tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19831340910980605192024-02-06T19:07:50.667-08:00Ohio GenealogyOhio Genealogy ResourcesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-91042984521426916732011-08-06T10:42:00.000-07:002011-08-06T10:43:33.852-07:00More pictures<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jOQYeuSmik9IDbOgO637yrk6xxMI0WGLbnnff7C_ayK-ptjWd0fX_ra-YuVWc9cPTXzxhJri2hA9A7RRhMHI7VRMjZwzKRjUhaZ01uBUjYVPC6h2NvTwto_31xNTSn7JijWtDiui6ZCC/s1600/scan004411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jOQYeuSmik9IDbOgO637yrk6xxMI0WGLbnnff7C_ayK-ptjWd0fX_ra-YuVWc9cPTXzxhJri2hA9A7RRhMHI7VRMjZwzKRjUhaZ01uBUjYVPC6h2NvTwto_31xNTSn7JijWtDiui6ZCC/s1600/scan004411.jpg" t$="true" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is an example of some of the new pictures I have added to the Photo Album of unknown pictures. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://galliacountyphotoalbum.blogspot.com/">http://galliacountyphotoalbum.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These pictures were important to some family many years ago and i would like to give pictures back to them. Please contact me with any questions or comments at <a href="mailto:ash689@aol.com">ash689@aol.com</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-8147030854604140522011-06-18T12:37:00.001-07:002011-06-30T08:24:56.552-07:00Old Photos<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://galliacountyphotoalbum.blogspot.com/">http://galliacountyphotoalbum.blogspot.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Please take a look at the photos posted on this website. Most are from Gallia county, Ohio where my grandparents lived. It would be wonderful if some one could recognize any one at all here. If so, please, please contact me. Thanks, Karen </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-52504280450509963702011-06-17T06:25:00.000-07:002011-06-17T06:25:31.995-07:00How marble tombstones are made<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7367662n">http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7367662n</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A fascinating video</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-20602974691722143862011-05-17T15:53:00.000-07:002011-05-17T15:53:25.458-07:00To walk on the land where my grandmother grew upFor a long time I have wanted to go back to southern Ohio and walk on the land where my grandmother lived. To see the trees that were old even when she was young. Are the wild flowers related to the ones she might have picked in 1900? What will it feel like to walk up and down the gentle hills on the old family farm that is no longer producing crops? There are some ancient out-buildings barely standing, yet hiding some old jars in the cobwebby corners. Did she play hide-and-seek with her sisters? or run after her borther's old hound dog?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-90472388565079943542011-05-07T11:57:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:57:41.217-07:00Take a break and have some chocolate<a href="http://www.mb01.com/lnk.asp?o=1968&c=29378&a=82132">Vote for your favorite and get a FREE $100 GIFT CARD</a><br />
Grab a bit of chocolate and take a quick break from research!<br />
I love M&M's and remember when the ads read: "They melt in your mouth, not in your hand." As kids we divided up the colors, each of us taking our favorite. Did you chew them or let the candy coating melt in your mouth? So, vote for your favorite: peanut or chocolate!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-53245451765438331172011-03-27T14:15:00.000-07:002011-03-27T14:15:20.562-07:00How To Do Everything Genealogy<span><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=allaboutcoo05-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0071625348&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have attended a seminar presented by George Morgan and he is one of the best speakers I have heard. So many times the genealogist is dry and boring, but not so with George. He gives useable hints, answers questions, and presents in an easy going conversational manner. </span></span><br />
<span><span style="font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode;">He is an authority in all aspects of family research.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-58188944679438921602010-12-10T14:24:00.000-08:002010-12-10T14:24:20.799-08:00Some Ohio County birth recordsinformationFayette County Births - Carnegie Public Library - Washington Courthouse, Ohio - full transcription of birth records for 1909-1999 <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.cplwcho.org/birth_search.php">http://www.cplwcho.org/birth_search.php</a> </span><br />
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Greene County - Public Library - Birth Records, 1869-1909 <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.greenelibrary.info/Collections-and-Resources/Birth-Records-1869-1909.html">http://www.greenelibrary.info/Collections-and-Resources/Birth-Records-1869-1909.html</a> </span><br />
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The Lawrence Register - this independent volunteer website has Lawrence County, Ohio births from newspaper announcements, and extracted from health department and Probate Court records - births range from 1850 to 1940 (formerly at http://lawco.rayhaas.us/births/index/index.htm) <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/node/92">http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/node/92</a> </span><br />
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The LDS FamilySearch site has images of Toledo, Ohio Roman Catholic Parish Register pages, including baptisms, for 1796 through 2004. Browse only, not indexed. To search newly added records or if link is broken, see the menu for North America at Family Search Beta. <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=waypoint&s=waypointsOnly&c=fs%3A1494476&w=0">http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=waypoint&s=waypointsOnly&c=fs%3A1494476&w=0</a></span> (requires Flash and Javascript) <br />
