>Add to comments, from Steve Kemp: Huntingdon County Historical Society has a >library in Huntingdon. Their public records are on microfilm. They have the >original tax records but you need a special reason to see them. they are in >archival boxes and in many separate pieces. Shirley Township was formed in >1785 as a township of Bedford County, out of the northern part of Dublin, >which was formed as a township of Cumberland County in 1767. I have looked at >the original tax records up at Bedford, including some for Shirley, about ten >years ago, in a vault maintained by the county at the old courthouse. Also, >some tax records from late 18th century for all Pa. counties were published in >the Pennsylvania Archives. I believe most of the early Cumberland Co. tax >records have been published and should be on the shelf in a local gen. >library. RE: I am looking for tax records from the late 1700s and early 1800s for Shirley Township. Where are they available? Are they on film or are the original records available? Thanks, Warren > >