Juniata County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States  Pennsylvania  Juniata County

Historical Facts
Named for Juniata River.

Wikipedia

Parent County
2 March 1831: Juniata County was created from Mifflin County.

Neighboring Counties
Dauphin | Franklin | Huntingdon | Mifflin | Northumberland | Perry | Snyder

Note: Dauphin County is separated by a few miles of navigable river, the Susquehanna River.

Land and Property
Recorder of Deeds 1 North Main Street P.O. Box 68 Mifflintown, PA 17059 Phone: (717) 436-7709

Due to the lack of vital records for Pennsylvania, land records are an important tool in early Pennsylvania research. Land records will list the sellor and purchaser of the property and may hide clues to family connections. Land records for Greene County are available from the recorder's office for 1804 to the present.


 * Deeds, 1831-1866; Index, 1833-1973; Miscellaneous Dockets, 1851-1867; Index, 1831-1967

Records may be available on-line. There is a subcription service that provides access to certain public records but the site does list which records are available.

Maps
Ancestor Tracks has posted free downloadable images from the Atlas of Perry, Juniata &amp; Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania, from Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of Beach Nichols, published by A. Pomeroy &amp; Co., 1877. This atlas located 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 are not to be used commercially. We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1820s-1840s - Juniata County, Pennsylvania Naturalization Records Book 1 and Book 2 at The USGenWeb Project - free.

Courthouse
Juniata County Courthouse Bridge Main Streets P. O. Box 68 – Mifflintown, PA 17059

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.