The Orphan's Court is the place that some birth, marriage and some deaths recorded. I know in Potter County they have a book with early adoptions, but I haven't had to look for it in McKean County. Your best bet would be looking for a naturalization record. If I can do anything to help, please let me know. Susan Stahley Professional Genealogist/Family Researcher http://www.brickwallbuster.com rsmstahley@adelphia.net > > From: "Bloom, Debra" <DBloom@richland.lib.sc.us> > Date: 2004/07/06 Tue AM 11:00:15 EDT > To: PAMCKEAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [PAMCKEAN] Courthouse Records > > Susan, > > You response to this query was very interesting to me especially the information about the Orphan's Court book. Besides the cemetary records does that book have information about orphans? > > My great grandmother left Ireland when she was 3 or 4 with an older brother and sister (no parents). Apparently they were raised in Bradford under the "sponsorship" of someone living there. Would the Orphan's Court book have info about "sponsorships"? > > I believe the time would be the late 1800's, however, I have very few facts related to her life. > Frankly, this section of my genealogy has laid dormant, but that book has peaked my interest. > > Debra Bloom > Periodicals Librarian > Richland County Public Library > 2001 Library of the Year > 1431 Assembly St., Box 54, Columbia, SC 29201-3101 > (803) 929-3405; Fax: (803) 929-3439 > E-mail: dbloom@richland.lib.sc.us > Visit us online at <http://www.richland.lib.sc.us>! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melissa Carleton [mailto:melissajohn@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 3:10 PM > To: PAMCKEAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAMCKEAN] Courthouse Records > > > Thank you very much. That is exactly the sort of information I was looking > for. I'm a legal assistant, so I'm used to going to courthouses but > generally I don't ask for documents more than a week old! This is my first > "courthouse genealogy" trip so I wasn't sure what to expect. I am grateful > to hear that they will help out. :) > Thanks, > Melissa > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Susan Stahley" <rsmstahley@adelphia.net> > Reply-To: PAMCKEAN-L@rootsweb.com > To: PAMCKEAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAMCKEAN] Courthouse Records > Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:26:38 -0400 > > The courthouse is very research friendly. They will help you with > what you need to get started. Also, at the Orphan's Court, they have > a book with cemetery records and who is interred in them. It is > under the counter, above the marriage licenses. > > I am not sure how much you have been in courthouses to research, > but one of the tips I can give you is to ask for original records to be > copied. For instance, if you find a record for probate or an estate > administration in one of their books, there are additional records that > can be found by asking one of the ladies to go into the basement and > find the actual record. > > Another great tool is the land records. If you can't find anything in the > Prothontary court or the Orphan's Court, the land records will help > you find things if your ancestors owned land. > > I wish you good luck! > > Susan Stahley > rsmstahley@adelphia.net > Professional Researcher > http://www.brickwallbuster.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <melissajohn@hotmail.com> > To: <PAMCKEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:03 PM > Subject: [PAMCKEAN] Courthouse Records > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Carlson Meals Dilley Keister > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZaB.2ACE/1310 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Hello! I am coming to McKean County later this month to search for some > records regarding my family, and I was hoping maybe someone would know the > best way to go about it. I will be there all day July 23, a Friday, and > would like to go to the courthouse. How accessible are the records there? > Should I call ahead? What are the hours? Is there anything I should know > before I go? > > > > Also, it looks like the only copies of the Kane Republican are at the > Kane > High School Library. Is this accessible at all during the summer? Are > there any indexes to this at all, like an obituary index or anything like > that? > > > > My family is mostly from the Kane area (especially Kanesholm). If anyone > has any other suggested places to visit, I'd love to know about them. We're > going to visit relatives and cemeteries on Saturday and Sunday, but we > should still have some time to spare. Any help you could give me would be > much appreciated! 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