Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Montour County 

Historical Facts

 * Named for Elizabeth Catherine Montour, better known as Madame Montour, a prominent Indian leader during the colonial era.

Note of Interest
Smallest county in the state of Pennsylvania.

Parent County
3 May 1850: Montour County was created from Columbia County.

Neighboring Counties
Columbia | Lycoming | Northumberland

Land and Property
Montour County Courthouse Register and Recorder 29 Mill Street Danville, PA 17821 Phone: (570) 271-3012

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 Montour County are available from the recorder's office for 1850 to the present.

Currently there are no Internet records.


 * Deeds, 1850-1866; Deed Index, 1850-1958

Maps
Ancestor Tracks has posted free downloadable images fromthe atlas of Columbia and Montour Counties of Pennsylvania from Recent &amp; Actual Surveys &amp; Records Under the Superintendence of G.H. Walker &amp; C.F. Jewett published by F.W. Beers &amp; Co in 1876. This atlas located in the Library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

Birth

 * 1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Births Ancestry.com – $ Index with images.

Marriage

 * Marriage records of Columbia and Montour Counties at Ancestry.com - ($); book transcription.

Divorce
Divorce records are handled by the office of the Prothonotary. While no on-line indexes or records are available, records may be obtained by visiting or writing to the Prothonotary at:

Office of the Prothonotary Montour County Court House 29 Mill Street Danville, PA 17821 Phone: 570-271-3010

Death

 * 1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry.com – $ Index with images.

Web Sites

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