Not quite so, Lou. I was at the courthouse on Monday, and contrary to what I had been told, the old estate records are still there. The Register of Wills office has the index books for all to see, and microfiche of estate records. Several clerks took time to help me with a stubborn film reader and get my copies, even though they were busy and the phone was ringing off the hook. One even went to the basement to get an original for me because the reader wasn't working well. If you do your own searching and have patience, you can be successful. The Franklin County Historical Society(closed Mondays ) does have lots of good stuff; family files, cemetery records, deed and estate records on microfilm, a card file of information extracted from newspapers, maps etc. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lou Risley" <louriz@kc.rr.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:40 AM To: <PAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Courthouse Visit > Your best source in Chambersburg is the KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. > They do have a website. > Forget the Courthouse for genealogy research. At least that's the way it > was when I visited there several years ago. Any old records were at the > Historical Society.