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 Links
Some helpful links to other sites to assist you in your research. Come
back often. More to come...If you'd like to suggest a favorite link,
please contact the webmaster.
Montour County Links
Iron Heritage
Festival website. Current events and hours, photos from
past Festivals, current information, Festival Shoppe for Danville items and
history of the Danville iron industry.
1895 Map of Montour County (Off-site link) A look at Montour County in
the early years.
Montour County,
Pennsylvania, Home Page Sponsored by the Montour Co.
Commissioners, this site has a map, county government telephone numbers, some
good links and other helpful information. The will index is now online at
this site.
Click
here for will index.
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Nearby County Links
Bear in mind that Montour County was once part of
Northumberland County and also Columbia County. These might be
helpful.
Northumberland County
PA Archives Includes scanned online
images of "History of Northumberland County, PA" by Herbert C. Bell and
"Genealogical & Biographical Annals of
Northumberland County" by J. L. Floyd & Co.
Union County.
Bucknell University Sheary Project. Contains Annals of Buffalo Valley
and other published histories, Civil War resources and other Genealogical data,
especially in reference to Union County.
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Birth/Death Records
Pennsylvania
Department of Health: How
to obtain birth, death, marriage and divorce records in Pennsylvania. New requirements to apply for a certified birth or death record
in PA went into effect February 1, 2003. Downloadable request forms
available.
Pennsylvania birth/death record indices. Death records older
than 50 years and birth records older than 105 years are now public records
under PA law. Use this link to access the indices (each year is separately
searchable) and to download forms to request a non-certified copy of the
birth/death certificate. Note: the certificate number is required on the
form so you MUST search the indices first.
Soundex codes. Some of the birth/death records use a
soundex code rather than an alphabetical listing. There is a link to
information about the soundex codes on the indices page. (Link above).
Newspapers
The Danville News Website
Provides
information about the events and organizations in Montour County.
Pennsylvania Links
PA's
Past. Digital Bookshelf at Penn State. Searchable by title,
Subject or author.
John's
Pennsylvania Genealogy Resources Page. A nice collection of links to
PA resource sites, as well a Statewide and Government Resource sites.
Cemetery Links
Billmeyer Cemetery
Online list of interments
in this cemetery.
Findagrave.com.
Contains photos and lists of many Montour County cemeteries, as well as numerous
other. You can search for a specific name or cemetery. See cemetery
tab for specific Montour County cemeteries at this site. More coming...
Interment.net.
Another good place to search for cemeteries or ancestors. Links on
cemetery page to specific Montour Co. Cemeteries.
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Map Links
1895 Atlas
Front Page (Off-site link)
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Military Links
DAR
Website (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution) Here
you can find information on membership, photocopy service, search service, and
request for application paper copies, including printable forms.
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
ARIAS-
Pennsylvania's online digital state archives. Record series currently
online or in the process of being digitized are:
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PA National Guard
Veteran's Card File, 1867-1921 |
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Civil War Veterans'
Card File |
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Revolutionary War
Military Abstract Card File |
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World War I Service
Medal Application Cards |
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Spanish American
War Veterans' Card File of United States Volunteers |
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Mexican Border
Campaign Veterans' Card File |
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Militia Officers
Index Cards, 1775-1800 |
Currently, about
1,500,000 records are accessible on the website, and the State Archives plans to
make additional records available in the near future.
Civil War Rosters - Arranged by State A directory of Civil War
Rosters/Muster Rolls that have been found on the internet. Loads of links for
Pennsylvania, photos, maps, resources, history and search engines- anything
related to the Civil War.
Civil War
Soldiers & Sailors System A computerized database project of
the National Park Service and other partners containing information about both
Union & Confederate soldiers of the Civil War.
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Queries
Reference
Pennsylvania Census Finder: Over 1300 links to free Pennsylvania
census records and genealogy resources categorized by county.
Census Online:
Links to online census records, by state and county. Also has tools such
as a soundex converter, birth year calculator and a calendar tool which tells
what day of the week your ancestor was born on, as well as census forms for the
1790 through 1930 census.
Making of America:
Cornell University Library's digital library of scanned images of actual pages
of 19th century texts. Use the search feature to find fascinating articles
about the Beaver stove, Catawissa Railroad and other local features, Civil War
documents, directories, just about anything you could wish for.
Rootsweb Soundex
Converter The Soundex Converter will give you the soundex code
for your surname along with other surnames and spellings with the same soundex
code.
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Search
Links
LDS FamilySearch
Internet Genealogy Services. Search the resources of the LDS Family
History Library.
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Surname
Links
Boyd Family Information
Page, Clan Boyd Society, International. A very nicely done site with
links to Boyd information by geographical area, military records, naturalization
records, newspaper abstracts and reunions. Enjoy!
Dreifuss/Dreyfuss Genealogy. Contains descendants of Abraham Dreyfuss
of Altdorf (Baden) Germany, links to other researchers. Nice work by Pete
Dreifuss.
Hagerman ancestry website by Frank Stahl. Nice, informative site.
Includes photos.
Mills Family website by Gregory MacDonald. Samuel and Amanda Mills,
Danville, PA.
Wert Family history and
surname listing by Jonathan Wert. Includes Wirth, Wert, Wirt, and Wertz.
Contains a database of 35,000 names.
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Visitors Information
Columbia
Montour Visitors Bureau Contains calendar of events, attractions,
visitors guide for those traveling to the area - lodging and dining information.
Columbia
Montour Chamber of Commerce: Lists events, food and lodging, organizations, government
officials, other information about the Danville area.
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