Can’t get to the BCGS Library to do research?  We can help.

Lookups

Our volunteer staff can do research from simple/basic lookups to more complicated research. We ask for a $20 an hour donation to support our efforts; this includes copying and mailing costs. Click here to go to the lookups order form. Supply us with as much detail as you can on what you already have and what you are looking for. BCGS will only research from in-house holdings.

Obituaries

We will look up obituaries if you know the date of death (month-day-year). For obituaries after 1932, you only need to give us the year and we’ll look it up. 

Obituaries (when you don’t know the exact date of death)

We will attempt obituaries before 1932 if you can supply us with the month and year, or we can try to find when the person died. Write to the address below.

Other research

Other research we can do: will and deed look-ups, searching the cemetery, funeral home, marriage and church records we have, and looking in proof of death records (1874-1917).

We also have burials of veterans, Civil War and War of 1812 information on Blair County soldiers, and all the tax records for Blair County (we need the township or town they were in).

We also have Pennsylvania census information, federal direct tax microfilms, and the land warrant and patent information for the entire state.

We have microfilms of most of the Blair County and the Johnstown newspapers (we need a date if you need an article looked up).

And we can check for information in our surname files and family histories.

We do not have birth or death certificates.  The State started keeping vital records in 1906.  Click here to find out how to order birth and death certificates.

We have considerable information on the surrounding counties, particularly Huntingdon, Cambria, and Bedford Counties.

So feel free to give us a try.  Write to:

Research Secretary

Blair County Genealogical Society

431 Scotch Valley Road

Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-9697 

If you have an e-mail address, please include it in case we find something we need to ask you.