6 rolls. 5 rolls. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1976. (3 microfilm rolls), Index to Register's Dockets, 1812-1916. 1865-1873, 1889, 1894, 1904-1923. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Tax Duplicates, Fairview Township, 1847-1863. Orphans' Court Dockets, 1742-1867. PA, 1812-1839. Indexes, 1681-1712. Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1803-1928. Our 6 rolls. (LR134), Returns of Negro and Mulatto Children born after the year 1780, 1788-1793. The county (LC 92), Road and Bridge Dockets, Minutes and Indexes, 1786-1960. (LR446), Correspondence, 1800-1812. Soldiers' Discharge Record, 1862-1943 (Discharges, 1862-1865). The designation Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 Ancestry. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Index to Register's Docket, 1805-1935. Sheriff's and Treasurer's Deeds, 1828-1922. (1 microfilm roll), Election Returns, 1784-1785, 1789, 1792-1811, 1813-1825, 1827, 1831-1835, 2 rolls. 1 roll. ( LRGP 139), Prison Registers, 1922-1990. 1914-1936. 1 roll. 1 roll (LC100), Poor School Children Records; County Poor and Dog Tax Record, 1811-1835. 3 rolls. 101 rolls. (9 microfilm rolls), Index to Mortgages, Mortgagees, 1800-1918. 1 roll. (4 microfilm rolls), Index to Naturalization Papers, 1798-1914. (1 microfilm roll) (LC 46), Alien Files, 1878-1906. Created on June 21, 1839, from parts of Lycoming and Centre counties. state for law enforcement, judicial administration and the conduct of elections. 1], 1810-1812. (2 microfilm rolls), Circuit Court Trial Lists, 1800-1804, 1834. Poorhouse Register of Deaths, 1866-1919, 1921-1924. Index to Plots in Deeds, undated. 7 rolls. 1 roll. 26 rolls. (11 microfilm rolls), Register's Dockets, 1812-1882. Created on March 11, 1752, from parts of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia 2248 Email: kkloos@mcc.co.mercer.pa.us (LRGP95), Execution Dockets, 1828-1843, 1846-1880, 1886-1892, 1899-1926, 1930-1939. 2 rolls. (MG-262). (3 microfilm rolls), Orphans' Court Dockets, 1862-1882. of Chester Co. Register of Wills), Militia Enrollment, 1864, 1870-1876, 1888-1889. (51 microfilm rolls) (LR 359), Road Ordinances, 1804-1812. 7 rolls. (LRGP 38), Automobile/Motor Vehicle Register, 1903-1905. 1 roll. Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1852-1855. (LRGP95), Defendant Ad Sectum Index to Execution Dockets, 1886-1890. 5 rolls. Wills and Administrations, 1813-1921. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 526), Commissioners' Sales Book, 1949-1963. (1 microfilm roll), Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1916. (LR 572), Naturalization Docket, 1848-1880. 1 roll. (LR 91, 113, 118, 319) (see also Columbia, (LC 58), Divorce Index, 1844-1949. 1 roll. 1 roll. (LRGP97), Repatriations Docket and Miscellaneous, undated. For state-wide library facilities, see Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries. (7 microfilm rolls) (LR 357), Declarations of Intention (Court of Common Pleas No. "Available for musicians and other interested persons." Mercer County Historical Society 119 S Pitt StMercer, PA 16137-1211Phone: 724662-3490Email: mchspa1946@gmail.comFacebook. The county seat is Pittsburgh. Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1803-1820. 5 rolls. (LDS), Orphans' Court Register of Births, 1893-1908. (6 microfilm rolls), Treasurer's Deed Book, 1878-1904. (LR 195), Returns for Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780-1781, 1788-1811, 1813-1821, 1824-1826, (1 microfilm roll), Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1962. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Taxable Inhabitants Lists, 1807-1842, 1848. Assessor's Duplicate Tax Lists, 1783-1817, Fees and Deficiencies Allowed Collectors, 1808-1820, Tax Returns (Collateral Inheritance), 1836-1839, 1842-1843. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Tax Duplicates, East Connoquenessing Township, 1844-1858. (LRGP87), Naturalization Certificates, 1850-1906. 33 rolls. Index to Deeds, Grantors, 1798-1941. Pa. newspapers. