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Services available from MCGS (click link for further information):

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Fee-for service research performed by MCGS volunteers.  We will research your family in Montour County at MCGS, the courthouse, library and other local resources.  Click here for printable form and fees.
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Lookups of Naturalizations in Montour County.  (Nominal fee for copies).
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Lookups of deaths and marriages in the Danville Intelligencer 1828-1879 (Nominal fee for copies).
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Other free lookups on lookups page.

The following items can be purchased in the Genealogy Room or requested by mail.  Please contact Cindy Elder to order or if you have any questions.

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"The History of the Old Presbyterian Cemetery" by Cynthia Elder.  This 49-page spiral bound booklet outlines the history of the Old Presbyterian Cemetery from the time of purchase through the court hearings to declare it a public nuisance and on through removal of some of the bodies and the transformation to our Memorial Park.  It contains what is believed to be the most comprehensive list of those buried in the old cemetery.  One chapter addresses the adjacent Petrikin cemetery as well.  $12.00 plus 6% sales tax.  $4.00 additional if mailed.
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Danville Past & Present by D.H.B. Brower.  Harrisburg, PA, 1881.  Reprinted by the Montour County Historical Society 2003.  Hardbound, indexed.  $40.00 plus tax.
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Montour County & Riverside (PA) Cemeteries contains a map and directions to all known cemeteries in Montour County and Riverside, along with other helpful information.  $1.00 each, or $3.00 if mailed.
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Postcard size color photos of Montour County scenes by MCGS member, Donald Messersmith.  Eight new cards are now available for purchase: The Montgomery House; the Montour County Courthouse; the Thomas Beaver Free Library; Memorial Park on Bloom Street and four floral prints of spring flowers in Montour County.  The first collection of eight includes four scenes which no longer exist: the Abigail Geisinger home on Ferry Street; the Railroad Underpass at Walnut & A Streets; the Riverview Hotel on Mill Street; and the River Bridge in 1997.  Additional scenes include Sunset in Cooper Township; Powder Mill Road & Red Lane in the Fall; Keefer Mill Covered Bridge; and the old pump at the Mexico School in Liberty Township.  The photos are 50 cents each and can be purchased in the MCGS Genealogy Room.  For information on purchase by mail, please contact Sue Messersmith.
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8 1/2 X 11"  Black & White outline maps of Montour, Northumberland and Columbia Counties, showing townships.   25 ¢ each.
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11X17" Black & white photo copies of the Montour County pages in the 1876 Beers Atlas.  Single copies $3.00, 5 or more copies @ $2.50 each, set of 14 $29.95.  Add $2.00 for mailing.  Maps available are: 

1.  Anthony Twp.      2. Limestone Twp.    3. Derry Twp. with Exchange Insert      4. Mahoning/Cooper Twp., Washingtonville, Whitehall, Mechanicsville, Mooresburg    5. Liberty Twp.    6. Part of Danville: 1st & 3rd Ward (NW part)    7. Part of Danville: 3rd & 4th Ward    8. Part of Danville: 2nd Ward    9. Part of Danville: Welsh Hill    10. Part of Danville: 1st & 3rd Ward    11. Mayberry Twp.    12. Additions to Danville: Valley & West Hemlock Twp.    13. Riverside    14. Principal Merchants, Manufacturers & Farmers of Montour County, PA.

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Montour County Genealogical Society, 205 Ferry St., Danville, PA  17821  (570) 275-6177

Genealogy Room: Thomas Beaver Free Library, 2nd Floor

 Hours:  Saturdays 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM; Mondays 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Webmaster: Cindy Elder  mcgsceld@aol.com             Genealogy Librarian: Ann Thomas     mcgslib@hotmail.com      Newsletter Editor:  Lynn Reichen  larmcgs@aol.com         

Membership: Sue Messersmith   mcgssue@aol.com        Correspondence: Cindy Elder mcgsceld@aol.com

Copyright © 2001-09 Cynthia Elder for MCGS.  All rights reserved.

This page last modified on August 02, 2009