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Register of Wills
1st Floor, City-County
Building
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Estate records, delayed
birth petitions, marriage records, some pre-1903 death
records, guardianships
Recorder of Deeds
County Office Building
542 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Deeds,
mortgages, original Plat Map books
Prothonotary
1st Floor, City-County
Building
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Civil court
records, including divorce records and naturalization
records
Clerk of Courts
County
Courthouse
436 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Criminal court
records
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Pittsburgh
is home to many old and beautiful cemeteries - well
worth a visit if you have some time to explore. Among
the best...
Allegheny
Cemetery
Almost 300 acres of rolling hills are dotted with
tombstones, both small and grand, at the sixth oldest
rural cemetery in the United States. Historic
architecture and serene pathways make it a favorite
place to stroll. Stephen Foster, Lillian Russell and
General John Neville are among the many notables buried
here.
Homewood
Cemetery
Located in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, this
1878 cemetery is a beautiful representative of the lawn
park style. It is also the final resting place of some
of Pittsburgh's most wealthy and influential families,
including names like Heinz, Benedum, Frick and Mellon.
More
Allegheny County Cemeteries
Allegheny County Tombstone Inscriptions
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Pittsburgh, often
referred to as the "Gateway to the West,"
was an important stop for many pioneers
heading west or south into new settlements
in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky and Missouri. It is also a city
with a long, rich 300-year history. If you
are descended from one of these many
families whose journeys led through Western
Pennsylvania, you'll find no shortage of
places in Pittsburgh to explore your roots!
The Carnegie Library
of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
The main Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
located in the neighborhood of
Oakland, is one of the nation's oldest
public libraries, and one of the best places
in Pittsburgh to go if you have Pennsylvania
ancestors. Outside of the beautiful building
and its interesting history, the library is
also home to more than 4 million resources,
including Western Pennsylvania's largest
genealogical collection. The library's
Pennsylvania Department includes family
histories; census enumeration schedules for
Pennsylvania, 1790-1930; a surname index
file; Pittsburgh newspaper marriage and
death notice indexes; city directories
dating back to 1815; indexes to passenger
and immigration lists, and a large
collection of genealogical books and
periodicals. The large
genealogical collection of the Western
Pennsylvania Genealogical Society is also
available for reference use in the
Pennsylvania Department, and includes church
records, cemetery transcriptions, newspapers
and family histories. Next door, the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History and
Carnegie
Museum of Art are a great place to spend
a few hours on something besides genealogy.
www.carnegielibrary.org
Darlington Memorial
Library
601 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Just across the parking lot from the
Carnegie Library is the University of
Pittsburgh Darlington Memorial Library. Its
holdings, particularly rich in material
pertaining to the French and Indian War and
to the history of Western Pennsylvania,
include scrapbooks and special manuscript
collections. While there, take time out to
visit the
Nationality Rooms for a neat treat!
www.library.pitt.edu
Senator John Heinz
Pittsburgh Regional History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Get a first-hand look at the lives your
ancestors may have led at the Pittsburgh
Regional History Center. Step inside a 1790s
log cabin. Discover how immigrants shaped
the region. Climb aboard a 1940s Pittsburgh
trolley. Relive a few classic military
battles. You can do some record research
there too, as the history center is also
home to the library of the Historical
Society of Western Pennsylvania. The
society's impressive collection focuses on
Italian and Jewish heritage, as well as
Pittsburgh families and history.
www.pghhistory.org
>> More Genealogy Research Repositories in
Pittsburgh
>>
Guide to
Genealogy Research in Southwestern
Pennsylvania
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