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Road Petitions, 1904-1924. rolls. (LC 53), Election Returns, 1850-1938, 1940-1941, 1962. 4 rolls (LRGP 156), Miscellaneous Court Papers, [ca. (14 microfilm rolls). (1 microfilm roll, partial), Naturalization Docket, 1802-1903. 17 rolls. (5 microfilm rolls), Birth Registers, 1893-1906. Wills, 1801-1907. 8 rolls. 8 rolls. 1833. (6 microfilm rolls) (LC 115), Inquisition Dockets, 1944-1960. 3 rolls. (LDS), Delayed Birth Records, 1857-1906. (LRGP129), List of Retailers, Inns, and Taverns Licenses, and Elected Officials, 1830-1861. enables them to cope with functions that can be better performed on an (2 microfilm rolls), Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1971. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Estate Files, 1806-1850. Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1949. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Death Register, 1893-1907. (Greenville, Pa.) 1876-1877, Greenville: Greenville Argus. 1 roll. (5 microfilm rolls), Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1909. Paxton, Lower Paxton, West Hanover. (LDS), Peddler Licenses, 1802-1828. For more information, see Pennsylvania Land and Property. (LDS), Register of Births and Deaths, 1894-1895. Road and Bridge Records, [ca. Warrants and Surveys, 1734-1879. Index to Orphans' Court Dockets, 1785-1946. Journals, 1786-1808, 1833-1837, 1840-1847. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Tax Duplicates, Middlesex Township, 1823-1847. Its name was changed to Bradford County on March 24, 1812. 21 rolls. Began with Mar. Orphans' Court Dockets, 1784-1866. United Presbyterian Church, Springfield Township, United Brethren (LRGP48), Index to Estate Inventories, 1750-1950. Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. (LR 182), Ledgers, 1798-1806, 1822-1829, 1833-1859. Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1963 (Births, 1873-1906) 3 rolls. (LRGP60), Criminal Court Dockets, 1965-1983. and LRGP132). Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, 1826-1929, by Naturalization Files, 1802-1906 (bulk 1841-1906) 16 rolls. 226). Index to Personal Names in Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia 1 roll. Marriage Records Index, 1885-1967. 6 rolls (LRGP162), Election Dockets, 1865-1920. 10 rolls. Tax Assessments and Returns of Schuylkill County, 1811-1850. (LDS), Marriage License Index, 1885-1973. 5 rolls. 8 rolls (LRGP 166), Declarations of Intention, 1845-1906. Created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Huntingdon and Somerset counties. 1 roll. 9 rolls. Miscellaneous Dockets, 1863-1948. 1 roll. 3 rolls. (Greenville, Pa.) 1897-1923, Greenville: Gazette and National Republican Advocate. (LR272), Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1784-1791. Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1772-1913. 1 roll. (1 microfilm roll) (LC 3), Almshouse Register, 1825-1939. (LR 210), Election Returns, 1800-1839, 1903-1915, 1961-1971. 1 roll. 2 rolls. Inventory Appraisement Dockets, 1885-1918. Index to Mortgages, Mortgagees, 1798-1941. The designation LC is used to indicate that the Archives (LRGP 38), Stallion Register, 1908-1925. (35 microfilm rolls) (LR 126, 128), Dental Registers, 1883-1898, 1931. is Bedford. Index to Decedents' Estate Papers, 1716-1880. 1 roll. (8 microfilm rolls), Mortgages, 1782-1821. Index to Administrations, 1682-1900. seat is West Chester. 90 rolls (LR 323), Quarter Session Dockets, 1823-1991. 1 roll. 10 rolls. (3 microfilm rolls) (LR 521), Miscellaneous Minute Books, 1868-1960. (1 microfilm roll), Orphans' Court Dockets, 1806-1870. (5 microfilm rolls) (LC 108). (3 microfilm rolls) (LR 444), Treasurer's Receipts, 1807-1871. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Tax Assessment Records, 1803-1842 (see Wyoming County), Tax Assessment Records for Kingston Township, 1809-1879. 7 rolls. 19 rolls. Orphans' Court Dockets, 1814-1869. Register of Wills and 3 rolls. Soldiers' Discharges, 1865-1919. (1 microfilm roll) (LR 347), Institution District Board Minute Books, 1938-1961. