Bedford County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Bedford County Courthouse 203 S. Juliana St Bedford, PA 15522 (814) 623-4836

Parent County
9 March 1771: Bedford County was created from Cumberland County.

Boundary Changes
The original Bedford County, sometimes called "Mother Bedford," encompassed a huge area when it was created in 9 March 1771. Later counties which were originally part of Bedford County include:


 * parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clearfield
 * all of Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland
 * most of Centre, Huntingdon, Indiana

Neighboring Counties
Allegheny | Blair | Cambria | Fulton | Huntingdon | Somerset

Census

 * 1784 Transcription and Index

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from the 1861 Map of Bedford County, PA Surveyed, Drawn &amp; Published by E. L. Walker which can be used in conjunction with the 1860 census to help pinpoint your ancestors. These images show major landowners on the date of publication. 

Web Sites

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

Sonneborn, Sylvia, editor, "Born Barefoot, " Barefoot Family of Bedford, Somerset, and Cambria Counties, Pennsylvania Blog, Six linked blogs containing the Barefoot Reunion Association newsletters from 1999 to 2009 with yearly Barefoot Family obituaries, social news, photos, ancestor spotlights, and family history articles. Access all 6 blogs through links on the first blog at www.barefoot-family.blogspot.org