307 South Park St. PO Box 101 Franklin, PA 16323 814-432-8260 vchistory2019@gmail.com
Venango County Historical Society
Venango County Historical Society
Genealogical
Research Library
PO Box 101 301 South Park Street Franklin, Pennsylvania 16323
Genealogical Research Library
Library Hours: 10:00 a.m. ~ 2:00 p.m.
May ~ December: Wednesdays and Thursdays
April: Saturdays Only
January ~ March: Closed, Weekdays by Appointment
Research Fee: $5.00 for Non-Members; No fee for students
Please call ahead of your visit to be sure a research volunteer will be on duty.
We also accept research requests via mail and email. There is a $25.00 fee for this service, which includes a complete search of all of our library records. If you wish to submit a request, please click here for more information.
County Histories
Armstrong
Beaver
Blair
Butler
Cameron
Centre/Clinton
Clarion
Clearfield
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Franklin
Greene
Huntingdon
Montour
Northumberland
Potter
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington
Westmoreland
Allegheny, New York
Indiana
Jefferson
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lehigh
Luzerne
MdKean
Mercer
Mifflin
City Directories
Marriage Indexes
Venango County:
All Sources, 1795 - 1885, 3 Volumes
Marriages Licenses, 1885 - 1998
Outside Venango County, 1886 - 1946
Centre County: 1800 - 1885
Jefferson County:
Who, What and Where
Outside Venango County, 1886 - 1946
Yearbooks
Cooperstown
Cranberry
Franklin
Oil City
Pleasantville
Polk
Rocky Grove (Valley Grove)
Will Indexes
Maps
Archives
Genealogies and Family Histories
Photographs
The Oil Boom and Oil Industry
Allegheny County, 1789 - 1869
Armstrong County, 1805 - 1900
Butler County, 196 - 1900
Crawford County, 1800 - 1835
Indiana County, 1803 - 1900
Mercer County, 1804 - 1900
Venango County, 1804 - 1946
Westmoreland County, 1773 - 1896
​Armstrong County
Clarion County
Forest County
Sanborn Fire Maps, 1906 - 1943
Venango County
Venango County Cemeteries
Topographical Maps
Mercer County Deeds, 1803 - 1806
​Vol. 1 - Articles, 1803 - 1814
Vol. 2 - Naturalization, 1804 - 1870
Vol. 3 - Orphan Court, 1825 - 1839
This collection contains more than 200 Family Genealogies, by surname, in bound volumes and Vertical File.
The Howard Strawbridge Collection includes several hundred photos, all fully identified. Other historical photographs are stored in the Archival Resource Center. All photograph collections are fully indexed.
This is a miscellaneous collection of approximately 60 volumes.
Death Records
Venango County - 1861 - 1898, 1893 - 1905
Census Indexes
Vertical File
Crawford and Venango Counties:
1790 - 1820
Pennsylvania: 1790 - 1870
Our Vertical Files contain information on individuals, families, local subjects, organizations, localities, churches and other miscellaneous topics.
Index Files
Alphabetical Index and Shelf List
Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths
Surname Index
William O. Milton Collection
Presbyterian Church of Franklin
Phipps-Parker Collection
Howard Strawbridge Collection
Microfilm
Pithole City Assessment, 1866 - 1877
Newspapers on Microfilm
Oil City Derrick: Sept. 1871 - Nov. 1930
Seneca Kicker: 1902 - 1915
Church Records, Written
Academia (Nickleville), 1857 - 1901
Amity Presbyterian
Bredinsburg United Methodist
Butler Presbytery
Christ Episcopal, Oil City
Clarion Presbytery
Clintonville United Methodist
, by Morrow
Erie Presbytery
First Presbyterian, Franklin
Grace United methodist, Rocky
Grove
Irwin Presbyterian
Neiltown
Rockland Presbyterian
Rockland United Methodist
Scrubgrass Presbyterian
Seneca United Methodist
Shenango Presbytery
St. Michael's, Clarion County
St. Paul's, Clarion County
St. Paul's Evangelical and
Reformed, Titusville
Various other churches
Church Records on Microfilm
Census Microfilm
Military Records
Academia (Nickleville), 1909 -
1953
Amity Presbyterian, 1843 - 1932
Clintonville Union Presbyterian,
1878 - 1926
Emlenton Presbyterian, 1873 -
1986
Pithole, Plumer, Pertroeum
Centre, Shamburg, Shaw Farm,
undated
Utica Presbyterian, 1860 - 1960
Adams County, 1800 - 1810
Allegheny County, 1800 - 1820
Armstrong County, 1800 - 1870
Berks County, 1800
Bradford County, 1830
Butler County, 1850
Crawford County, 1880
Tioga County, 1900, 1910
Union County, 1910
Venango County, 1850 - 1910
Westmoreland County, 1830
York County, 1820
American Militia, 1790 - 1796
Bates, History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Civil War, 14 Vol.
Lawrence County Soldiers
Mercer County Soldiers
Pensioners
Andersonville Prison, death
records
Venango County Burials, card file
Venango County Veteran's,
records
Veterans who died in other
states
Area Books
Books on the following subjects:
Callensburg, Clarion County
Central Pennsylvania
Cochranton
Cooperstown
Cranberry
Danville
Emlenton
Franklin
Hempfield
Hilliards
Irwin Township
Jamestown
Oil City
Parker
Pithole and the Oil Region
Pleasantville
Plum Township
Polk Center
Reno
River Ridge Mansion, built by
Joseph C. Sibley
Rocky Grove
Stoneboro
Sunville
Titusville
Utica
Atlases
Allegheny County
Armstrong County
Blair/Huntingdon Counties
Butler County
Clarion County
Crawford County
Erie County
Franklin
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Oil City
Oil Regions of Pennsylvania
Warren County
Westmoreland County
Cemetery Records
Armstrong County, partial record
Butler County, partial record
Centre County
Clarion County, partial record
Crawford County, partial record
Forest County
Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City
Franklin Cemetery
Indiana County, partial record
Jefferson County
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin
Venango County Cemeteries,
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