Where To Research Lawrenceville History

This article was written by Jude Wudarczyk to help interested individuals research historic sites, events and people that have some link to Lawrenceville.

The LAWRENCEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY is naturally a good starting point while doing research on our community. In the past twenty years we have accumulated a small but impressive collection on various topics.

There are other places that have even larger collections, and these are listed below.

PA DEPARTMENT CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (412) 622-3154 {This facility has a complete collection of HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS.}

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (412) 687-6811

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 1212 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 454-6000 {There is a fee for non-members}

THE HISTORIC PITTSBURGH PROJECT [This is a digital collection, and I use it extensively.} digitallibrary.pitt.edu

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS (Mormons) 46 School Street Pittsburgh, PA 15228 (412) 921-2115 {This Church maintains an extensive digital collection, called "Family Search Internet Genealogy Service at www.familysearch.org.)

LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH OF CARNEGIE LIBRARY 279 Fisk Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201 (412) 682-3668 {This site has no genealogical collection.}

CARNEGIE MAGAZINE
The following articles were provided by Jane Porski.
October 1959 - Talks about Allegheny Cemetery
September 1962 - Lawrenceville Library
January 1963 - Allegheny Arsenal
February 1964 - Allegheny Arsenal
February 1965 - February Washington Crossing Bridge
January 1969 - Talks about Charles Avery, who is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
June 1971 - Lawrenceville Story by Olive M. Robinson
May 1973 - Lawrenceville Library