Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Published Sources
on local and family history
Periodicals
| CCH | Crawford County History, 1973—present (newsletter of the Crawford Co. Historical Soc.) [not indexed, but see Index to Articles] |
| CCG | Crawford County Genealogy, 1977—2010 (journal of the Crawford Co. Genealogical Soc.) [every-name index in each volume; see also Topical Index] |
| 1839 Map | O. Spafford, “A Map of the County of Crawford, Pennsylvania” (Erie, Pa., 1839) |
| 1848 Map | C. E. Weaver, “Map of Crawford County, Pennsylvania” (New York, 1848; rpt. CCo. Hist. Soc., 1982; rpt. CCG 18[1995]:108-9) |
| 1848 History | William H. Davis, Esq., “Crawford County, A Brief History, [being] A Lecture Delivered Before the Meadville Literary Union, Feb’y. 18, 1848.” Reprinted CCG 31(Spring/Summer 2008):24 |
| 1850 Memoirs | Alfred Huidekoper, “Incidents in the Early History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania” [dated at Meadville 1 Aug. 1846], Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 4 (Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, 1850), pp. 113-163 [no index; every name linked index on this site] |
| 1865 Map | F. W. Beers, “Map of Crawford Co., Pennsylvania” (Philadelphia, 1865) |
| 1869-70 Directory | Joseph Wiggins, comp., Directory of Meadville and the Oil Regions, For 1869-70, with Historical Sketches and Statistical Tables (Pittsburgh: By the comp., 1869) [no index; partially indexed on this site]. Note: This source covers only Meadville (pp. 5-70) and Titusville (pp. 125-59) in Crawford County (also Allegheny Valley, Corry, Etna, Franklin, Freeport, Jamestown, N.Y., Kittaning, Oil City, Petroleum Centre, Sharpsburg, and Venango City). |
| 1871-72 Directory | Jno. M. Arters, comp., Directory of Crawford County, Pa. for 1871-1872, Comprising a List of All Residents, Together with Historical Sketches of the County, ... (Meadville, Pa.: By the comp., 1871) [no index; partially indexed on this site] |
| 1874 Gazetteer | Hamilton Child, comp., Gazetteer and Business Directory of Crawford County, Pa., for 1874 (Syracuse, N.Y.: By the comp., 1874; rpr. Nabu Press, 2010) [no index, other than what is available on this site] Archived |
| 1876 Atlas | Combination Atlas Map of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign & Evert, 1876; rpt. n.p., n.pub. [Crawford Co. Hist. Soc.], n.d. [1987], landowner index added) [no (complete) index; see Biography for index to subjects of biographical sketches]. |
| 1879 Directory | A Complete Directory of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1879-80 (Meadville: Crawford Journal, 1879; rpt. Apollo, Pa.: Closson Press, 1998 [with every name index]), [index to biographies; see Biography for index to subjects of biographical sketches). |
| 1885 History | History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Warner, Beers, & Co., 1885; rpt. Evansville, Ill.: Unigraphic, Inc., 1975 [index added]; rpt. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1990 [without index]; see Biography for index to biographical sketches, Part V.) Archived |
| 1888 Tribune-Rep. | Centennial Edition of the Daily Tribune-Republican of Saturday Morning, May 12th, 1888 (Meadville: Tribune Publ. Co., 1888; rpt. Meadville: Crawford Co. Hist. Soc., 1983) [index to biographies] |
| Pioneer Sketches | M.P. Sargent, Pioneer Sketches: Scenes and Incidents of Former Days (Erie: Herald Pub. Co., 1891; rpt. Evansville, Ill.: Unigraphic, 1976 [index added]; rpt. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1993) Archived |
| 1899 History | Samuel P. Bates, Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County Pennsylvania (n.p. [Boston]: W. A. Ferguson & Co., 1899; rpt. Cochranton Heritage Soc., 1986 [every name index added]; rpt. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1993 [without index?]; see Biography for index to subjects of biographical sketches.) Archived |
| Joshua Douglass, “Crawford County,” The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. (Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr., Bro. & Co., 1903), pp. 240-57. Archived | |
| 1912 Mdvl. Illustrated | D. P. Robbins, comp., Historical and Industrial Review of Meadville, Pa. (Meadville: Tribune Publishing Co., 1912) [partial index; see Biography for index to subjects of (brief) biographical sketches] on-line |
| Jordan’s Allegheny Valley | John W. Jordan, Ed., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, 3 vols. (New York: Lewis Hist. Publ. Co., 1913). Note: This source covers much of western Pennsylvania. Archived: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 |
