GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

Private genealogical researcher, 25 years experience in genealogy, specializing only in Jefferson County, PA. I have private collection of obits, newspaper microfilms, census microfilms, county history & related book collection. Will search at Court House, newspaper office, or Libraries in Jefferson County. Also tombstone pictures, weather permitting. Send SASE for my search list, rate is $ 15 per hour, plus cost of copies and postage. Contact me at address below if you need help in any of these areas in Jefferson County. My family has been in Jefferson County for 6 generations.

Court House:

Marriages: 1852 to 1855, and 1885 to present.
Births: 1893 to 1906.
Delayed Records of Birth: proof of age for Social Security purposes.
Deaths: 1852 to 1855, and 1893 to 1906.
Estate Records, Wills, Property Deeds: some start in 1828, to present date.
Naturalizations, Divorces, Civil Court.
Tax Records: start 1803 for Pine Creek Township, other townships begin at date of
 formation of that township.
Photocopies: 50 cents a page.

Public Library:

All county history books, copies 15 cents letter size, 20 cents legal size.

Newspapers:

Microfilm reader does not make copies, entries must be hand-copied, 1854 to present, some issues missing in 1870's and 1880's.

Census:

Jefferson County: 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900,
                               1910, and 1920.
Clarion County: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920
Forest County: 1870 and 1880.
Also have Military Survivors Census of 1890
Viewer does not make copies, must be hand-copied.

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Credits:
 The Tombstone Hopper logo is the copyright property of the artist, Paul F. O'Donnell and was created especially for The Tombstone Hopper.

This page dedicated to our son, Michael Lee Steele, 1963-1963.
 

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Patricia Steele,  10 Cherry Street,  Brookville, PA 15825
 e-mail: harrypat@alltel.net