Jim The answer to your question is that they probably don't exist. In 1866, the county seat changed from Marienville to Tionesta amid much acrimony. The story is that a lot of the records were never transferred and that they then burnt in a fire. According to the "HISTORY OF FOREST COUNTY" -Ronald Childs "This change was not made without controversy. The story is still told that "some of the good citizens of Tionesta with an ox team went to Marien in the dead of the night, loaded the courthouse and brought it to Tionesta."". It could be presumed that if anything close to this actually happened, some documents may have been overlooked or ignored. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Turner <jnturner@gte.net> To: PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com <PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 10:52 PM Subject: Changing County Boundaries in 1866 >Hi, >I am new to this list and have a question. > >Where are the county records (vital stats, deeds, probate, etc) for >persons residing in Tionesta during the period 1855-1866 currently >located? In Venango County or Forest County? > >I would appreciate if someone could help me out on this. > >Jim Turner >