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This guide provides resources and strategies for discovering the women in local history and family trees. Female ancestors from Greene County, Pennsylvania are featured in the guide's video presentation. Surnames in the case studies include: Bell, Bowlby, Boyd, Burbridge, Daugherty, Davis, Garber, Grinage, Grove, Hertzog, Hunnell, Kent, Lazear, Mariner, McDonald, Meek, Miller, Moore, Myers, Pyle, Rogers, Spragg, Staggers, Stephenson, Taylor, Titus, Wade, Wood, Workman, Worley.

Transcriptions by Jim Fordyce. | Transcriptions of original records archived at the Greene County Courthouse and the Cornerstone Genealogical Society Library in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Included are indexes of births, deaths, marriages, newspaper obituaries, estates, wills, and more.

This guide identifies key print and online resources for pursuing family history, as well as state, county, and municipal historical research. It includes a breakdown of Pennsylvania County Courthouse offices and the records that they keep. The guide also specifies the years that vital records were kept at the county vs. state levels and provides links for access.

The Vital Research Records Project is placing Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line. Users can search the records and view scanned images of the original records. Dates of available records vary by County.