John: There are great will abstracts online at the PA GENweb archives. You can search by county or the whole state. It is excellent. It is online. If you can't find it let me know and I'll send you a link. --Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "john newman" <johnfnewman@yahoo.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] help with PA research > I know this is off-topic, but I can't seem to get the info I am looking for by doing web searches. > > I am at a brick wall with my own surname The only thing that I know is that my grandfather's father was born in Pennsylvania and his parents were William and Mary (or Ellen). No town, no county known. I can't find any good leads from the census either. This info (the state of PA) was gather from birth and death records of my grandfather's siblings and parents. I am hoping that my grandfather's grandparents left a will. > > What I want to know is: > > (1) does PA have a calendar or index of Wills like NJ? If so, what dates would such a book cover? > > (2) What years can you review Wills in PA at the state archives? > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >