Introduction

The goal of this project is to present genealogical and historical details about Erie County, Pennsylvania.  This website is part of The PAGenWeb Project and The USGenWeb Project, a group of volunteers dedicated to providing free data for researchers.  My name is Donna Sims Conner and I am the Coordinator for Erie County.  We rely on volunteers to grow and maintain our websites.  Several of the counties in Pennsylvania are in need of coordinators.  If you are interested in becoming a county coordinator, please review the Volunteer Guide and contact the State Coordinator, Nancy Janyszeski.  We appreciate your contributions!

This county was formed March 12, 1800, and was formerly a part of Alleghany county.  The trade of Erie in iron ore, anthracite and bituminous coal, lumber and petroleum, is immense, and the various kinds of manufactures show an extraordinary increase,  Large quantities of Mackinaw trout, black bass, and white fish are exported from Erie to many locations.  Grain elevators, dry docks, large ship-yards, 25 churches, and two fine parks and fountains, are among the improvements of this great lake city.  There are quite a number of dairy farms, which produce large quantities of cheese, in some of the townships, in different sections of the county.  Population in 1870, 65,979; 1880, 77,549.

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