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Online Resources

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.

Local History

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)

A Genealogical Tour of Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NW PA Heritage

General Resources

GenDisasters – Pennsylvania

Family Old Photos.com

PA Power Library

Internet Archive – Open Library

Dating vintage photographs by clothing & hairstyles

Maps & Land

Perry-Castañeda Library, Map Collection – University of Texas (Pennsylvania Maps)

Pennsylvania Historical Topographic Maps (U.S. Geological Survey, Pre-1945 historical maps)

US Gen Web 

Land Patent Search

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

National

Library of Congress

Bridge Hunter Directory of Historic Bridges

WorldCat Online Identity Library of Names

New York Public Library Collection of Digital Images

Ethnic Groups

Africana Heritage Project

Ellis Island Search

Castle Garden Search

Immigrant Ancestors Project

Jewish Genealogy Databases

Genealogy & Cemeteries

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

BillionGraves

Cyndi’s List

Cyndi’s List for Pennsylvania

Find a Grave 

Newspapers

Meadville Tribune obituaries [posted daily]

Google News Archive

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

Military

WWII POWs

DAR Genealogical Research Databases

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database

Revolutionary War Patriot Search