Columbia Genealogy (in Lancaster County, PA)

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Columbia Birth Records

Birth Registers for Columbia Borough, 1901-1911 Birth Registers - Lancaster County Pennsylvania State Archives

Birth records, 1894-1907 FamilySearch Library

Columbia Borough Disease, Birth and Death Register, 1893-1905, 1908 - Lancaster County Pennsylvania State Archives

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Southern Lancaster County Births 1852 - 1855 Southern Lancaster County Historical Society online

Columbia Cemetery Records

Concordia Cemetery Billion Graves online

Concordia Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Kinderhook Cemetery Billion Graves online

Kinderhook Evangelical Congregational Cemetery Find a Grave online

Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Moore Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Bethel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Bethel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Pa. FamilySearch Library

Saint Joseph Convent Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Peter Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Peters Roman Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sherk Cemetery Find a Grave online

Zion Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Zion Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Columbia Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Columbia Township, Pennsylvania LDS Genealogy online

Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Columbia Church Records

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Baptismal records from St. Mary's Church, Lancaster, Pa., January 25, 1787-1804 FamilySearch Library

Church Records for Presbyterian Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for United Church of Christ (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1808-1919 (Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1849-1913 (First English Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1863-1913 (Salem Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1881-1918 [St. John's Lutheran] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1883-1952 (Trinity Reformed Church (Columbia, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

One hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1807-1957 FamilySearch Library

Pastor's record, 1806-1847 : reformed churches in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, mainly, with some preaching stations in Adams, Dauphin, and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania and in Carroll, Baltimore, and Washington counties, Maryland FamilySearch Library

Pastor's record, 1857-1909 FamilySearch Library

Pastor's records, 1896-1960 FamilySearch Library

Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; parish registers, 1881-1935 FamilySearch Library

Columbia City Directories

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Boyd's directory of Lancaster, Columbia, Chester and West Chester, 1874-75 : to which is added a business directory of the principal places in Lancaster, Chester and Delaware counties FamilySearch Library

Business Directory of Harrisburg, Lancaster, Columbia and York, and Rural Villages Adjacent, 1858-59 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Business Directory of York, Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville and Columbia, 1896-7 Ancestry online

Columbia City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Columbia, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1892 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Columbia, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1894 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Directory of the Borough of Columbia (1892) Ancestry online

Directory of the Borough of Columbia (1894) Ancestry online

Directory of the borough of Columbia FamilySearch Library

History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and directory of the principal business houses of Columbia FamilySearch Library

Polk's Columbia (Pennsylvania) city directory : containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character FamilySearch Library

White and Yellow Pages, York June 1960 through 1964 Library of Congress online

White pages and Yellow Pages, Columbia, 10/1954 thru 10/1961 Library of Congress online

White pages and Yellow Pages, Columbia, 6/1937 thru 8/1945 Library of Congress online

White pages and Yellow Pages, Columbia, 8/1946 thru 10/1953 Library of Congress online

Columbia Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Columbia Borough Disease, Birth and Death Register, 1893-1905, 1908 - Lancaster County Pennsylvania State Archives

Deaths and marriages, abstracted from newspapers, 1800-1906 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Southern Lancaster County Deaths 1894 - 1907 Southern Lancaster County Historical Society online

Columbia Histories and Genealogies

Columbia, Pennsylvania : its people-- culture, religions, customs, education, vocations, industry LDS Genealogy online

Columbia, Pennsylvania : its people-- culture, religions, customs, education, vocations, industry Internet Archive online

Industries of Pennsylvania, Cities of Lancaster, Columbia and Mount Joy Ancestry online

Industries of Pennsylvania, cities of Lancaster, Columbia and Mount Joy : historical and descriptive review, industries, institutions, manufacturing and business advantanges FamilySearch Library

Columbia Immigration Records

Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 Ancestry online

Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775 Ancestry online

Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775 Google Books online

Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 Fold3 online

Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1740-1773 Ancestry online

Columbia Land Records

Deeds, 1729-1867 ; Index, 1729-1894 FamilySearch Library

Index and abstract of deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : deed books A through K (1729 to 1766) FamilySearch Library

Lancaster County land records, 1729-1825 FamilySearch Library

Columbia Map Records

Map of Columbia, Pennsylvania 1894 Library of Congress online

Map of Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 1899 Library of Congress online

Columbia Marriage Records

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1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

Deaths and marriages, abstracted from newspapers, 1800-1906 FamilySearch Library

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, divorces 1786-1832 FamilySearch Library

Marriage license dockets (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania), 1885-1906; indexes, 1885-1936 FamilySearch Library

Marriages, 1753-1854, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Marriages, 1878-1940, at Lancaster County and Chester County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Southern Lancaster County Marriages 1885-1937 Southern Lancaster County Historical Society online

Columbia Newspapers and Obituaries

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Columbia Ledger 08/16/2001 to 02/12/2009 Genealogy Bank online

Columbia Spy 7/17/1847 - 12/31/1870 (gaps) Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers online

Deaths and marriages, abstracted from newspapers, 1800-1906 FamilySearch Library

Lancaster County - Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1834-1872 Power Library online

Lancaster County - The New Holland Clarion 1873-1950 Power Library online

Runaways, rascals, and rogues : missing spouses, servants, and slaves 1794-1810 FamilySearch Library

The Columbia spy and Lancaster and York County record. 1847-07-17 to 1848-02-05 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

The Columbia spy. 1850-04-27 to 1870-12-31 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

The Columbia spy. and literary register. 1848-03-11 to 1848-10-14 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Columbia

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Columbia Broadcaster. (Columbia, Pa.) 1931-1943

Columbia Daily News. (Columbia, Pa.) 1888-1923

Columbia Democrat. (Columbia, Pa.) 1872-1889

Columbia Herald. (Columbia, Pa.) 1867-1912

Columbia Independent. (Columbia, Pa.) 1889-1915

Columbia News. (Columbia, Pa.) 1923-Current

Columbia Spy and Lancaster and York County Democrat. (Columbia, Pa.) 1840-1843

Columbia Spy and Lancaster and York County Record. (Columbia, Pa.) 1840s-1848

Columbia Spy and Register. (Columbia [Pa.]) 1848-1849

Columbia Spy, and Lancaster & York County Record. (Columbia, Pa.) 1831-1832

Columbia Spy, and Lancaster and York County Record. (Columbia, Pa.) 1833-1837

Columbia Spy, and Literary Register. (Columbia, Pa.) 1830-1831

Columbia Spy. (Columbia, Pa.) 1837-1840

Columbia Spy. (Columbia, Pa.) 1849-1902

Columbia Spy. (Columbia, Penn'a.) 1843-1840s

Columbia Weekly Spy. (Columbia, Pa.) 1902-1919

Pennsylvania Courant and Columbia and Marietta Advertiser. (Columbia, Pa.) 1838-1839

Pennsylvanian. (Columbia, Pa.) 1822-1820s

Susquehanna Waterman and Columbia Advertiser. (Columbia, Pa.) 1811-1816

Weekly Courant. (Columbia, Pa.) 1870-1916

Columbia Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pa, Orphans Court records, 1742-1791 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, wills FamilySearch Library

An index to the will books and intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1850 : with an historical sketch and classified bibliography Genealogy Gophers online

Lancaster County Wills 1821-1830 Southern Lancaster County Historical Society online

Lancaster County, Pa. will abstracts, 1721-1820 FamilySearch Library

Columbia School Records

Columbia High School - Susquehannock Yearbook (Columbia, PA), 1931, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957 E Yearbook online

Columbia High School yearbook, 1931, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Joseph Academy yearbook, 1965, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbia Tax Records

Colonial taxes, Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1751-1783 (now Lebanon County) FamilySearch Library

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania tax records, 1748-1855 : arranged alphabetically by political subdivision FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry online

Proprietary and state tax lists of the county of Lancaster for the years 1771, 1772, 1773, 1779 and 1782 FamilySearch Library

Tax list of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1718-1726 FamilySearch Library

Tax lists, 1750-1814 FamilySearch Library



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