Crawford County, Pennsylvania


Published Sources
on local and family history

Periodicals
     ABBREVIATION
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]

Chronological Listing
     ABBREVIATION
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)

Other Published Pennsylvania Sources
     ABBREVIATION
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]