Bedford County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Bedford County

County Courthouse
Bedford County Courthouse 203 S. Juliana St Bedford, PA 15522 (814) 623-4836

Parent County
9 March 1771: Bedford County was created from Cumberland County.

Boundary Changes
The original Bedford County, sometimes called "Mother Bedford," encompassed a huge area when it was created in 9 March 1771. Later counties which were originally part of Bedford County include:


 * parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clearfield
 * all of Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland
 * most of Centre, Huntingdon, Indiana

Neighboring Counties
Allegheny | Blair | Cambria | Fulton | Huntingdon | Somerset

Cemeteries


General Resources
Bedford County, Pennsylvania Census Resources from CensusFinder links to sites containing census data from 1790-1850 and 1890.

Resources by Year

 * 1784 Transcription and Index
 * 1790 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1800 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1810 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1820 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1830 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1840 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1850 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1860 Federal Census of Bedford County is a free resource from USGenNet containing both an index and a transcript of the original census pages.
 * 1890 Federal Census of Bedford County, Veteran's Schedule is a free resource from USGenNet containing a transcript of the original Veteran's Schedule pages, arranged by enumeration district. Includes a key to the various enumeration districts and a listing of seven enumeration districts that are not included.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from the 1861 Map of Bedford County, PA Surveyed, Drawn &amp; Published by E. L. Walker which can be used in conjunction with the 1860 census to help pinpoint your ancestors. These images show major landowners on the date of publication. 

Fee-based Research
Bedford County Historical Society conducts fee-based lookups of one or several records.

Societies and Libraries
Bedford County Historical Society

Web Sites

 * Bedford County Genealogy Project by PA-Roots contains several types of records, including cemetery, census, church, history, military, and taxation.
 * Linkpendium - Bedford County
 * USGenWeb project