Wish that I knew you were in the area.... I would have liked to met with you, but I am glad you had an enjoyable stop. Franklin County has some beautiful sites.... Randy Klemme Franklin County Genealogy Coordinator HAPPYDI@aol.com wrote: > I visited Franklin Co. two weeks ago. I spent most of my time in Oldenburg. > Saw the houses that my grandfather Joseph SELLMEYER and grandmother Bernadina > DAHMUS and the house that my great grand father Eberhard WAECHTER lived in. > Being they were all Catholics I visited the Catholic Church and the Convent. > I spoke to a lady by the name of Rita Enniking. She was extremely helpful. > Gave me lots of birth dates and names of the parents. The tour of the > cemetery was less than exciting. Although it is well kept it was difficult to > read the old stones. > We met with cousin Tom Waecther who provided a guided tour of the town. He > was most hospitable. Not knowing us from Adam, we thought he took us in as > family. What a pleasure. Tom told us about the Nobbe cement batch plant on > Rt 229 South of town and North of I74. The cement plant is family operated. > The Sr. Mrs Nobbe has a complete reference library of the area. A complete > set of Germans to America and individual records that she either copied or > were given to her. She has books and books of "remembrance cards" from > funerals and events. There is no one there to do research but the file are > open to anyone who wants to look at them. What a resource. I hope they never > get lost. > We went to the courthouse in Brookville. The people there were friendly and > helpful in showing us where to find information I asked for. They also would > not do research. I was looking for records of citizenship. The writing was > too poor for me to read. I went to the library in town. It has lots of > microfilm, but only one reader. > As it was we were needing to get to a son's house in TN we only spent one day > and one night. > All in all worth the trip, if for no other reason than to see what a beautiful > area it is. For you who live there I say you are lucky to have it. > Regards to all > Phil Di Matteo > Searching for: SELLMEYER, DAHMUS, WAECHTER, Maria Enneking, John Ortman, Mary > A. Studor, Bernard Hooverkamp/Haverkamp, Caroline Cranzlor