Local History and Genealogy Resources
Available at the Community Library of Allegheny Valley

Over 1,000 Reference Volumes

(Special emphasis is given to the Allegheny-Kiskiminetas River Valley that is located in the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler and Westmoreland)
  • Church and Cemetery Records
  • City Directories
  • County and Family Histories
  • Funeral Home Records
  • Genealogy How-to Resources
  • High School Yearbooks
    (Click here for list.)
  • Indexes (Marriages, Wills, etc.)

Microfilm Collection

Microfilm may be viewed
Mondays 11 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Tuesdays 9 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wednesdays 9 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Fridays 9 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Saturdays 10 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
It is recommended to call before coming in
to view microfilm material: (724) 226-0770.
  • Federal Census for PA:* Allegheny County (1790-1930), Armstrong County (in part, 1800-1930), Butler County (1800-1930), Indiana County (1820-1900), Westmoreland County (1790-1930), plus various other Pennsylvania counties (1790-1930)
    and Union Veterans and Widows of 1890
  • Pittsburgh Marriage Index (1875-1885)
  • Local Newspapers:
    Evening Telegram (Oct. 1, 1914-June 30, 1923),
    Freeport Journal (Jan. 17, 1879-May 12, 1905),
    Natrona Daily Press (May 9, 1923-Aug. 8, 1923),
    New Kensington Dispatch
    (Nov. 21, 1891-Dec. 7, 1905),
    Tarentum Telegram (Sept. 19, 1902-April 19, 1912),
    Valley Daily News/Valley News Dispatch
    (July 1904-February 2007).
    Prior to the 1960s, Valley News coverage is primarily for the Tarentum, Brackenridge, Creighton and Harrison Township area.
    The New Kensington Dispatch reported New Kensington events.
* Dates are not all-inclusive.

Recent Additions
  • New Kensington Dispatch:
    Nov. 21, 1891-Dec. 7, 1905
  • WWII Roll Call, Written and Compiled by Joe Bodick
  • The History of East Deer Township, Charles J. Culleiton
  • Union Cemetery, Karen Kirkpatrick.
  • An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County Pennsylvania, Luanne R. Eisler & Glee C. McKnight
  • Freeport Oral History Interviews Freeport Area Historical Society
  • Advance the Colors: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags,
    Richard A. Sauers

Atlases and Maps

The Library has too many to list individually. Various historical atlases and maps of Pennsylvania, the United States and Europe are avialable, including
  • 1867 Atlas of Westmoreland County
  • 1871 Atlas of Indiana County
  • 1872 Historical Topographical Atlas of Pennsylvania
  • 1874 Atlas of Butler County
  • 1876 Atlas of Allegheny County
  • 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County
  • Commonwealth of PA:
    Genealogical Map of the Counties
  • Historic Indian Paths of Pennsylvania




Periodicals
including
  • Alle-Kiski Chronicle
  • Armstrong County Genealogy Club Quarterly
  • Ancestry*
  • Family Chronicle*
  • Family Tree Magazine*
  • Everton's Genealogical Helper*
  • Genealogical Computing*
  • Heritage Quest*
  • National Genealogical Society Quarterly
  • Pennsylvania Heritage*
  • Pennsylvania Magazine*
  • Tarentum Genealogical Society News
  • Tarentum Times
  • Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly
  • The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
  • Western Pennsylvania History
  • Westmoreland History

* Issues of this periodical may be borrowed for one week
with a valid EINetwork library card


Last modified: September 22, 2008


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