The last requests for wills that I send to the Courthouse were returned with a note saying they were understaffed and no longer extracting wills. They had just sent me some a couple months prior to that. They referred me to the Historical Society and I haven't gotten a response from them yet. Laurel -----Original Message----- From: Pam & Larry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will You can mail your request to the Mercer County Courthouse. It is 1.00 per page. Just send the numbers in. Here is a link to the page with the address and phone number. http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/C/Countyinfo/county_info.htm Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Carpenter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > Hello all, > > New subscriber here, wondering if there is a way to > get a photocopy or transcription of a will in Mercer > Co. PA records. It's in Book 3, page 180, will of > James Carpenter, 1848. I'm willing to pay a > reasonable fee for a photocopy or abstract, or return > a favor with a lookup in Washington DC resources > (Library of Congress, National Archives, DAR Library). > > > I hope to hear from you -- > > Terry Carpenter > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > See your ancestors on line.... check out our collection of Mercer County Old Photos.... over 1400 old photos on line! http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/mercer ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== Did your great - great grandfather serve in the Civil War? Add him to our Ancestral Heroes - soldiers from Mercer County who served during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer

This is the same thing I've heard from county officials in some other counties -- not enough people to handle the work they already have, and copying old wills for genealogists has near-zero priority, especially for non-residents who don't vote in the county. I hope the historical society will step up to help them -- and all of us distant researchers. It's already working in some places -- hopefully Mercer Co. has a similarly active group of volunteers. Terry --- Laurel Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > The last requests for wills that I send to the > Courthouse were returned with > a note saying they were understaffed and no longer > extracting wills. They > had just sent me some a couple months prior to that. > They referred me to the > Historical Society and I haven't gotten a response > from them yet. > > Laurel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pam & Larry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > > > You can mail your request to the Mercer County > Courthouse. It is 1.00 per > page. Just send the numbers in. Here is a link to > the page with the > address and phone number. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/C/Countyinfo/county_info.htm > Pam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Carpenter" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:27 PM > Subject: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > > > > Hello all, > > > > New subscriber here, wondering if there is a way > to > > get a photocopy or transcription of a will in > Mercer > > Co. PA records. It's in Book 3, page 180, will of > > James Carpenter, 1848. I'm willing to pay a > > reasonable fee for a photocopy or abstract, or > return > > a favor with a lookup in Washington DC resources > > (Library of Congress, National Archives, DAR > Library). > > > > > > I hope to hear from you -- > > > > Terry Carpenter > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > See your ancestors on line.... check out our > collection of Mercer County > Old Photos.... over 1400 old photos on line! > http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/mercer > > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Did your great - great grandfather serve in the > Civil War? Add him to our > Ancestral Heroes - soldiers from Mercer County who > served during the > Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish > American War, World War > I, World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Researching a reverend? Check out our Men of the > Cloth section ... preachers, pastors, priests and > other clergy in Western Pennsylvania... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~papastor > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Hi Linda, I wasn't aware of that. They must have just stopped recently. But, I do spend alot of time there. Maybe they were just being nice and sending mine?? Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: RE: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > The last requests for wills that I send to the Courthouse were returned with > a note saying they were understaffed and no longer extracting wills. They > had just sent me some a couple months prior to that. They referred me to the > Historical Society and I haven't gotten a response from them yet. > > Laurel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pam & Larry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > > > You can mail your request to the Mercer County Courthouse. It is 1.00 per > page. Just send the numbers in. Here is a link to the page with the > address and phone number. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/C/Countyinfo/county_info.htm > Pam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Carpenter" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:27 PM > Subject: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > > > > Hello all, > > > > New subscriber here, wondering if there is a way to > > get a photocopy or transcription of a will in Mercer > > Co. PA records. It's in Book 3, page 180, will of > > James Carpenter, 1848. I'm willing to pay a > > reasonable fee for a photocopy or abstract, or return > > a favor with a lookup in Washington DC resources > > (Library of Congress, National Archives, DAR Library). > > > > > > I hope to hear from you -- > > > > Terry Carpenter > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > See your ancestors on line.... check out our collection of Mercer County > Old Photos.... over 1400 old photos on line! > http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/mercer > > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Did your great - great grandfather serve in the Civil War? Add him to our > Ancestral Heroes - soldiers from Mercer County who served during the > Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War > I, World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Researching a reverend? Check out our Men of the Cloth section ... preachers, pastors, priests and other clergy in Western Pennsylvania... http://www.rootsweb.com/~papastor >