Franklin County
Genealogy and History
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
This county is available for adoption.
We're looking for folks who share our desire to put data online and are
interested in helping this project be as successful as we can make it.
If you are interested joining our group as County Host for this website, or any of our websites, view our Volunteer Information
page and Email Kim.
A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a basic webpage is required.
In the meantime, we'd be very happy to accept any data you'd care
to contribute and would like to see displayed on this site. We're looking for "raw data" - the birth/death/marriage
records, obituaries, cemetery headstone readings, biographies, county histories, census data, pensions and other
military data. In short, we'd like to display all the items you used to put together your family tree (rather than
the tree itself).
Email your transcribed data to us and we'll take care of putting
it online.
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Franklin County was founded in 1807. It was named
in honor of Benjamin Franklin. He was a printer, publisher, diplomat, author, philosopher, scientist, and statesman.
His most notable achievements were his representation of the Thirteen Colonies at the court of France, his part
in drafting the Declaration of Independence along with his part in concluding the treaty with England which gave
the Colonies their independence. He also was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
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Surrounding Counties
Grundy -- Lincoln -- Marion -- Moore
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