Resources Available in the Archives Room

Below are some of the historical and genealogical resources available in the Archives Room of the Juniata County Historical Society.

SURNAME FILES
Obituaries, marriages and other information gleaned from newspapers; inquiries, replies and previous research

MARRIAGE INDEX 1800 - 1995
Compiled from Juniata County newspapers, research, scrapbooks, journals, pensions records and other sources

OBITUARY INDEX 1828 - 2002
Compiled from Juniata County newspapers, research, scrapbooks, journals, pension records and other sources

CEMETERY INDEX
Tombstones recorded in a physical inventory of the county's cemeteries in the 1970's

COMPILED TAX INDEXES
1791-1794, 1831-1854 and 1895, transcribed from originals, alphabetical order

ORIGINAL TAX ASSESSMENTS AND ENUMERATIONS 1831-1846
Lists those assessed for taxes, may have singleman list and occasionally list of poor children by name and age; organized by township

ORIGINAL TAX ASSESSMENTS
1847-1900, 1910-1920, 1930-1940
Lists those assessed for land ownership and tenants, singlemen; organized by township

MISCELLANEOUS INDEX, Vol I and II
Documentation of rights of way, deeds of assignments, powers of attorney, things not included in deed, estate or mortgage records, organized by surname 1854 - 1973

VOTER REGISTRY ROLLS
1878-1920 Organized by township. The early years 1878-1888 are incomplete; can be used as a substitute for the 1890 census, some street addresses and occupations

CIVIL WAR VETERAN'S INDEX
Organized by surname, those persons known to have served and having some connection to Juniata County. Compiled from pension and military records, newspapers and research contributed by descendants or others.

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS 1852-1878
transcribed copy of original Courthouse record; microfilm copy also available.

DEATH REGISTRATION RECORDS 1893-1907
Transcribed from Courthouse records, organized alphabetically; microfilm of original records also available

DEATH RECORDS - 1845-1847 & 1851-1879
copy of deaths labeled "from daybook, Thompson, Mexico"; unknown source; some death dates have been corroborated from a second source

RECORD OF BIRTHS 1893-1907
transcribed copy of original Courthouse record, organized alphabetically. Microfilm copy also available

COMPILED GENEALOGIES:

