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Description
The purpose of this task is to find museums containing records located in a county and list their contact information, website, collections and databases for family history research..

Instructions
1. To locate museums in a county, search the following websites:


 * Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations
 * Pennsylvania USGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List
 * Google "[county name and state] museums"

3. For each county museum you locate determine if the museum collection has significant genealogical value. If so, add the following information:


 * Name of the museum. If the museum has a website, add the link to the name of the museum. See the example below. If there is no website link, bold the name of the museum.
 * Address
 * Phone number
 * Email

4. Add one or two sentences that discuss the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the museum.

5. You may also wish to include the following:


 * Rules for using the collection
 * Copy policies
 * Research help
 * Cost of entrance

5. If you copy a link and add it to the county page, make sure the link works. Do not add any broken links.

6. Some museums may also historical societies or libraries. If the repository is already listed as a historical society or library, you do not need to list it again.

7. You do not need to add state museums to county pages.

8. If there is a regional museum, add it to all the appropriate county pages.

Museums
Somerset Historical Center 10649 Somerset Pike Somerset, PA 15501 (814) 445-6077 E-mail: [mailto:c-sseese@pa.gov c-sseese@pa.gov] For information on genealogical research and library collections. $6 entry fee for non-Somerset County Historical Society members. Fee for traditional or digital camera copies.

Hours: April 1 through October 31: Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. November 1 through March 31: Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Collection includes obituary and cemetery indexes, family files, online WPA cemetery index. Somerset County birth, death, marriage, newspapers, tax, estate, land and naturalization records on microfilm.

Archives
The York County Archives is a department of the York County Government.

The Archives was established in 1987 and moved to its current location in 1995. To accommodate the growing number of records, the Archives building was expanded in 2001.

York County's records begin in August of 1749 when York County was formed from Lancaster County. The Archives stores records for over 40 different county offices during various time periods throughout the past 250 years.

The Archives is located at: 150 Pleasant Acres Road York, PA 17420 Phone: 717–840-7222 Open - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Courthouse
York County Judicial Center Second Floor 45 North George Street York, PA 17401 Phone: 717–771-9288 Fax: 717–771-4678

Family History Centers
Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FHC for York County, Pennsylvania is the York Pennsylvania Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Libraries
Martin Memorial Library, 159 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania, Phone: 717–846-5300

Museums
York Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania, (formerly York County Historical Society). From quilts to tiny photographs, the Historical Society Museum and Library houses both exhibits and an extensive research library. The Heritage Trust's Library and Archives houses an extensive and varied collection covering a wide range of topics including genealogy and family history, local history, the decorative arts and military history.

Societies
York Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania, (formerly York County Historical Society)

South Central Genealogical Society, meets in the York County Heritage Trust, 250 E. Market St., Richard Konkel, president. Check meeting dates and times online.

Susquehanna Trail Genealogy Club, meets the fourth Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2100 Hollywood Drive, York, Pennsylvania. Contact Jackson Sonneborn, president, and Mark Gagermeier, webmaster. 717-757-2331