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From: "Susan Stahley" <>
Subject: Re: [PAMCKEAN] Courthouse Records
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:26:38 -0400
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The courthouse is very research friendly. They will help you with
what you need to get started. Also, at the Orphan's Court, they have
a book with cemetery records and who is interred in them. It is
under the counter, above the marriage licenses.

I am not sure how much you have been in courthouses to research,
but one of the tips I can give you is to ask for original records to be
copied. For instance, if you find a record for probate or an estate
administration in one of their books, there are additional records that
can be found by asking one of the ladies to go into the basement and
find the actual record.

Another great tool is the land records. If you can't find anything in the
Prothontary court or the Orphan's Court, the land records will help
you find things if your ancestors owned land.

I wish you good luck!

Susan Stahley

Professional Researcher
http://www.brickwallbuster.com
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Subject: [PAMCKEAN] Courthouse Records


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> Hello! I am coming to McKean County later this month to search for some
records regarding my family, and I was hoping maybe someone would know the
best way to go about it. I will be there all day July 23, a Friday, and
would like to go to the courthouse. How accessible are the records there?
Should I call ahead? What are the hours? Is there anything I should know
before I go?
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> Also, it looks like the only copies of the Kane Republican are at the Kane
High School Library. Is this accessible at all during the summer? Are
there any indexes to this at all, like an obituary index or anything like
that?
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> My family is mostly from the Kane area (especially Kanesholm). If anyone
has any other suggested places to visit, I'd love to know about them. We're
going to visit relatives and cemeteries on Saturday and Sunday, but we
should still have some time to spare. Any help you could give me would be
much appreciated! Thanks.
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