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Somerset County

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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Salisbury, Somerset County

The town of Salisbury was laid out by Joseph Markley in 1794. Douglas Baker was the surveyor. The first house was built by Peter Shirer and Martin Weimer. About 1814,…

Rockwood, Somerset County

Rockwood, situated at the junction of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Somerset & Cambria railroads, was laid out by Philip Wolfersberger in 1857. The first house was built in…

Pocahontas, Somerset County

Located near the central part, Pocahontas is the only village in Greenville township. It was laid out in 1845 by Daniel Yutzy with the help of surveyor, Samuel M. Heller.…

Petersburg, Somerset County

Petersburg (Addison postoffice) is a small village, situated on the west side of Winding Ridge, at an elevation of twenty-one hundred or twenty-two hundred feet above sea-level. It was laid…

Paint, Somerset County

This place was named after the township of the same name. The town was formerly known as Scalp Level. It was founded by Jacob Eash. Scalp Level was located partly…

New Lexington, Somerset County

This village was laid out on September 14, 1824, in the southeastern part of the township on the land of David and Magdalena Tedrow. In 1884, the population consisted of…

New Centreville, Somerset County

New Centreville, a town of 250 to 300 inhabitants, is situated in the western part of Milford township. It was laid out in 1834 by Michael Freeze, who gave it…

New Baltimore, Somerset County

New Baltimore borough occupies a picturesque location. It is situated on the bottom-lands of the Raystown branch of the Juniata, in a deep valley between High Knob and Cove Ridge…

Milford, Somerset County

Also known as Murdock after one of its builders, this village in northern Black township dates back to 1871 when the railroad was constructed through the area. Its main industry…

Meyersdale, Somerset County

HISTORY The location of the town is pleasant and picturesque. It also possesses great commercial advantages, being in the midst of a good agricultural region, while close at hand are…