Searchable Databases

The Society is very proud of our searchable databases.  We truly wish that you could do just one search on all of them.  Unfortunately, we are limited to the technology that we currently own.  The intent is to consolodate the data at some time in the future.

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Obituary and other Death Notices

Consolidated Search - NEW!

• Searches all the files below with one inquiry.   Over 53,000 entries!

Original Files

• Marriage and death notices 1830 to 1898 from Columbia Democrat, Columbian, and Democratic Sentinel newspapers.
• Death notices 1863 to 1912 from Democratic Sentinel
• Death notices 1837 to 1870 from Columbia County newspapers
• Death notices 1879 tp 1918 from Bloomsburg Journal and Catawissa News Items
• Death and other notices 1901 to 1936 from Argus, Columbian, The Morning Press & Republican newspapers
• Death notices and articles in the Democratic Sentinel, Daily Sentinel, and Daily Mail from 1892 to 1909
• Cemetery caretakers records

Marriages

Consolidated Search - NEW!

• Searches all the files below with one inquiry.   Over 29,000 entries!

Original Files

• Marriage and death notices 1830 to 1898 from Columbia Democrat, Columbian, and Democratic Sentinel newspapers.
• Marriage notices 1863 to 1912 from Democratic Sentinel
• Marriages notices  1837 to 1870 from Columbia County newspapers
• Marriage notices 1879-1918 from Catawissa News Item & Bloomsburg Journal newspapers
• Marriages notices 1901 to 1936 from Argus, Columbian, The Morning Press, & Republican newspapers
• Marriage Notices in Democratic Sentinel, Daily Sentinel, and Daily Mail from 1892 to 1909.

Other Society Collections

• Church Records
• Cemetery Search
• Surname Index
• CCHGS Card Catalog
• Bound Manuscripts
• Photo Database
• Past Newspaper Headlines & Columbia County Books Index
• Naturalization Records for 1837 to 1906 and 1930 to 1945
• Molly Maguire Research Interactive database,  share your info.