Todd, The people at the Historical Society are very good at helping locate what records would help you get the information you are looking for. There are business directories, but I don't know for what years. If you have an idea what church they might have attended, they will get those books for you. The more info you have when you go there, the more you will get. Don't forget the marriage and death dates. The birth and obit notices in the newspapers can be helpful. Bob Bensing > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Moyer [mailto:toddm@fast.net] > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 3:23 PM > To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PALEBANO-L] Search Methods for Lebanon County > > > Greetings! > I just found out that some of my ancestors located to Lebanon > county around > 1890-1900 or so. I was hoping someone might be able to give me > pointers on > strategies for searching Lebanon county records in order to find the date > of death for my ancestor, so I can hopefully obtain an obituary & other > such information. I'm from neighboring Berks county and I know that the > Historical Society here has a large searchable database for cemetery and > church records (funerals, baptisms etc.) which sometimes make it easy to > find to find this kind of information. I was hoping someone savvy in the > ways of Lebanon County might have some tips for me. snip Does anybody have any idea what brewery John might have worked at? I know > these folks started out in Berks county as Thomas Calvin, Jennie, and > another daughter, Mary were all baptized here. > > If anyone has any tie-ins to this family or can help me find more > information, I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you. > > Todd Moyer >