Acker, The Descendants of	Gregg E. Jacobs		Indexed
Arnold, Crimmel, Fortney, Harry, Reisinger, Saylor Shreffler	unknown author	1996	No Index
Atwater History and Genealogy	Charles Hobart Attwater	1956	Indexed
Baeshoar-Bashore, Generations of the Juniata Valley	David Shellenberger		Indexed	many handwritten notes
Baeshoar-Bashore, Generations of the Juniata Valley	David Shellenberger		No Index	typed version
Banks, James Ancestors of	Adrienne Ely	1997	No Index
Beale Genealogy	Mary Beale Hitchens		Indexed	2 similar copies, one has fewer pages
Beale, Wm. & Thomas 1735-1803	Dr. Reid W. Stewart	1975	Indexed	Part of Revolutionary Ancestors, "R"
Beasom, Ancestors and Descendants of Frank Russel & Goldie Pearl	Larry Sheibley	2002	No Index
Bell Family	?Jane Hower Auker	1991	Indexed	loose leaf notebook
Bell Family of Juniata County	Jane Hower Auker	1991	No Index	loose leaf notebook
Bell Heritage	Mary Jane King	1998	Indexed
Bell, Descendants of James and Mary Ford, of Pennsylvania	Loren E. Foster	1987	Indexed
Bell, Isaiah, Descendants of	Ed Bell	2003	No Index	22 pages
Bender Family	unknown author	1992	No Index	Family Grp. Sheets, no organization
Benner	Montgomery Co. HS  [PA]		No Index	compilation of  Bulletins Montgomery Co. PA HS
Berger, Charles Edwin, Diary of 1889-1891			Indexed	Diary 1889-1891
Beshoar, Michael	unknown author		No Index	Handwritten, 10 pages
Beshoar, Michael & Myers, Hannah, Descendants	C. R. Spielman	1996	No Index	Family Grp. Sheets, no organization
Blair, Alexander	Timothy V. Blair		No Index	Spiral Bound
Book Family Genealogy	Dee [Dody] Coleman	2005	unknown	CD Family tree maker
Boyer and Harvey Families from PA to WA	Alice Cox Large	1992	No Index	3 Ring notebook, no organization
Boyers, American	Donald A. Boyer	1984	No Index	Vol. 1
Boyers, American	Donald A. Boyer	1986	No Index	Vol. 2
Boyers, American	Donald A. Boyer	1992	No Index	Vol. 3
Boyers, American	Donald A. Boyer	1998	No Index	Vol. 4
Briner, George Michael & Anna Catherin Loy	Forest D. Meyers	1984	Indexed	Hardbound
Brown Family, from Allen Brown 1729-1808	Jane Short Hower	2003	No Index	3 Ring Binder
Buch/Book Family	Lois Rohrer Ljungren	2005	No Index	Sort Bound
Burd	unknown author	1971	No Index	other surnames, typed,
Burdge, Jonathan, Descendants	George W. Burdge	2002	Indexed	Family Grp Sheets
Burnett, Thomas of Virginia and North Carolina	Frances Gass	1964	Indexed	Hardbound
Campbell, James His Descendants 1808-1978	Katherine Campbell Harper		Indexed	Vol. 1 Hardbound
Carnahan/Carnaghan John Descendants of 1765-1830	Cathleen Carnahan Nichols	1994	No Index	Family Grp Sheets, organized by first name
Chestnut, Daniel, Descendants of	Rosalind L. Ashmun	2003	No Index	11 pages
Chroningers of Missouri - see Groninger also	Richard D. Chroninger	1998	Indexed
Coder Connection	Dody Book Coleman	2008	no index	spiral bound
Cramer Chronicles	Susan C. Snider	1995	Indexed	Soft Bound
Creighton/Harry	Nancy Creighton		No Index	Family Grp. Sheets, no organization
Daugherty, John Reilly of Thompsontown, Pa	John Charles Daugherty	1985	No Index	typed version
Deckard Family	Percy Edward Deckard	1932	Indexed	Hardbound
Divine/Wells [has Thomson and Innis family of Tusc. Valley information]	Carol Divine Briggs	1988	Indexed	Hardbound
Dodd, Stephen "I Remember 1919-1993" [reminiscences]	Stephen I. Dodd	1993	No Index	2 copies, same book
Dodd, Stephen, "I Still Remember 1998" [reminiscences]	Stephen I. Dodd	1998	No Index
Doubleday Families of America	Margaret Curfman	1972	Indexed	Hardbound
Eisenhart, John Franklin, Ancestry of	Willis Wolf Eisenhart	1951	No Index	Hardbound
Evans Family		1895	No Index	Hardbound
Flickinger Family History	Robert Elliott Flickinger	1927	Indexed
Flickinger Heritage, My	Mary Jane King	1998	Indexed	Spiral Bound
Fronz Genealogy	Larry Sheibley	1997	No Index	with Beasom
Fulkroad - Davis photos, census	Teresa B. Delikat	2005		CD Rom
Fulkroad Reunion Notes 1948-1998 Jacob Austin and Edna Pearl Keiser	Teresa J. B. Davis	1993	No Index
Fulton, John & Jane Shepard	Mary Newton	1988	No Index
Gillingham Family History	Robert  C. Gillingham, Jr.	1974	Indexed	Spiral Bound
Glatfelter, Henry, The History and Genealogy, of York County PA	Miriam M. Dittenhafer	2008	Indexed	Spiral Bound
Graybill, John	Kraybill/Zimmerman	1977	Indexed	Index is difficult to figure out
Graybill, Samuel H & Jennie E Hood Graybill, Descendants of	Fowler & Graybill		Indexed	Soft Bound
Greenleaf Genealogy 1574- 1896	James Edward Greeleaf	1896	Indexed	Hardbound
Groninger Ancestry - Jacob Groninger & Nancy Hench	unknown author		No Index
Groninger Family History	William H. Groninger	1923	no index	soft bound
Groninger, Lenard, Descendants of	Richard D. Chroninger	2001	Indexed	3 ring notebook
Guss Lines	Willa I. Guss	1990	Indexed	Hardbound
Guss, Ancestors of Abraham L. and Susan Rindlaub	Beverly D. Anderson	1988	No Index	Soft Bound
Guss, Shunk, Shymer [related to Abraham Guss]	unknown author		No Index	Soft Bound
Haddock, Legends of	Haddock/Haddock	1976	Indexed	2 copies, same book
Harris Family	Descendants/JCHS		No Index	3 ring notebook
Harry/ Creighton	Nancy Creighton		No Index	Family Grp. Sheets, no organization
Hart, Henry S. & Susanah Smith Hart	Virginia Hart Saner	1977	Indexed
Harvey and Boyer Families from PA to WA	Alice Cox Large	1992	No Index	3 Ring Notebook, no organization
Headings' Family, The	John J. Moraski & Patricia A. [Betz] Moraski	2004	Indexed	Softbound
Hench and Dromgold Reunion	Lelia Dromgold Emig	1913	Indexed
Hench, Johannes Family	Hench/Hench	1981	No Index	Hardbound
Henderson, Andrew Descendants of	unknown author		No Index	Family Grp.Sheets, org. first name
Henderson, John	George E. Henderson		No Index	Historical Paper
Henry, John [1744-1825] thru Henry, John F. [1857-1937] and Descendants	Pauline Henry	2007	Indexed	Soft Bound
Hertzler-Hartzler Family INDEX ONLY	Silas Hertzler
Hevern Family History	Vincent W. Hevern	1977	No Index	Survey
Hindman, David 1735-1802	Dr. Reid W. Stewart	1975	Indexed	Part of Revolutionary Ancestors, "R"
Hindman, Thomas 1761-1804	Dr. Reid W. Stewart	1975	Indexed	Part of Revolutionary Ancestors, "R"
Hobaugh's Of York County Pa	Jack L. Hobaugh	2000	Indexed
Hockenberry Family	Obituaries/Decendants/JCHS