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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Royal Arcanum – Dale City

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Royal Arcanum – Dale City Council, No. 750, R.A., was organized in March, 1883. Officers:George H. Suhrie, regentDr. H. C. McKinley, vice-regentA. F. John, past regentDr. U. M. Beachley, oratorH. P. Hartley, treasurerM. A. Rutter, collectorE. M. Beachley, secretary Trustees:Jos. A. Ritter, guideJ. H. Bisell, wardenJ. J. HoblitzellJ. H. BisellJ. T. Shipley Medical Examiners:Dr. H. … Read more

Meyersdale Church of the Brethren

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Meyersdale church of the Brethren, or German Baptists, was organized in 1876, with two hundred and fifty members. This church now has two hundred and seventy-five members and three meeting-houses. The meeting-house in Meyersdale was erected in 1851. Bishop, C.G. Lint; ministers, John R. Lichty, S.P. Maust, U.D. Braucher, E.K. Hostetler, D.M. Fike. The first … Read more

Garrett Churches

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The Methodist Episcopal church at Garrett was erected in 1882, under the ministry of Rev. A. Freeman. Rev. I. C. Pershing, D.D., of Pittsburgh, preached the dedicatory sermon. This is a frame church, of Gothic style, and cost about one thousand dollars. The first trustees were:Dr. H. GareyNicholas ClemensWilliam BrownThomas Price, Jr.John Hocking, Sr.Thomas S. … Read more

Meyersdale Roman Catholic Church

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The Meyersdale Roman Catholic church was built in 1849. There was no resident priest at the time. The original members of the church were:Joseph StaubAmbrose BreigMatthias LuhrieJoseph LuhrieFrancis LuhrieAnanias WetmillerMichael SmithDaniel BreigJoseph McKinzeyJohn McKinzeyPatrick McKinzey The first stationed priest was Father Patrick Brown, succeeded by Father James Fitzgerald, Father James Brady and others. The present … Read more

Methodist Episcopal Church

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Meyersdale appointment of the Methodist Episcopal church was taken up in 1870, by Revs. S. T. Mitchell and D. J. Dana. Their successors have been Revs:R. M. FreshwaterW. A. StewartS. W. DavisJ. C. CastleJ. J. MoffittW. LongGeorge S. Holmes There were about fifteen original members. The first trustees were:James S. BlackJohn T. HockingJohn L. CurleyJohn … Read more

Protestant Episcopal Church

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In October, 1869, Rt. Rev. John B. Kerfoot, D.D., LL.D., bishop of the Pittsburgh diocese, and Rev. Richard S. Smith, rector of St. Peter\’s church, Uniontown, determined to visit the towns of Somerset county with the ultimate view of establishing a mission in some of them. After holding services at Somerset, Berlin, Meyers\’ Mills and … Read more

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

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The Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, Meyersdale, was organized by Rev. Eli Fare in 1852. The original members were:Joseph and Elizabeth KeimAlexander and Catharine WalkerJohn I. HicksCatharine GearyMary A. AlbrightHarriet HicksCatharine OlingerPeter KesslerChrist. ShiverMargaret SheetzBarbara YortyMary E. YortyWilhelmina SwearmanCatharine Herring The first church officers were Samuel Bittner, Alexander Walker, Joseph Keim and Joseph Baldwin.The pastors have … Read more

Amity Reformed Church

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Amity Reformed church, Meyersdale, was organized about 1851, by Rev. Henry Knepper. Among the original members and officers were the following:Elder C.M. HicksSamuel FoustEliza HicksA.M. SheetzElizabeth SintrockHarriet MillerLisetta ScheuberLevi HeckertRebecca HeckertThe pastors have been Revs:Henry KnepperA.B. KoplinW.A. GringGeorge A. FickesJohn McConnellA.B. KoplinA.C. GearyL.D. SteckelJohn M. Schick The first house of worship was a union church, … Read more

Summit Township

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<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Summit township was organized in 1843 from adjoining portions of Elk Lick and Brother\’s Valley townships. Its territory contains much excellent land for agricultural purposes, besides abounding in minerals and timber. Jacob Castleman, a hunter who lived where Meyersdale is now located, was perhaps the first settler in the Casselman Valley, and … Read more