| Jordan’s Western Pa. or 1915 | John W. Jordan, Ed., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, 3 vols. (New York: Lewis Hist. Publ. Co., 1915) [index to biographies]. Note: This source covers all of western Pennsylvania. Archived: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 |
| Ernest Ashton Smith, Allegheny [College] - A Century of Education, 1815-1915 (Meadville: The Allegheny College History Co., 1916) [no index] Archived | |
| Higby’s Townville | Mary Ann Bigwell Higby, The First Hundred Years of Townville and Vicinity (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Co., 1924; rpt. Titusville, 1976) [no index; see Biography for index to families. on-line |
| Reynolds, In French ... | John Earle Reynolds, In French Creek Valley (Meadville: CCo. Hist. Soc., 1938; rpt. Meadville: Crawford Co. Hist. Soc., 1981) [index] |
| Mary Chapin Weaver White, Annals of Lyons Hollow (Indiana, Pa., 1962; rpt. Titusville, 1976) [surname index] | |
| Reynolds Diary | Robert D. Ilisevich, ed., The Diary of William Reynolds, 1861 (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 1981) |
| CCo. Cem. | Crawford County Pa. Cemetery Inscriptions (Decorah, Iowa: Crawford Co. Genealogical and Hist. Societies, 1982-1989), 4 vols. [indexes] |
| Ilisevich, Pioneers | Robert D. Ilisevich, ed., Pioneers of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1788-1800 (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1985) [index] |
| Jonathan E. Helmrich, Stories from French Creek Valley (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 1987) | |
| Jonathan E. Helmrich, The First 100 Years, Settlement and Growth in Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 1987) | |
| Seth Waid Diaries | Robert Ilisevich & Jonathan Helmreich, eds., The Civil War Diaries of Seth Waid III (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 1993) [no index] |
| Stewart, Meadville History | Anne W Stewart, A Concise History of the City of Meadville (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 1993) [no index] |
| A Pictorial History of Crawford County (Meadville: Meadville Tribune, 1994) [no index] | |
| Bronson B. Luty, The Lake as it Was, An Informal History and Memoir of Conneaut Lake (Meadville, Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 1994) | |
| Place Names | Frederick F. Seely [decd.] & Jonathan E. Helmreich, Place Names of Crawford County (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 2nd ed. 1996) [no index, but arranged alphabetically] |
| Annette L. Lynch, abstractor, Naturalization Abstracts, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1800-1906 (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 2003) [indexed] | |
| Annette L. Lynch & William B. Moore, eds., African-American Heritage, People of Color in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1797-1917 (Meadville: Crawford Co. Historical Soc., 2011) [every name index] | |
| Images of America pictorial series published by Arcadia Publishing [without indexes], including:
Anne W. Stewart & William B. Moore, Meadville (2001) Sharon Smith Crisman & Cambridge Springs Heritage Soc., Around Cambridge Springs (2003) William B. Moore & Joshua F. Sherretts, Oil Boom Architecture - Titusville, Pithole, and Petrleum Center (2008) Postcard History pictorial series published by Arcadia Publishing: William B. Moore & Elizabeth H. Rekas, Meadville (2012) |
| 1832 Gazetteer | Thomas F. Gordon, A Gazetteer of the State of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: T. Belknap, 1832; reprinted Apollo, Pa.: Closson Press, 1999) |
| Egle’s Notes | W. H. Egle, Notes and Queries Historical and Genealogical ... (Harrisburg, 1894-1900; rpt. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970), 12 vols. [indexed] |
| Pa. Arch. | [Published] Pennsylvania Archives, 112 vols. in 9 series [partially indexed], plus Colonial Records series, 16 vols. [indexed in Mary Dunn, comp., Index to Pennsylvania’s Colonial Record Series (Baltimore, 1992)] |
| Pa. Families | Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography [and from] the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (Baltimore, 1981 and 1982), 1 + 3 vols. [indexed] |
| Pa. VR | Pennsylvania Vital Records from the Pennsylvania Magazine ... and the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (Baltimore, 1983), 3 vols. [indexed] |
