The Pennsylvania Room of the Franklin Public Library is open noon to 5:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and an occasional Saturday. Call to be sure - 814-432-5062. There are thousands of obituaries on file there, with micro-film newspapers for most of them, plus cemetery records, including the Franklin Cemetery. The Venango County Historical Society has a research library which is open Wed. & Thurs. 10 - 2 until the end of Dec. Sylvia M. Coast