuseum@frontiernet.net fax: 608–637–8736 Facebook

The Vernon County Historical Society (VCHS) is the officially recognized county organization for the preservation of Vernon County's historical heritage. A genealogical class is held on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Check the online schedule for date and time.

Westby Area Historical Society Thoreson House 101 Black River Ave Westby WI 54667 608–634–4120 The Westby Area Historical Society (WAHS) meets on the first Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Thoreson House. Winter meetings are held at the Halvorson Apartments.

The first settlers arrived in Vernon County, Wisconsin in the 1840s, and many of their descendants are still in the area. Others have carried their heritage to the ends of the country and beyond. Our goal is to collect and preserve their stories, family artifacts and other memorabilia, and to educate future generations in the heritage of this community.

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1831–1906 Naturalization Records – declarations and petitions, indexes in volumes 1–2


 * 1806–1902 Naturalization Index – index to certificates granted
 * 1885–1906 – includes index
 * 1903–1906 Natualization Docket – petitions, oaths of witnesses, and court orders with index


 * 1802–1937 Naturalization index – card index A–S, S–Z
 * 1927–1956 Naturalization in the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County, Pennsylvania – card index of persons admitted


 * 1858–1906 Naturalization Docket


 * 1802–1906 Aliens' Records - includes index


 * 1906 Index to Declaration of Intentions and Petitions for Naturalization from 1906


 * 1844–1906 Naturalization Records


 * 1785–1903 Orphans' Court Dockets Includes general index.
 * 1850–1900 Executors and Administrators, and Guardian Accounts Some volumes include surname index.
 * 1852–1900 Orphans' Court Auditor's Docket


 * 1855–1888 Court Dockets


 * 1852–1904 Sheriffs' Deed Book


 * 1783–1802 Orphans' Court Docket
 * 1783–1808 Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace


 * 1784–1818 Execution Dockets Includes indexes.
 * 1787–1875 Sheriff's Deed Books Includes unknown court docket, 1784–1804.


 * 1803–1870 Index to Orphans' Court Records
 * 1807–1881 Court Dockets


 * 1822–1868 Court Dockets
 * 1823–1916 Will Books
 * 1823–1958 Proceedings Index
 * 1823–1971 Estate Index
 * 1839–1864 Registers Dockets

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The Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of Pennsylvania. Major civil and criminal cases are heard in these courts. Judges also decide cases involving adoption, divorce, child custody, abuse, juvenile delinquency, estates, guardianships, charitable organizations and many other matters. The Common Pleas courts are organized into 60 judicial districts. has its own judicial district. Judges of the Common Pleas courts are elected to 10-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district.

County shares its judicial district with Cameron County

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

Original Probate Records on Microfilm


 * 1832–1917 Probate Records - includes will books, orphans' court dockets, registers' dockets
 * 1832–1944 General Index to Probate Records


 * 1803–1870 Index to Orphans' Court Records
 * 1806–1850 Wills, Index and Abstracts - microreproduction of original at the Indiana County Historical and Genealogical Society, created by the Indiana county clerk
 * 1807–1881 Court Dockets
 * 1807–1917 Will Books - indexed by volume
 * 1850–1869 Accounts


 * 1787–1908 Wills
 * 1787–1918 Index to Wills and Administrations
 * 1788–1866 Orphans' Court Dockets
 * 1786–1972 Index to Orphans' Court Dockets


 * 1796–1918 Will Books - each volume indexed, includes letters of administration
 * 1796–1967 Index to Wills and Estates
 * 1797–1869 Orphans' Court Dockets and Accounts
 * 1797–1949 Orphans' Court Docket Index


 * 1842–1908 Will Book - includes surname index
 * 1850–1937 Estate Inventory and Appraisements Lists - records in alphabetical order
 * 1851–1901 Probate Records - includes index to register and orphans' court docket, 1851–1936
 * 1851–1909 Administrators, Executors, and Guardian Accounts - includes surname index
 * 1863–1963 Widows' Appraisements - part indexed
 * 1865–1912 Orphans' Court Auditors Dockets - includes surname index


 * 1700–1960 Administration Index - catalog notes state records begin in 1700's
 * 1752–1838 Courthouse Records - includes original probates, wills and land records at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * 1784–1822 Estate Papers
 * 1785–1903 Orphans' Court Dockets
 * 1785–1960 Index to Minors' Estates
 * 1850–1900 Executors, Administrators, and Guardian Accounts
 * 1852–1900 Orphans' Court Auditor's Docket
 * 1855–1961 Widows' Appraisements
 * 1962–1963 General index, Orphans' Court


 * 1855–1888 Court Dockets
 * 1855–1911 Wills


 * 1783–1869 Orphans' Court Records - includes index 1783–1950, bonds 1834–1866, executor and administrator accounts 1850–1871, auditors reports 1864–1870, court minutes 1851–1860
 * 1784–1812 Continuance Dockets
 * 1784–1917 Wills - includes bonds 1784–1834 and index to wills 1784–1949


 * 1822–1868 Court Dockets
 * 1823–1916 Will Books
 * 1823–1958 Proceedings Index
 * 1823–1971 Estate Index
 * 1839–1864 Registers Dockets


 * 1844–1971 Index to estates
 * 1845–1916 Will books
 * 1851–1896 Accounts - Index included
 * 1857–1886 Court docket

Online Probate Indexes


 * Fayette County Genealogy Project, Wills at PAGenWeb
 * Fayette County Will Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Elk County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Erie County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Franklin County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Fulton County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Greene County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Huntingdon County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Indiana County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * Jefferson County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives


 * 1843–1880's – Elk County Wills at PAGenWeb. Index of the first 100 wills recorded in Elk County, Will Book A. Lists name of deceased, residence, date written, date proved, executors, and witnesses. [Project did not continue on to add all wills recorded in Book A.]


