Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Lehigh County

History
Named for the Lehigh River (derived from the Delaware Indian term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks".)

Parent County
6 March 1812: Lehigh County was created from Northampton County.

Neighboring Counties
Berks | Bucks | Carbon | Montgomery | Northampton | Schuylkill

Cemeteries
The records of the Fountain Hill Cemetery, Fountain Hill, Bethlehem, PA have been digitally immaged. Records from 1872 to the present were recorded. The persons interred in the cemetery are mostly from the Bethlehem, PA area, especially those from the South side of Bethlehem and ethnic Slovenes who lived there.

The Genealogical Society of Utah created the images as part of project PENN0061D. They are not available to the public as of October 2009.

Societies and Libraries
Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum 432 W. Walnut Street Allentown, PA 18102 Phone: (610) 435-1074

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Allentown Pennsylvania Family History Center (Whitehall)

Web Sites

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