Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

Guide to Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The county is located in the Southwest corner of the state.

County Courthouse
Huntingdon County Courthouse 223 Penn Street Huntingdon, PA 16652 Phone: 814-643-2740 Fax: 814-643-8152 Huntingdon County

Register and Recorder/Register of Wills/Orphan's Court Phone: 814-643-2740 Fax: 814-643-6849  Email: regrec@huntingdoncounty.net Prothonotory/Clerk of Court Phone: 814-643-1610 or 814-643-5511 Fax: 814-643-4271  Email: [mailto:kcoons@huntingdoncounty.net kcoons@huntingdoncounty.net]

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * ca.1700-ca.1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Church Records

 * Church Locations, Huntingdon County PAGenWeb



County-wide Database - Multi-denominational
 * 1708-1985  Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry $


 * Contains church records of:
 * Cassville: Cassville Lutheran Church
 * Huntingdon: St. John's Episcopal Church; United Methodist Church
 * Mount Union: St. Luke's Lutheran Church
 * Orbisonia: First United Methodist Church; Otterbein United Methodist Church
 * Woodward: Birmingham Presbyterian Church

Catholic
 * "100 Years of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese 1843 -1943," Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1. . Chronology, map, county-by-county information.
 * St. Mary's Catholic Church Shade Valley, Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County PAGenWeb

Lutheran
 * Selected Baptisms, 1857-1860, First Lutheran Congregation, Penn Township at USGenWeb Archives
 * Selected Baptisms, 1857-1860, First Lutheran Congregation, Penn Township, Huntingdon County, PA, USGenWeb Archives

Presbyterian List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1834 Membership of Presbyterian Church of Shavers Creek Manor, USGenWeb Archives
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records
Some of the Continuence Dockets and the Quarter Session Books are stored in the basement of the Huntingdon County Court House. The Continuence Dockets have been microfilmed and are at the Huntingdon County Pennsylvania Courthouse.

Land and Property Records
Land records in Huntingdon County began in 1803. These records are filed with the Register and Recorder office in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

Land Records on Microfilm


 * 1786 -1972 Deeds, 1786-1866; Index to Deeds, 1786-1972; Misc. Index to Deeds, 1790- 1877.
 * 1803 -1969 Mortgage Index

Land Abstracts


 * 1787-1889 Pennsylvania Archives Land Warrant Lists at Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives

Maps and Gazetteers


Maps
 * Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)

Military Records

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers
Newspaper Excerpts and Abstracts


 * McFarland, K.T.H., Hollidaysburg Records Marriages, Deaths &amp; Partitions from Weekly Newspapers of Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon/Blair Cos., Pa., 1836-1852 (Apollo, Pennsylvania:Closson Press, c1994) ;

Newspapers of Huntingdon County


 * Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory
 * Pennsylvania Newspapers
 * The Blair County Genealogical Society has a copy of the book Huntingdon County Newspaper: A Finding List which was compiled by M. M. Faust and Nancy S. Shedd for the Huntingdon County Historical Society. Also available
 * The Pennsylvania State Library has a book entitled Huntingdon County Newspapers, Vol I that contains notices from the Huntingdon Gazette 1806-1811. This book is not indexed. It's call number is 929.37484 NW1001 and is found in Form Room 101.

Newspapers on Microfilm

The Blair County Genealogical Society and the State Library of Pennsylvania has the Huntingdon Gazette on microfilm.

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper.


 * Newspaperarchive.com has the Huntingdon County News online.

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * 1947-2010  at FamilySearch
 * PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Huntingdon County.

Obituaries
Obituary Indexes


 * Archie Claar Obituary Collection Index, Volume 19, 20 through Blair County Genealogical Society. Online
 * Wion, John H. Deaths in Central Pennsylvania; an Index to the Obituaries Appearing in the Democratic Watchman, Bellefonte, Pa (S.I.:s.n., 1969)

Online Obituary Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Obituaries for Huntingdon County.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes


 * Huntingdon County Wills and Estate Records at Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
 * 1683 -1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry $

Online Probate Records


 * 1683-1994- at FamilySearch

Huntingdon County Only:


 * Huntingdon County Probate Records

The Huntingdon County Historical Society has a wonderful every name indexed compilation by Linnaria B Wheland of Huntingdon County Will Abstracts from 1787-1846.

The original inventories for Huntington county are housed at the Huntington Historical Society.