 * More Elk County Wills at PAGenWeb links to the North Central Pennsylvania page hosted by Rootsweb with an index and twenty-six transcriptions from Elk County Will Books A and B.

Archives Schuylkill County Courthouse 401 N 2nd Street Pottsville PA 17801-2528 570-628-1145 archives@co.schuylkill.pa.us Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. daily excluding holidays

The Schuylkill County Archives is a central depository for all county government records. These include records from the Clerk of the Courts, Prothonotary, Recorder of Deeds, and Register of Wills. Most records are open to the public. The oldest records predate the creation of the county in 1811. Early records have been microfilmed with the originals in storage at the archives. Records of interest to genealogists and family historians include:


 * Birth and death records
 * Marriage dockets 1885–May 1969
 * Naturalization indexes and records 1828–1988
 * Wills books 1811–1986
 * Estate files 1811–1959
 * County land records
 * Deed books
 * Mortgage books

Built as an annex to the courthouse, the archives covers two floors with access from the public entrance to the courthouse. Services are free with a nominal cost for copies. Online Marriage License Search

The Moravian Archives 41 West Locust Street Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018 610-866-3255 info@moravianchurcharchives.org

Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

The Moravian Archives is the official repository for the records of the Moravioan Church in America – Northern Province. This covers the Moravian churches in the United States (except for North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Virginia) and Canada. The Archives in Bethlehem also holds records from the Moravain churh in Alaska, Labrador, Nicaragua and the Eastern West Indies.

The Archives is located in a modern 9,200 square foot building with two climate-controlled vaults. It contains approximately 8,000 linear feet of material.

Check the website to learn more:


 * List of Holdings
 * Currently Available Inventories
 * Archives Library
 * Bibliographies
 * List of Congregation Records
 * Bethlehem Digital History Project

The collection includes finding aids of the Moravian collections, church registers, the Memoir Index, records of the mission to the American Indians from 1740 to 1820 (indexed in the Fliegel Index), historical newspapers on microfilm, and a photo collection.

Services include monthly lectures, tours, a German Script course, research by mail, reproduction orders, translation, and publications including a monthly electronic newletter.

United StatesPennsylvaniaMonroe County

The Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County Pennsylvania maintains a library at the Somerset Historical Center. The collection includes records of birth, marriage, death, maps, military, newspapers, obituaries, tax, estate, family files, county histories, church records, and an online WPA Cemetery Index. A genealogical research service is offered with fees beginning at $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Somerset Historical Center 10649 Somerset Pike Somerset PA 15501 Genealogical Society Librarian: Susan Seese 814-445-6077 e-mail: c-sseese@pa.gov facebook

Synder County Historical Society 30 East Market St P.O. Box 276 Middleburg PA 17842 570-837-6191 e-mail: schs@snydercounty.org Library collection includes family genealogies, local histories, church records, pastoral records, funeral records, microfilm of historical newspapers and U.S. census records. Hours are posted on the website. Visitors will be charged a $2.00 user fee, with no charge for members of the society. The fee for research requests by mail, phone or e-mail is $20.00 plus copy costs.

Historical Society of Perry County PA P.O. Box 81 Newport PA 17074-0081 717-567-9011 e-mail: hsofpc@gmail.com facebook

Montour County Genealogical Society, MCGS 205 Ferry Street Danville PA 17821 570-275-6177 Genealogy Room: Thomas Beaver Free Library, 2nd Floor Hours: Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Mondays 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fee: $2.00 an hour for non-members, no charge for members  The collection includes records for Columbia, Montour and Northumberland Counties. Research requests may be submitted in writing using a printable form which includes the fee schedule.

Montour County Historical Society, MCHS PO Box 8 1 Mill Street Danville PA 17821 Located in the Montgomery House Museum, corner of Bloom and Mill Streets. Hours: Sundays 2:00–4:00 Sundays, Memorial day thru September Or by appointment 275-7875 or 275-0383 A small library contains local and county histories, industrial record books, business and law ledgers, military references, photographs, tax records, and maps.

Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as  Church Records  in online catalogs like:


 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

Mennonite
The Mennonite Heritage Center 565 Yoder Road Harleysville PA 19438-1020 215-256-3020 [mailto:library@mhep.org library@mhep.org] Hours: Tuesday thru Friday, 10am–5pm, Saturday, 10am–2pm The Cemetery Database at the Mennonite Heritage Center includes 86,000 burial records from 125 local cemeteries. Records cover cemeteries in the counties of Berks, Bucks, Butler, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Westmoreland. The database provides transcriptions from Mennonite, Brethren, Lutheran, Reformed, Union, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, community, and private cemeteries. Search the list of cemeteries and the alphabetical surname lists in Adobe PDF format. Visit the Mennonite Heritage Center to search the cemetery database by various criteria. The transcriptions are available for further research at the MHC library.


 * 1730–1779 – Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages at Ancestry.com – ($); records of southeastern counties kept by Rev. John Casper Stoever.


 * Membership and burial record of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed congregations and cemeteries at Ancestry.com – ($).


 * Churches of Coopersburg Lutheran Charge, St John's, St. Paul's, the Blue, Upper Saucona, New Jerusalem or Apples, Leithsville – at Ancestry.com – ($).


 * 1784–1882 – Trexlertown Union Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1882 at Ancestry.com – ($); no known as St. Paul's; denomination not specified.


 * 1782–1856 – Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1782-1856: Christ Lutheran Congregation at Ancestry.com – ($).


 * 1757–1885 – Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1757-1885: Upper Milford Reformed Congregation at Ancestry.com – $


 * 1765–1858 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1858: Jordan Reformed Congregation at Ancestry.com – $


 * Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: Hilffrich Pastoral Records at Ancestry.com – $


 * 1769–1864 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1769-1864: Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Congregation at Ancestry.com – $


 * A History of the Neshannock Presbyterian Church, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania: together with some account of the settlement at Ancestry.com – $

County-wide Database – Multi-denominational

 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com–$; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.

Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as  Church Records in online catalogs like:


 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

County-wide Database

 * 1700-1821 – Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.


 * Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. It includes 35,000 marriage records from volume VIII of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

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Birth Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records

(CABI) (1905-1995) is available for free at:


 * California Births at Family Tree Legends
 * California Birth Menu at Vitalsearch

For additional information (including the mailing address) on ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the state of California visit: A comprehensive resource for locating vital records.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

California, Birth Index (FamilySearchHistorical Records)

Marriage Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * California Marriages 1949-1986, Vitalsearch

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

California County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Death Records
Early to 1905

The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilmed copies of the original records from many counties. For example, the Family History Library has microfilms of death records (1877-1905, indexed 1873-1920). You can also write to each County Recorder for information.

1905 - Present

 Death Indexes  (CADI) (1940-1997) is available for free at:


 * California Death Indexes
 * California Death Index
 * California Death Index Family Tree Legends
 * Rootsweb Death Search
 * Pre 1905 California Death Index Project

The death index includes: Deceased's full name, date of birth and country or state of birth, death date and death place in California, Social Security Number, and mother's maiden name.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index File (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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St. Mary's Church Heworth, Monuments, Memorials and Headstones

http://www.stmaryschurchheworth.com/

The aim of this site is to provide a photographic record of the old graveyard at St Mary's Church. Heworth. Gateshead and as a resource for the benefit of genealogists and the descendants of the people interred there, who live far away and for anyone interested in graveyard inscriptions and graveyard architecture. I now have photographs over 700 graves in the old churchyard, with more to come.

Diocese of Durham/Heworth/St Mary The Church of England http://www.achurchnearyou.com/heworth-st-mary/

St. Mary's Church Heworth St Mary’s is the parish church for Heworth, Pelaw, Bill Quay and Wardley, to the east of Gateshead (just opposite Heworth Metro). St Mary's has an extensive churchyard, with many family graves and some listed graves (such as the photographers' favourite 'Haswell bed'), also a number of servicemen's memorials and the memorial to the 92 men and boys who died in the Felling pit disaster of 1812. We often receive enquiries about graves in the churchyard which we ourselves are not always placed to answer, but we will give whatever guidance we can. Only current burial records are held at the church, historic records are lodged with the Durham County Archives. There is a website about the churchyard which is maintained by a private individual and has no connection to the church.

St Mary: opposite Heworth Metro/Bus interchange, Shields Road, Heworth, Tyne and Wear, NE10 0UT

GENUKI Heworth http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Heworth

"Heworth was separated from Jarrow and made a distinct parish in 1834, and at that time comprised the whole of the township of the same name. In 1843 the district of Windy Nook was severed, and in 1866 the district parish of Christ Church, Felling, was formed out of this parish. It now comprises the villages of Heworth, Bill Quay, High Heworth, Pelaw Main (part of), and Wardley, as well as the districts of Heworth Shore and Heworth lane, and part of Whitemere Pool, and has a population of 6000. It is bounded on the north by the Tyne, on the east by Hebburn, on the south-east by Jarrow, south-west by Wrekenton, and on the west by Felling and Windy Nook Parishes.

"Heworth Township has an area of 2892 acres. Its ratable value in November 1893 was £62,473, including the portion within the borough of Gateshead.

From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]

The Parish Registers for the period 1696-1990 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Hew).

Heworth, Tyne and Wear From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heworth (pronounced /ˈhjuːwɚθ/ Hyoo-wurth) is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.