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Ohio Births and Christenings 1821-1962 - Family Search has indexed about 861,000 birth and christening records, with listings from nearly every county. Recent records may not be available due to privacy laws. Click here for how to purchase copies of indexed records if you need them before they go online. To search newly added records or if link is broken, see the menu for North America at Family Search Beta. <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=fs%3A1680845&p=collectionDetails">http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=fs%3A1680845&p=collectionDetails</a> </span><br />
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Genealogy Trails has user submitted transcriptions of birth and baptism lists and announcements for many Ohio counties, from as early as 1821 up to 1980. Note some birth entries are extracted from obituaries and other death records. You may want to modify this Google site search to ease your search, or browse for new entries starting from the Ohio page at: <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.genealogytrails.com/ohio/">http://www.genealogytrails.com/ohio/</a> </span><br />
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Rootsweb's User Contributed Early Birth Records Databases include selected births from Butler, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lucas, Meigs and Muskingum counties. You can perform a search on surname alone, without specifying the location if you are unsure. <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/births">http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/births</a> </span><br />
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Ohio USGenWeb has some volunteer transcriptions of births online, searchable with the following link which requires javascript: <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchoh.htm">http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchoh.htm</a> </span><br />
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If you wish to use other ways of searching by browsing or doing a search engine "site search", here is the URL for the USGenweb archives for Ohio: <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/">http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/</a> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-8591468438370913522010-11-08T11:19:00.001-08:002010-11-08T11:19:20.734-08:00Find a GraveThis is a good website where you can look for information about locating an ancestor's grave. There are more than 53 million graves, often with pictures and headstone incriptions. You can search by name, by location, or by cemetery. Really good information here.<br />
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http://www.findagrave.com/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-71459283700089744562010-05-01T08:45:00.000-07:002010-05-01T08:56:42.082-07:00Ohio HistoryThis is a fabulous indexed resource. I was only recently aware of the existance of the link which gives you access to so many articles and stories: <a href="http://publications.ohiohistory.org/">http://publications.ohiohistory.org/</a>. Here is an example from<br /><br />GALLIPOLIS AS TRAVELERS SAW IT, 1792-1811<br /><br />By JOHN FRANCIS MCDERMOTT<br /><br />October 20, 1790.<br />An accident having happened to one of our boats, we have put into a small creek on the east side of this great river to repair the damages. I am now writing on the stump of a tree we have just cut down, so that you will not look for elegance or fine sentiment in this letter, which I send you by a young man, a native of Pennsylvania, who is going to New Jersey. We traveled by short days' journeys from the place of embarkation, and can not say much in favor of the manners of the inhabitants of the road by which we passed, a very few excepted, who paid some attention to us and sold the products of their farms at a reasonable rate; as to others, they took every mean advantage, and frequently imposed upon us, in a shameful manner, demanding three or four prices for the casual refreshments of which we and our little ones had occasion. We hope soon to arrive at our new territory, where we shall find things in their original state, such as God made them and not perverted by the ungrateful hand of man. To some the surrounding woods might appear frightful deserts; to me they are the paradise of nature; no hosts of greedy priests; no seas of blood to wade through; all is quiet, and the savages themselves shall soon be taught the art of cultivating the earth, refinement of manners, and the duties of genuine devotion. Under this free and enlightened dominion the unfortunate and oppressed of our nation shall ever find an asylum, our language and customs will here be preserved in their original purity for ages to come, and France shall find herself renovated in the Western World, without being disgraced by the frippery of kings or seeing the best blood wasted in gratyfing [sic] the ambition of knaves and sycophants. The weather is already cold, my hand is numbed, and our little temporary cabin is so full of smoke that I dare not venture in. So I bid you adieu.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-89180860590016857992009-10-21T11:07:00.000-07:002009-10-21T11:10:33.647-07:00Old Ohio Schools<a href="http://www.oldohioschools.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;">http://www.oldohioschools.com/</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Wonderful, wonderful web site with pictures by county of schools that were closed, abandoned, or just "gone."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">check this one out!