The Historical Society of Mount Lebanon
P.O. Box 13423
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
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Established in 1998, The Historical Society of Mount Lebanon is a not-for-profit educational organization
whose purpose shall be to interpret and preserve the history of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Department
Genealogy Resources
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 622-3114
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/pennsylvania/genealogy/ |
The first place to go if you have Pennsylvania ancestors.
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Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
www.wpgs.org |
The WPGS library is located in the Pennsylvania Room at the Carnegie Library
of Pittsburgh. The organization's library catalog is at wpgs.library.net.
WPGS sponsors The First Families of Western Pennsylvania Lineage Society, which is open to
any WPGS member who can prove descent from an ancestor who resided in western Pennsylvania
before 31 December 1810. Information on First Families is at
www.wpgs.org/wpgs3.html |
Family History Center at the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
46 School Street
Greentree, PA
(412) 921-2115
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You can come to this location to rent and to read the microfilms whose numbers you found
at the
Family History Library Catalog. |
The Hillman Library
at the University of Pittsburgh
3960 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 648-3330
pittcat.pitt.edu |
Focused primarily on the humanities and the social sciences, Hillman Library conatins approximately 1.5 million volumes, including
special collections. These collections are described at
www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/hillman/hillman.html |
The Darlington Memorial Library
at the University of Pittsburgh
601 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-4491
www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/darlington/
darlington.html |
The Darlington Memorial Library was given to the University of Pittsburgh by the daughters of William McCullogh Darlington.
The collection has quite a number of materials pertaining to the French and Indian War and to the history of Western Pennsylvania
and the Ohio Valley. A listing of the manuscript collection is at
http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/darlington/darl_manu.html
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The Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional
History Center and Archives
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 454-6000
Library reference desk:
(412) 454-6364
www.pghhistory.org |
The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Library and Archives are housed at the History Center.
The collections document 250 years of life in western Pennsylvania, especially the nineteenth century.
For information about the library, go to
www.pghhistory.org/archv_lib/library.htm
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
4141 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3547
(412) 454-6000
www.soldiersandsailorshall.org |
Memorial Hall maintains a research library, which consists primarily of Civil War books donated by
veterans when the hall opened in 1910. Recently, the library has been expanding to include volumes on
other wars in which Allegheny County veterans have participated. |
The Allegheny City Society
P.O. Box 100255
Pittsburgh, PA 15233-0255
(412) 322-8807
trfn.clpgh.org/acs |
The society is dedicated to preserving, promoting and interpreting the
history of Allegheny City and Pittsburgh's North Side. |
Archives of Industrial Society
400 N. Lexington Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 244-7091
www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/ais.html |
"The Archives of Industrial Society (AIS) is the general designation
for the hundreds of historical collections related to the development of
the urban industrial society, with an emphasis on Pittsburgh and Western
Pennsylvania, preserved by the University of Pittsburgh." The collection is
described at
www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/aistoc.html |
Photo Antiquities
531 East Ohio Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 231-7881
www.antiquephotos.com |
Dedicated to the preservation, preservation, and education of the history
of photography. The curator may be able to assist with identifying or dating your
family photographs. Digital restoration services, too.
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Genealogical Society of Southwestern
Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 894
Washington, PA 15301-0894
(724) 222-7022
www.cobweb.net/gssp |
Primarily concerned with the genealogical records of Southwestern Pennsylvania --
meaning all that area which was the original Washington County, formed March 28, 1781.
This is the land to the west of the Monongahela River, from the West Virginia line north,
and west and south of the Ohio River to the Ohio line. Parts of the original Washington
County are now all of Greene, and portions of Beaver and Allegheny Counties. The society's
reference materials are housed in Citizens Library (below).
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Citizens Library
55 South College Street
Washington, PA 15301
(724) 222-2400
www.citlib.org |
The genealogy room contains a huge collection of books and microfilms for
the western Pennsylvania counties outside of Allegheny County. |
Other resources
www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/
genealogy/societies.html |
A list of genealogy societies in the western Pennsylvania area. |
. . . . and check out courthouses and historical societies in Allegheny and
surrounding counties for further information on your Pennsylvania ancestors.