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Our Pennsylvania room is a welcoming research environment utilized by genealogists from across the United States. Please feel free to email any questions regarding to genealogy on our Contact Us page

Please note that the library e-mail addresses have changed. If you need to get into contact with the Meyersdale Public Library please use the contact page. Thank You.

The collection serves the public through its local archival collections, genealogy and local history materials, newspapers, and microfilm. A volunteer or staff person will use these to answer your question(s) as thoroughly as possible. Please call ahead to confirm a staff person will be available to assist if needed.

Join the Meyersdale Area Historical Society. Call or E-mail Cynthia at the Library for more information.

The Romesburg Chronicles: The Descendents of Hans Rymensperger Throughout the United States, by Gregory P. Williams. The cost is $45.00 + $2.70 tax = $47.70. We accept checks, money orders, and PayPal payments. Click on the PayPal link on the top left to place your order and in Billing Address Line 2 type Genealogy. Or you can send check or money order to:

Meyersdale Public Library
Attn: Genealogy
210 Center Street
PO Box 98
Meyersdale, PA 15552

Meyersdale Library Special Collections Project
Search Online Obituaries!
1970-2004
Hosted by Somerset County, PA GenWeb

Please Note New Rates:

$15 an hour for research, minimum fee. After the initial one hour charge it will be determined if futher research would prove fruitful, and you will be notified and asked if you wish her to continue..

$5.00 per obituary with exact date of death. (With month of death only, the above hourly fee is applicable. We do not search for obituaries without at least the month of death.)

$.20 per black and white copy
$.30 per color copy

Marguerite Cockley Collection

Thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Marguerite Cockley, the Pennsylvania Room has recently acquired the Cockley Collection, which contains an extensive collection of family research representing decades of research and correspondence. Mrs. Cockley and her late husband, Eber, were charter members of the Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County and served as the organization's genealogist for many years. She was also the librarian at the Meyersdale Public Library and is responsible for the creation of our Pennsylvania Room. We will always pay tribute to Mrs. Cockley, her talent and her commitment to this community. Read an article that Diane Saylor Daniels wrote for the Meyersdale New Republic Newspaper paying tribute to Marguerite Cockley.

Meyersdale Public Library also catalogs and stores the paper and photo collection for the Meyersdale Area Historical Society.

Further Internet Research

FamilySearch, provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
WorldConnect Project with Rootsweb
Pennsylvania Genealogy Website
Somerset County, Pennsylvania Genealogy
Berlin, Pennsylvania History
List of Local Historical and Genealogy Societies
Genealogy Resources On the World Wide Web
Grotkier Family - Merrill, Wilt, Burkholder, Fazenbaker, Mostoller, Patton, Hostetler, etc.
The LICHTY Genealogy Homepage
Showalter Genealogy web site
Dr. E. C. Saylor Web Site
Michael Korns, Sr. Genealogy Home Page
The Leichliter/Lichliter Family of Somerset County, PA
1906 San Francisco Earthquake by Frances Livengood Imler and Louise I. Danzer

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