Somerset County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Somerset County

History
Named for the County of Somerset in England.

Parent County
17 April 1795: Somerset County was created from Bedford County.

Boundary Changes
26 March 1804: Cambria County was set off.

Neighboring Counties
Bedford | Cambria | Fayette | Westmoreland | Maryland counties: Allegany | Garrett

Land
Somerset County Recorder of Deeds 300 N. Center Ave Suite 400 Somerset Pa. 15501 Phone: (814) 445-1547

Due to the lack of vital records for Pennsylvania, land records are an important tool in early Pennsylvania research. Land records will list the seller and purchaser of the property and may hide clues to family connections. Land records for Somerset County are available from the recorder's office for 1795 to the present.

Images are available on-line from 1985 to the present using the Landex system. There is a fee to view the images.

Maps
Ancestor Tracks has posted free downloadable images from the Somerset County Atlas of Surveys and Warrants Collected and Plotted as a WPA Project, 1939. This atlas located in the Office of Recorder of Deeds in Somerset includes maps showing the first landowners, warrants, surveys, and patents, but they are not indexed. While the physical maps may be in the public domain, the images we have taken of them belong to us and are not to be used commercially. We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.