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Welcome to Fulton County, Pennsylvania Genealogy This website is part of the PAGenWeb Project and is provided as a resource for individuals researching their Pennsylvania ancestors who originated in this county. Questions or Comments about the Fulton County website should be directed to If You Are New to Genealogical Research If you are a new researcher, please take a few minutes and visit the USGenWeb Project homepage. These pages contain a wealth of information pertinent to all facets of research in the United States as well as links to all 50 state projects. You might also want to check this link to a good write up on ’getting started.’ Mailing Lists To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, simply click on the link which will open your e-mail program. Type subscribe in the body of the message. Please ensure that your signature block is removed prior to sending it. You will receive a confirmation message that you’ve been subscribed. PAFULTON-L@rootsweb.com is a mailing list open to anyone researching in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. PAFULTON-D@rootsweb.com is a digest of the above mailing list, for those who want their mail less frequently. Fulton County Resource Information Fulton County Historical Society P.O. Box 115 McConnellsburg, PA 17233 Fulton County Courthouse N. 2nd St. McConnellsburg, PA 17233 717-485-4212 Fulton County Library 227 N. 1st St. McConnellsburg, PA 17233-1003 717-485-5327 EventsFulton County Web Links If you have a web site with ties to Fulton County, please let me know about it and I will link to it. "Links to external web sites are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval of any of the products, services or opinions contained in any external web site." Fulton County Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives Souders letters from John Rogers Davis Family Connections Political graveyard Mother Bedford and the American Revolutionary War (At that time what is now Fulton County was part of Bedford County). The 1920 Fulton County PA Census images Now on-line in the USGenWeb Fulton County 1850 and 1870 census records are searchable Ron Rose’s posting of over 32,000 names, many with Fulton County connections. (You are encouraged to send in corrections and additions.) Orphanage information Students in the Soldiers’ Orphan Schools June 1, 1902 for Fulton County Scott Byrd’s collection of Mellott memories including family tombstone images from Anita BradfordHistory of Fulton County, Waterman & Watkins, 1884 The Mort Family Website - contains some names from the vicinity of Fulton County The PA USGenWeb Family Group Sheet Project Links related to items for sale Cemetery Listings We will be working on a searchable cemetery database. In the meantime, if you have a high-bandwidth connection, you are welcome to download this cemetery listing . We want to thank the Fulton County Historical Society and Glenn Cordell for making it available, and especially this list of volunteers . Recently a correction has been made to the list, a photo of the authenticating family Bible is available which corrects the birthday of Nelson Hess. (You may prefer to download this zipped full cemetery listing , zipped A-F listing , zipped G-P listing , and zipped Q-Z listing .) History If you would to read the memoirs of long time Fulton County resident David Hunter Patterson (1844-1938), please visit here: Memoirs of David Hunter Patterson Fulton settler William Patterson (1749-1846) is buried at Big Spring Graveyard. Here is some information about him. Geography US Gen Web has a 1916 Fulton County Atlas . Other maps of Fulton Co. are here. Local Pictures Here is a photo taken on July 4, 1900 in McConnellsburg Here is a scene of the farm that was in the Patterson family for nearly 150 years (from 1850 through 1999, on US 522 south of McConnellsburg in Ayr Township): Patterson Farm and its deed (this copy is not fully executed) Here is a picture of the dedication of the monument to the last Confederate bivouac in Pennsylvania , taken in 1930. The man on the right is my great grandfather, David Hunter Patterson (also pictured here in 1920) . Here is a picture of the Historical Marker near the Big Spring Graveyard on Route 522 south of McConnellsburg in Ayr Township. Here is a a recent photo of the Burnt Cabins Grist Mill. Here are pictures of the Humbert Mill. If you have other pictures which you think would be appropriate for this web site please Obituaries Collection and related other scanned documents Wills Collection and related other scanned documents Other helpful links. PA-Roots Location Database Information on Civil War records from Andersonville Prison Search the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints PA Adoption Search and Education -Pennsylvania State Archives Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania NorthEastern Genealogy Online Genealogy Classifieds County Maps Census Maps Civil War Soldiers Genealogy Lookup Forum This website is part of the USGenWeb Project for Pennsylvania and is the county level site for Fulton County, Pennsylvania research. All materials located on this website are the sole property of the original contributors/file donators. You may copy this information for your own personal research but please refrain from selling it commerically or reposting it online without permission from the author. Return to the PAGenWeb Project homepage. This page was last updated on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 15:19:53 EDT Address all comments or questions about this webpage...