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Genealogical Research Services
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The Society operates a research library,
basically limited to Huntingdon County sources.
(Its hours are listed in the table below.) |
Included are:
- Published regional, county, and community histories
- 45,000 index cards of deaths and marriages from local newspapers
- Family files of research done by our staff or other researchers in the past
- Many published and typescript genealogies and biographical encyclopedias
- Extensive index to Civil War sources
- Many Bible, church and cemetery records
- Complete published Pennsylvania Archives
- Tax assessment records from 1788-1876
- "Your Family Tree," with Huntingdon County Index
- Huntingdon County Census microfilm: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860,
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
- 1890 Census of Civil War veterans and Widows
- Census indexes for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870
- Naturalizations 1798-1832, estate inventories 1788-1918, some early divorces
- City directories (1876 & 1911 - county-wide; others - Huntingdon Borough only)
- Obituaries (late 19th and 20th centuries)
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Research
Library 2008 Hours |
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Feb 7 - March 16
Thursdays 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
March 12 - Nov 21 Wed. and Fri. 9 AM - 4 PM,
Thurs 9AM - 8PM
Dec 3 - Dec 24 hours to be determined |
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You may visit our library to
conduct your own research, with the help of our volunteers (see option 1 below), or you
may access our sources by mail with the help of our researchers (see options 2 and 3
below). |
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Options for
Using Our Library Resources |
 Option
1: You may visit our
library at 106 4th St., directly behind the Huntingdon County Library.
There is a $5.00 per day charge to non-members for use of our library.
It is wise to confirm our library schedule before traveling to Huntingdon.
Phone (814) 643-5449 during the library hours listed above. |
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Option
2: Experienced researchers will conduct a search of all relevant sources in
our library, the county courthouse, and the Juniata College newspaper archives @
$25.00/hour for members and $30.00/hour for non members (Includes up to 10 copies at no charge;
additional
copies at .25 ea. Courthouse copies charged at their rates.) |
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Option
3: If it is impossible for you to visit during regular
hours, a researcher can be engaged to open the library and assist you
with your research at a charge of $10.00/hr. You must make an appointment
in advance. |
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To
initiate a search, please click here and print out the form and send;
HCHS, P.O. Box 305, Huntingdon, Pa 16652 or contact us at (814) 643-5449 |
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