Centre County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

History and Tidbits
Centre County was created from parts of Lycoming, Mifflin and Northumberland Counties on February 13, 1800, just in time for the 1800 census, Centre County's first. The county seat is Bellefonte Borough. The county's probate and court records begin with the founding of the county, the land records in 1801. Except for a brief period of time when birth, marriage and death records were kept in the 1850's (approximately 1852-1855), there were no civil vital records kept by the county until marriages began again in 1885 and births and deaths in 1893. The keeping of birth and death records was discontinued after 1905 when the state of Pennsylvania began keeping those records.

Boroughs
Bellefonte, Millheim, Philipsburg, State College

Townships
Benner, Boggs, College, Ferguson, Gregg, Haines, Harris, Halfmoon, Patton, Potter

County Government Site
http://www.co.centre.pa.us/

Neighboring Counties
Blair, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Union

Genealogy and History Websites
Portal:Pennsylvania

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacentre/cvitals.htm

http://www.cyndislist.com/pa-local.htm

http://www.centrecountyhistory.org/

http://www.searchforancestors.com/bios/pennsylvania/history_of_centre_and_clinton/

http://www.pacivilwar.com/county/centre.html