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                          Genealogical Services

                                           Request Form & General Information

 

Historical Societies depend on their members and outside researchers for most of their support.  Consequently, we have instituted a program to answer in-house research inquiries for a fee, payable in advance and non-refundable to help provide for the continuation of our services. 

 

The search is limited to one name at a fee of $20 an hour (five sources searched and up to ten copies reproduced/equal to one hour) or $5 an item.  Additional copies are reproduced at a cost of twenty-five cents a page for non-members and fifteen cents a page for members.  Upon receipt of the following form (printable) and payment, we will search the sources you have indicated.  Please see the Genealogical Inquiry Form below for the list of those sources.

There is a $5.00 a day charge for non-members to use the research facilities at the Old Jail.  Members of FCHS-K may still do research without charge.

Names of professional researchers can be found on the Genealogical Researcers page.  Those researchers can extend the search to courthouse records from 1784, marriage records after 1885, and other sources agreed upon.

 

GENEALOGICAL iNQUIRY FORM (Please copy and print the form by simply left-clicking and shading the area you want to copy, right clicking to copy, opening a blank Word Document page and pasting the selected section.).  Include your payment and send to:

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Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny

Attn: Research

175 East King Street

Chambersburg, PA 17201

 

Research Fees:  $20 for five (5) items (equal to one hour search) or $5 for each item searched.

 

Date:  ____________________________

 

SURNAME(S) OF FAMILY(IES) BEING RESEARCHED:

 

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BIRTH & DEATH DATES OF INDIVIDUALS:

 

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FAMILY'S CONNECTION TO FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA:

 

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SPECIFIC INFORMATION NEEDED:

 

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SPECIFY ITEMS YOU WANT SEARCHED: (5 SOURCES $20; 1 SOURCE $5)

 

_____ Index to obituaries

_____ Index to cemeteries

_____ Published Family Histories

_____ Family Files

_____ Pennsylvania Census 1790-1860

_____ Franklin County Census 1870

_____ Church Records

_____ Franklin County Histories

_____ Funeral Homes - Sellers, Lininger, Grove

_____ Index to Wills 1784-1826

_____ Tax Records 1784-1808

_____ Kittochtinny Papers (published papers of the historical society)

_____ School Annuals 1913-

_____ Local Directories 1900 - (not inclusive)

_____ Early Land Surveys

_____ Civil War Records

_____ DAR Index

 

Name  _______________________________________________

 

Address ______________________________________     Phone (       ) ________-___________

 

                ______________________________________     Email ____________@______________

 

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We are aware of the following persons who do research for a fee; however, we cannot recommend any one person, but we do know they do research here in the Society's library, and have researched courthouse records, tombstones, etc.

 

Ms. Bonnie Bingaman, 3425 Williamson Road, Greencastle, PA  17225

 

Mr. Edsel Burdge, 1593 Pinola Road, Shippensburg, PA  17257

 

Mr. L. Dean Calimer, 136 North Potomac Street, Waynesboro, PA 17268

 

Mr James Houpt, 5959 Penrose Court, Port Orange, FL 32127*

 

Ms. Ann Hull, 1496 Linden Road, Chambersburg, PA 17201

 

Ms. Carolyn Shearer, 772 Tristan Trail, Chambersburg, PA 17201

 

* Mr. Houpt has many Franklin County, PA files on his computer, as well as indices.