The Fulton House, location of the Society's headquarters, in the heart of McConnellsburg's National Register Historic District. Painting by Brian Tucker and copyright the Fulton County Historical Society, Inc.

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MISSION STATEMENT

The Fulton County Historical Society will bring together those people interested in the history of Fulton County, and will promote an understanding and appreciation for the people and community of Fulton County through research, preservation, restoration, education and publications.


© 2005 Fulton County Historical Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.

Fulton County Historical Society, Inc.

P.O. Box 115, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania  17233
Email: director@fultonhistory.org

Announcements and Upcoming Events

FALL MEETING

By popular demand, we are inviting Peggy Ann Bradnick Jackson to return for our fall meeting during Folk Festival week on Thursday, October 14, to share stories of her 1966 kidnapping. If you missed her first visit in October 2008, this will be a second opportunity to meet her. The program will be held in the McConnellsburg High School auditorium.

A CHANCE TO WIN FULTON COUNTY ITEMS

1st - 1884 History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, PA, 672 pages, used reprint
2nd - 1846 History of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties, PA, by Rupp, 723 pages, unused reprint
3rd - 2008 Tonoloway, If Its Walls Could Talk, by John Mentzer, 135 pages*
4th - Long, Long Ago 1902-1907 includes visits to McConnellsburg by J.Royer, 278 pages
5th - 1890s Business Directory of McConnellsburg, 18"x24" semigloss stock
6th - Truax Impact and Mellotts of Fulton County, papers presented in 1990s at Tonoloway*
7th - 1907 Mining Stock in Arizona Territory and 1925 Bond of Butte, Montana

(*Published by Friends of Tonoloway; other items are Historical Society duplicates)

Raffle ticket donations: $4 each or 3 for $10
Public drawing at 4:00 p.m. October 17, 2010, at the Fulton House, McConnellsburg; need not be present to win.

Send your name, address and check to Fulton County Historical Society, Box 115, McConnellsburg, PA 17233 to arrive by October 16, 2010.


GENEALOGISTS: YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

People For Better Access To Pennsylvania Historical Records (PBAPHR) is asking for your help in a grassroots informational campaign to make older Pennsylvania state death certificates available on-line. Go here for details.

Fulton County Historical Society Library

The Fulton County Historical Society Library has a room on the third floor of the newly-renovated Fulton County Library at 227 North First Street in McConnellsburg. The library is handicapped accessible and has elevator service. The Society's room with genealogy and research material is not staffed but is available upon registration with photo ID at the main library desk. Materials do not circulate outside the room which has a continuous security camera. Hours are Monday from 12 noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 9-8; Wednesday and Friday from 9-5; Saturday from 9-4. No charge is made to patrons who use the room although the Society makes an annual contribution of $1,200 to the public library. Benefactors who would like to help maintain this free service may send a tax-deductible gift to the Historical Society. The free online Heritage Quest will no longer be available to library patrons in 2010. The Historical Society library welcomes donations of any family or local history material on Fulton County people and events for its permanent collection. Volunteers are needed anytime to help with inquiries and keep materials organized.