Original Probate Records on Microfilm


 * 1786 -1972 Index to Orphans' Court Dockets
 * 1787 -1908 Wills
 * 1787 -1918 Index to Wills and Administrations
 * 1788 -1866 Orphans' Court Dockets

Tax Records
Many of the tax lists have been microfilmed, but no one repository has them all. The Huntingdon County Historical Society, State Library of Pennsylvania and the Family History Library each have collections. One can purchase a microfilm roll from the Huntingdon County Historical Society and the State Library of Pennsylvania. The Family History Library will loan their films to their various centers for a small fee.


 * 1788 Returns of Taxables for the Counties of Bedford (1773 to 1784), Huntingdon (1788), Westmoreland (1783, 1786), Fayette (1785, 1786), Allegheny (1791), Washington (1786) and Census of Bedford (1784) and Westmoreland (1783) (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 22). Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books
 * 1798 Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 at Ancestry ($).

Birth

 * 1726-1930  index. Not complete for all years. This collection is an index for the years 1726 to 1930. It is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
 * 1800-1935 - at FamilySearch — index

Some birth records exist for the 1852 -1853 time period for Huntingdon County. Only a small percentage of births were recorded in this time period. These records are available at:


 * 1852-1853 Births
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Births – Ancestry $
 * 1893-1905, 1941 Birth Registers  The birth records for Huntingdon County were microfilmed by FamilySearch. These microfilms may be available to view at a local FamilySearch Center.

Marriage
Huntingdon County marriages are maintained by the Huntingdon County Courthouse. The county began recording marriages in 1885. A few marriage records were created by the county in the 1853 -1854 time period. To obtain a marriage record you may go to or contact the Huntingdon County Courthouse.


 * 1626-2016 Pennsylvania, United States Marriages at FindMyPast ($)
 * 1677-1950  at FamilySearch
 * 1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry $
 * 1725-1976  index. Not complete for all years. This index is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
 * 1787-1823 Marriages by Rev. John Johnston 1787-1823, from J. Simpson Africa's History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, (1883), PAGenWeb
 * Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1852-1854 Marriages
 * 1885-1887 Marriage Licences, contributed by Barbara Lautherboren, PAGenWeb
 * 1885-1907 Marriage License Dockets
 * 1885-1950  Extracted marriage records. Most of the records consist of marriage licenses, certificates, applications, docket books, and affidavits. This database is incomplete for all counties. May also contain marriage records earlier than 1885.
 * Huntingdon County Marriage Applications, Licenses &amp; Certificates, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
 * Huntingdon County Marriage Notices, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives

Death
Huntingdon County began recording deaths in 1893, although some were recorded from 1852 -1854. These records are available in the County Courthouse in Huntingdon. You may request a death record from the Huntingdon County Courthouse.
 * 1720-1999  at FamilySearch — index, some images
 * 1807-1827 Huntingdon County Deaths,1807-1827, PAGenWeb, extracted from J. Simpson Africa's History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania, 1883.
 * 1836-1846 Huntingdon County Deaths, 1836-1846, PAGenWeb, extracted from the Hollidaysburg Record, a weekly newspaper of Blair County.
 * 1850-1880  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry $
 * Death Registers and Reports, 1894 -1896 Partial listing of P surnames – USGenWeb Archives
 * 1852-1854 Deaths  The 1852-1854 county death records were microfilmed by FamilySearch. They are available through Family History Centers and at the Pennsylvania State Archives.

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary.

Archives

 * National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Phone: 215-305-2044 Fax: 215-305-2052 website

Family History Centers

 * Altoona Pennsylvania Family History Center

Libraries

 * Alexandria Memorial Library 313 Main Street Alexandria, Pennsylvania 16611 Phone: (814) 669-4313 Facebook Page

Museums

 * Hartslog Heritage Museum 311 Main Street Alexandria, PA 16611 Phone: 814-207-1410 Facebook
 * The Museum is located on the 2nd floor of the Alexandria Memorial Public Library. It houses over 4000 artifacts that represent the area's past. Most notable is a rare historic map of Huntingdon County.

Societies

 * Roller-Hojeth Memorial Library Blair County Genealogical Society 431 Scotch Valley Rd. Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 Phone: 814-696-3492 Website
 * Collection covers Blair and surrounding counties, particularly Huntingdon, Cambria, and Bedford Counties.


 * Huntingdon County Historical Society 100 4th Street P.O. Box 305 Huntingdon, PA 16652-1418 Phone: 814-643-5449 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Huntingdon County PA Genealogy
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.