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From: "Luke -n- Judy" <>
Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Trip to Franklin County
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:32:07 -0400
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Also good to start at Kittochtinny Historical Society in Chambersburg. You
will also want to go to the court house in Chambersburg. If you visit the
library in Chambersburg ask for Ruth, she does a lot of research and has a
wonderful memory for names and places. The library in Waynesboro has alot of
records also, if you are searching that area of Franklin Co. Carlisle
Hisrorical Society has early records when Franklin was still part of
Cumberland Co. They charge a small fee to search there.
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From: "Claire" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Trip to Franklin County


> Anisah Haynes wrote:
> >
> > I want to visit Franklin County ...what is available there that I can do
research in person....I also wonder if someone in the area can give me the
name of a decent motel there I can stay a few nights...
>
> Anisah--
> I found it really helpful to stop at one of those Tourist Information
> Centers just as you cross the PA border. (I know, try not to shudder at
> the idea of being a "tourist.") I picked up a flyer there for a
> $35/night deal at a HoJos (or equivalent decent hotel), which turned out
> to be cheaper than the cheapest fare the hotel was offering when I
> checked in. (Actually, I picked up a couple of different flyers for
> Chambersburg hotels/motels and drove right on past any that I didn't
> like the looks of).
>
> When I was researching there, I was following up on two leads: one that
> would make my ancestor from Chambersburg (Franklin Co.) and another that
> would make her from Carlisle (Cumberland Co.). In both places, I talked
> to the librarians, the people in the historical societies, and even the
> town tourist office and told them I was doing family research, and in
> each place they pointed me to other places to do research. All were
> very helpful.
>
> As for research, in Chambersburg, try:
> the Kittochtinny Historical Society -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~pakhs/
> and the library -- http://www.fclspa.org/coyle/coyle.htm
>
> Here's the Chamber of Commerce site -- http://www.chambersburg.org/ --
> with links to other CoCs in the county (and elsewhere), in case your
> research takes you outside Chambersburg.
>
> If you know the church(es) your family attended, you might also want to
> get in touch with them in advance to see if you can come in to do
> research.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Claire K.
>
>

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