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►California University of Pennsylvania St

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County offices are housed in: ►Citizens Library– Local Public Library L Washington County

·Washington County Courthouse aw www.citlib.org

One South Main St. Pennsylvania Washington, PA 15301 Library ►Genealogy & History in Washington County ·Courthouse Square Office Bldg. www.chartiers.com Public Records for 100 W. Beau St. Washington, PA 15301 ►Genealogical Society of SW PA Genealogists www.cobweb.net/gssp

►National Archives, Washington, D.C Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/index.html Monday-Friday; Closed on court holi-

days. ►National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), St. Louis, MO,

On site records: self-serve & staff www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ serve copying; copy fee required. index.html

Off site records: allow two days for ►Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission www.phmc.state.pa.us access. Retrieval fee may be required at time of record request. ►U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services uscis.gov

►Washington County Law Library County Information: http://www.washingtoncourts.us/pages (724) 228-6700 /lawLibrary.aspx www.co.washington.pa.us

►Washington County Historical Society Prepared by the Washington County www.wchspa.org Law Library

August Key: ►Washington & Jefferson College 2013 mf= microfilm U. Grant Miller Library pc = photocopy www.washjeff.edu

►Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society www.wpgs.org

Information has been verified by public records’ originating offices and is correct as of 6-1-06.

Recorder of Deeds Veterans Affairs Law Library Register of Wills Courthouse, Room 1002 Courthouse Square, Suite 703 Courthouse, Room G004 Phone: (724) 228-6775 Courthouse Square, Suite 204 Phone (724) 228-6865 Phone (724) 228-6747

Phone (724) 228-6806 Appointments recommended. Vital Records: * = privately-prepared abstract, transcript, compi- Veterans Office Holdings: Veterans’ Grave Registration lation, index, etc. ·Marriage Licenses: applications and dockets Property Records: Deeds & Mortgages (1781- Index (1781-present); Veterans’ Discharge Papers (if papers (1885-present) present) were recorded at Recorder of Deeds office; discharges less than 75 Court Records: years old available only to next of kin through Veterans Affairs Office) ·Births & Deaths (1893-1906) Miscellaneous Records: ·Washington Co. Quarter Sessions Dockets (1781-

If military discharge is available from neither Recorder of 1803) pc ·Delayed Birth Records (1941-1970; births ca. ·Articles of Incorporation (1794-1994) 1870-19006) Deeds nor Veterans Affairs Office, try: ·Military Discharges (1862-present) Note: available ·National Archives in Washington, D.C. for military ser- Probate Records: Note: Births, marriages, and deaths before 1893 were not ·Account Index (1781-1917) mf and pc systematically recorded; they may be found in church re- for public inspection only if discharge occurred more than 75 vice records from Revolutionary War—1912. years prior to request. cords, newspaper accounts, etc. After 1906, birth & death ·National Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, ·Administrator’s Bonds (1781-1806) * pc ·Will Index (1781-1900) * records can be found at: PA Dept. of Health, Division of ·Oaths & Commissions: Notaries public; Justices MO, for military service records from Vital Records, P.O. Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103; ·Will Book Abstracts ( v. 1-8, 1776-1864) * www.state.pa.us of peace; County Officers (1781-present) WWI—present.

Probate Records: ·Plan Books (1781-1921) Tax Records: ·Wash. Co. Tax Assessment Records (1781-1859) ·Accounts & Administration Bonds (1781- ·Powers of Attorney (1781-present) Clerk of Courts mf and pc present) ·Surveys (1781-1921) ·Adoption Records (1925-present) Note: Courthouse, Room 1005 Veterans Records: Confidential; access only by court order. Phone (724) 228-6787 ·Veterans’ Grave Registration Record & Index

·Court Audits (1880-present) (graves 1781-1986) mf and pc ·Guardianships: incapaci- Prothonotary ·Cemetery Maps for Soldiers’ Graves Registration, Criminal Records: (1782-present); tated & minors (1781- Courthouse, Room 1001 also see ujsportal.pacourts.us (1987-present) undated mf and hardcopy present) Phone: (724) 228-6770 ·Inventories & Appraise- Miscellaneous: ments (1781-present) Miscellaneous Records: ·County Home Records (1830-1960): recent records ·Orphans Court (1781- Civil Record Holdings: (Civil action records includ- Argument & Motion Lists (1887-1917) confidential. mf present) ing, but not limited to, divorce, custody, protection Appointments: Tax Collectors & Constables (1781- ·Maps: Horn Book*, Sanborn Fire Insurance, from abuse, equity, appeals, judgments, and liens) Wash. Co. plat books & other local maps 1856, ·Partitions (1781-1968) present) ·Wills (1781-present) ·Indexes: Miscellaneous & Ejectment (1782- Construction of Roads & Bridges (1781-present) 1876, 1911, etc.

present); Ad Sectum (1782-1985); Judgment Establishment of New Twps & Boroughs (1781-present) ·Index to Vital Records (1852-1853) Wash. Co. birth, marriage, death* (1855-present) Inns & Taverns Licenses (1797-1918) ·Collection of county & township histories, Private Detective Licenses (1887-present) ·Fictitious names in business (1917-1983) Note: biographies, directories, maps, and other secondary Ta x Assessment after 1983 filed only with PA Department of State historical and genealogical materials.

Courthouse Square, Suite 205 ·Adoptions (before 1925). Note: Confidential: access Planning Commission only by court order. Phone (724) 228-6850 ·Naturalizations (1802-1906; 1917-1964) Note: Courthouse Square, Suite 701 Other information about naturalizations available at: U.S. Phone (724) 228-6811 Tax Assessment Record Holdings: District Court, U.S. Courthouse, Pittsburgh; National Ar- County Road Maps Available chives Mid Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, and uscis.gov ·Current year’s tax records: available on site Warrantee (Land Grant) Maps of Washington Co. (1769- ·Tax Records from 1860-year preceding pre- 1799); Farm Quadrangle Maps (1911); sent: stored off-site. Veterans’ Cemeteries Maps (1781-1935) ·Tax Records ca. 1781-1859: mf and pc available in Law Library.