Fulton County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States  Pennsylvania  Fulton County

County Courthouse
116 W Market St Mc Connellsburg, PA 17233-1019

History
Named for Robert Fulton, inventor of first commercially practical steamboat.

Parent County
19 April 1850: Fulton County was created from Bedford County.

Neighboring Counties
Bedford | Huntingdon | Washington | Maryland counties: Allegany | Washington

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Buck Valley

Land
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 Fulton County are available from the recorder's office for 1850 to the present.


 * Register of Deeds, 1850-1900, with Index to Grantors, and Grantees, 1850-1937

Revolutionary War
Men living in what is now Fulton County (then Bedford County) served in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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