By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the July 3, 2024, edition of the Brookville American and is available in the book Forgotten Franklin County, volume 5. For the Forgotten Franklin County column of August 19, 2020, I wrote about Beers the Cartographer. Mr. Beers’ map company is…
Forgotten Franklin County
A blog from our Genealogy Department covering the hidden treasures of Franklin County.
Beers the Cartographer
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the August 19, 2020, edition of the Brookville American and is available in the book Forgotten Franklin County, volume 2. In the past, I have referred to our “standard” county reference books, which simply means they are the go-to books for…
Encyclopedias, Magazines, Guides, and Book Covers
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the December 27, 2023, edition of the Brookville American and is available in the book Forgotten Franklin County volume 5. Having been published in all of those renditions, in addition to scholarly publications and written about in newspaper articles – with…