In a message dated 3/29/2006 7:40:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, swank2002@core.com writes: I am planning to visit Lancaster county in June. I'd like some ideas as to where to go research. The only information I have is my great-grandfather was born there in 1809. this information came from his death record in Ohio Here's a place to start: County of Lancaster Office of Records and Archives Services 50 N. Duke St P.O. Box 83480 Lancaster, Pa. 17608-3480 Hours of Operation: M - F 8:30 - 5:00 Click here for records kept in the Court House archives: _http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/courts/cwp/view.asp?a=474&Q=262027_ (http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/courts/cwp/view.asp?a=474&Q=262027) WHAT KINDS OF RECORDS ARE KEPT IN THE COUNTY ARCHIVES? Non-current records of the Clerk of Courts, Prothonotary, Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills are permanently maintained. Deeds are recorded beginning on May 10, 1729 (the date of the County's formation). Mortgages are recorded in the deed books until 1812, when a separate series of mortgage books begins. Testate files (estates with a will) and intestate files (estates without a will) are recorded beginning in 1730. Administration bonds begin in 1753. Orphan's Court records date from 1742. Indices to inventories and accounts are in the County Archives; the original documents are located at the Lancaster County Historical Society. Marriage Licenses are recorded continuously from 1885. Old birth records from 1881 through 1906 only are kept by the Register of Wills Old death registrations from 1894 through 1907 only are kept in the County Archives Birth/Death records from 1907 to the present are kept by the Pennsylvania Department of Vital Records at New Castle, Pa. The Lancaster County Register of Wills maintains a 24-hour telephone information line (717-295-2001) which gives specific details about how to access these birth/death records