Tioga County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Tioga County

History
Its name derives from an American Indian word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place.

Parent County
26 March 1804: Tioga County was created from Lycoming County.

Neighboring Counties
Bradford | Lycoming | Potter | New York counties: Chemung | Steuben

Land
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 Greene County are available from the recorder's office for 1804 to the present.

Some of the records are available on-line. To search and view the records available on-line is free and no password is needed.

Maps
Ancestor Tracks has posted free downloadable images from the County Atlas of Tioga, Pennsylvania from Recent and Actual Surveys and Records under the Superintendence of G.H. Walker and C.F. Jewett (published by F.W. Beers and Company, 1875). This atlas found in the files of 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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Sullivan- Rutland Genealogy Project. This database focuses on the ancestors and descendants of the early nineteenth century pioneers who migrated to Tioga and Bradford County, Pennsylvania, primarily from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. It also includes Chemung County. New York.