Our mission is to provide
an archival site for study, reference, research and preservation of Beaver
County documents and books, both historical and genealogical; to provide
aid and encouragement to the public in their historical research and genealogical
pursuits; to encourage the preservation of public and private records,
genealogical data, and cemetery data pertaining to Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
New
CD-ROM now available!!! "30
Years of Gleanings" *****Click
here!*****
The History Center is located
on the second floor of the Carnegie Library. The address is:
Director, Dr. William Irion Co-Director Betty Conner Bill and Betty Entrance to the History Center
Please follow the links on
the left to learn more about our organization.
*
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Next
Gathering November
19, 2008
Where:
Mormon Family History Center, Monaca Meeting:
7pm Topic:
"A World on Fire: George Washington's Military Career in Pennsylvania"
Dr. Daniel Barr. Dr. Barr is a Commonwealth Speaker. This lecture
is presented in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. Daniel
Barr is assistant professor of history at Robert Morris University, where
he specializes in Native American history, Colonial and Revolutionary America,
Pennsylvania history, and early Pittsburgh history. He is the author
of two books, The Boundaries between Us: Natives and Newcomers on the Frontiers
of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750-1850, and Unconquered: The Iroquois
League at War in Colonial America. He has just completed a book about
the founding of Pittsburgh, which will be released in late 2008 under the
title A Colony Sprung from Hell: War and Society on the Pittsburgh Frontier,
1744-1794.
____________________
Minutes from the next general membership
meeting will be posted here after the meeting on October 15, 2008
If
you are new to our meetings, Click
here for mapto Mormon Family History Center ______________________________________________
