yes the library is great On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:08:33 EST [email protected] writes: >In our brief visit we found a lot on Sutton, Storm, Baker, McCullough, >Brush. >Links between families through clippings in family name files, obits, >weddings some litigation. Some of the surnames we know about we simply >didn't >have time to search. We looked in the two volumes on Storm family and >found a >huge amount of info, unfortunately we had no time to dig deep but the >staff >did copy critical pages from Vol 2 for me at the time. Their shelves >are full >of all kinds of books, family histories that have come to them one way >or >another, some pics (had no time to review), I never got to microfilm. >I >didn't have a chance to check things like WWI draft records. The Sink >family >has no folder or book - that's my surname. Some day, assuming I am >able to >complete what I am attempting to create, one will be there. I am >amazed at >the lack of research or origin documents that contain my surname since >we >were promanent in the Middlebury community between 1859 and 1930. But >I found >the same to be true of their many years in Tuscarawas County OH and >Somerset >County in PA. The Clay County Clerks office in Brazil is also a gold >mine and >the people that work there are "gems". Here, we were able to get most >of what >we needed in property records. Next I need to look into probate stuff, >maybe >by remote or a visit again next year. > >They have several books and other material for sale - I have several >on my >shelf that I had purchased last year. As a matter of fact I am still >looking >for someone wanting to sell a copy of the Travis authored Clay Co. >History >and the Francis authored Harrison Township-Clay County History, both >out of >print at this time. > >The trip was well worth what little exposure we had. I need more, tons >more! >In addition, to Center Point we drove through Clay City and past going >sout >to where my ancestors, including my grandfather, farmed just south of >Middlebury on SR59. I stood on the ground they plowed - what a >feeling! Of >course we visited the Sink Cemetery also. Go, you won't regret it - >but allow >time, prearrange and pay for a longer hours visit if you have to. > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com