Warren County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

Guide to Warren County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Warren is located in the West-central tip of the state.

County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse 407 Market Street Warren, PA 16365 Phone: 814-728-3440 Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts: 814-728-3440 Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court: 814-728-3430 Warren County Website Register and Recorder has birth and death records 1893-1906, marriage records from 1885, probate and land records from 1819 Prothonotary Office has divorce and court records

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Additional Cemetery Resources
 * ca.1700-ca.1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * PA-Roots
 * Names in Stone
 * Ancestry($)

Church Records



 * Warren County Historical Society 210 Fourth Avenue PO Box 427 Warren, PA 16365 814-723-1795 Email: [mailto:warrencountyhistory@aol.com warrencountyhistory@aol.com]
 * Society houses area church records.
 * Visit website for available hours, services and fees.


 * Linkpendium


 * Church History by township in Warren County by USGenWeb

County-wide Database - Multi-denominational
 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry $
 * Contains the church records of:
 * Deerfield: Presbyterian Church in Deerfield

Presbyterian List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1815-1862  Presbyterian Church, Lottsville, Baptism Index 1815-1862 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * FamilySearch Places

Land and Property Records
Land records in Warren County began in 1800. These records are filed with the Register-Recorder office in Warren, Pennsylvania.

Online Land Indexes and Records
 * 1819-1897 Deeds, 1819-1884; Index to Deeds, 1819 -1897 - images only; click on the camera icon to view images

Local Histories
Published Histories
 * 1887 History of Warren County, Pennsylvania with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers edited by J. S. Schenck

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps
 * Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from the 1878 Howden &amp; Odbert's Atlas of Warren County, Pennsylvania from Actual Surveys &amp; Records by &amp; under the Direction of J.A. Howden &amp; A. Odbert (Washington, PA: F.G. Longdon and Wilson Porter, 1878). This atlas on file in the Library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used commercially.  We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Civil War
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

World War I
 * World War I Photographs of Warren County World War I Soldiers from the book "Warren County Boys Over There," 1918.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1820-1906  Index to Declarations and Petitions in the Western District of Pennsylvania, US Circuit and District Courts located in US Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 database on Ancestry $
 * 1820-1930  Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1537, incomplete for all counties
 * 1820-1930  Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry $
 * 1847-1906 Alien dockets, 1847-1906,  - images only; click on the camera icon to view images

Newspapers
Newspapers of Warren County


 * Pennsylvania Newspapers
 * Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper.

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Warren County, Pennsylvania.
 * Warren County, Pennsylvania Newspapers Part of the PAGenWeb Project including links to transcribed newspaper extractions of "birth and marriage announcements, land transactions, obituaries and gossip columns."
 * 1947-2010  at FamilySearch

Obituaries
Online Obituary Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Obituaries for Warren County, Pennsylvania.
 * Warren County, Pennsylvania Obituaries Part of the PAGenWeb Project
 * 1947-2010  at FamilySearch — index and images

Book Obituary Abstracts
 * Compiled by Joan M. McRae, Marriage and Death Notices Extracted from Warren County, Pennsylvania Newspapers (Olmsted Falls, Ohio:J.M. McRae, c1982-1983) ;

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1683-1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry $
 * 1683-1994  at FamilySearch
 * 1820-1918 Warren County Probate Records
 * 1820-1918 Registers Docket, includes Index 1824 -1971  - images only; click on the camera icon to view images
 * 1875-1916 Intestate Docket  - images only; click on the camera icon to view images

Birth

 * 1815-1930  – free index. Not complete for all years. This collection is an index for the years 1726 to 1930. It is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.

Marriage

 * 1626-2016 Pennsylvania, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1677-1950 at FamilySearch
 * 1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry $
 * 1725-1976 index. Not complete for all years.
 * Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1852-1976 index. Not complete for all years.
 * 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1885-1950 Extracted marriage records – free. Most of the records consist of marriage licenses, certificates, applications, docket books, and affidavits. This database is incomplete for all counties. May also contain marriage records earlier than 1885.

Death

 * 1720-1999  at FamilySearch — index, some images
 * 1850-1880  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1854  Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry $
 * 1893-1906  Warren County Death Index 1893-1906 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary.

Archives

 * National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Phone: (215) 305-2044 Fax (215) 305-2052 website

Family History Centers

 * Franklin Pennsylvania FAmily History Center

Libraries

 * Warren County Library Association Warren County Library Association consists of five public libraries in Warren County. Each library has access to genealogical databases - especially US Census indexes and newspapers. Many are accessible with your library card from home. Visit website for list of the libraries in this system, contact information and websites.


 * Warren Public Library 205 Market St. Warren,PA 16365 Phone: 814-723-4650 Fax: 814-723-4521 website Email: [mailto:reference@warrenlibrary.org reference@warrenlibrary.org] The Library has a large holding plus access to HeritageQuest and Ancestry Library Edition.


 * Sugar Grove Free Library 22 Harmon St. PO Box 313 Sugar Grove, PA 16350 Phone: 814-489-7872 Fax: 814-489-7826 website Email: [mailto:sgfreelibrary@gmail.com sgfreelibrary@gmail.com]

Museums

 * Wilder Museum of Warren County History 51 Erie Ave. PO Box 144 Irvine, PA 16329 Phone: 814-563-7773 or 814-723-1795 website Email: [mailto:warrenhistory@kinzua.net warrenhistory@kinzua.net] The museum focuses on the Seneca Nation, local history, military actions, and more. The Warren County Historical Society is connected to the museum.

Societies

 * Warren County Historical Society 210 Fourth Avenue PO Box 427 Warren, PA 16365 814-723-1795 website Email: [mailto:warrencountyhistory@aol.com warrencountyhistory@aol.com] They have a wide collection of genealogical material available for searching. They have a database indexes to Birth and Death records from 1893 to 1905. Some of the other records available include, cemetery records, military records, school records, and directories.


 * Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (WPGS) c/o PA Department, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 website The focus of the WPGS is the 26 counties west of Centre County, including Warren County. They are based out of Pittsburgh, PA in the Pennnsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library.

Websites

 * PAGenWeb project
 * USGenWeb archives
 * Warren County PA Genealogy
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.