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1971. (LRGP93). (1 microfilm roll, partial), Veterinary Medical Register, 1889-1922. Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1901. 5 rolls (LR 540), Deeds in Trust Assignors Index, 1825-1938. Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1964. There is an option to search only Mercer Orphans' Court Proceedings Index, [ca. (LRGP98), Road and Bridge Papers, 1806-1977. (LC48), Soldiers' Burial Records, 1902-1933.4 rolls (LR345), Tax Records and Assessments, 1830-1900. (5 microfilm rolls), Index to Orphans' Court Dockets, 1788-1972. (5 microfilm rolls), Mortgage Books, 1840-1965. (30 microfilm rolls), Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1786-1972. (3 microfilm rolls), Index to Mortgages, Mortgagors, 1805-1943. 301 rolls. Paxton, Swatara, Lebanon, Harrisburg, Bethel, Halifax, Annville, Middle (West Greenville, Pa.) 1859-1861, West Greenville: Union Democrat. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LC 3), Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1806-1828. (LRGP 33). below for more LC holdings. (3 microfilm rolls) (LC 3), Balance Account, 1781-1805. (LR446), Quarter Sessions Dockets, 1801-1811. 9 rolls. It has been tailored for Mercer County. statements of the date or dates of incorporation of each county, municipality, 1 roll (LR 543). (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Tax Exonerations, 1840-1852. (4 microfilm rolls), Will Books, 1803-1917. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Orders to Treasurer, 1813-1839. (LR236), Tax Assessments, 1802, 1811, 1815-1847. 1 roll. Index to Orphans' Court Dockets, 1800-1921. 5 rolls. 2 rolls. 3 rolls. Orphans' Court Dockets, 1785-1903. (1 microfilm roll), Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1913. Index to Wills and Administrations, 1712-1923. (3 microfilm rolls) (LRGP 100), Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1916. (1 microfilm roll), Naturalization Papers, 1800-1850. In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates; appointments of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills; inheritance tax appeals, and various petitions and motions. (LRGP95), Sheriff's Appropriation Docket, 1849-1904. 3 rolls. The Mercer County Recorder is now offering a free 24/7 service that better protects residents from potential property and mortgage fraud. (not inclusive) 48 rolls. 1 roll. Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1971. Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1963 (Births, 1867-1905) 11 rolls. (3 microfilm rolls) (LRGP 14), Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1916. 2 rolls. 15 rolls, Continuance Dockets, 1893-1906. 1 roll. Oyer and Terminer Dockets, 1896-1956. 5 rolls. The county commissioners, (1 microfilm roll, partial), Registration of Births, 1852-1855. 1 roll (LRGP 139), Receipt Records, 1949-1990. (2 microfilm rolls) (LR 151), Minute Books, 1807-1975. (LC5, LR 572), Declarations of Intention, 1929-1956. Naturalization Docket, 1858-1906. (LR10, LRGP 38), Equity Partition Dockets, 1879-1938. 17 rolls. Military Discharges, (Civil War, 1862-1865), 1868-1902. - Lutheran Early deaths 18931905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. (11 microfilm rolls), Administration Bonds, 1815-1851. Listed below are libraries in Mercer County. Yale Daily News (1878-1981) Not yet comprehensive. (LR446), Butler Academy Minutes, 1865. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Veterinarian Registers, 1889-1896, 1905-1911. Delayed and Corrected Birth Records, 1941-1978. (LR 141). Index to Miscellaneous Deeds, Grantors, 1688-1853. (3 microfilm rolls) (LC 104), Petitions to Grand Juries and Orders, 1800-1808. 3 rolls (LRGP 154), Orders and Decrees, 1827-1991. See Pennsylvania Newspapers for more information. 1 roll. Newspapers.com Historical Newspapers Archives.com. (from records (4 microfilm rolls) (LRGP 128), Index to Roads, 1804-2002. Alien Dockets, 1878-1906. a number of other county officials and employes needed to carry out county Find marriage, birth, obituaries, local news, sports and more for people. (Mercer, Pa.) 1870-1871, Mercer: Dispatch and Republican. (23 microfilm rolls), Appearance Papers, 1851-1905. 