Just a note for the board there is a group that does lots of look-ups, copies, photos & such for genealogists...it's called Randon Acts of Genealogical Kindness - everyone is a volunteer - the website is: www.raogk.org Terry - I am volunteer for Mercer County and if you still are wanting copies of that will do let me know - I'll be happy to help you out. I live only about 6 miles from Mercer. Victoria ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Carpenter <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: RE: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > 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 > > > ==== 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 >
Victoria, You mentioned you live about 6 miles from Mercer. I also live about 5 miles from Mercer. Have lived my intire life around Mercer.(75 years) Who knows maybe we know each other. Would like to hear from you. Helen Zambino [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Sauer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > Just a note for the board there is a group that does lots of look-ups, > copies, photos & such for genealogists...it's called Randon Acts of > Genealogical Kindness - everyone is a volunteer - the website is: > > www.raogk.org > > Terry - I am volunteer for Mercer County and if you still are wanting copies > of that will do let me know - I'll be happy to help you out. I live only > about 6 miles from Mercer. > > Victoria > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry Carpenter <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:17 PM > Subject: RE: [PAMERCER] Mercer Co. Will > > > > 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 > > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > 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 > >