Clarion County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
http://www.co.clarion.pa.us/ Clarion County Courthouse Main Street Clarion, PA 16214 Phone: 814-226-4000

Parent Counties
11 March 1839: Clarion County was created from Venango and Armstrong Counties.

==== Boundary Changes ====


 * Before 1795: The area of future Clarion County was part of Northumberland County.
 * 13 April 1795: When Lycoming County was created from Northumberland County, future Clarion County went with Lycoming County.
 * 12 March 1800: When Venango and Armstrong Counties were formed from Lycoming County, about 1/3 of Clarion County went with Venango County and 2/3 went with Armstrong County.

Neighboring Counties
Armstrong | Butler | Forest | Jefferson | Venango

Cemeteries
Charles Reeves has created a map of Clarion County cemeteries that corresponds to, and enhances, the transcription project underway by the Clarion County Historical Society. The map is available at Mr. Reeves' Web site.

A listing of identified cemeteries and several tombstone transcriptions are available at the Clarion County Genealogy &amp; History Web site.

The Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library is a small hometown library located in the rural community of Rimersburg. "A Wealth of Information at Your Fingertips" is their motto.

Their library web site includes a burial database with a wealth of cemetery and burial records for Clarion county.

Search features include the singular options (no wildcard required) for:


 * 1) First Name
 * 2) Last Name
 * 3) Birthplace
 * 4) Year of Death
 * 5) Place of Death (hint, due to the listing of specific names of hospitals, enter "hospital")
 * 6) Cause of Death
 * 7) Name of Cemetery
 * 8) Name of Undertaker
 * 9) Name of Survivor(s) (hint, use last name of survivors)

Rich info source... often gives parents names, spouse name, sometimes even marriage information. Link to instructions is on site.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from Caldwell's 1877 Illustrated Historical Combination Atlas of Clarion County

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Clarion County
 * USGenWeb project
 * Family History Library Catalog