The Union County PAGenWeb Project

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Welcome to the Union County PAGenWeb Project.

Purpose

The purpose of this site is to provide tools for the genealogist and family historian researching primary and secondary documentary materials. These tools include necessary historical and geographical background material needed for research, as well as respositories and the kinds of primary and secondary resource materials that are available.

Limitations

While the Internet provides much material for research, it must be remembered that all transcribed material, whether on the Internet or published, is secondary source material, statistically more prone to error than primary materials. The Internet, and this site, has limitations for proper researching and documentation of genealogical research. For further information about how to use the Internet for accurate research, consult the National Genealogical Society's Standards For Use Of Technology In Genealogical Research.

Finding Source Material

Because the focus of this site is limited, the researcher will find transcriptions and other secondary resource materials in the Union County PAGenWeb Archives, part of the USGenWeb and PAGenWeb projects. Materials transcribed and available elsewhere on the Internet are listed on the Links page.

Best Practices

The top horizontal menu consists mostly offsite links to areas closely related to this website.

• Home - this page
• Archives (offsite) - Look here for transcriptions maintaned for the PAGenWeb Archives project
• Mailing List (offsite) - Subscribe to genealogical email messages in Union County free
• Message Board (offsite) - Check queries and other postings for Union County
• Links - Lists of links to other family, county government, and travel websites
• Contact Me - Click on this to contact me with your questions about Union County research and this website

The left side vertical menu is in three parts:

• Background - geographical and historical background information necessary to determine what and where records are available;
• • Bibliography - Basic reading on the history and topography of the county
  • Civil Divisions - Listing of current civil divisions (boroughs and townships)
  • County Formation - Chronology of juridictional boundaries and how they changed over time
  • Gazetteer - Table of place names, aliases and locations
  • Maps - Historical maps of the county to be used in tandem with above pages
• Repositories - collections of records in the county;
• • Courthouse - Information about records access in the county courthouse
  • Funeral Homes - Names and locations of funeral homes in the county and adjacent areas
  • Historical Society - Research information from the Union County Historical Society
  • Libraries - County libraries with genealogical and historical resources
• Resources - what kinds of records are available
• • Cemeteries - Known cemeteries and their locations in the county
  • Census - Census records available on microfilm and the Internet
  • Churches - Older churches and records availability
  • Military - Military records and where they can be found
  • Newspapers - Periodicals, their years and locations