This is an email that I received in June 2008............maybe this will be of some help to you. Pat in PA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BarbaraA" <baha4364@verizon.net> > To: <pafrankl-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 9:09 PM > Subject: [PAFRANKL] 1927 Agricultural Census - PA > > >> Folks, >> >> The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has the 1927 >> Agricultural Census for Pennsylvania online. >> >> Click on http://www.phmc.state.pa.us >> >> On the left side of your screen click on Research >> >> Click on Digital Documents >> >> Scroll down to Farm Census, 1927 and click on Farm Census >> >> Click on 1927 Pennsylvania Agricultural Manuscripts >> >> Click on any county >> >> These are very large files ..................... and the names are not >> indexed >> nor are they alphabetical so you'll need to search. If you know which >> area of the county your families lived, it may help as the info following >> each name is the post office. >> >> For Franklin County ..... the first few pages list Greencastle, Mason & >> Dixon, >> Chambersburg RD (Rural Delivery), Shady Grove post offices.......... >> then Marion, and a few from Waynesboro. >> >> Page 18 - Waynesboro post office >> Page 19-29- Greencastle, Waynesboro, Mason & Dixon, State Line, >> Hagerstown >> Page 30, 33-36 Chambersburg >> Page 39-49 Dry Run, Spring Run, Concord, Willow Hill, Amberson, >> Doylesburg, >> East Waterford >> Page 51 - Greencastle >> >> Page 55-83 - Fayetteville, Black Gap, Shippensburg, Chambersburg RD, >> Scotland, >> South Mtn, Marion, Mont Alto >> Page 85-101 Chambersburg, Upper Strasburg, Orrstown, Roxbury >> Page 102-103 Pleasant Hill, Orrstown, Upper Strasburg, Fannettsburg, >> Chambersburg, >> Pleasant Hall >> >> And that's as far as I've gotten .........there is a total of 213 pages >> for Franklin County. >> >> Info includes whether Owner, Renter, Manager >> Farm Population - # under 10, # 10 years and older >> Total acres - acreage for corn, wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, >> tobacco, hay >> Apple, peach, pear trees. >> Number of horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, chickens, bees >> >> Plus info as to >> Running Water in Kitchen? >> Furnace Heating System? >> Milking Machines in Use? >> # of Automobiles >> # of Motor Trucks? >> # of Tractors? >> # of Gas Engines? >> # of Telephones? >> # of Radios? >> # of Silos? >> Electricity - Own plant or power plant? >> >> Barbara >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >