Westmoreland County - History by Boucher & Jordan, on CD - Retrospect Pub.

PENNSYLVANIA RETROSPECTIVE CD-ROM SERIES: WESTMORELAND COUNTY, HISTORY BY BOUCHER AND JORDAN, 1906. 1999 by Retrospect Publishing. This CD-Rom, developed for Windows 95 through XP, will allow you to conduct full text searches, view the images of the original pages, create your own bookmarks and print pages. The books contained in this viewer are: (1) HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA, Volume I, by John N. Boucher, The Lewis Publishing Co.; 1906, (2) HISTORY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA, Volume II & III, by John W. Jordan, The Lewis Publishing Co.; 1906. Search for thousands of Westmoreland County residents of the 18th and 19th centuries. These three volumes contain over 1400 biographical sketches, township tax lists from the late 1700s, even the toll rates for crossing the Stoystown and Greensburg Turnpike Road. Find out about the Whiskey Insurrection and Western Pennsylvanian's role in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. There is a lot of history here that can be found within seconds. Whether you are searching for the founders of Greensburg or trying to locate Civil War soldiers, you are bound to learn more about the people and places that comprised Westmoreland County during this period. ISBN 1-929356-02-1