Greene County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
93 East High St. Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: (724) 852-5210

Parent County
1796--Greene County was created 9 February 1796 from Washington County. County seat: Waynesburg

Boundary Changes
Greene County was claimed by both Virginia and Pennsylvania until the Mason-Dixon Line was finalized in 1780

1750--Part of Cumberland County

1771--Transferred into Bedford Co. when Bedford was erected in 1771

1773--Transferred to Westmoreland Co. when Westmoreland was formed in 1773

1781--Transferred to Washington Co. when Washington was created from Westmoreland in 1781

1796--Greene was created with its current boundaries

Land

 * Ancestor Tracks has published Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Greene County which contains all of the Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. thus pinpointing the location of the earliest landowners of the county. Each Township Warrantee Map was painstakingly platted by draftsmen from the original warrants, surveys, and patents of the first settlers of the county within its current boundaries.

Local Histories

 * Over 950 fully-searchable books and published works covering much of Pennsylvania have been posted online at Historic Pittsburgh, nosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Library

Maps

 * Images from the 1876 Caldwell's Atlas of Greene County have been posted online by Jan Slater

Societies and Libraries

 * Cornerstone Genealogical Society

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Greene County
 * USGenWeb project
 * Family History Library Catalog