>From: CDZ4U@aol.com >Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:37:03 EDT >Subject: Re: Records at the court house. >To: murk@pe.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Diana, >I too, live in California and my grandparents were from Warren, long time >residents. His father was a business owner of a very large and successful >trucking company that is still in business today, (Masterson Transfer) He and >his father both owned and lived on oil producing property that now is part of >the Alleghany Forest since their deaths.His father and he were both >well-to-do, his father married a woman who's father was also well-to-do and >was one of the original men who started/owned the trolley car system they >used to have, then went into the railroad business. My point is in telling >you all this, I have been to the LDS many, many times, and all the records >they have and list for Warren, PA I have ordered and also through their >courthouse in Warren. In all I rec'vd from the LDS, (census records for >Warren were ordered) I rec'vd the census for the surrounding area around >Warren and 2 (TWO) >documents happened to be on these rolls from Warren. That is it!!!! Again, my >point being, I know my grandparents are buried right in Warren at the Oakdale >Cemetary, >his parents are there and their parents are there, I have pictures to prove >it!!! They were so well to do that at the cemetary they have their own little >"hill" which is seperated from the rest you walk up the hill to enter their >"family plot" and their is a HUGE Mound (Tomb) in big letters stating FISHER >on it. surrounding this mound all graves are clearly marked. The oldest being >the tomb my gr.gr.grandparents both born in Warren ca. 1830's. With all this, >their children, their childrens children and including my own father who was >born and raised and now moved back there again and works there, you think >there would have to be something?? Noooo....not according the Warren >Courthouse. I had a lady who;s from Warren living out here who's family was >still in Warren, she went back on a vacation/genealogy trip, I had her >consentrate on just my great grandfather and she went through every thing she >could while their, historical society, library, courthouse, etc. and when she >finally did find this index card file and found his name in the index, she >went to it and it was empty. Nothing was there. So I am sorry to make this so >long but I am in complete agreement something is fishy there, besides for >waiting 9/1/2 months for a photocopy of a record I know should be there and >paying $10 for it, all I got back was "We're sorry there are no records for >this person here". I'd like to know what's up also. > >Cristy Fisher >