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

Description
It's county seat is Warren and was founded October 1, 1819. It is located in the West-central tip of the state.

County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse 407 Market Street Warren, PA 16365 Warren County Website
 * Warren County Courthouse 204 Fourth Avenue Warren, PA 16365
 * Visit website for information and driving directions for a personal visit (click on the "Warren" tab).


 * Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts Phone: 814-728-3440 Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
 * Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court Phone: 814-728-3430 Fax: 814-728-3476

Cemeteries

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

Additional Cemetery Resources
 * PA-Roots
 * Names in Stone
 * Ancestry($)

Church Records



 * Warren County Historical Society 210 Fourth Avenue PO Box 427 Warren, PA 16365 814-723-1795 Email: [mailto:warrencountyhistory@aol.com warrencountyhistory@aol.com]
 * Society houses area church records.
 * Visit website for available hours, services and fees.


 * Linkpendium
 * Church History by township in Warren County by USGenWeb

Presbyterian
 * 1815-1862  Presbyterian Church, Lottsville, Baptism Index 1815-1862 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Court Records
Court of Common Pleas The Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of Pennsylvania. Major civil and criminal cases are heard in these courts. Judges also decide cases involving adoption, divorce, child custody, abuse, juvenile delinquency, estates, guardianships, charitable organizations and many other matters.

The Common Pleas courts are organized into 60 judicial districts. Warren County shares its judicial district with Forest. Judges of the Common Pleas courts are elected to 10-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district.

Land and Property Records
Land records in Warren County began in 1800. These records are filed with the Register-Recorder office in Warren, Pennsylvania.

Land Records on Microfilm


 * 1819-1897 Deeds, 1819-1884; Index to Deeds, 1819 -1897

Note that the "Maps" section below also includes maps related to land ownership.

Maps and Gazetteers


Maps
 * Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
 * 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 Records

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

Naturalization and Citizenship
Naturalization records available for Warren County, Pennsylvania include the following:

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * 1820-1906  Index to Declarations and Petitions in the Western District of Pennsylvania, US Circuit and District Courts located in US Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 database on Ancestry $
 * 1820-1930  Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1537, incomplete for all counties
 * 1820-1930  Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry $

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1847-1906 Alien dockets, 1847-1906,

Newspapers
Newspapers of Warren County


 * Pennsylvania Newspapers
 * Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory

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.

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Warren County, Pennsylvania.
 * Warren County, Pennsylvania Newspapers Part of the PAGenWeb Project including links to transcribed newspaper extractions of "birth and marriage announcements, land transactions, obituaries and gossip columns."

Obituaries
Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died. However, sometimes an obituary is found in the location from which he or she originated. To find an obituary, see the information under the Warren

Online Obituary Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Obituaries for Warren County, Pennsylvania.
 * Warren County, Pennsylvania Obituaries Part of the PAGenWeb Project

Obituary Excerpts and Abstracts


 * Compiled by Joan M. McRae, Marriage and Death Notices Extracted from Warren County, Pennsylvania Newspapers (Olmsted Falls, Ohio:J.M. McRae, c1982-1983) ;

Other Records
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 the church records of:
 * Deerfield: Presbyterian Church in Deerfield

Orphan

Published 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

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Probate Records
Online Probate Records Original probate records for some Pennsylvania counties are available free online as digital images at FamilySearch.org. The dates vary significantly for each county and not all counties are listed. Some counties may only have probate indexes. This Pennsylvania collection of images may be browsed through the links listed below: Complete Collection:


 * 1683-1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry $
 * 1683-1994  at FamilySearch.org

Warren County Only:


 * 1820-1918 Warren County Probate Records

Original Probate Records on Microfilm


 * 1820-1918 Registers Docket, includes Index 1824 -1971
 * 1875-1916 Intestate Docket

Birth

 * 1815-1930  – free index. Not complete for all years. This index is an electronic 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.

Marriage

 * 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.
 * Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1852-1976   index. Not complete for all years.
 * 1852-1854  Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1885-1950   Extracted marriage records – free. 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.
 * 1947-2010  at FamilySearch
 * Register and Recorder's Office Warren County Courthouse 204 4th Avenue Warren, PA 16365 Phone: 814-728-3430 Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Death

 * 1852-1854  Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry $
 * 1893-1906  Warren County Death Index 1893-1906 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary. The office of the Prothonotary is located in the courthouse building.

Archives

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

Libraries

 * Warren County Library Association consists of five public libraries in Warren County. Each library has access to genealogical databases - especially US Census indexes and newspapers. Many are accessible with your library card from home. Visit website for list of the libraries in this system, contact information and websites.
 * Warren Public Library205 Market St. Warren,PA 16365 Phone: 814-723-4650 Fax: 814-723-4521 Email: [mailto:reference@warrenlibrary.org reference@warrenlibrary.org]
 * The Library has a large holding plus access to HeritageQuest and Ancestry Library Edition. Visit website for hours and services.
 * Sugar Grove Free Library 22 Harmon St. PO Box 313 Sugar Grove, PA 16350 Phone: 814-489-7872 Fax: 814-489-7826 Email: [mailto:sgfreelibrary@gmail.com sgfreelibrary@gmail.com] Visit website for hours

Museums

 * Wilder Museum of Warren County History 51 Erie Ave. PO Box 144 Irvine, PA 16329 Phone: 814-563-7773 or 814-723-1795 Email: [mailto:warrenhistory@kinzua.net warrenhistory@kinzua.net]

Societies

 * The museum focuses on the Seneca Nation, local history, military actions, and more. The Warren County Historical Society is connected to the museum.
 * Warren County Historical Society 210 Fourth Avenue PO Box 427 Warren, PA 16365 814-723-1795 Email: [mailto:warrencountyhistory@aol.com warrencountyhistory@aol.com] They have a wide collection of genealogical material available for searching. They have a database indexes to Birth and Death records from 1893 to 1905. Some of the other records available include, cemetery records, military records, school records, and directories. Visit website for available hours, services and fees.
 * Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (WPGS) c/o PA Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
 * The focus of the WPGS is the 26 counties west of Centre County, including Warren County. They are based out of Pittsburgh, PA in the Pennnsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library.
 * Visit website for research services and fees.

Websites

 * PAGenWeb project
 * USGenWeb archives
 * Warren 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.