Somerset County

Hi and welcome to the Somerset County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project — a proud member of the PA-Roots family of websites.
Your County Team Associate is Nathan Zipfel and I’m really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research.  A  huge thanks to Nan who originally develped the resources for Somerset County.
I’ll be adding to and updating this website as new material is made available, so please be sure to stop by often. If you’ve got data that you’d be willing to contribute, please contact me. I’m always in the need of help in getting data on-line. If you’d be interested in helping, please contact me.
The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Somerset County.  At last check there are over 19,900 individual data records posted.
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Nathan
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1798 Stony Creek Taxables

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The following were the occupations, other than farming, represented on the tax-list of Stony Creek for the year 1798:Henry Brant, tavernkeeperJames Black, tanyardJacob Glessner, carpenter shop and sawmillJohn Groner, millwright, one millJacob Grendle, cordwinderConrad Hite, tavernkeeperLudwig Koss, cordwainerDavid Kimmel, tavern keeperJacob Lambert, blacksmithJoseph Miller, sawmillWilliam McDermott and Cornelius Martenius, tavernkeepersJacob Menges, weaverGottlieb Nietz, hatterSamuel Rhoads, … Read more

Shanksville Reformed Church

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This church was organized in 1848, by Rev. William Conrad. The original members were:John LutzMartin ShankMoses LambertJacob LambertDavid KellerWilliam ShankCatharine ShankElizabeth Lambert The pastors have been:Rev. William ConradRev. John HoymanRev. A. B. KeplinRev. D. H. ReiterRev. L. B. LeasureRev. James GrantRev. Joel W. AlspachRev. H. F. Keener (1875 to the present date) The house of … Read more

G.A.R. – Ross Rush Post No. 361 – Ursina

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Ross Rush Post, No. 361, G.A.R., was organized July 23, 1883. The officers and charter members were as follows:Col. E. D. Yutzy, C.B. F. Snyder, S.V.C.G. W. Anderson, J.V.C.T. W. Anderson, Chap.Noah Scott, Q.M.William H. Kepler, O.D.Jackson Lenhart, O.G.LeRoy Forquer, Adj.J. B. JenningsJacob J. BushAndrew HollidayWilliam R. ThomasAlfred M. SnyderHarrison YounkinHarrison VansycleJohn EnosAndrew J. CrossSamuel … Read more

I.O.O.F. – Ursina Lodge No. 806

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Ursina Lodge, No. 806, I.O.O.F., was instituted July 12, 1873, with the following charter members:John LeslieB. M. FreshwaterSamuel ThompsonW. S. HarahJ. R. WeimerWilliam CaldwellSamuel MinderAlex. LeslieEd. KornsB. F. SnyderR. H. DullW. W. WolffI. J. MillerN. B. LichliterW. H. SannerS. B. JohnstonJ. B. DavisW. J. JonesJ. P. MillerWilliam ShawJ. S. Peterman The first officers were:W. S. … Read more

I.O.O.F. – Confluence Lodge

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Confluence Lodge, I.O.O.F., was instituted December 12, 1872, with the following officers and charter members:F.R. Fleck, N.G.Chas. Strohm, V.G.James Baxter, Sec’yW.S. Mountain, Ass’t Sec’yH. Valentine, Treas.W.R. MountainDavid MorrisonHenry D. BoleJ.K.P. ShoemakerJames RichardsonEllsworth McClearySam’l NeighleyRobt. WallaceJames B. CrossM. TannebillW.H. BishopJames KlingensmithWilliam Kessler Present membership, twenty- one; value of lodge property, four hundred and eighty- three dollars … Read more

German Baptists

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The German Baptists, or Brethren, of Shade, organized a church of thirty members in 1851. The first meeting-house was built in 1858. There are now three meeting-houses and one hundred and fifty members in the district, a portion of which is in Cambria county. Bishop: J. BerkeyMinisters:J. HolsoppleH. MusselmanPeter StatlerPeter KnabelJoseph Burkhart.

Berlin Reformed Church

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Berlin congregation of the Reformed church is doubtless the oldest church of that denomination in Somerset county. This place was visited by ministers from the eastern part of the state as early as 1770. The congregation was organized in 1777. The records, which begin with that year, do not mention the name of the minister … Read more

Berlin G.A.R.

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Mark Collins Post, No. 344, G.A.R., was organized at Berlin June 21, 1883, with the following officers and charter members:Rev. H. F. Keener, P.C.A. D. Floto, S.V.C.C. C. Ball, J.V.C.J. Krissinger, Adjt.Samuel Imhoff, Surg.James Alton, Chap.A. K. Johnson, Q.M.W. H. Bender, O.D.Henry Gessner, O.G.Joseph Baldwin, S.M.Jeremiah Hartman, Q.M.S.Conrad KeimLudwig KoobSamuel FerrellWilliam J. PennCharles DivelyJoseph ImhoffMembership … Read more

Draketown Churches

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<center>METHODIST EPISCOPAL</center>The Draketown Methodist Episcopal Church is a tasty and beautiful church, erected in 1880, at a cost of eleven hundred dollars. The first trustees were A. S. Hyatt, Eli Conn and Thomas Ream. The first class leader, A. S. Hyatt; the first pastor, Rev. W. P. Hutchinson, was succeeded by Rev. B. Tannehill, the … Read more

Ursina Churches

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<center>CHURCH OF GOD</center>The first church in Ursina was the Church of God, built in 1869, at a cost of about seven hundred dollars. The first pastor, Rev. William Davis, was succeeded by:Rev. Miles PrittsRev. John WoodRev. Wm. H. LongAt present the church has a membership of about thirty. <center>EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN</center>The Evangelical Lutheran church of Ursina … Read more