Hi Roger The site for Franklin Repository and Valley Spirit is........ http://jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU/vshadow2/news/news2.html Hope this helps Marianne Lefever Harden meme2@sprintmail.com PAFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > PAFRANKL-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 180 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [PAFRANKL] Franklin County History [jrhdachs@webtv.net (Judith Hall)] > #2 [PAFRANKL] LOOK UP request from Eu ["Douglas/Ungaro" <dasha@unet.com.m] > #3 [PAFRANKL] STEPHEN HOEPFER (HEPFER [RogerCubs@aol.com] > #4 [PAFRANKL] Franklin Co. old newspa [RogerCubs@aol.com] > > 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] Franklin County History > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:01:42 -0400 (EDT) > From: jrhdachs@webtv.net (Judith Hall) > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > There was a query a few days back about histories of the county from one > of our list colleages who wanted to "read up", and I thought, that's a > good idea--I'd like to do that, too. So I dug out the bibliography of > county histories and found several for Franklin County. Where to find > one? I tried the used and rare bookseller, Alibris. Lo and behold, > they had Israel D. Rupp's monumental work on several counties, including > Franklin -- for $1250.00. I kept looking at it, trying to make it > $12.50, but no luck. So I gave that idea up. Then a few days later, I > was looking for something else in the Red Book, and lo and behold, it > mentioned in passing that many early Pennsylvania histories, narratives > and manuscripts (including Rupp) are available on microfilm from the > LDS. That strikes me as a miserable way to try to read a book, but I > pass it along for whatever it might be worth. > > Incidentally, in the process of doing this, I discovered 53 titles (I > think it was 53) for Franklin County, PA in the Library of Congress, > including a number of genealogy books with surnames listed. I thought I > saw some that sounded familiar from our list, though I wouldn't swear to > it. No Gelwicks, Koutz, or Zimmerman, though. C'est l'vie. > > And I will get back to Rupp/Rupe one of these days. > > Judy Hall > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAFRANKL] LOOK UP request from Europe: BRABHAM in Chambersburg > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:54:39 +0200 > From: "Douglas/Ungaro" <dasha@unet.com.mk> > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > Greetings, > > I would like to ask someone's assistance to get some information on my Brabham relatives who lived in Chambersburg, late 1800s. > > My greatgrandfather was a Presbyterian minister, African American. His daughter, my grandmother, was Marion E. Brabham. She was born in Chambersburg in April 1899. The home where the Brabhams lived is still there, and still occupied - a very nice house (I can't recall the address). > > I am near Kosovo, in Macedonia. Is there someone on the list who could help me find this info? I cannot find anything in records available on the Internet. > > Thanks very much, > > Marian Douglas, from York PA > dasha@unet.com.mk (in Macedonia) > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAFRANKL] STEPHEN HOEPFER (HEPFER) > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 01:18:23 EDT > From: RogerCubs@aol.com > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > I'm looking for any information anyone may have on Stephen Hoepfer who lived > in Franklin County (Born - June 17, 1778 Died - Feb. 7, 1848) and was > married to Catharine Hoffman (April 15, 1800). They had a son, David Hepfer, > and may have also had sons, Samuel and Daniel. I am very interested in > finding a link to confirm a relationship between David (b. 1801), Daniel (b. > 1806), and Samuel (b. 1810). All of them resided on neighboring farms in > Franklin Co. at one time. I believe their birth records may have been > destroyed by fire during the Civil War. Thank you. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAFRANKL] Franklin Co. old newspapers online > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 01:30:24 EDT > From: RogerCubs@aol.com > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > > Some time ago I found a site that had old Franklin Co. newpspapers online: > Franklin Repository and Valley Spirit from the 1860's. Does anyone know > where that web site is? I have lost the address. > > Thanks, Roger Cramer