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Question:I am looking for my grandfather, (Hugh) Walker Arnall. He gave his birthplace as Uniontown, Pa. (b. 1892) when he registered for WWI. Saw that you were helpful on a similar question. Do not know grandparents names although could be Moses and Lillian.
Thank you.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am looking for my grandfather, (Hugh) Walker Arnall. He gave his birthplace as Uniontown, Pa. (b. 1892) when he registered for WWI. Saw that you were helpful on a similar question. Do not know grandparents names although could be Moses and Lillian.
Thank you.

I could not find him in the US Census as a child. I did find him in later years, but that doesn't give you his parents, unfortunately.

There is another Hugh Walker Arnall, but he is a white man in Georgia. There's quite a bit of info on him at ancestry.com, if you would like it. (There could be a link, regardless of race, since other black Arnalls are also found in Georgia.)

Also unfortunately, I think the official Fayette County birth records only date back to 1893 (see website http://www.co.fayette.pa.us/fayette/cwp) BUT there is a source that may be able to help you:

"Birth returns for negroes and mulattoes, 1788-1826" compiled by the Fayette County Prothonotary.

You can rent the microfilm of this through the LDS Family History Centers. Go to www.familysearch.org, click Library, then Family History Centers for the location of the one nearest to you. They do charge a fee.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh also has this microfilm. They might loan it out via InterLibrary Loan. Contact them to see: http://www.clpgh.org/

Also, in the future the records you seek might be available online! Fayette County is in the process of digitizing its records: http://www.co.fayette.pa.us/fayette/cwp/...

There's another record that MAY help, although it's a bit of a gamble: "Index to Fayette Co., Pa., wills, 1783-1900." You could use this to see if an Arnall died during the late 1800s and then obtain their will. Several libraries in the US have this (see worldcat.org)

Also at worldcat.org type in Fayette County PA Genealogy and you'll find other sources that could give you clues.

I hope this helps in your search! Good luck!