Selma Going to the York County Heritage Trust Library is a great idea if you are seeking information on your family. I would like to offer you some advice before making your trip. First, make an agenda of what you are seeking when you come to the area. It will be much easier to plan your trip if you know what you are looking for. To make the most of your time at the Library, you will need to spend at least one full day there. There is tons of information to look through, so it will take some time. As a volunteer at the Library, I know first-hand the types of information you will find there. First you will need to look in the surname index for the surname you are seeking. That will give you a number for that name, and will aid volunteers when they pull your material from the shelves. One thing you may want to look through is the family file. This contains newspaper obituaries, correspondence, donated materials less than 40 pages in length, and other misc. documents. Next would be the card collection for your surname. There are a variety of cards included that were transcribed from records. The cards you will find are Wills/orphans count cards, cross reference cards, cemetery cards, vital statistic cards, and pre-1800 tax records. Besides these items, there are also tons of records on microfilm. You will find countless books that researchers donated regarding their family. The information you can find there is limitless. The Library used to be very small and cramped, but they expanded recently. It is very spacious now, making your visit more enjoyable. You may also want to check out the York County Archives during your trip. Here is their website: http://www.york-county.org/departments/archives/archives.htm Let me know if you have any questions. Blake M. Stough STAUCH DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Stough Stough - Stauch - Stouch Family Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stauch/ -----Original Message----- From: Dem Bones [mailto:bearfoot@tds.net] Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 10:02 PM To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAYorkGEN] visiting York co I am considering visiting York Co to do some research. I am looking for suggestions on where the best places are to do research. I am looking for a Franck family who lived in Codorus twp around 1780 to the mid 1800's. Are there any tax lists for York Co? Road records for that time period? Cemetery records? I have not found Gottfried and Eve Franck on any census, but I do have them on one tax list for 1795 which was sent to me. He was a tailor. They came from Germany abt 1787. Had 3 children recorded in St. Peters (Yellow) Luth and Ref church, Anna 1788, Catherina 1793, and Frantz in 1795. Two more children recorded in Brodbecks church, Christian in 1803 and John Helfer/Helfrick bapt in 1805. Any suggestions are appreciated. thanks, Selma ==== PA-YORK-GEN Mailing List ==== Have you been to the Pennsylvania Roots Network at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/pa/ ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237