In addition to the wealth of resources found in the historical society archives, there’s a large amount of material found online. Some of these documents are also found in the historical society’s archives.
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Local History
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History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania; containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania; statistical and miscellaneous matter. Chicago, Warner, Beers, 1885
Crawford County Historical Society Newsletter Topical Index
1888 Tribune Republican: Citizens and History of the County prior to 1820
A Concise History of Meadville – Anne Stewart (1993 edition)
Historical Marker Database (Interactive Map)
Historical Marker Listing – Crawford County, PA
Political Graveyard – Crawford County, PA
Meadville Theological School: General Catalogue 1844 – 1910
Meadville Theological School: General Catalogue 1844 – 1920
Religion and Life: Chapel Addresses by Members of the Faculty of the Meadville Theological School
Historical and industrial review of Meadville, Pa – D. P. Robbins (1921)
The Pennsylvania College of Music, Meadville, Pennsylvania (1905)
The Story of Meadville – James J. Audubon (1846)
Histopolis page for Crawford County
Crawford County Courthouse images from postcards at CourthouseHistory.com
Rootsweb Geneology Site – Crawford County, PA
US Gen Web – Crawford County, PA
Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online) – Crawford County, PA
Crawford County, PA Cemetery Listings (Last updated March 2020)
Crawford County, PA sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Crawford County Pennsylvania Township Maps
Crawford County, PA – 1876 Township Land Owners Map – Everts, Ensign, and Everts
Sanborn Maps (Library of Congress) – Crawford County, PA (1800 to 1999)
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Maps & Land
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Perry-Castañeda Library, Map Collection – University of Texas (Pennsylvania Maps)
Pennsylvania Historical Topographic Maps (U.S. Geological Survey, Pre-1945 historical maps)
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National
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Bridge Hunter Directory of Historic Bridges
WorldCat Online Identity Library of Names
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Genealogy & Cemeteries
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Ancestry.com – access available without an Ancestry.com membership when using the computers at the historical society archives
Ancestor’s Tracks (Pennsylvania) – Ancestor Tracks is committed to becoming a one-stop resource for researchers of Pennsylvania landowners from the earliest settlers to the late 1800s.
LDS Family History Library Search for Ancestors site
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Newspapers
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Meadville Tribune obituaries [posted daily]
Chronicling America Newspapers
Xooxle – Free Newspaper Archive
Newspapers.com – access available without a newspapers.com membership when using the computers at the historical society archives