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-3884226556043844342009-07-08T12:16:00.000-07:002009-07-08T12:18:50.785-07:00Roster of 172nd RegimentThis link will take you to a regimental roster and the dates of muster. <br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> <a href="http://hamiltongreatwar.org/ohio/172ovi.html" target="_blank">http://hamiltongreatwar.org/ohio/172ovi.html</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">172nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry<br />THIS Regiment was organized at Gallipolis, O., May 14, 1864, to serve one hundred days. It was composed of the Forty-seventh Battalion, Ohio National Guard, from Guernsey County; a part of the Fortieth Battalion, Ohio National Guard, from Brown County; the Eighty-fourth Battalion, Ohio National Guard, from Adams County; and the Seventy-seventh Battalion, Ohio National Guard, from Jackson County. The One Hundred and Seventy-second performed guard-duty at Gallipolis, O., during its whole term of service. It was mustered out Sept. 3, 1864, on expiration of term of service. (Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Vol. IX, p. 447)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-73499712130052941182009-06-27T04:27:00.000-07:002009-06-27T04:41:25.586-07:00Indiana Court documents<span style="font-family:verdana;">This is an amazing resource! Most families from Ohio have connections to Indiana. I found a relative who was sued for Public Indecency for uttering an innapropriate word in a conversation...ok, he was a minister! Another "cousin" tried to get his 13 year old daughter committed to the Indiana Industrial Home for Girls because she wouldn't go to school. My 3rd great grandmother was sued for commenting on the living arrangements of two unmarried people. These are all the original documents from the 1800's...and you can view them. What an incredible collection...absolutely fascinating.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://www.munpl.org/">http://www.munpl.org/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Click on "Adults" on left side of page </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(This is the Muncie Public Library, so it takes a minute to load.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Local history/genealogy</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Digital Resource Library</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">enter your information</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-59402553931732872952008-03-30T14:29:00.000-07:002008-03-30T14:32:41.840-07:00Northeast Ohio<span style="font-family:verdana;">Ohio's Heritage <em>Northeast </em>brings digital collections from universities, colleges, and public libraries together into one searchable database. Use the search box above to explore our combined collection of images, sound recordings, videos and texts chronicling northeast Ohio's past.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There is an easy to use Search function.</span><br /><a href="http://www.ohiosheritagenortheast.org/"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.ohiosheritagenortheast.org/</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-21339611207329191042008-03-30T14:25:00.000-07:002008-03-30T14:27:51.376-07:00Sandusky and Erie County History<span style="font-family:verdana;">Sandusky History<br />Here is a blog dedicated to the discussion of topics relating to the history of Sandusky and Erie County, Ohio; inspired by the collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center and Follett House Museum. A service of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. <a href="http://www.sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/">http://www.sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-67649502213808713442008-03-20T14:35:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:03:53.803-08:00Extensive list of Resources for Ohio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Se7rQhAw3U4traFenzbkX228hG56eXs60j_AdZmVJUQUuNFtaj2G1JJ6_iZUw4HCBBUPzTZtZgiI7OK9vijv29AsZnrdVS1XETkgQvBfBAAQrPHka1M_JxuVSut2e5pzJPe87xwhJBCy/s1600-h/Ohio+Counties.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179947318215688194" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Se7rQhAw3U4traFenzbkX228hG56eXs60j_AdZmVJUQUuNFtaj2G1JJ6_iZUw4HCBBUPzTZtZgiI7OK9vijv29AsZnrdVS1XETkgQvBfBAAQrPHka1M_JxuVSut2e5pzJPe87xwhJBCy/s320/Ohio+Counties.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.rootexinc.net/OhioCounties.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;">http://www.rootexinc.net/OhioCounties.html</span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">Although this site has not been updated for a few years, the list and links are extensive. AND...there is a good colorful map of Ohio Counties. Black & white maps are sometimes a bit difficult to read...this one is great. At least check out the site.<a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/ohio-county-map.gif&imgrefurl=http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/ohio.shtml&h=656&w=600&sz=39&hl=en&start=4&sig2=U1uw0q6aZ-MFJ4dTjfO7gw&tbnid=J1l5rxHeiFHGeM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=126&ei=Pt7iR6COApCeiwGCgem9BQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DOhio%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-56294907624145822872008-03-13T18:52:00.000-07:002008-03-13T18:57:23.850-07:00Migration Trails<span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is a site that has a link that shows states, counties & migration trails. </span><a href="http://www.migrationtrails.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.migrationtrails.com/</span></a><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is a free service which can bring to life the travels of your ancestors by requesting your customized migration map and discover:</span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.migrationtrails.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Migrations trails</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> that your ancestors might have traveled.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">New counties to research for records.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">How many miles your ancestors might have traveled.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">A map that will become an important part of your genealogical records.