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USGenWeb Special Projects
The USGenWeb Archives and the Tombstone Transcription & Photo Project are currently unavailable due to circumstances beyond our control.
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The PAGenWeb sites were moved to a new secure server. Some links have not been updated to the new URL.
The new URL is https://allegheny.pagenweb.org, (not http://www.pagenweb/~allegheny) this applies to all the sites on the PAGenWeb server.
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The Allegheny County PAGen Web page is being updated. Please let us know if there any links that are broken. Additional information will be added.

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Allegheny was the first county in Pennsylvania to be given a Native American name. It was named after the Lenape word for the Allegheny River. The meaning of "Allegheny" is uncertain. It is usually said to mean "fine river". Stewart says that the name may come from a Lenape account of an ancient mythical tribe called "Allegewi", who lived along the river before being taken over by the Lenape. Allegheny County was officially created on September 24, 1788, from parts of Washington and Westmoreland counties. It was formed to respond to pressure from the increase in settlers living in the area around Pittsburgh; this was designated as the county seat in 1791.

 

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