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From: "Carolyn K. Shearer" <>
Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Bio Annals of Franklin co.
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:51:27 -0400


The full info for this book is "Biographical Annals of Franklin County
Pennsylvania" published by Gen. Pub. of Chicago in 1905. 706 pp, No author
given. The intro credits Mr. George O. Seilhammer with much of the
information.
It appears to have been a 'mug book' done in the style of the time with
persons paying to submit information about their families, just as recent
county histories were done during the bicentennial. Some of the information
is very good with lots of dates and places while other families seem to have
submitted the 'three brothers' stories. Other information is just plain
incorrect, e.g. my husband's Skinners (p235, family of William Wilson
Skinner and Mary Ann Ramsey). The dates and the list of children do not
match either our family Bible or the census records.
Another researcher tells me that this book was reprinted by Genealogical
Publishing (now of Baltimore) about 1986. The new edition has an index.
This company has its own website. Here is the specific address for PA
books: (I have no connection to this company, but do use their resources.)
http://www.genealogybookshop.com/genealogybookshop/files/The_United_States,P
ennsylvania/index.html
I checked under "Franklin County" but did not find the reprint edition, it
may be out of print by now, or another company may have done the reprint.

-----Original Message-----
From: dmdmd <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 10:52 PM
Subject: [PAFRANKL] Bio Annals of Franklin co.


>Hi,
> I must have missed the first post regarding the Annals of Franklin
>co...does anyone know who the author is and whether this is still in
>print? Additionally, what years does it appear to cover?
> I thank you for your time in answering these questions.
>Regards,
>donna
>
>

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