Marriage records in the courthouse of Elk Co., PA start around 1885, but the very first book or two of marriages is kind of useless unless you are sure that is the person you are seeking because no parent's names are given. This situation is remedied after two or three marriage liscense books, but it would have been nice to have the parents listed for the early marriage records. There are supposed to be some marriage records from around the years 1851-1852 or so at the courthouse, but no one seems to know where they are. They were published once in a Western PA Genealogical Society bulletin, but I don't have that info readily available. I plan to see if I can find them when I can find the time to get to the courthouse. There are only a year or two of these records though, and they are probably incomplete. Truthfully, there are virtually no records from the early days of the Kersey settlement-- no cemetery records, no birth records, no death records, no obituaries. The only things you might find useful in that respect are deeds, and wills or intestate records if there are no wills. Wills and deeds, if recorded before 1843, will be in Clearfield County. After 1843, they will be in the Elk County courthouse. I have never gone to St. Boniface to look through their records, and I am not at all sure that one would be allowed. Joan told me that "you won't be able to read that old writing." Little does she know that I have become quite adept at deciphering the seemingly undecipherable! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Dani and JP <amuckdjp@sympatico.ca> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: [PAELK] Elk County reords > Dear Sherry J., > How far back do marriage records in Elk County go? > And if the marriage was in Kersey (Fox Twsp.) in, what may have still been Clearfield County at the time, where would the marriage records be? > Also, do you ever get over to St. Boniface to do any records searches? If you do, could I impose on you to look a record up, that Joan says doesn't exist? > I don't know if I'll get to Penna. this year. > I still can't write to Penn.com, so have to post to list. > Thanks for all your help! > Sharon in Canada > > > ==== 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!) > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >