Washington County Historical Society, Pennsylvania

WCHS's extensive records collections include over a thousand volumes in its library, subject-matter and surname files, and an estimated 75,000 historical documents. These collections have great appeal to those having ancestry in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and to researchers of nationally-significant topics such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the National Road, the Abolitionist Movement, and the Underground Railroad. For example, among WCHS's collections are Virginia Court Records from the late 1770s

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WCHS's extensive records collections include over a thousand volumes in its library, subject-matter and surname files, and an estimated 75,000 historical documents. These collections have great appeal to those having ancestry in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and to researchers of nationally-significant topics such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the National Road, the Abolitionist Movement, and the Underground Railroad. For example, among WCHS's collections are Virginia Court Records from the late 1770s

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