Welcome to the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Trails Website Hello, my name is Nancy Piper and I am your Pennsylvania State host. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please email me. Please include the County (and State) you are submitting data for. THIS COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.   Biographies Cemeteries Coal Mining Obituaries Military 1843 History Marriage notices and Wedding Announcements Newspapers    Past Updates Recent Updates January 2024 Crime News: Chapin and Vaughn Pardoned (1860) Accident News: Joseph Banghart Dies from Skull Injury (1871) News-Fires: Shuster's Grist Mill Destroyed (1871) April 2023 Marriage Notices: Davis-Pollock, Fulton-Phipps Postal News: Elijah Salterfield Appointment July 2022 Death Notice: Dean H. Buchanan - Transcribed by FOFG DW, Lot M. Irwin News - Estate Notice: Estate of William L. Harris Crime News: Thomas Woods Arrested for Stabbing, Daniel Halloway Robbed and Beaten Accident News: Henry Lingo Fatally Swallows Needle, Son of J. F. M'Curdy Killed in Fall, Alexander Stinson Killed by Canon, Son of Geo. M. Curry Drowned, Mr. Shalk's Son Killed by Tree Misc. News: Liberated Slaves Are Given Land in Mercer County, Sandy Creek Post Office Changed, Baby Found on Geo. D. Keck's Doorstep Weather News: A. Waugh's Barn Struck by Lightning April 2020 News: Frederick Dahringer Murdered; James Allen and Joel Reigelman Arrested for Counterfeiting Mercer County Mercer County was created from Allegheny County on March 12, 1800. Mercer County is located in northwestern Pennsylvania, along the Ohio border. The county seat is Mercer. Mercer's adjacent counties are: Crawford, Venango, Butler, Lawrence, Mahoning (Ohio), and Trumbull (Ohio) Search Our Sites Join our Northeastern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Northeastern States of: Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia Visit the Pennsylvania State page! Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site All data on this website is © Copyright 2025by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.