Does this mean that if you become a member that they will search all records,including census? Kathy Clyde,NY Beverly Liston wrote: > This will be rather lengthy concerning the Mercer County Genealogy Society, > however, since the list is quite active at this time I decided it would be a > good time to put it out there. > > The Mercer County Genealogy Society is a non profit organization staffed by > volunteers. We are located in the Shenango Valley Community Library, 11 > North Sharpsville Avenue, Sharon, Mercer County, PA. > > Volunteers are at the library on Tuesdays from 10:00 am until around 4:00 > pm. During those hours all records belonging to the society are available > for research and any help that we can give a person in locating records in > our 'Genealogy Library'. Some of our resources are available at all > times that the library is open. We have other resources that are only > available when a volunteer member is present. If you can not be there on > Tuesday, other times can be arranged by appointment. Usually on short > notice. The regular library staff has a list of the telephone numbers to > call. > > Dues in the Society are $l0.00 per year. Dues include a one time search of > the records for your surname (copying of pages is extra). A newsletter is > published 8 times a year. - February, March, April, May, September, > October, November and December. There are six meetings a year at the > library - March, April, May, September, October and November - the third > Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. > A picnic is held in July at Buhl Farm. > > The Genealogy holdings consist of Cemetery Books for not only Mercer County, > PA (which were done by volunteers from the society in 1970's and includes > all the locatable cemeteries in Mercer County, PA.) but other local > counties; Histories from many Counties in Pennsylvania (many not indexed); > family histories which have been donated to the society; Ancestor Charts > that have been sent to the society; city directories (both books and on > microfiche); Mercer County Courthouse records of Marriages (1885-1946); > Deaths recorded (1893-1905; Births recorded (1893-1905) and Delayed Birth > Certificates. The courthouse as we understand it is not doing research at > this time. > > Microfilm of all Sharon Papers (mostly are complete - there are a couple of > periods in the early papers that are missing). Abstractions of the births > and marriages in the early newspapers (1876-1920) are nearly 100% completed. > Deaths have been abstracted from the newspapers (1876-1920) and 1952 to the > present. These are all being computerized at this time. It is an > ongoing project being done by the volunteers. Years between 1920 and 1952 > are being worked on by volunteers. > > An obituary can be found, if it was published in the Sharon Papers, copies > and sent to you for a nominal fee. Normal research rates are $7.50 per > hour for research plus copying fee. > > We have microfilm or microfiche of the following: Mercer County, PA Census > Records; some Church Records of Mercer County; Some Funeral Home Records; > Miscellaneous Trumbull County, Ohio Census Records; Various other County > Census records; Mercer County Poor Home Records; a few rolls of Ship > Passenger Lists from New York. > > We will soon have our own web site and all the holdings of the society will > be listed there. > > Officers are Beverly Liston, President - bliston@infonline.net > Jane Rodgers, Vice President - bjr@infonline.net > Toni Sheehan, Secretary > Linda Dudzenski, Treasurer > Loretta DeSantis, Librarian lorgen@infonline.net > Paul Corbett, Past President > Peggy Ruggles, Newsletter Editor > > A query can be advertised in our newsletter for $2.00 per surname for non > members. > > For more information you can write to either of the above e-mail addresses. > > Beverly Liston, Hermitage, PA. President of the Society > bliston@infonline.net > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the Mercer County, Pennsylvania list, > contact the listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert@stlnet.com > > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/