> You might try Google Books and search for each Ohio County--- then do a > search for your families' names. Keep a list of which county histories > you > search so you'll have those 'negative results'. Not all families made the > history books, but it's worth a try. As you know, county bios usually say > where a family's ancestor was from. > Minor correction: County bio sketches usually say where a family's ancestor was SUPPOSEDLY from. This is the area in which I have the bio sketches most frequently in error. The most recent one read says the person's father was born in PA, whereas he is was born in MD. - His grandfather was born in PA, though (so far as I know). I have seen the sketches (and census records, for that matter) indicate a person was born in Germany whereas they are documented as having lived in the U.S. for at least a couple generations. Bob Harter

That part is quite confusing to me Bob. I'm not sure how they got their information so mixed up but some of it might have been like their last names when they were misspelled. Sometimes it at least gives us an "inkling" of where we are most likely from. I am going to work on these google books and see what I can learn. Thank you for your very helpful input, Iris On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Bob Harter <[email protected]>wrote: > > You might try Google Books and search for each Ohio County--- then do a > > search for your families' names. Keep a list of which county histories > > you > > search so you'll have those 'negative results'. Not all families made > the > > history books, but it's worth a try. As you know, county bios usually > say > > where a family's ancestor was from. > > > > Minor correction: County bio sketches usually say where a family's ancestor > was SUPPOSEDLY from. This is the area in which I have the bio sketches most > frequently in error. The most recent one read says the person's father was > born in PA, whereas he is was born in MD. - His grandfather was born in PA, > though (so far as I know). I have seen the sketches (and census records, > for > that matter) indicate a person was born in Germany whereas they are > documented as having lived in the U.S. for at least a couple generations. > > Bob Harter > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Come home to www.soldiersangels.org and adopt a Soldier! They have given so much to us.