Carbon County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

  &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /&gt; &lt;a href="Pennsylvania"&gt;Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /&gt; Carbon County  == Historical Facts == Parent Counties: Formed from &lt;a href="Monroe County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Monroe&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="Northampton County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Northampton&lt;/a&gt; Counties 18 March 1843. County Seat: Jim Thorpe Neighboring Counties:   &#160;residents may also have records in <span class="fck_mw_ref">Wikipedia contributors, &quot;Adams County, Pennsylvania&quot; in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Pennsylvania (accessed 17 July 2012). &lt;a href="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Luzerne&lt;/a&gt; (north)<span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> •   &lt;a href="Monroe County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Monroe&lt;/a&gt; (east)<span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> •    &lt;a href="Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Schyulkill&lt;/a&gt; (southwest)<span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> •    &lt;a href="Northampton County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Northampton&lt;/a&gt; (southeast) </li></ul> Named for extensive deposits of coal in the region. Boundary Changes <span class="fck_mw_ref">&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21353742&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results"&gt;Pennsylvania line&#160;: a research guide to Pennsylvania genealogy and local history, 1990 ed.&lt;/a&gt; (Laughlintown, Pa.: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1990), [FHL book 974.8 D27p 1990]. <ul>Before 1836: Today's Carbon County was included in &lt;a href="Northampton County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Northampton&lt;/a&gt; County. </li>1 April 1836: When &lt;a href="Monroe County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Monroe&lt;/a&gt; County was created from &lt;a href="Northampton County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Northampton&lt;/a&gt; County, future Carbon County was split between &lt;a href="Monroe County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Monroe&lt;/a&gt; County and &lt;a href="Northampton County, Pennsylvania"&gt;Northampton&lt;/a&gt; County. </li></ul> Resources Bible Records Cemeteries Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information. Census <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> Church Records &lt;img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/8/88/Carbon_county_pennsylvania_churches.png" _fck_mw_filename="Carbon county pennsylvania churches.png" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="400" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="Carbon county pennsylvania churches.png" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="width: 400;" /&gt; <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> County-wide Database - Multi-denominational <dl><dd><ul>1708-1985 - &lt;a href="http://hsp.org/collections/catalogs-research-tools/members-only-database"&gt;Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://hsp.org/"&gt;Historical Society of Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; – $, free to members of the society; Also available at &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451"&gt;Ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt; – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties. </li></ul> </dd></dl> Court Records Court of Common Pleas Clerk of the Court Prothonotary Orphan's Court (see Vital Records) Emigration and Immigration Ethnic Groups Germans Gazetteers Genealogy History Published Histories Land and Property Land records in Carbon County began in 1843. These records are filed with the &lt;a href="http://www.carboncounty.com/deeds.htm"&gt;Recorder of Deeds&lt;/a&gt; office in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, and maps. Property records include liens as well as livestock brands and estray records. The following are examples of available resources: Land Records on Microfilm <ul>1843–1934 Deeds 1843-1902, 1922-1923; Index 1843-1934. <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> </li></ul> Additional Resources Note that the "Maps" section below includes maps related to land ownership. See &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Pennsylvania Land and Property"&gt;Pennsylvania Land and Property&lt;/a&gt; for more information about using land records, especially about original land warrants, surveys, and patents filed at the state land office. Additional resources can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Carbon County Pennsylvania Land in online catalogs such as: <ul>&lt;a href="http://discover.hsp.org/Search/Results?lookfor=Carbon+land&amp;type=AllFields&amp;submit=Find"&gt;Historical Society of Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; </li>&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&amp;q=Carbon+county+pennsylvania+land"&gt;WorldCat&lt;/a&gt; (For instructions see &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="WorldCat Online Catalog"&gt;WorldCat Online Catalog&lt;/a&gt;.) </li><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template">  (For instructions see &lt;a href="Family History Library Catalog Place-name Search"&gt;FHL Catalog Place-name Search&lt;/a&gt;.) </li></ul> Maps <ul>&lt;a href="http://ancestortracks.com/"&gt;Ancestor Tracks&lt;/a&gt; has posted free and downloadable images from the &lt;a href="http://ancestortracks.com/CarbonCo_Resources.html"&gt;Map of the Counties of Munroe and Carbon, Pennsylvania from Surveys under the Direction of H. F. Walling (New York, 1860)&lt;/a&gt;. &#160;This wall map located in the library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing. While the physical maps are in the puiblic domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used commercially. &#160;We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks </li>&lt;a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carbdat/beers/brs_idx.htm"&gt;1875 County Atlas of Carbon, Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; by F. W. Beers has been posted on Rootsweb.com site. </li></ul> Migration Military Naturalization and Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Indentured Servants Periodicals Poorhouse, Almshouse Probate Records Repositories Archives Courthouse &lt;a href="http://www.carboncourts.com/cthours.htm"&gt;County Courthouse&lt;/a&gt; 4 Broadway Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Family History Centers <ul>&lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers"&gt;Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;/a&gt; </li></ul> Libraries Museums Societies Taxation Vital Records <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> Birth <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul>1726-1930 - <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template">  - free index. Not complete for all years. </li>1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Births &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2349"&gt;Ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt; – ($) Index with images. </li></ul> Marriage <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul>1885–present&#160;Original records located at the Carbon County Archives. </li></ul> &lt;a href="http://www.carboncourts.com/archives.htm"&gt;Carbon County Archives&lt;/a&gt; 44 Susquehanna St. P.O. Box 129 Courthouse Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 <ul>1700-1821 - Pennsylvania Marriage Records &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2383"&gt;Ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt; –$ This database is incomplete for all counties. </li>Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2098"&gt;Ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt; – $ This database is incomplete for all counties. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives. </li></ul> Divorce Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonary. The office of the Prothonotary is located in the main courthouse building. Contact the office at: &lt;a href="http://www.carboncourts.com/prothy.htm"&gt;Office of the Prothonotary&lt;/a&gt; P.O. Box 130 Jim Thorpe, PA  Death <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul>1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Deaths &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2487"&gt;Ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt; – ($) Index with images. </li></ul> <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> Places Populated Places References <span class="fck_mw_references"/> <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template">  <span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template"> &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Category:Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania"&gt;Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt;