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Gain access to our proprietary databases on Greene County (Pennsylvania) families and history.  Click JOIN US below for details of these databases and other benefits and protocols of membership. Memberships ($25) are for one  year from the date of joining.

OBITUARY INDEXES: We have compiled a comprehensive collection of Greene County-related obituaries back to the Civil War. Click CATALOG OF HOLDINGS above to view these Indexes, and to access the Obituary Order Form.

For finding aids to further your research, look at our extensive set of links: Click ABOUT tab at top of this page, and then Links. To see materials available in our building, click CATALOG OF HOLDINGS, Library Card Catalog.

Our Library is attached to Greene County’s 1797 Log Courthouse, which we are pleased to tour with you.  We are a licensed affiliate of FamilySearch’s research & library system.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEXT PUBLIC MEETING: TUE, May 13, 6:00.  Waynesburg’s Historic Movie Theaters, presented by Mary Beth Pastorious.

HOURS: MONDAY thru FRIDAY, 1 to 5.

Now in our 50th year, CGS is pleased to announce that the Waynesburg Republican (RP) newspaper, 1863-1963, has been digitized and is available at newspapers.com, as well as on our library computers. Thank you to the Community Foundation of Greene County, the primary funder of this project; and to the many members and friends who have provided financial, logistical and moral support. Click below for a taste of the searchable RP.

FEATURE RESEARCH–(click below for past articles, as well as this most recent offering). The Brothers Shinn (Shanes), George and Nicholas: Early Settlers (ca. 1770) on Dunkard Creek, in the Territory Claimed by both Pennsylvania & Virginia

GREENE CONNECTIONS

We encourage a visit to our Sister website: thousands of family and Greene County archival items such as photographs, letters, pension records, diaries, Justice of the Peace dockets, maps, and more have been shared by families and repositories.  The Archives are indexed and searchable, its items identified.  A blog of articles by Greene Connections creator Candice Buchanan has recently been added.

Greene Connections has a vibrant Public Group on Facebook, with over 5,000 followers: large numbers of  obits, historic newspaper clippings, photos, queries and comments have accumulated over the past 10 years, are augmented regularly, and are name-searchable.