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On Microfilm
Census Records - PA	Census Records - MD
Somerset County, 1800-1880, 1900-1920 Civil War Veterans and Widows, 1890	Allegheny County, 1850, 1860 Garrett, Frederick, and Dorchester Counties, 1880
Death Records	Land, Estates, & Taxes
Tombstone inscriptions - Somerset, Bedford, Fayette and Westmoreland Counties of PA & Ashtabula of Ohio Reich Funeral Home Records, 1885-1960 (Meyersdale) William Welfley's Obituary Scrapbooks, 10 vols; 1894-1918 Tressler/Konhaus Funeral home records, 1930-1975 Somerset County mortality indices for census years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880	Tax assessments, 1795-1854 Wills, 1797-1895 Orphans Court Dockets, 1793-1846 Survey Warrants, A-Z
Military Records	Newspapers
Revolutionary War Soldiers Berlin Muster Roll, 1813	Meyersdale Commerical, 1888-1912 Somerset Herald, 1828-1845 (Not complete) Somerset County Star (Salisbury), 1899, 1909-1929 Meyersdale Republican, 1900-1990 The New Republic (Meyersdale), 1991-present
Church Records	Miscellaneous
Reformed and Lutheran-for several townships and towns Berlin Brethren Church Records 1880 - 1883 Marriages, 1855-1880 (also in card file) Various Somerset County Family Bible Records Bishop Lint's Marriages and Death Records, 1855-1908 Marriage Records compiled by Jeanne M. Coleman	Werner Family Reunion Minutes, 1909-1998 DAR Ohio Records
Books and other Resources
Somerset County, PA Families - Early Vital Records 1700s - 1900s (CD) - compiled by Ora L. Flaningan Family Files Family History Books Meyersdale History County and Town Histories Casselman Chronicles, Laurel Messenger, and other local periodicals Church Histories (Brethren, Lutheran, Amish, Reformed Mennonite, Methodist, United Brethren in Christ) - Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania 1793 - 1869 (5 vol. set) WPA Cemeteries Inventories, Somerset County, up to 1930 Scrapbooks on area personalities, wedding and anniversary announcements, 1979-present Obituaries 1971-present Photo and Archive Collections-including the Frances Livengood Imler Collection PA Archives Series 1-7 1903 Somerset Co. Directory