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224 East 7th Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15086

(724) 224-7666

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Email: info@akvhs.org

The Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society and Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

AKVHS Digital Files Index

Last Updated: March 13, 2024

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   This index is NEW and contains information and lists publications held by the Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society at its Museum located in Tarentum.  The files identified below are now available in keyword searchable pdf format.  They are rich in both historical and genealogical information about thousands of area citizens that date back several hundreds of years.  These files which were published and collected over the last 57 years are available only to our membership. 

   If you are not a member of the Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society, please consider joining by clicking here.  The link will present you with a AKVHS Membership Form to print out, fill-in and send or hand deliver to the Museum at the address provided.  Once received, your request for access will be responded to the email you provide.  Please note that the email invitation will be sent by Albert Valie using the email address of: alkvalie07@gmail.com. If you are a member of the AKVHS, please send your request to:  info@akvhs.org identifying the name(s) of the files you are asking access to. 

   If you are a member and DO NOT have an email address or need assistance, please let us know and you will be contacted to make arrangments to help you accessing these files.

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   Questions?  Please send them to the AKVHS Digitalization Project Manager Ray Olszewski or the Museum, or both. No response, please call the Museum at: (724) 224-7666 or visit us at: 224 East 7th Avenue, Tarentum, PA (Museum hours: Weds or Sats Noon to 3:00 pm.

Published by the Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society (AKVHS) 1968-1970, 1972-1974, 1979, and 1992.

One sizeable 59.1 mb searchable pdf file consisting of 360 pages.

Click here for a Preview.   The file is the first issue published shortly after the Society was founded in 1967.

Published by the Tarentum History and Landmarks Foundation, Inc. from 1975 through 2015 that includes 14 Volumes, 160 issues.

One sizeable 497.5 mb searchable pdf file consisting of 4,286 pages. Click here for a Preview that is the last issue published.  The Tarentum Times was published Quarterly.

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Published by the Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society (AKVHS) from 1995 through 2020 consisting of two files as follows:

(1) 1995-2005 issues, 783 pages for a total of 142.5 mb

(2) 2006-2020 issues, 1,059 pages for a total of 199.4 mb

Click here for preview file which is the last issue published of that era.  The Chronicle was published Quarterly.

Newspaper Clippings

Logos of Newpapers here?

   There are reportedly over 40,000 keyword searchable clippings of the Valley Daily News in this file to include photographs and articles clipped and filed by volunteers. These records were gifted by Ray Rieser, who digitized them 3 years ago. Click Here to access

FREE Access to AKVHS Members - Click here for Invitation. Response usually within 24 hours once membership verified.

Only Available to AKVHS Members.

To become a AKVHS Member, Click here.

250 pages, 82.6 mb

AKVHS Museum Library

February 1945 Bell Telephone book for New Kensington and nearby communities to include:  Tarentum, Natrona Heights, Freeport, etc. Click here for one page directory preview.

Only Available to AKVHS Members.

To become a AKVHS Member, Click here.

188 pages, 25.1 mb

AKVHS Museum Library

Catholic Burials of Tarentum 1890-2013

St. (Peter, Sacred Heart, St. Clement, and Holy Martyrs by

Charles "Skip" Culleiton with research assistance of Dolly Mistrik, Jamie Stoner, and Mary Lynn Scanga.

Only Available to AKVHS Members.

To become a AKVHS Member, Click here.

Two files of nearly 100 pages of genealogical information. File size: ~14.3 mb

Nicholas Dick (1806-1890) and Susan Dodler Dick (1811-1882) Family Diary

and Supplement

The Dicks were residents of Tarentum in 1800s.

Acquired by the Museum in Feb 2024

Only Available to AKVHS Members.

To become a AKVHS Member, Click here.

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