Warren County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Warren County

Parent Counties
1784: The future Warren County was part of the huge area secured by the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, also known as the "Last Purchase," and much of the land was secured for speculation by the Holland Land Company

1785-1788: The eastern part of the future Warren Co. was annexed to Northumberland County; the western portion was part of the Donation Lands

1788-1795: The eastern part of the future Warren Co. remained part of Northumberland County; the western portion became part of the newly created (1788) Allegheny Co.

1795-1800: The eastern part of the future Warren Co. became part of newly created Lycoming Co. which was carved out of Northumberland Co. in 1795; the western portion remained part of Allegheny Co.

12 March 1800: Warren County was created from Allegheny and Lycoming Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Crawford | Elk | Erie | Forest | McKean | Venango | New York counties: Cattaraugus | Chautauqua

Land
Register - Recorder 204 4th Ave. Warren, PA 16365 (814) 728-3430

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 Warren County are available from the recorder's office for 1800 to the present.

There are no on-line records, but the Family History Library has Deeds, 1819-1884 and an index to Deed for 1819 to 1897.

Local Histories

 * 1887 History of Warren County, Pennsylvania with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers edited by J. S. Schenck

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from the 1878 Howden &amp; Odbert's Atlas of Warren County, Pennsylvania from Actual Surveys &amp; Records by &amp; under the Direction of J.A. Howden &amp; A. Odbert (Washington, PA: F.G. Longdon and Wilson Porter, 1878). This atlas on file 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.

Military

 * World War I -- Photographs of Warren County World War I Soldiers from the book "Warren County Boys Over There," 1918.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Warren Pennsylvania Family History Center

Web Sites

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