Montour County Genealogical Society

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.

Lookups of Naturalizations in Montour County.  (Nominal fee for copies).

Lookups of deaths and marriages in the Danville Intelligencer 1828-1879 (Nominal fee for copies).

Other free lookups on lookups page.

The 1876 Atlas of Columbia & Montour Counties, PA, by F. W. Beers & Co. has been reproduced in color and is now available at MCGS for $50.00 plus $3.00 PA sales tax.  (There is no tax for out-of state orders).   Shipping is $6.00 additional.   To order, send your check for the appropriate amount to MCGS, Attention Atlas Order, 205 Ferry Street, Danville, PA  17821.

Montour County and the American Revolution by Randy Hackenburg is now available at the MCGS Genealogy Room or by mail.  This fascinating and well-researched hard-cover book contains 107 pages and includes historical accounts of the participation of those citizens of what is now Montour County in the Revolutionary War, individual biographical sketches (you'll find many familiar names here) and company rosters, as well as beautiful photographs.  If you have  Montour County ancestors or if, like me, you just enjoy learning more about the hardy folks from this area who played a role in the fight for independence, you'll surely enjoy this book.

The author, Randy Hackenberg, is a Danville native who earned B. S. and M. A. degrees in American History from Bloomsburg State College and served in the U. S. Air Force before becoming the Photo Archivist at the U. S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle, PA.  He has done extensive research on Montour County's participation in the Civil War, War of 1812 and the Mexican War.  He previously published Pennsylvania in the Mexican War: The Volunteer Regiments in 1992.

$30.00 plus 6% PA Sales tax ($31.80).  $5.00 additional shipping and handling if mailed.  Please send your check to MCGS, 205 Ferry St., Danville, PA  17821.

"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.

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.

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.

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.