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Guidelines:
The DuBois Area Historical Society will answer genealogical inquiries sent
in by mail, email or telephone. A general search will be made of our
histories, family files, marriage and obituary files, printed genealogies,
cemetery records, city directories, and census records, if necessary.
With any request, please include your name, mailing address, telephone
number, and email address if you have one.
Please be specific in stating your request. If
possible, state:
1) Full name of the person about whom you want information.
2) Birth and/or death dates, or approximate dates.
3) Location in the DuBois area where the person was supposed to have
lived.
4) Other connected names such as spouse, children, close relatives.
5) Religious affiliation.
6) Known occupation.
An advance donation of $25.00 is expected for the first two hours of
research. This amount includes photocopies of relevant material found, and
postage. Make checks payable to:
DuBois Area Historical Society
P. O. Box 401
DuBois, PA 15801
If additional research is required, a donation of $10.00 per hour of
research is expected. Photocopies of material over 25 pages are $.10 per
page for members, $.25 per page for non-members.
If you request one specific item of information, such as a copy of an
obituary or a copy of a listing in a specific city directory, contact us
first to see if we have the item you want. For such a request, we ask for
a minimum donation of $5.00, which includes the photocopy and postage.
We are a non-profit organization, funded entirely my membership dues and
donations, and operated completely by volunteers. Please understand that
the donation amounts we request are based on the time we spend on
research. All funds collected are used to build the resources of the
DuBois Area Historical Society's Genealogy and Research Library.
We cannot guarantee successful results, but will make every effort to help
you.
Research
Library Resources: The Library (http://www.librarything.com/catalog/DUBOIS_HISTORY)
includes a growing print collection of Pennsylvania county history books,
indexed in a card catalog, including DAR indexes, Colonial Records,
Pennsylvania Archives (military records), DuBois City Directories (many
years up to and including 1988), telephone books.
A local history clippings file.
Obituary clippings files from newspapers in DuBois, Clearfield, Indiana,
and Punxsutawney, all in Pennsylvania.
Marriage clippings files from the same newspapers.
Collections of family histories, church histories, cemetery records,
school yearbooks, will indexes, photographs.
A collection of local history video and audio tapes.
U.S. Census on microfilm, 1790-1920, for Clearfield, Jefferson and
Armstrong counties (complete), plus selected years of various other
counties.
DuBois City Directories on microfilm for years 1896, 1897, 1902,1903,
1905,1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,1919,
1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1931, and 1933.
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Please be specific in stating your request. And, if possible, state:
1) Full name of the person about whom you want information.
2) Birth and/or death dates, or approximate dates.
3) Location in the DuBois area where the person was supposed to have
lived.
4) Other connected names such as spouse, children, close relatives.
5) Religious affiliation.
6) Known occupation.
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