LisaShindl@aol.com wrote: > HI, > > I am looking for George and Elizabeth Rider. I feel certain they were in > Dauphin County in the late 1700s. I have found two George Riders on census > for 1790. > > What other places can I look? Where/who can I write to or call to ask? I > understand churches would be a good place to look for birth/death records. > How do you find them? Are there any good reference books for this area? > > I haven't got the slightest idea how to conduct a good, thorough, search at > this point. Are there any libraries that can help? > > Thanks, > Lisa Rider Shindlebower::}~ Could you furnish just a wee bit more information? The following are a few RIDERs in the Geyer's Hillsdale Cemetery, and there are loads of Riders in this area. I've encountered name changes in the same family spelling it Reider (we got lots of them, too!) 8 Rider Abraham H. 1909 1994 3 8 Rider D. June 1915 . 2 1B 69 Rider Emma M. Huss 9-11-1893 6-14-1980 2 1A 70 Rider John B. 5-1-1855 10-31-1921 2 1A 68 Rider William M. 9-25-1884 6-27-1977 > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > Who, Where, When. > A GOOD subject says:...... John SMITH, Arkansas, 1850-1876 > A bad one doesn't say. And Dauphin County took in a lot of territory before it was split up. Regards, with apologies to Netscape 6 users! -- CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>