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From: "Nelson R. Sulouff" <>
Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Penn. Archives Info & Grave Stone Markers
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:31:52 -0700
References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050305050339.0319f850@knowspam.net>


Hello Rich,

I'm not positive about the 5th Series, but generally speaking the Published Pennsylvania Archives (PPA) were produced in large numbers and disseminated widely to libraries.(Read about the PPA at http://www.library.phila.gov/ssh/genealogy/pupaar.htm.) If you have not already done it, you should contact nearby university libraries and large public libraries to see if they hold the 5th Series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

Secondly, if your local public library has interlibrary service, you can request that they obtain a copy of the page you want. All you need to do is give the research librarian your request, including the reference "Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 7, p. 930." (If you include the name of the individual you are researching, William Crain, I would suggest you do not disclose that you are doing genealogical research. I have run into a very, very few public librarians who have a bias against genealogical research, regarding it a pastime entertainment not worthy of their accommodation! History is regarded a valid enterprise, but not family history if it's called genealogy! Wierd!) Any charge for public library copying service is determined by the library from which a copy is obtained. My own experience, working in five different states, has been that there was no charge for this public interlibrary copying service if the number of pages requested was less than 20; though I!
have heard more recently of some libraries imposing a charge beginning with ten copied pages.

Thirdly, you might check with a local Mormon Church's Family History Center for advice on how to obtain a copy of the page you want from the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Their charge will be relatively small. The local LDS church will be listed in the yellow pages as "Church Of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints."

Concerning damaged VA gravemarkers, the Website at http://www.savinggraves.org/education/bookshelf/vamarkers.htm provides considerable information about government replacement of severely damaged VA headstones. The following is excerpted:

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"Previously furnished headstones and markers may be replaced at Government expense when badly deteriorated, illegible, stolen or vandalized. A replacement is also available if the headstone or marker is different from that specified by the applicant or permitted by the cemetery, the inscription is incorrect, if it was damaged in transit, or the material or workmanship does not meet specifications.
Government headstones or markers in private cemeteries damaged by cemetery personnel will not be replaced at Government expense.
Marble or granite headstones or markers, permanently removed from a grave, must be destroyed until [completely] illegible and bronze markers must be returned to the contractor.
Please contact Memorial Programs Service at 1-800-697-6947 for guidance on obtaining a replacement headstone or marker."
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Hope this helps, and happy hunting!

Nelson R. Sulouff
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----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Lowe
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Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 4:12 AM
Subject: [PADAUPHI] Penn. Archives Info & Grave Stone Markers


I have found through a D.A.R. Record that my ggg-grandfather, William
Crain, was a Revolutionary War veteran, apparently in 1781, Lanaster Co.,
PA. The reference given is:

Penn. Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 7, p 930

Can someone on the list tell me how I might get a copy of his entry in that
volume?

I live in Iowa.

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