</span></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-71184388179566139782007-10-04T23:36:00.000-07:002007-10-04T23:39:28.476-07:00Free Genealogy Search Help<div align="left"><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=dbf2f944-7dc6-4f83-acad-207266e57278&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.genealogysearchhelp.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Genealogy Search Help for Google</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, which helps you run targeted genealogical </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=dbf2f944-7dc6-4f83-acad-207266e57278&url=http%3a%2f%2fgoogle.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Google</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> searches<br /></span><a href="http://www.genealogysearchhelp.com/index.html" target="_top"></a><a href="http://www.genealogysearchhelp.com/add-search.html" target="_top"></a><a href="http://www.genealogysearchhelp.com/suggested-links.html" target="_top"></a><a href="http://www.genealogysearchhelp.com/contact.html" target="_top"></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong> Free Genealogy Search Help for Google<br /></strong>Get the Best Genealogy Searches for Google by Using Your Family Tree<br />This free genealogy site will help you use Google™ for your research. It will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" that will likely improve your results. The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google to find ancestry information on the Internet.<br />Just complete the small family tree from the link above for an ancestor and this site will set up the best searches for you, based on what you enter. Tip: If you don't know an ancestor's parents, but know one of the ancestor's children, use the child's name for the First Name and Last Name below (and spouse, birth, and death) and then enter the ancestor as the Father or Mother. This gives more information for building a search.</span><br /><a name="search"></a><br /><br /> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-18575624373366638162007-09-19T12:14:00.000-07:002007-09-19T12:30:38.563-07:00Great resource - NEW Source<span style="font-family:verdana;">If you go to the </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=10257f41-4f7a-4005-baf1-e18e3e558492&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f"><span style="font-family:verdana;">New York Times site</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, you can enter your search terms in the bar near the top of the page and select whether you want to search articles since 1981 or before 1981. Once you have your results, you can select the Advanced option to limit your search to specific dates. The stories are downloadable as PDF documents. (If you happen across articles that aren't in the free years, they're $4.95 each, or you can get a monthly pass for $7.95 that allows 100 story downloads.)</span><br />I used a couple of Ohio place names and found real gold...many surnames, too. Try it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-45062966406702925022007-09-09T07:56:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:03:54.186-08:00Stark County resources<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfxyLGbz8JUv95yQiBnWjVd5Gv19vB6sNO3OFfi2U7ZLYNGkWpaw6smUZ3VbEsa_y9mR7tMZp1vmXwB6UOv4gtHYeltI3z4zIuKuTh_zdPdzV4saOB9pgBdUnyHVLtBFmxVa7Jf_PXFcW/s1600-h/siffert+obit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108224018930207730" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfxyLGbz8JUv95yQiBnWjVd5Gv19vB6sNO3OFfi2U7ZLYNGkWpaw6smUZ3VbEsa_y9mR7tMZp1vmXwB6UOv4gtHYeltI3z4zIuKuTh_zdPdzV4saOB9pgBdUnyHVLtBFmxVa7Jf_PXFcW/s320/siffert+obit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.starklibrary.org/starkcountyonlineind.htm">http://www.starklibrary.org/starkcountyonlineind.htm</a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Stark County, Ohio library is one of the best resoiurces online for research. I have visited the library and found the personnel to be more than helpful. But here is an index, by year, to the newspaper which goes back to 1815 for obituaries. There are other resources on the web site and the library staff responds to requests very quickly.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Here is a copy of an obit I ordered and received within two weeks. nThis was dated 1935</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-63899667594882667022007-09-03T10:43:00.000-07:002007-09-03T10:44:39.142-07:00Free Mortality Schedules online<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Search Online Mortality Schedules for Free </strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Bill Cribbs, the man behind the </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=3a368d61-7ba0-4798-bacc-89b7ae7668d4&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.genealogybuff.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">GenealogyBuff.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> free genealogy search engine site, has gathered hundreds of counties’ online transcribed mortality schedules and made them searchable at </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=3a368d61-7ba0-4798-bacc-89b7ae7668d4&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mortalityschedules.com%2f"><span style="font-family:verdana;">MortalitySchedules.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For the 1850 through 1880 US censuses, enumerators recorded names of and other details about people who’d died within the past year. These mortality schedules may be the only death record for some people, especially in states that didn’t require recording of deaths until later. You can browse </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=3a368d61-7ba0-4798-bacc-89b7ae7668d4&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mortalityschedules.com%2f"><span style="font-family:verdana;">MortalitySchedules.