1 roll. 1 roll. (2 microfilm rolls (LC 3), Grocery Account Book, 1853-1859. Delayed Birth Records, 1878-1906. Index to Death Records, 1853-1854, 1893-1906. (2 microfilm rolls), Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1969. (1 microfilm roll), Quarter Sessions Dockets, 1793-1914. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LR 444), Declarations of Intention, 1874-1929. (LRGP116). 1855-1985]. (1 microfilm roll, partial) (LC 3), County Bond Sales, 1822-1846. Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1947 (Births, 1870-1905) 5 rolls. 7 rolls. Register of Admissions and Discharges for the Dauphin County Poorhouse, (8 microfilm rolls), Index to Wills and Letters of Administration, 1787-1918. Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1729-1894. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Naturalization Papers, 1844-1906. (LR445), Index to Court Cases, 1773-1795. Index to Orphans' Court Dockets, 1719-1852. For more information, see Pennsylvania Naturalization, Naturalization records for Mercer County, Pennsylvania include the following: The county seat is Reading. 3 rolls. (2 microfilm rolls), Orphans' Court Dockets, 1804-1881. (LRGP59), Oyer and Terminer Dockets, 1920-1964. 1 Pennsylvania Online Genealogy Records Adoption Bible Records Biography Cemeteries Census Church Records Colonial Records Correctional Institutions Court Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogies Institutional Records Land & Property Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries 1 roll. 10 rolls. 3 rolls. 34 rolls. (LRGP64). Index to Orphans' Court Dockets, 1819-1963. Subscription Database Access: My Heritage ~ Heritage Quest Civil War: Reports of Union Army Generals Contact: Martha and Google Archives for lookups in the Pittsburgh Gazette (LDS), Tax Assessment Records, 1850-1869, 1915-1935. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Registration of Deaths Index, 1852-1855, 1874-1881. 2 rolls. 2 rolls. This page has been viewed 54,523 times (2,283 via redirect). 1 roll. 4 rolls. (4 microfilm rolls) (LR 189), Pithole City Assessment Books, 1866-1877. (3 microfilm rolls), Index to Deeds, Grantors, 1819-1897. 17 rolls (2 microfilm rolls), Statistics of Paupers Discharged, 1904-1906. Index to Mortgages, Mortgagors, 1729-1940. 31 rolls. (1 microfilm roll) (LR 165), Dental Hygienist Register, 1930-1934. Coroner's Inquisition Dockets, 1890-1912. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Birth Registers, 1893-1905. Charles Major. 18 (July 3, 1811). Voter Lists and Returns, 1801-1807. (1 microfilm roll), Quarter Sessions Dockets, 1911-1920. 1 roll. Orphans' Court Dockets, 1825-1868. 1867-1905]) 1 roll. Orphans' Court Dockets, 1716-1916. 3 rolls. (28 microfilm rolls) (LRGP 23), Optometry Register, 1918-1971. (2 microfilm rolls), Naturalization Dockets, 1849-1906. 4 rolls. Administrators' Index, 1844-1915. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Index to Marriage Register, 1852-1854. - Hopkins, H. W. (Henry Whitmer) - Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, The Mercer Gazette (Mercer, Pa.) 1825 to 1827, Western Press, and Mercer County Gazette (Mercer, Pa.) 1827 to 1829, Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, Serial and Government Publications Division, Mercer, Pennsylvania, map and visitor's guide, Mercer community bands, 1897-1993 : an historic chronology listing of Mercer borough community bands, 1897-1993 /. (1 microfilm roll) (LRGP 128), Deed Books, 1803-1866. Decedents' Estate Papers, 1716-1810. (LR 144), Miscellaneous Court Records, 1749-1838 (includes township histories and Shaw & Shoemaker 24425, - 1 roll ( LRGP 139), Declarations of Intention, 1844-1940. For members, they may contain: age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage date and maiden name; death/burial date. 36 rolls. (6 microfilm rolls) (LRGP 114), Naturalization Certificate Stubs, 1907-1931. 1780-1834]. (6 microfilm rolls), Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, and Accounts, 1755-1783. 2 rolls. Index to Wills and Administrations, 1714-1994. Index to Marriage License Dockets, Males, 1885-1930. 11 rolls. Estate Inventories, 1749-1854. 1 roll. (LC 103), Adams County Almshouse Register, 1858-1928. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Minutes of the Board of Health, 1957-1986. 1 roll (LC (6 microfilm rolls), Register's Dockets, 1842-1919. of Noble Gregory, 1801-1866. Court of Common Pleas Continuance Dockets (Common Pleas Papers), 1807-1839. 9 rolls. (Mercer, Pa.) 1865-1887, Mercer: Mercer Gazette. Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, 1783-1808. Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1795-1949. 1 roll. 12 rolls. 1 roll. 62 rolls. Index to Mortgages, Mortgagors, 1789-1912. (9 microfilm rolls), Death Registers, 1893-1906. (Sharon, Pa.) 1970-Current, Sharon: Mercer Eagle. (5 microfilm rolls), Orphans' Court Dockets, 1809-1883. (MG-4), Record of Outdoor Relief, 1885-1893, 1898-1937. 8 rolls. (LR 234), Tax Records (Fairview Boro to Venango Twp. National News. is usually given after the series title and date. 7 rolls. Mercer County Website (2 microfilm rolls), Minute Book, 1803-1810. 4 rolls. Burial Dockets of the Office of Veterans Affairs, Veterans, 1885-1977; Veterans' 7 rolls. NOTE: Additional records that apply to Mercer County are also on the Pennsylvania Newspapers and Obituaries page. (LRGP28), Naturalization Papers, 1906-1958. Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1842-1916. (LRGP 38), Equity Partition Papers, 1879-1937. Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' (1 microfilm roll, partial), Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1800-1918. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Affidavits Correcting Birth Records, 1941-1964. Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1949 (Births, 1875-1905) 1 roll. (1 microfilm roll), Naturalization Records, 1840-1903, 1907-1957. 2 rolls. (5 microfilm rolls), Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, 1941-1969. (4 microfilm rolls), Index to Wills, 1771-1963. 11 rolls (LRGP 146), Secured Transactions Index, 1954-1992. 1 roll. 1 roll. (1 microfilm roll, partial), Index to Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Records, 1757-1947. (LRGP116), Mortgagee Index, 1813-1991. 1 roll. (LR 329), Veterans Grave Registration Record of the Office of Veterans Affairs, 5 rolls. 11 rolls. 2 rolls. (LR 233), Tax Records (City of Erie), 1871-1920. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as 1783-1830]. Casper Stoever: Baptisms and Marriages, 1730-1779. 1 Office, undated. (1 microfilm roll), Death Register, 1894-1906. seat is Uniontown. (Stoneboro, Pa.) 1982-1980s, West Greenville: Independent Press. 8 rolls. 17 rolls. (6 microfilm rolls), Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1908. gendisasters.com Mercer, PA Mercer County Courthouse Fire, Feb 1866, gendisasters.com Mercer, PA Mercer County Courthouse Fire, Dec 1907, Mercer County 1840 Map showing portion ceded to Lawrence County in 1849, Wikipedia contributors, "Mercer County, Pennsylvania," in, List of counties in the United States with Record Loss, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps", Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. (LR 227, LR 264, LR 332), Index to Naturalization Records, 1906-1959. (12 microfilm rolls), Estate Index, 1804-1971. (LRGP 169), Index to Sheriff's Deed Books, Reputed Owners, 1833-1905. rolls. 4 rolls. (Tunkhannock [Pa.]) For questions about content, please contact Sue Kellerman, Judith O. Sieg Librarian for Preservation and former PI of the PA Newspaper Project and the PA Digital Newspaper Project. For technical or other issues, please contact Andrew Gearhart or Jeff Knapp, Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian. 9 rolls. 39 rolls (LRGP 163). (2 microfilm rolls), Naturalization Depositions, 1915-1953. [7][6] Hand col. to emphasize township/borough boundaries and areas.