Helen, I spent time recently at the Court House - you go to the Orphan's Court Office. This is where all the original Wills, and the Index books to them are located. The books are very large - you pick the one for your letter of the alphabet - and go through in from beginning to end. I was able to work with an original will from the very early 1800's. More recent info is microfilmed. Good Luck! From: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com on 06/27/99 05:35 AM MST Please respond to der@redrose.net To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com cc: (bcc: Lynn M Paules/Lancaster/BPO/Armstrong) Subject: [PALEBANO-L] Re: copy of will > I hope someone will reply the list with an answer to Helen's post. > > The LDS has an index to estates for 1813-1935, but has wills only > up to 1881. I need to obtain some wills later than 1881. > > Helen Maiman wrote: > > > > I will be visiting the Lebanon area this summer and wanted to try to get > > copies of wills from the early 1800s. Can someone tell me where to go to > > get these and the procedure? Is it at the court house? Thanks for the > > help. The LDS has the index, but has wills only through Vol. D - 1872? or 73? Other wills must be obtained at the court house in Lebanon. I believe that the Lebanon County Historical Society has the same wills as does the LDS. Regards, Donna Ristenbatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ der@redrose.net Visit: ON THE TRAIL OF OUR ANCESTORS http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ships' Lists, PA and Mennonite Research Corner, Dutch Research Corner, Cemetery Lists, Rev. War Loyalists, Finding a Civil War Ancestor, Many Surnames and More! ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== For a great list of most of the on-line mailing lists (and ability to subscribe to them) check out John Fuller's Internet Resources web page: <http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/internet.html>