Documents for court cases are found in the Prothonotary office of the courthouse. You might want to try writing a letter with as much detail as possible to that office at the Elk County Courthouse, Ridgway, PA 15853. ----- Original Message ----- From: <SBoevinglo@aol.com> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:29 AM Subject: [PAELK] Elk County Research > Hi, Does anyone on this list know how to get newspaper or court case articles > for Elk County? My great great grandmother, Ellen DONOVAN QUINN was > committed to the Dixmont State Hospital Nov 25, 1879. A copy of her file > there said that she was arrested and jailed for larceny before the court had > her admitted to the hospital. She was in jail for 5 weeks. While this > narrows the timeframe it does not give an exact date. I live far enough away > from Elk County that a personal visit is not an option at this time. If > anyone knows of someone willing to do this type of research for me I would > appreciate it. Professional or volunteer. > Thanks, Sharlene > > > ==== PAELK Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Elk Co., PA mailing list, send an e-mail to paelk-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. (minus the quotation marks!) > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >