Please e-mail Tom Yoset if you have comments, requests,
specific questions, or suggestions for additions to this site. Thank
you.
An index to biographical sketches appearing in the standard reference works on the county has been completed, and additional works are now being indexed. The most recent additions are John W. Jordan's unreliable but nevertheless useful 1915 compilation of lineages, and a 1903 account of the Crawford County bench and bar. The index contains links to some of the indexed sketches, including all of those from the 1876 atlas. Kathy Cook is now copying sketches from the 1885 county history; other sketches will be added upon request.
A rudimentary guide to cemetery locations, indexes, etc., has been started. Additions and corrections would be welcomed.
The 1860 U.S. Census mortality schedules have been added, the 1850 U.S. Census mortality schedules have been revised, and a combined index prepared. The index to the 1880 U.S. Census mortality schedules is being revised. Posting of the 1840 U.S. Census, being copied for this site by Diana L. Watson, has begun with Summerhill Township.
Renamed from "Court Records" and undergoing revision. The most recent additions are nineteenth century adoptions and unprobated wills.
Alfred Huidekoper's account of the county published in 1850, in answer to a questionnaire from
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, has been copied for this site
by Robin Brown.*
With the addition of chapters covering Sadsbury, South Shenango,
Sparta, Spring, Steuben, Summerhill, and Summit Townships, all township
and borough sketches published in the 1885 county history are now
included at this site.
Beverly Hopkins of Erie, PA, has
completed copying the township histories found in the 1876 atlas for this site, and
has begun to copy those printed in the 1874 gazetteer (Athens is the
latest township to be added).* Every-name indexes to the copied
sections of the 1874 gazetteer and the 1876 atlas have also been
prepared (and appear nowhere else but at this site).
Mary C. Fyda-Mar of California has
completed copying the township and borough sketches found in the 1879-80 county directory, and an
index to those sketches has been added.
Guides to Historical Township
Boundaries and Historical Borough
Boundaries have been posted, showing the formation of these
political subdivisions and their boundary changes.
Notes on Methodist and Prebyterian Churches have been copied for a
section on church history.
This section is being developed as a listing of geographical places, together with links to any pages dealing specifically with each place included.
Additional information on obtaining vital records is being added, and the possibility of including the Meadville death records is being explored.
