Adams County Historical Society
Our Holdings

For the most comprehensive information about our collection, please visit our PastPerfect Online Database, which features over 60,000 photographs and cataloged records.

Past Perfect Database

For the most comprehensive information about our collection, please visit our PastPerfect Online Database, which features over 60,000 photographs and cataloged records.

Past Perfect Database

Reproduction of any of the materials found below is prohibited without the express permission of the Adams County Historical Society.

Genealogy Resources:

Family Records:

Getting Started: Family History Research

Estate Files Index

Family File Index

Family Histories Index

Family Collections Index

Abstracts of South Central Pennsylvania Newspapers (1785-1790,1791-1795,1796-1800)

Marriage, Deaths & Events - Newspaper References, 1800-1825

Marriage and Death Notices in Gettysburg Newspapers, 1800-1899

Abstracts of Adams County Wills, 1745-1800

Abstracts of Adams County Wills, 1826-1850

Death Certificates, 1852-1855

1830 Census - Adams County Index

1790 Census - Adams County Index

Adams County Almshouse (Poor House) Register, 1874-1928

Poor Children Listed in Tax Assessment Books, 1813-1842

Church and Cemetery Records:

Adams County Clergymen Index

Church Records Index

Lincoln Cemetery Community Database

Lincoln Cemetery Headstone Map

Tombstone Inscriptions Index

Military Records:

Poor Veterans' Burial Records, 1886-1911

Adams County United States Colored Troops Index

Adams County Soldiers Who Died in Service

Great War Veterans Database:

Introduction & Users Guide

Full Database

Document Files

Property Research:

Getting Started: Property Research

Grantor/Grantee Deed Index

Tax Records Index

1858 Adams County Map Name Index

1872 Adams County Atlas Name Index

Maps Index

Low Dutch Settlement

Gettysburg Historic Building Surveys Index

Index of Digges' Choice Land Map

1888 Gettysburg Directory (Warren)

1903 Gettysburg Directory

Gettysburg & Adams County Directories & Telephone Books Index

Other Resources:

Battle of Gettysburg:

Civilian Accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg Library Index

Civil War Damage Claims Index - Adams County Residents

Gettysburg Battlefield Regiment Flank Marker Maps

General Research:

Gettysburg Area High School Card File Index

Subject File Index

Subject Collections Index

Government and Legal Documents:

Criminal Cases Index

Tavern License Index

County Records at the Adams County Historical Society

Newspaper, Photo & Microfilm Records:

ACHS Microfilm Holdings

Newspapers on Microfilm

Walter and Janice Lane Photographic Collection - Index

Walter and Janice Lane Photographic Collection - Scanned Images