Littlestown Historical Resources

The Littlestown Library staff get the occasional inquiry about local history. We get requests for obituaries or other newspaper clippings, house histories, or other general local historical information. Unfortunately we do not have these resources on site at the Library in Littlestown. We do have copies of the 1765/1965: bicentennial, Littlestown, Pa and more recent
A History of Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1700-1990 by Robert L. Bloom on our shelves. For more in-depth resources usually recommend the following places::

The Adams County Library System, Gettysburg - The Littlestown Library is a branch of the Adams County Library System, which is headquartered at 140 Baltimore St in Gettysburg. The System maintains a collection of local history titles as part of the reference collection (these can be searched in our catalog at http://www.youseemore.com/adams/default.asp). These titles must be used in the Library.

The System also maintains, in partnership with the Adams County Historical Society, an obituary index for Adams County. It can be accessed here: http://www.adamslibrary.org/DeathIndex/

The Adams County Library System has an active subscription to Heritage Quest that can be used in the Library or accessed from home. It can be found here: http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/login/barcode?aid=2076. Note you must have an Adams County Library card to access this.

Computer classes in Beginning Searching Geneology on the Internet are also offered at library locations throughout the County. For a schedule of all of the computer classes offered by ACLS, visit http://www.adamslibrary.org/classes.asp. For offerings in the specific geneology class, visit http://www.adamslibrary.org/classdetails.asp?ID=18.

The Littlestown Area Historical Society - They are a fairly new organization founded in 2007, but they have a great website (http://www.littlestownpa.info/LAHSociety/). Their collection includes most Littlestown High School yearbooks dating back to 1925 and many other items related to Littlestown schools. They also have information and items on the Littlestown Bicentennial of 1965. They share display space at the Littlestown Welcome Center (1A South Queen St, Littlestown) with the Chamber of Commerce.

The Adams County Historical Society - They are located on the campus of The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. They maintain a website (http://www.achs-pa.org/) that lists all of their holdings and services. For searches of historical newspapers and records, this is an excellent place to start.