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Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on December 1, 2009 at 7:44pm: You may want to ask a member named Jim Avery. He lives down that way and might know the best place to look. Here is his page.
http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/JimAvery
Also you won't be to far from Gettysburg. You should take a drive over there for something to do too.

Comment by Cherie Bonebright Baxter on December 1, 2009 at 4:06pm: Thank you for your suggestions on Franklin County. We will stay in Chambersburg. The family (Beinbrech/Bonebrake) actually lived in the Grindstone Hill area. Are you familiar with that area? Do you think I would be more likely to find info on them in Chambersburg? I am talking about 1780-1810.

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on November 30, 2009 at 1:45pm: I am looking for information on Andrew WALTERS born 1776 in , Fayette, PA and died abt 1830 in , DeWitt, IL. His wife was Elizabeth DILLON. Moved to Fairfield, OH before 1828. Had a son there called Andrew Jackson WALTERS born 28 Jan, 1828 married Eliza Jane HARP.

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on November 30, 2009 at 10:45am: Depends on where your going. Chambersburg has Franklin County Historical Society-Kittochtinny
175 E King St, Chambersburg, PA
(717) 264-1667‎

Theres also Fort Loudon Historical Society 1720 Brooklyn Rd, Fort Loudon, PA
(717) 369-3473‎

http://www.waynesborohistory.com/

I'm sure any of these would be helpful along with local librarys and the county courthouse

Comment by Cherie Bonebright Baxter on November 29, 2009 at 4:43pm: Can anyone advise on the best places to research in Franklin County,PA? I plan to visit there in the first part of December.

Comment by Karen Bowman on November 12, 2009 at 7:03pm: I am looking for information on the parents of James Sanford Berry, my great-grandfather. He was an orphan. Possibly born in Philadelphia, his father might have been a firefighter and he might have had a sister named Annie. He died in 1902 in Santa Ana, CA

Comment by Kimberly Paul on November 10, 2009 at 2:09pm: Looking for Smith (namely Lockwood Smith descendants), Buck, Mead, Lockwood, Griswold, Curry, Shoemaker surnames in Bradford CO, PA., plus more.

Comment by Mary Graham McCartt on November 6, 2009 at 5:56pm: Ancestors from Clearfield and Centre counties. Graham, Shirey, Kline, Appleton, Kyler, Swatsworth, Dillen/Dillon and more.

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on November 3, 2009 at 6:14pm: I am looking for information on Thomas TRAUL born 1762 in PA and died 2 Dec., 1831 in Bethlehem Twp., Stark, OH. His wife was Sophia MILLER born abt 1776 in PA & died 14 Feb, 1831 also in Bethlehem Twp, Stark, OH. Thomas TRAUL's dad was an immigrant from Germany, but I don't know any more about the man. Thomas & Sophia had a son Conrad TRAUL born 16 June, 1807 in Potter Twp, Centre, PA & died 27 Jan, 1855 in Galion, Crawford, OH. His wife was Rachel T. Knisely born 10 July, 1809 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, OH & died 8 Feb, 1888 in Galion, Crawford, OH. She was of Swiss descent. I would really appreciate any help with this brick wall of mine, if anyone has any information! Thanks!

Comment by Polly Ballance on October 22, 2009 at 1:01pm: Surname I'm researching is Criswell, aka Creswell, Cresswell. Specific person: John M. Criswell/Creswell, b. c. 1829; may have resided in Cecil Twp, Washington County. Married Amanda Johnson, b. Ohio. Last known residence: Wayne Co, Iowa, 1870. Haven't been able to get farther back than him.