JCHS Archives Resources

We have a wealth of historical and genealogical resources in our collection. Here is just some of what we have available.

SURNAME FILES
Obituaries, marriages and other information gleaned from newspapers; inquiries, replies and previous research

MARRIAGE INDEX 1800 – 1995
Compiled from Juniata County newspapers, research, scrapbooks, journals, pensions records and other sources

OBITUARY INDEX 1828 – 2002
Compiled from Juniata County newspapers, research, scrapbooks, journals, pension records and other sources

CEMETERY INDEX
Tombstones recorded in a physical inventory of the county’s cemeteries in the 1970’s

COMPILED TAX INDEXES
1791-1794, 1831-1854 and 1895, transcribed from originals, alphabetical order

ORIGINAL TAX ASSESSMENTS AND ENUMERATIONS 1831-1846
Lists those assessed for taxes, may have single man list and occasionally list of poor children by name and age; organized by township

ORIGINAL TAX ASSESSMENTS AND ENUMERATIONS 1831-1846
Lists those assessed for taxes, may have singleman list and occasionally list of poor children by name and age; organized by township

ORIGINAL TAX ASSESSMENTS
1847-1900, 1910-1920, 1930-1940
Lists those assessed for land ownership and tenants, single men; organized by township

MISCELLANEOUS INDEX, Vol I and II
Documentation of rights of way, deeds of assignments, powers of attorney, things not included in deed, estate or mortgage records, organized by surname 1854 – 1973

VOTER REGISTRY ROLLS
1878-1920 Organized by township. The early years 1878-1888 are incomplete; can be used as a substitute for the 1890 census, some street addresses and occupations

CIVIL WAR VETERAN’S INDEX
Organized by surname, those persons known to have served and having some connection to Juniata County. Compiled from pension and military records, newspapers and research contributed by descendants or others.

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS 1852-1878
transcribed copy of original Courthouse record; microfilm copy also available.

DEATH REGISTRATION RECORDS 1893-1907
Transcribed from Courthouse records, organized alphabetically; microfilm of original records also available

DEATH RECORDS – 1845-1847 & 1851-1879
copy of deaths labeled “from daybook, Thompson, Mexico”; unknown source; some death dates have been corroborated from a second source

RECORD OF BIRTHS 1893-1907
transcribed copy of original Courthouse record, organized alphabetically. Microfilm copy also available

JURY SELECTIONS 1851, 1875-1890, 1896-1911
Original records, those persons selected for jury duty

TOWNSHIP MILITARY RECORDS
1889-1917, all males 21-45 years were required to register, substitute for 1890 census

REGISTER OF ORDERS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONERS
1865-1884; 1876-1888; 1888-1897; 1898-1910; 1911; 1926-1940; 1941-1953; 1965-1974 – dockets listing the orders for payment approved by the commissioners for work and other obligations completed for the county

COMMISSIONERS MINUTES 1835-1853; 1853-1856; 1862; 1897-1911
Minutes of the Juniata County commissioner’s meetings

DOCKET BOOK – OVERSEER OF THE POOR
Docket Book – Fayette Twp. 1835-1897

COUNTY POOR RECORDS 1932

CHURCH RECORDS
Miscellaneous church records transcribed from the ‘late’ Pennell File 1808-1885, organized alphabetically; transcribed Messiah Lutheran Church Parish Records 1801-1867; copied Presbyterian Church Records, Mifflintown – Lost Creek 1872-1875, 1875-1899; copied Upper Tuscarora 1870-1915; copies of original Bethlehem United Methodist Church Sunday School Record – 1893; transcribed St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Registers [Greenwood Twp.] 1859-1870; transcribed Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Register 1948-1951 [Monroe Twp.]; transcribed St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Register, 1947 –1962; transcribed Records of the Baptist Church of Tuscarora Valley 1794-1828.

“HISTORY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA AND JUNIATA VALLEYS“
Volume I and II, Everts, Peck & Richards 1886, indexed

“COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF HUNTINGDON, MIFFLIN, JUNIATA AND PERRY PENNSYLVANIA…“
J. M. Runk and Company 1897, indexed

MAP OF THE COUNTIES OF PERRY, JUNIATA AND MIFFLIN PENNSYLVANIA 1863

ATLAS OF PERRY, JUNIATA AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES PENNSYLVANIA 1877
Includes postal delivery maps, heads of households by township

PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Accumulated through donations given to the society

MICROFILM

CENSUS RECORDS
1790-1920 for present day Juniata County.
Pensioners Census 1890 for Juniata and surrounding counties

NEWSPAPERS – covering most years, but not all between 1831-1930

MARRIAGE LICENSE DOCKETS
Books 1 – 20 1885-1977

INDEX OF WILLS

GRANTEE INDEXES

GRANTOR INDEXES

COMPILED GENEALOGIES