Dear Jean, Yes there is an extensive Coble family history, compiled some years ago. Ethel Coble Picking of Chambersburg published a booklet on them in 1966. I hope someday to find enough descendants to bring it up to date! I just checked the part I have onto my computer so far, and could not find your Abraham. The only Abraham Coble I had listed died in infancy in 1857, son of George D. and Charlotte Brake Coble of St. Thomas. Do you know what part of Franklin County your Abraham was inÂ… where his first children were born? I'm sure the Guilford Twp. and the St. Thomas Twp. Coble's were all related. We have their Coble ancestry traced back to about 1650 in Germany. Jacob Kobel, son of Johann Georg Kobel, emigrated in 1710. I have records on many more Kobel's in Germany that are probably related also, but I have not researched them to sort them all out - yet. Hope some of this helps, Carolyn Cell Choppin PAFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > PAFRANKL-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 190 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [PAFRANKL] COBLE, Abraham 1790-186 [JEANFAZZ@aol.com] > #2 [PAFRANKL] probate packets - still [CWorstell@aol.com] > #3 [PAFRANKL] probate packets - still ["Carolyn K. Shearer" <awscks@erols] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PAFRANKL-D, send a message to > > PAFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAFRANKL] COBLE, Abraham 1790-1865 > Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:40:43 EDT > From: JEANFAZZ@aol.com > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello- > Is anyone researching the Cobles of Franklin Co.? > Abraham COBLE born 14 Aug 1790 and died 5 Oct 1865 in Elkhart Co. IND. > His wife's name is Christina UNKNOWN and he had one known sibling named > Susanna. Some of Abraham's children were born in Franklin Co. before he > migrated to Ashland Co. Ohio in about 1836. There is a Abraham Sr. living in > Guilford Twsp. Franklin Co. in the 1830 census and I am trying to determine > if this is his father. > Any insight greatly appreciated. > Jean > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAFRANKL] probate packets - still exist?? > Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 20:15:24 EDT > From: CWorstell@aol.com > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > I have the will for my ancestor, Christian Study, from 1829. But does anyone know if the probate packets still exist? If so, where can I get a copy and how much does it cost? Thanks! > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAFRANKL] probate packets - still exist?? > Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:52:26 -0400 > From: "Carolyn K. Shearer" <awscks@erols.com> > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > Most of the probate packages for this time period still exist. They are > available on microfiche at the courthouse in Chambersburg. Sometimes they > are too faded to be read, so a clerk will go to the basement and pull the > original package for you. The ones I have found have very seldom been > complete - there will be an inventory, but no sale bill or vice versa. I > was working on my ancestor Daniel Reisher last week - the distribution of > the estate doesn't match the terms of the will. The only way that I could > account for this is papers missing from the probate package. I have not > had much luck ordering by mail. Like most courthouses they are very busy, > never seem to get around to answering letters. Maybe someone else has had > better luck with this. Cost when you copy yourself from the microfiche is > 50 cents per page.