Greene County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States  Pennsylvania  Greene County

Historical Facts

 * Greene County was claimed by both Virginia and Pennsylvania until the Mason-Dixon Line was finalized in 1763-1767. (source: Wikipedia)




 * Named for General Nathanael Greene, major general in the American Revolutionary War.

Parent County
9 February 1796: Greene County was created from Washington County.

Boundary Changes

 * 27 January 1750: Part of Cumberland County.
 * 9 March 1771: Became part of Bedford County when it was created from Cumberland County.
 * 26 February 1773: Part of Westmoreland County when it was formed from Bedford County.
 * 28 March 1781: Part of Washington County when it was created  from Westmoreland County.

Neighboring Counties
Fayette | Washington | West Virginia counties: Marshall | Monongalia | Wetzel

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

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.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.

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.

Published Histories

 * Over 950 fully-searchable books and published works covering much of Pennsylvania have been posted online at Historic Pittsburgh, nosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Library

Land and Property
Greene County Recorder of Deeds Greene County Courthouse 10 E. High Street Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: (724) 852-5283

Due to the lack of vital records for Pennsylvania, land records are an important tool in early Pennsylvania research. Land records will list the sellor 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 1796 to the present.


 * On-line records are available from 1950 to the present.
 * Deed Books, 1796-1888; Deed Index, 1796-1941
 * Ancestor Tracks has published Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Greene County which contains all of the Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. thus pinpointing the location of the earliest landowners of the county. Each Township Warrantee Map was painstakingly platted by draftsmen from the original warrants, surveys, and patents of the first settlers of the county within its current boundaries.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks offers an Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Greene County and a Companion Scans of Township Warrantee Maps CD ($). They show precise outlines in metes and bounds of each original tract and all surrounding tracts in the township, giving the names of the warrantee and patentee; dates of the warrant, survey, and patent; and the patent and survey book and page of the recorded patent.
 * Images from the 1876 Caldwell's Atlas of Greene County have been posted online by Jan Slater

Revolutionary War
Men living in what is now Greene County (then Washington and Westmoreland counties) served in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment.

Newspapers

 * Greene County Messenger (Current)
 * Observer-Reporter (Current)
 * Democrat Messenger (1931-1958)
 * Waynesburg Republican (1859-1933)

Courthouse
Greene County Courthouse 93 East High St. Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: (724) 852-5210

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies

 * Cornerstone Genealogical Society (Cornerstone Genealogical Society Wiki page)

Taxation

 * 1798 - Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 at Ancestry ($).

Birth

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

Death

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

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Greene County
 * USGenWeb project
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Populated Places
Boroughs: Carmichaels | Clarksville | Greensboro | Jefferson | Rices Landing | Waynesburg

Townships: Aleppo | Center | Cumberland | Dunkard | Franklin | Freeport | Gilmore | Gray | Greene | Jackson | Jefferson | Monongahela | Morgan | Morris | Perry | Richhill | Springhill | Washington | Wayne | Whiteley