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 BRADFORD AREA
- Bradford Area Public Library
67 West Washington St.
Bradford, Pa. 16701
814-362-6527
Library holdings include Bradford Era microfilm (1878 - ), city directories, histories of the county, towns and families. Necrology for Bradford and cemetery listings for the county and bordering areas. A microfilm reader/printer is available. Some requests for information can be answered via correspondence. There is a fee for this service.
- Bradford Landmark Society
45 E. Corydon St.
Bradford, Pa. 16701
814-362-3906
Extensive collection of local memorabilia, photographs, documents and records, including newspapers (incomplete runs of: Bradford Era, Bradford Evening Star, Evening Star and Daily Record,Bradford Herald, Bradford Miner), city directories (1881-1973, incomplete), oil history books, books by local authors, correspondence of US Senator William Wallace Brown, necrology of Bradford, cemetery listings.
- T. Edward & Tullah Hanley Library
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
300 Campus Dr.
Bradford, Pa. 16701
814-362-7610
Hanley Library holds the collection of the McKean County Genealogy Society, including family, local, county and regional histories, genealogies of local families, necrology, cemetery listings and census microfilm for McKean County and some surrounding areas. The library also holds histories of oil, railroad and other industrial activities germane to the region. Elizabeth Emery Kennedy Fesenmeyer's scrapbooks provide one woman's perspective on life in the region from 1922 to 1981.
- Penn-Brad Oil Museum
Rt. 219
Custer City, PA
Mail: 50 Parkway Lane, Bradford, Pa. 16701
814-368-5574
Displays & memorabilia related to the oil industry in the area, focusing on the 22,000 acre Bradford Oil Field, and also covering Penn Grade Crude Oil from the NY, PA, OH and WV area. Information about the history, production statistics, people and companies participating in the business for the last 120 years is available, including textual materials such as issues of Producers Monthly, local newspaper pages and issues, and an extensive collection of books on regional oil history and industries.
- McKean County Genealogical Society
Box 207A
Derrick City, PA 16727
No Phone
Their collection is at the Hanley Library - UPB.
- McKean County Professional Genealogist
Judith A. Shick
18 Pleasant St.
Bradford, PA 16701
814-362-5419
Professional assistance with genealogy, local history, census, Civil War, Court House, obituaries, marriages, births, wills, deeds, cemetery and general research. Judy Shick has 17 years experience in this field, advertises in Evertons Genealogical Helper out of Utah. Judy, along with others, has compiled numerous research documents, most of which can be viewed at the Hanley Library, University Of Pittsburgh, Bradford, PA. Judy also has compiled a three volume reference which includes 20 Cemeteries Of McKean County, with 6 Bordering Cemeteries in Warren and Cattaraugus Co. This Cemetery work has been copyrighted and is for sale. Judy states that this reference is the most accurate and updated cemetery information available at the present time. She is the President of the McKean County Genealogical Society, and on the board of the McKean County Historical Society.
- Professional Genealogist
Larry Richmond
5 Amm Street
Bradford, PA 16701
814-362-2157
Professional assistance with genealogy information, specializing in Civil War and Bradford, Pennsylvania area history. Mr. Richmond can be reached Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 11:00am - 2:00pm, at the Bradford Landmark Society - where he is a member. Larry has helped to compile many genealogical reference works that have been donated to various area libraries. Larry is also on the board of the McKean County Historical Society.
- Marc D. Thompson, Genealogist
708 Enfield Rd, Delray Beach FL 33444
561 676-6179
genealogist22@aol.com
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/h/o/Marc-Thompson-PA/
Association of Professional Genealogists. 25 years experience.
Specialties include American, European, African-American
BIO: Mr. Thompson has been a Family Historian since 1980 and a Genealogist
since 1990. He founded the WSY Genealogical Society, Cumberland Co., PA 1999,
compiled a 10-volume Family History collection and developed a number of
websites. He actively lectures on various genealogy topics, travels often and
has many personal contacts throughout the world. He subscribes to many
fee-based online genealogy websites to supplement his more traditional
resource methods. Well-versed in resource and information location in North
America (including African-American and Native American) and Western Europe.
ELDRED
- Eldred World War II Museum
201 Main St.
P.O. Box 273
Eldred, PA 16731
814-225-2220
Commemorates the efforts of the people of Eldred, Bradford, Olean, NY and the surrounding communities during WWII. Centers around a specially commissioned
sculpture representing the National Munitions Company production line, features a video production chronicling the history of the war from the perspective of that Company. Includes computer-activated dioramas representing events in both major theaters of war, animated maps, posters, letters from Allied generals and a library.
KANE AREA
MT. JEWETT
- Mt. Jewett Memorial Library
9 Main St.
P.O. Box Y
Mt. Jewett, PA 16740
814-778-5588
- Kinzua Bridge Foundation
20 W. Main St.
Mt. Jewett, PA 16740
814-778-6118
PORT ALLEGANY
- S.W. Smith Library
Church St.
Port Allegany, PA 16743
814-642-9210
Reporter Argus, June 3, 1874 - present on microfilm; microfilm reader (no printer). A small collection of local histories.
SMETHPORT
- Hamlin Memorial Library
123 South Mechanic St.
Smethport, PA 16749
814-887-9262
Collection includes books relating to local families, Smethport and McKean County.
- McKean County Historical Society
McKean County Old Jail Building
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Smethport, PA 16749-1144
814-887-5142
Exhibits of early life in McKean County, including country store, schoolhouse
room, period clothier, oil field materials, lumber, history of glass, the role
of the Bucktails in the Civil War and a railroad room. Working looms preserve
the artistry and technology of weaving. A genealogy libray provides
information on the area history. Featured material includes the McKean County
Miner on microfilm, and records of all McKean County Cemeteries. Group tours
and professional consultants are available. The charges are $4.00 for general
admission and $2.00 for members, senior citizens, and children from 6 to 12,
those 5 and under are free.
The above information was taken from a brochure done for the local libraries.
This brochure was the work of the following people: Dennis Frank, University Of Pittsburgh
Library; Sally Costik, Bradford Landmark Society; Eileen Reddy, Bradford Area Public Library;
Larry Richmond, McKean County Historical Society; Judith A. Shick, McKean County
Professional Genealogist.
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