Hello Lynn, I would be happy to check the property records for you, but it will be next week some time. My family roots are also in West Scranton. Maybe our ancestors knew each other !! Barbara In a message dated 4/14/2008 3:08:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, palackaw-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. QUESTION ON PROPERTY RECORDS (Lynn Eivers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:08:10 -0500 From: "Lynn Eivers" <keivers@frontiernet.net> Subject: [PALACKAW] QUESTION ON PROPERTY RECORDS To: <PALACKAW@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <EEEOLFHMKHKDKGEBFIENGENPDBAA.keivers@frontiernet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Everyone, My g-grandparents, Joseph and Catherine Clapp ran a grocery store at 1206 Jackson Street. The Jackson St. Baptist Church is now on this site. I don't know if my g-grandparents owned the property or rented. Since I live in Tennessee and can't get to the property records, is there anyone or group who can check on the property records to see who the church bought the property from. I know the store was there in 1896 and I think they were there in 1900. When my g-grandmother passed away in 1914, the church was there as they held a funeral service for her at the church. I need to know who owned the property from 1896 - to whenever the church purchased the property. Several years ago I wrote to the church but never received a reply. Depending on the results, I will know whether or not to check for a will for my g-grandfather and/or g-grandmother. I do remember my grandmother mentioning some family problems and the deposition of the estate could have been the basis. Any help received is appreciated. Regards, Lynn Eivers ------------------------------ To contact the PALACKAW list administrator, send an email to PALACKAW-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PALACKAW mailing list, send an email to PALACKAW@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PALACKAW Digest, Vol 3, Issue 48 *************************************** **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)