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Search through thousands of genealogical sketches of Allegheny Valley residents from the 1700s to the early 1900s in seconds. The Allegheny River runs through seven Pennsylvania counties, Allegheny, Armstrong, Clarion, Forest, Venango, Warren and Westmoreland. The biographical sketches found in the Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company in 1913 typically trace multiple family lines and in some cases trace back to an early colonial ancestor. The supervising editors of the Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley hailed from Allegheny County, Clarion County, Venango County and Warren County. Although families from all the counties are represented, special care was taken to collect genealogy sketches from the Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Clarion, Venango and Warren. Interested in learning more about the industries your ancestors might have worked in? The Allegheny River by S. Kussart chronicles the great industries of the Allegheny Valley including the salt trade, lumber trade, oil trade, vessels of the river, and much more. Whether you are looking for information on the first steamboat to navigate up the Allegheny River or searching for your great grandmother’s sister; you are bound to learn more about the people and history of the Allegheny Valley when you use this CD. (1723 pp. including 111 illustrations)
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