Jim - the link doesn't work. Is it correct? Josette Maxwell --- On Fri, 9/30/11, James Stokes <james_l_stokes@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: James Stokes <james_l_stokes@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Any Lancaster Co Records Online ? > To: "palancas@rootsweb.com" <palancas@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, September 30, 2011, 3:10 PM > Hi Graham, >       There are lots of places to check when working > on Lancaster County Genealogy.  Typically these work best > for older records so this may depend on the period your > working in. >      Check with you local library to see if they offer > any databases that can be used for genealogy.  The > Lancaster County Library offers Heritage Quest that offers > access to some census information. >      The Pennsylvania State Archives has lists of > Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers on-line at > http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ >     The Pa. Genweb State Archives have lots of useful > information including abstracts of wills before 1820 or so, > it is located at > http://usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm >      Fold3, formerly NotePad.com has the printed Pa. > Archives on-line at; > http://www.fold3.com/page/88_the_pennsylvania_archives/ > This includes warrant lists (the first purchasers of land, > tax list for the period during the Revolution, Rev. War > soldiers, marriages (Pa. Marriages Prior to 1790 and Pa. > Marriages Prior to 1810) as well as limited church records. >      This is a free service but they will ask you for > your email address so they contact you with requests for > full membership, which costs.  >       The Lancaster County Digitization Project has > lots of old newspapers online that can be searched, as well > as City and perhaps County directories.  It is at > http://lcdp.wetpaint.com/  Lancaster County > Digitization Project > >      There is also a web page that has the 1864 Map of > Lancaster County on-line but I can't find the link, maybe > someone else here will post it. >      There are other sites of varying usefulness, our > web page is good if your ancestors lived in Conestoga, > Manor, Martic, Pequea and Millersville and Washington > Boroughs.  We are at > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacahs/ >       You can use the site search feature to search > your surnames. >                                                                                                            > Jim > >   >       > > > ________________________________ > From: "glouer2@aol.com" > <glouer2@aol.com> > To: PALANCAS@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:26 PM > Subject: [PALANCAS] Any Lancaster Co Records Online ? > > Sorry if this has been asked before. > > I can no longer go to the library, so I'm doing my > researching on line, > and have several families in Lancaster Co I'd like to find > out more > about if possible. > > Anyone have suggestions ? > > Thanks, > Graham Louer    glouer2@aol.com > Plano TX > Married 60 years this November > > Lancaster Co families::: > Fleming > Lowry > McClure > Young > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALANCAS-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 PALANCAS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >