This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania. These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA.

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Historical Discourse, Delivered at Buffalo Church, Buffalo X Roads,
Union Co., PA, June 15, 1876 (Rev. Isaac Grier, 1876, 27 pages)
This is a copy of the discourse given in 1876 as a centennial history of the area and the beginnings of Buffalo Church, at Buffalo Crossroads in Union County. It relates many details of the area's early history including its settlers.

Industries of Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Lock Haven, Bellefonte, Lewisburg, Milton, Selins' Grove, Renovo,
Philipsburg, Mifflinburg, Muncy, Newberry, Jersey Shore, Hughesville, Milesburg
(Richard Edwards, 1882, 144 pages)
This publication is a history and description of the business operations from a dozens of towns throughout Central Pennsylvania. Each business is detailed in sketch form, giving, in many cases, a brief history of its existence, management, and a description of its operations. This information was only published in this publication making this a rare and useful resource for historical or genealogical research in these counties of PA.

From Union County
-- From Lewisburg – P. Billmeyer & Co., J. M. Mowery, University at Lewisburg, PA., Hassenplug & Thomas, J. A. Hauck, W. W. Wolfe, R. M. Musser, C. Dreisbach, Wm. Kockler, W. N. Baker, S. P. Kerstetter, Koch & Stouse, W. Hutchinson, J. W. Shriner, Walls & Co., Higgins & Cornelius, Dr. E. S. Heiser & Bros., American House, J. W. Shaw, John Stein & Son, Geo. W. Roland, W. B. Marsh, A. J. Pontius, T. N. Reber, J. Bordner, J. P. Brooke, A. C. Heffelfinger, T. G. Evans, G. Catherman, Union Hotel, S. W. W. Schaffle, Alfred S. Sheller, Excelsior Dye Works, W. H. Thomas, J. W. McLane, John Zearfoss, J. Wesley Cornelius, W. D. Slack, Samuel Bause, A. E. Bower, E. L. Painter, “Chronicle”, W. M. Ginter, Henry Rimert, M. Halfpenny & Co., Russell & Lawshe, Miss M. E. Morrow, Lewisburg Star Mills, J. D. Barto, F. Zentmeyer, T. Murray Nesbit, Lewisburg Green Houses, Joseph Musser, S. A. List, Jas. Hazlewood, John W. Wensell, S. Fiefenderfer, H. F. Donehower, J. W. Shaffer, F. J. Smedley, C. F. Lindig, A. M. Lawshe, John Neyhart, Pfenninger Bros., A. R. Strickland, James Wall, Nathan Angstadt, -- From Mifflinburg – Jacob Gutelius, B. F. Reighard & Bro., S. Getgen & Son, S. & D. Kleckner, D. W. Christine, R. W. Hoffman, Union Hotel, Stayman & Zimmerman, Central Hotel, H. Strunk, The “Telegraph”, A. C. Squires, Gilbert Schoch, S. W. Snodgrass, Badger & Son, John Gutelius & Son, Foster & Barber, James Haus, C. S. Zellers, Alexander Fredericks, M. Schware, A. J. Katherman, D. M. Brubaker, M.D., R. F. Fees, S. J. Weiser.

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Northern] Pennsylvania
(Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)
This publication is a history and description of the business operations from dozens of towns throughout north, central and western Pennsylvania. Each business is detailed in sketch form, giving, in many cases, a brief history of its existence, management, and a description of its operations. This information was only published in this publication making this a rare and useful resource for historical or genealogical research in this area of PA.

From Union County
-- From Lewisburg: -- John W. Shaffer, Central Manufacturing Co., M. A. O'Brien, University Book Store, A. E. Bower, W. D. Heiser, Frederick Steiner, W. M. Ginter, J. C. Gundy, C. A. Sturgis, Buffalo Milling Co., Cameron House

Historical Address Given at the Seventh Annual Pilgrimage to the
Old Buffalo Church (F. B. Everitt & W. G. Finney, ~1915, 4 pages)
This is a record of an address given on the history of Old Buffalo Church, a historic church in Union County, PA. This address focuses on the Scotch-Irish who imported and established in America Presbyterianism. It also includes some discussion of early pioneers of the area who were involved in this work.

Historical Address Given at the Eighth Annual Pilgrimage to the
Old Buffalo Church, Union County, PA. (Frank B. Everitt, ~1916, 3 pages)
This is a record of an address given on the history of Old Buffalo Church, a historic church in Union County, PA. This address focuses on the Presbyterianism of the Nineteenth Century.

The Evangelical Centennial Celebration
(John D. Shortess & A. D. Gramley, 1917, 207 pages)
This book is a record of the Evangelical Centennial Celebration held at Dreisbach church, Lewisburg, Winfield and New Berlin, PA, September 26-27, 1916. It contains a program of the events at each location, addresses on various historical topics, photographs of ministers of the conference, and photographs of New Berlin, Winfield and Lewisburg churches. It also contains several biographies of speakers from the celebration.

Biographies:
Ammon Stapleton, Uriah F. Swengel, Samuel P. Spreng, G. Heinmiller, W. M. Stanford, Aaron Ezra Gobble, Benjamin Hershey Niebel, William Hargrave Fouke, Rachel Rank Bonnell, Lydia Henning Mark, Fannie Eyer Kreamer

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Dedication - Methodist Episcopal
Church, Mifflinburg, PA (Anonymous, 1919, 12 pages)
This is an outline of the 25th Anniversary program for this church. It also relates those involved in its committees as well a portraits of its pastors over the years.

