Franklin County, Pennsylvania
USGenWeb
Project
(Family History and Genealogy)
Eliab Negley Cabin in Welsh Run (Photo Courtesy: Conococheague Institute)
Franklin County was formed on September 9, 1784 from Cumberland County. It was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. The county seat is Chambersburg.
Questions or comments about this site can be addressed to FamilyHart , aka Don & Jeanine Hartman
or Joan Young , your Franklin County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Coordinators.
If you have records pertaining to Franklin County to add to our USGENWEB Archives, please contact Abby Bowman, who is the archivist for Franklin County.
Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Information
Online Records
- Online - Multiple Record Types
- Franklin County USGENWEB Archives (Church, will, cemeteries, etc.)
- Valley of the Shadow Project
- FamilyHart Database (over 719,000 linked PA Dutch names, many from Franklin County)
- Online - Census
- USGENWEB Census Project - Franklin County
- 1850 U.S. Census Searchable and Indexed
- 1860 U.S. Census Searchable and Indexed
- 1870 U.S. Census Searchable and Indexed
- 1880 U.S. Census Extraction - Franklin County
- 1900 U.S. Census Searchable and Indexed
- 1910 U.S. Census Serachable and Indexed
- 1920 U.S. Census Searchable and Indexed
- 1930 U.S. Census Searchable and Indexed
- Online - Cemetery Records
- Old Jewish Cemetery of Chambersburg
- Internment.net Franklin County Cemetery Records
- Franklin County Cemetery Locations
- Find-a-Grave Franklin County Cemetery Records
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project - Franklin County
- Pennsylvania Gravestones.org - Franklin County
- FamilyHart Cemetery Pictures
- Online - Church/Civil Records
- Online - Miscellaneous Records
- Online - Obituaries
- Online - Books
- General History
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Conochocheague, Headwaters of the Amberson Valley, by Harry E. Foreman
* Warning - Large File - 8MB * -
History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Bates; 1887; 1110 pgs)
*Warning - Huge File - 84MB* - The Biographical Record of Ogle County, Illinois (1899; Many Franklin County Families)
- History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties, by I. Daniel Rupp (1846)
- Wayneboro, The History of a Settlement by Benjamin Matthias Nead (1900)
- Centennial Biography, Men of the Mark of Cumberland Valley, PA., 1776-1876 by Alfred Nevin (1876)
- A Brief History of the Delaware Indians by Richard C. Adams (1906)
- Documents
- Family Histories and Genealogies
Historical & Genealogical Societies and Museums
- Shippensburg Historical Society
- Fort Louden Historical Society
- South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
- Conococheague Institute
- Waynesboro Historical Society
- Franklin County Historical Society
- The Allison-Antrim Musenum (Greencastle)
- Snow Hill Cloister
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor
Other Franklin County and General Resources
- Volunteer Lookups
- Mid-Atlantic Roots Network
- Pennsylvania Dutch Family History
- FamilyHart Database (over 694,000 linked PA Dutch names)
- Rootsweb Guide to Genealogy
- Hiring a Professional Genealogist
- Copyright Fundamentals of Genealogy
- Ancestral Quest Genealogy Software
- FamilyHart DNA Projects
- Podcasts, Webcasts, and Internet TV
- LDS York 2nd Ward Family History Newsletters
Franklin County Historical Photos
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Subscribe to the Franklin County ListFranklin County Family Genealogy Websites
- FamilyHart Database (over 719,000 linked PA Dutch names)
- Kim and Jim Hepfer's Genealogy Page
- Bonnie's Genealogy
- Hans and Hannah Wenger Genealogy Project
- Thomas Genealogies
- Burrals Near and Far
- Zullinger/Zollinger Genealogy
- Roger and Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site
Franklin County Genealogy Neighbors
- Washington County, Maryland
- Frederick County, Maryland
- Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Juniata County, Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- Fulton County, Pennsylvania
- Garrett County, Maryland
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Carroll County, Illinois
- Lee County, Illinois
- Ogle County, Illinois
- Stephenson County, Illinois
- Whiteside County, Illinois
Franklin County Today
- Franklin County Government
- Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce
- Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Waynesboro Chamber of Commerce
- Mercersburg Area Chamber of Commerce
- Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce
- Letterkenny Army Depot
- Whitetail Mountain Resort
- Penn National Golf Club & Inn
- WSYC - 88.7 FM - Shippensburg
Pennsylvania Resources
- Pennsylvania Roots Network
- Pennsylvania Dutch Family History
- Pennsylvania Digital Archives
- Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project
- Ancestral Quest Genealogy Software
Other FamilyHart Sites
- Pennsylvania Dutch Family History
- Midatlantic Roots Network
- FamilyHart Pennsylvania Dutch Family Pages and Database
- Adams County, Pennnsylvania USGW Project
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USGW Project
- York County, Pennsylvania USGW Project
- Frederick County, Maryland USGW Project
- Washington County, Maryland USGW Project
- FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland
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