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Hi and welcome to the Somerset County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project — a proud member of the PA-Roots family of websites.
Your County Team Associate is Nathan Zipfel and I’m really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research.  A  huge thanks to Nan who originally develped the resources for Somerset County.
I’ll be adding to and updating this website as new material is made available, so please be sure to stop by often. If you’ve got data that you’d be willing to contribute, please contact me. I’m always in the need of help in getting data on-line. If you’d be interested in helping, please contact me.
The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Somerset County.  At last check there are over 19,900 individual data records posted.
Thanks!
Nathan
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1814 Somerset Borough Taxpayers

1814 RESIDENT TAXPAYERS OF SOMERSET BOROUGH Adams, Levi – wagoner Ankeny, Henry – innkeeper Ankeny, Isaac – deputy sheriff Ankeny, Jacob – innkeeper Annewalt, John – carpenter Anthony, Philip –…

1807 Somerset Borough Taxpayers

RESIDENT TAXPAYERS OF SOMERSET BOROUGH – 1807 Addison, Hon. Alexander Ankeny, Jacob – clockmaker Ankeny, Peter Ankeny, Rosina Armstrong, Jane – widow Armstrong, John Sr. – mason Armstrong, Joseph –…

1773 BROTHERSVALLEY TOWNSHIP TAXABLES

1773 BROTHERSVALLEY TOWNSHIP TAXABLESIncludes all of what is now Somerset County lying west of the Allegheny Mountains in 1772: Abrahams, Henry………………100 acres…..12 clearedAdams, Samuel…………………200 acres…….5 clearedAdams, solomon……………….200 acres…….3 clearedAmbrose Frederick…………….200…

1768 RESIDENTS (NEAR TURKEYFOOT)

According to authentic records, namely the testimony of Rev. Capt. John Steel, who visited this locality in April, 1768, the following persons were then resident at or near Turkeyfoot:Henry AbrahamsEzekiel…

Mt. Carmel Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery

Situated at the Mt. Carmel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ogletown, Ogle Township, Somerset County, PA. Cemetery is back of the church. CUSTER, Leroy – s/o J. G. & A., b. Feb.…

THE SAW FILER

Over a radius of ten miles north and south of Rockwood during the bitterly cold winter nights of the years 1870 and 1871, the “Saw Filer” frightened men, women and…

THE PRICE OF FLOUR

It is related that Henry Troyer once came to Shank’s mill early in the morning to get a bag of flour. He had no money and Shank refused to give…

THE FIRE BAKE

In 1791 a hurricane swept over a part of Shade township, leaving much damage in its wake. At a place on Shade creek where the forest was extremely dense, a…

THE EXORCISM

With his wagon fully loaded, the old township farmer began hauling hay from the field to his barn. When he came to the small ravine that he had to cross…

THE “TIGER” & THE PANTHER

John Dull, a hunter and trapper, was born in 1753 and was one of the earliest pioneers in this township. He came from Eastern Pennsylvania when a young man, and…