History of Presbyterian Church, Buffalo Cross Roads, Union County, Pa.
(Rev. F. B. Everitt, 1919, 22 pages)
This is a brief history of the Presbyterian Church in Union County, PA related at the annual pilgrimage to Old Buffalo Church in 1919.

History of Washington Presbyterian Church, White Deer Valley,
Union County, Pennsylvania (Lydia B. Wetzell, 1925, 24 pages)
This is a history of this church of Gregg Township in northern Union County. It includes portraits of its pastors over the years as well as biographical sketches of a few of them: George Junkin, Isaac Grier and Matthew Patterson. It also contains a list of pewholders for 1850-51.

Revolutionary Soldiers List (Mrs. W. C. Bartol, 1926, 24 pages)
This is a listing of Revolutionary War Soldiers of Union County, PA. Each veteran is given an individual sketch listing known information on them and their family. Some of the listings are very brief and others are more extensive. The information notes such things as: where the individual lived, which militias or companies they served in, and family member names.

Annual Year Book of Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Lewisburg, Pa. For the Year 1934 (Anonymous, 1934, 24 pages)
This is a year book for 1934 listing the finances and funding for various church groups. It also lists close to 500 current (1934) church members and their donations.

Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936 (Anonymous, 1936, 68 pages)
This is a souvenir of the 1936 flood that affects towns along the Susquehanna River. It consists of photographs of flood scenes in the towns of Sunbury, Selinsgrove, Lewisburg, Milton, Montgomery, Muncy and Williamsport in Lycoming, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties.

Susquehanna on the Rampage 1936 (Wilkes-Barre News Agency, 1936, 32 pages)
This is a pictorial souvenir of the 1936 flood of the Susquehanna River and its effect in Sunbury, Lewisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Nanticoke, West Nanticoke and Plymouth.

The Forebears and the Descendants of Michael and Eve Breon Roush (Mary Etta
Bordner Coons, Jessie Elizabeth Roush, & Lucy Margaret Roush, 1938, 41 pages)
This is a history of the Roush family as well as some related families: Breon, Heinley. Members of the Roush family settled and left their mark in Snyder County as well as other areas of Pennsylvania and beyond.

Soldiers Buried in Mifflinburg, PA (Charles Marlyn Steese, 1940, 23 pages)
This booklet is a collection of data on soldiers who were buried in Mifflinburg, Union County, PA. It lists such information as the name of the soldier and their wife, their birth and death dates, which cemetery they were buried in, and sometimes a few other details.

Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896 (Charles A. Fisher, 1946, 92 pages)
This publication is a compilation of marriage records focused on Snyder and Union Counties, Pennsylvania. This collection of information is an excellent resource for genealogical data.

The records were organized into seven sections:
1 - Miscellaneous Marriages 17001896
2 - Union County Marriages 1795-1829
3 - Marriages performed by Rev. J. G. Anspach 1831-1850 (Union County)
4 - Marriages performed by Rev. J. P. Shindel 1835-1887 (Snyder & Union Counties)
5 - Marriages performed by Rev. A. B. Casper 1839-1882 (Snyder & Union Counties)
6 - Marriages performed by Rev. C. G. Erlenmeyer 1840-1875 (Snyder County)
7 - Revolutionary Soldier Marriages

In Memory of Our Honored Dead - Souvenir Program
(Honor Degree of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1947, 72 pages)
This booklet was published as an honorary souvenir of the men and women of Northumberland & Union Counties, PA who died in the course of World War II. It covers numerous individuals from each branch of the military and includes a portrait, a listing of where they lived, when they entered service and where and when they died. This is an excellent resource for research on these counties of Pennsylvania or WWII.

Early Wills and Administrations of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Also the
same of Union, Mifflin and Indiana Counties (Dr. Charles A. Fisher, 1950, 79 pages)
This is a set of records compiled by local historian Charles A. Fisher. It provides abstracts of the Wills and Letters of Administration primarily for Northumberland County, but also for Union, Mifflin and Indiana Counties. Although not specifically stated, these records also include some records of Snyder County. Hundreds of individual records are recorded including references to 1000's of individuals from these central Pennsylvania Counties.

40th Anniversary Sketches - Class of 1919 Lewisburg High School
(Anonymous, 1959, 27 pages)
This is a privately produced 40th anniversary souvenir of the 1919 class of Lewisburg High School. It relates details of the 1919 class as they were 40 years later (1959).

100th Anniversary of the Edifice of Messiah Lutheran Church 1867-1967
[New Berlin, PA] (Anonymous, 1967, 36 pages)
This is a souvenir and history commemorating the 100th anniversary of the church building in 1967. It also includes a brief history of early worship prior to its construction in 1867.

One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary 1819-1969 - St. Peter's United Church
of Christ, St. John's United Lutheran Church (Anonymous, 1969, 25 pages)
This is a history of the 'twin' churches of Kelly Township, Union County, PA.

175th Anniversary - First Lutheran Church of Mifflinburg, PA
(Anonymous, 1973, 34 pages)
This is a history of this church as well as coverage of several preceeding churches leading to its establishment.