BETHLEHEM,  PA

Greetings to all and welcome to my little corner of the web!  These pages originally started as a small project listing the names of all the people who lived in South Bethlehem, PA in the year 1890. Now, 99% of all names in the county are listed. That's approximately 84,000 names.  This list does not include all the information you would normally find in a U.S. Census. The names are presented in a Directory format. Actually, the information contained here is taken from a Census Directory that was published by Joseph H. Werner in 1891.  It lists the "inhabitants of Northampton County as furnished by the Census Bureau at Washington, D.C. in the Eleventh U. S. Census, 1890". Since most of this census was burned in a fire, we are very lucky to have this.  Please note: the information listed for each family includes all the data available. There are no additional facts. All available information has been included and copied exactly as it appears in the directory. As time goes by, I hope to fill these pages with many "goodies" and make your visit here very informative and enjoyable. This will be a work in progress for  a long time. Please bookmark this site and check back often.

Click here to view some scenes of the Bethlehem of long ago.  For local folk, visiting these pages should bring back memories.

Here's a site that can answer some
of your  questions about present day
Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley
as well:  Bethlehem, PA Online!

HERE ARE SOME LINKS YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING
Including links to Churches from various areas of the
county that were in existence in 1890

You can check out a great new service that is offered by
the Bethlehem Public Library. This service allows you to
search a file that provides a "selective index to obituaries
and other biographical articles appearing in the Bethlehem
Globe-Times newspaper" during the time period from 1890
to 1916, and from 1966 to the present.  If you find the
name you're looking for, you can contact the library and
request a photocopy of the article.

Many of the communities that are listed here also have old cemeteries that are online.  One of the major sources of information for these cemeteries can be found at Tiana's very informative Genealogy In Pennsylvania  pages. Lots of information!  You may also want to check out these additional sites: Burials in Allen Township; Easton Heights Cemetery & Raubsville Cemetery, Williams Twp. Try also the Easton Express Online Obituary Index.Here you'll find not only Easton Obits, but ones for the surrounding area, including Bethlehem.

This site, Early Moravian Settlers in NC, tells the story
of 15 men who traveled from Bethlehem to the east coast
of NC in 1753 to establish a new Moravian Community,
and of the people who followed them.  Also check out
Moravian Church Genealogy Links to help you find  your
"Moravian Connection".  

1800 Census
Currently online: Allen Township, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Township, Chestnuthill Township and Borouth of Easton.

Bucks County to the south - Original County
Carbon County to the north - from Northampton & Monroe - 1843
Lehigh County to the west - from Northampton county in 1812
Monroe County to the north - from Northampton & Pike in 1836

If these pages have been helpful to
you, I'd appreciate hearing about it.
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