Hello Brian & all my other possible cousins- I went to one of my favorite sites - http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html - and tried the variant spelling "Glouster" and hit paydirt! Looks like it is located in Athens Co. I visit this site often for this type of search as they can search for various spellings and a number of other interesting fields. You will also have a chance to look at detailed maps of the state and your city! Hope that this helps! Colleen Schiller -----Original Message----- From: JODI REIFSNYDER <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Rowland Adrian >Welcome, Brian. I don't believe I've ever run into the name Rowland >ADRIAN, and I can't find a Gloster in Ohio either (after quite awhile >searching various maps). Maybe the Marion County Historical Society >could help if you haven't tried them already: > >http://home1.gte.net/mchist/ > >How horrible to feel like you're at a brickwall when you've only reached >back to your grandfather! > >I'm excited, though, to see another Adrian looking in both Ohio and >Illinois. My husband's family was from Illinois, and somewhere in Ohio >before that. I have a James Willard ADRIAN (1858-1933) married to Zara >Ellen HOUGHTON. They raised their children in Mattoon, Coles County, IL. >According to his death certificate, James was born in Cleveland, OH, son >of John ADRIAN and Elizabeth TIPTON. However, there's no sign of this >family in Cuyahoga County. There was a John with wife Elizabeth and son >James W. that almost match the dates who were way down in Conshocton >County. > >Perhaps, we'll at least run into each other's names along the search and >be able to share. > >Jodi >