Yes, they do have some -- I found transcribed Pleasant Hall, Salem First Evangelical Lutheran church records at the Adams County Historical Society, Kathy T. T. -------------------------------------------------- From: <WolfordMigration@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:50 PM To: <pafrankl@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Early Franklin Records - Fatt Butt Syndrome > > Ah the Fatt Butt Syndrome appears to be alive and well. People who are > afraid to get off their fat butts and help you, tell you the records > burned. > You go away downhearted and they retreat to a corner and laugh their > silly > laugh. > > This may help you and may not. Take it for what it is worth. The Adams > County Historical Society acquired the Lutheran Church records from the > Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary. They have records for several Lutheran > churches. I > get over their occasionally and would be glad to look up anything for you. > They do not have records for all the Lutheran churches however. But who > knows ... They do have some Franklin Co records > > Let me know. > > Jim Avery > Dover PA > > > > In a message dated 8/16/2010 6:27:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > wevo@verizon.net writes: > > > I don't have inside information, but we all should assume that the early > records are extant but inaccessible. > Compared to other South Central Pennsylvania counties, Franklin County > (from > a genealogical standpoint) is...well...a mess. > But, take Cumberland County, for example. Their earliest records (apart > from > estate and deed) also were largely inaccessible. They currently have an > archivist scanning them and posting them on the Internet. The records > were > always there, they were just in boxes and on shelves in the basement (as > well as a secondary story area in another building). Though they were > public, the staff was reluctant to allow visitors to explore these > cluttered > areas unsupervised. (I have a relative who works there.) > Franklin is probably the same. A staff member once told me that the > administrative bonds and inventories that I requested were in the > building > but not "accessible." > It will take patience and prodding. I do know that a roll of microfilm > at > the Pennsylvania State Archives has complete estate files for Franklin > County decedents from 1784 to about 1815. I found this by accident once. > It > had the papers I had been looking for. > And: Nothing burned. It's a myth. It's there. And the answer you need is > always in a document that one day you will find. If you keep pressing. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >