Franklin County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Franklin County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.franklin.pa.us/franklin/site/default.asp Register &amp; Recorders Office Courthouse Annex 157 Lincoln Way East Chambersburg, PA 17201

History
Named for Benjamin Franklin.

Parent County
9 September 1784: Franklin County was created from Cumberland County.

Boundary Changes

 * 14 October 1728: Lancaster County created from Chester County.
 * 27 January 1750: Cumberland County created from Lancaster County, including the future Franklin County.

Neighboring Counties
Adams | Cumberland | Fulton | Huntingdon | Juniata | Perry | Maryland counties: Frederick | Washington

Cemeteries

 * Franklin County USGenWeb Project This site contains several cemtery listings online.


 * Jim Houpt Indexing Project This site contains indices to Military, Church, Cemetery, and other records in Franklin County.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Blue Ridge Dest
 * Fairview (Waynesboro)


 * Jim Houpt Indexing Project This site contains indices to Military, Church, Cemetery, and other records in Franklin County.

Local Histories

 * Franklin County USGenWeb Project This site has several local histories online for Franklin County, including the 1887 History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania by Bates (1110 pgs).

Military

 * Jim Houpt Indexing Project This site contains indices to Military, Church, Cemetery, and other records in Franklin County.

An interesting study, called the Valley of the Shadow Project, has collected military and private papers detailing the experience of the Civil War in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County,Virginia.

Orphanages
Students in the Soldiers' Orphan Schools from Franklin County, Pennsylvania June 1, 1902

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Chambersburg Pennsylvania Family History Center
 * Fairview Pennsylvania Family History Center (Waynesboro)

Web Sites

 * Franklin County USGenWeb Project This site has several maps, cemetery records, name indexes, local and family histories and other information for Franklin County online.




 * Pennsylvania Dutch Family History, Genealogy, Culture and Life This site contains links to everything Pennsylvania Dutch with a large portion centered in Lancaster County.


 * FamilyHart Online Database This is an online family database of over 630,000 linked records. There are many Franklin County families in this database. The database grows by 1,000 names per week and is updated online quarterly.