James, The York County Genealogical and Historical Society does exist and it publishes a Quarterly (a good bit about it is on the RootsWeb site; if interested in being a subscriber e-mail me at lpettus@cetlink.net and I will send subscription information). As for a newspaper account of the murder of your William Parker, that is highly unlikely. The first newspaper was The Pioneer in 1823-24 and there was not another until 1855. You didn't give a date but I do find that in the York District Probate Records there is an estate settlement for William Parker in 1817. It indicates that his wife was Edy Linsey. Case 27, File 1126. That is all the information I have on hand other than the 1810 census which lists 2 males between 0-10 years; 1 male 26-45; 1 female, 0-10; 1 female 16-26; 1 female 26-45. Good luck in your search. Louise Pettus shepherdman55@cs.com wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Parker > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FdB.2ACE/516 > > Message Board Post: > > William Parker b. 1775, met a violent death at the hands of tow or three men who robbed him and killed him. Would there have been a news story about that event, and if so, where would I go to get a copy of it? I want to find his ancestors, but I am stuck. Is there a York Genealogy Society or Historical society that might have information of this type? James > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237