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.
Thanks!
Nathan
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Hay-Ringler Reunion-1907

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It Was Very Largely Attended at Ohiopyle on Sunday; Had Big Dinner in the OpenThere Were Forty Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren of Mrs. Sarah Ringler Present at the Festivities The Hay-Ringler reunion at Ohiopyle Falls last Sunday far exceeded the expectations of the inceptors both as to attendance and enthusiasm. Forty of the children, … Read more

1850 Somerset Township Census (partial)

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<center>1850 Federal Census, Somerset Twp., Somerset County, PA</center>All persons listed in this abstract were born in Pennsylvania, unless otherwise noted. “School” indicates the person has attended school within the year. “R. E.” stands for real estate. “1-1” = dwelling house in order of visitation/family in order of visitation. 147-155. SAMUEL RHODES, 40, farmer, $2,500 R. … Read more

1837 Paint Township Taxables

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The following were the taxable inhabitants of Paint township in the year 1837:Geo. ArresJac. AshPeter Berkey (justice)Jac. BloughJesse BerkebileAndrew BerkebileHenry BerkeyDan’l Berkey (justice)Peter BerkeyAbr. BurghardDav. BloughDan. Berkey (of Peter)John FoustJohn Fyock, Sr.John Fyock, Jr.Geo. FrahnJohn FisherHenry Foust (miller)Dav. FyockChris. FryJos. GrowdenJohn Giser (carpenter)John HeltzleJohn HuffmanGeo. HeltzleDan. HelmanIsaac HolsapbelAdam HolsapbelJoseph JohnsHarrison JonesFred KusterJac. Kusterwidow KocherJohn KuntzJac. … Read more

Conemaugh Township

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Conemaugh Township<strong><center>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</center></strong>Conemaugh township was organized in February, 1801 out of part of Quemahoning township. The name is of Indian origin and means “long fishing place”. Conemaugh was a large township when first created as it included nearly all of the present townships of Paint and Ogle and a wide strip of Cambria … Read more

1854 Taxables Larimer Township

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Geo. Arnold……………………….John Elrick………………………………Jas. McAuley, innkeeperHenry Albright……………………John Fichtner, innkeeper…………..Mary MillerThos. Abbernatty, merchant…Conrad Felker…………………………James MurphyWm. Adams……………………….Jos. Farver……………………………..Widow MartinHenry Abey, tinner………………Dan. Fitzpatrick………………………Owen McGuireWidow Bittner…………………….Jac. Fligle……………………………….Owen MecagWm. F. Bittner…………………….Sam. P. Geiger, innkeeper………..Pat McCannSam. Bowman…………………….John Geiger, Sr……………………….Geo. McBrideJesse Bowman……………………Jac. Crissinger………………………..Chas QuinnGeo. Beck…………………………..Josiah Geiger…………………………Wm. Null, blacksmithDan. Bauman………………………Rich. Geiger…………………………..Geo. NavisFred. Bittner……………………….Geo. Geiger……………………………Andrew O\’NealJohn Baker…………………………Sam. Gardner…………………………Brian O\’NealDan. Baughman………………….George Gibler…………………………Adam PoorbaughJona. &amp; Elias Bittner…………….John … Read more

First Public Buildings

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By a perusal of the minutes of the board of county commissioners, it is ascertained that on October 29, 1795, the first commissioners of Somerset county–John Fletcher, John Read and John Leech–entered into a contract with Josiah Espy and John Campbell, of the town of Somerset, for the construction of “a temporary gaol in the … Read more

Formation of Somerset County Townships & Boroughs

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TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS. In the order named the following were organized as townships in Bedford county prior to the formation of the county of Somerset: Brother\’s Valley, Turkey-Foot, Quemahoning, Milford, Elk Lick and Stony Creek. BROTHER\’S VALLEY the first township erected west of the Allegheny mountain in Pennsylvania, was formed in 1771, during the first … Read more

Justices of the Peace – Townships (Part 4)

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SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP Daniel Lepley, William Critchfield, 1840 Geo. Cook, Daniel Lepley, 1845 Geo. G. Walker, Wm. Critchfield, 1850 Solomon Korns, 1852 Geo. G. Walker, 1855 Henry Martz, 1856 Jacob L. Kennell, 1857 Dennis Cook, 1861 Henry Martz, 1862 Dennis Cook, 1866 Chas. Sturtz, 1867 Israel Emerick, l869 Israel Emerick, 1874 Jacob L. Kennell, 1875 Israel … Read more