All, The Franklin County Courthouse does have a death and marriage register covering late 1853 through 1855. I did not find a birth register. Dennis Best ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Heller Zinn" <djzinn@pa.net> To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Franklin County Records > Hi Carolyn and Fellow Listers: > > Well done Carolyn!!!!!! > > I beg to differ though, with Carolyn concerning the years that Death & > Birth Registers were kept in Pennsylvania. > > Perry County and other counties within Pennsylvania - I also think > Franklin County is included - registered both Births and Deaths during > the years 1853-1855. After 1855 the State discontinued the register > until it asked the counties to register them again in 1892 [about] and > continued to 1906 when the state took the responsibility and sent all to > New Castle. Some counties also continued to register Births and Deaths > in their own county court house - Perry Co. continued to 1919. > > [NOTE: Please check individual counties' information as all counties are > different.] > > Best Wishes.... > Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. > > > ********************* > > Carolyn K. Shearer wrote: > > > > No birth or death records were recorded in PA that early, so they were > not there to burn. >