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> by state or search on one or more keywords, such as a name or place. (If you want matches to contain more than one keyword, select “Find all words” from the dropdown menu.) When you click on a match, you'll be taken to the Web site that stores the transcribed records. What you see varies depending how the data was transcribed and digitized. You may get a chart or a text file listing a few details of deaths in that enumeration district, or you may get the whole shebang: the deceased’s age and marital status at death; death date, place and cause; birth date and place; physician’s name; parents’ birthplaces and more.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-17349224525310284552007-08-30T12:43:00.000-07:002007-08-30T12:46:59.120-07:00Google Book Search<a class="TitleLinkStyle" href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Are+Your+Ancestors+In+Google+Book+Search.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Are Your Ancestors in Google Book Search?</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A favorite search tool is Google's Book Search, at </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=c1044536-f6da-487f-9b0c-d883dd6b375a&url=http%3a%2f%2fbooks.google.com%2f"><span style="font-family:verdana;">books.google.com</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. By typing in keywords just like in a normal Google search, you get results from all sorts of out-of-print and hard-to-find books. Type in "Ohio Genealogy" and more than 350 books will come up. Try your surname or the county or town where you are researching. There are many other resources here. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Some books show up in the results as full page scans with searchable text. Other books are restricted to just showing a few preview pages or a few paragraphs of excerpts. Some are downloadable as PDF documents. (Even if you can't see all of the information, Google gives you the publisher's information that gives you a head start on finding it at your library.)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-47479347543389579482007-08-30T06:33:00.000-07:002007-08-30T06:34:51.029-07:00Ohio soldiers in the War of 1812<a href="http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ohio/war_of_1812.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The roster of the war of 1812 for Ohio consisted of a total of 26,280 men who enlisted from Ohio to assist the nation in this war. They comprised of 3 regiments, 464 companies, 13 cavalry troops, and 1 artillery battery. This dataset has broken up this list for easier perusal by the company, troop, or battery of the soldiers.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-42100893574736588472007-08-26T10:02:00.000-07:002007-08-26T10:03:17.944-07:00research comment<span style="font-family:verdana;">He who cares nothing about his ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being remembered by his descendants. —author unknown</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-75170135789416902272007-08-26T09:57:00.000-07:002007-08-26T09:59:39.102-07:00Newspaper index<a href="http://www.starklibrary.org/genealogylinks.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.starklibrary.org/genealogylinks.htm</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is a link to the Stark County, Ohio library and their web site. Here you will find the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">searchable</span> archives of the county newspaper going back more than 100 years. This is an amazing amount of information. You will also find a link here to the death certificates in the state repository.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983134091098060519.post-3622901048524902262007-08-22T16:00:00.000-07:002007-08-22T16:04:08.128-07:00Civil War pension Files<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"> These files contain an amazing amount of information. I sent away for my great-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">greatgrandfather's</span> pension file and received 97 pages of valuable copies of handwritten documents from his parents, friends, and family as well as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">doctors</span>, ministers, and fellow soldiers. He was from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gallia</span> County, Ohio and now I can share much information with others in that county...copies of their ancestor's signature, for example. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"> NARA Record Request Fees Go Up Oct. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><br />We’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ve</span> known it was coming since the </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=e60fa941-ad46-490d-aaa0-a0d49aeeb297&url=http%3a%2f%2farchives.gov"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">National Archives and Records Administration</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"> (NARA) </span><a href="http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=e60fa941-ad46-490d-aaa0-a0d49aeeb297&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.familytreemagazine.com%2fnewsletter%2f030107.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">proposed last February</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"> to raise its reproduction fees for records you order. The good news is, it could’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ve</span> been worse.Effective Oct. 1, NARA will charge $75 for a Civil War pension file of up to 100 pages, plus $.65 per additional page (for longer files, staff will contact the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">requestor</span> with a price quote before filling the order). NARA will charge $50 for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">pre</span>-Civil War pension files regardless of page count, and $.75 per page to copy other records.While still a steep increase from the current $37 for a Civil War pension file, these fees are less than the $125 and $60 NARA originally proposed for Civil War and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">pre</span>-Civil War pensions, respectively. (Still, save some cash by sending your request before October.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0