Centre County Genealogical Research Facilities
Pennsylvania Room
Centre County Library and Historical Museum
203 N. Allegheny Street
Bellefonte, PA 16823-1601
814-355-1516 (ext. 1007)
Hours:
Monday-Friday 12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
It is recommended to call to confirm days/hours of operation.
Resources include the massive Spangler Collection which has a 250,000 name entries index to persons appearing in various county records assembled before 1945, J. Marvin Lee Collection, obituary indexes, published family histories, published county histories and records, tax records beginning in 1800, estate files, marriage license dockets, newspaper microfilm, family folders, publications of other PA counties, and much more. Family history books are found under the Dewey Decimal call number 929.2 and do not circulate, but may be used on premises. Search the Centre County Libraries' Catalog
Onsite access to Ancestry.com Library Edition and FamilySearch affiliate library.
Centre County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1135
State College, PA 16804-1135
The CCGS has no physical location, but its publications on cemetery transcriptions and other county records, membership surname file, and back issues of CCGS newsletters can be found at both the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library and Historical Museum in Bellefonte and the Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in State College.
State College Family History Center
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
842 Whitehall Road
State College, PA 16801
814-238-4560
Hours: check the website
It is recommended to call to confirm days/hours of operation.
Some local history resources available, but the cornerstone is the familysearch.org collection. Microfilms are no longer available to rent, however patrons may view microfilms already on premises.
Centre County Historical Society
1001 East College Ave.
State College, PA 16801
814-234-4779
Housed in the Centre Furnace Mansion near State College, the CCHS has a limited genealogical research facility and generally directs genealogists to the PA Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte. Visit Research & Explore to view information about their collections, archives, and research requests.
Centre County Government Offices
- Centre County Courthouse
102 S. Allegheny St.
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Prothonotary & Clerk of Courts - earliest records of Quarter Sessions Reports, divorce records, civil and criminal court records, among other records.
- Willowbank Building
420 Holmes St.
Bellefonte, PA 16823
814-355-6700
Recorder of Deeds - land grantee and grantor indexes, and deeds.
Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans Court - birth and death records (1894-1905), will books, recent estate records, marriage records, and more.
Tax Assessment Office - current land ownership within the county.
Veterans' Affairs - some limited information about veterans burials.
Some of the records of the above offices can be accessed online for a fee per click through Web Information Access (WEBIA).
Penn State University Libraries
Penns Valley Area Historical Museum
244 West Aaron Square
Aaronsburg, PA 16820
814-349-4811
Schlow Centre Region Library
100 E. Beaver Avenue
State College, PA 16801-4986
814-237-6236
Onsite access to Ancestry.com Library Edition and FamilySearch affiliate library.
Other Locations of Historical Interest
Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society
320 West High Street
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Boalsburg Heritage Museum
304 East Main Street
Boalsburg PA 16827
Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum
163 Boal Estate Drive
Boalsburg PA 16827-0116
Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village
251 Curtin Road
Howard, PA 16841
Gramley Schoolhouse Museum
92 Town Lane Road
Rebersburg, PA 16872
Lions David House Heritage Museum
206 North Fourth Street
Snow Shoe, PA 16874
Milesburg Museum & Historical Society
205 Market Street
​Milesburg, PA 16853
Moshannon Valley Heritage Center
22 North Front Street
​Philipsburg, PA 16866
Pasto Agricultural Museum
2710 West Pine Grove Road, Gate K
Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865
Pennsylvania Military Museum
51 Boal Avenue
Boalsburg, PA 16827
Philipsburg Historical Foundation
203 North Front Street
Philipsburg, PA 16866
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