Hi everyone, My Great great great grandfather Benjamin Sneden, who settled in Kent County prior to the 1860 census, reputedly came from New York. Michigan census data confirms a New York birth. He came to Michigan via Huron County, Ohio (where my GGGrandfather Herman was born according to his Civil War enlistment papers) and Wood County, Ohio, where his first wife (my ggggrandmother) died, as did one of his sons. He remarried while in Wood County. The second wife is buried with him in Michigan (although his name is also listed on my ggggrandmother's tombstone). Here's my issue. I BELIEVE (note the verb -- I have no proof) that his parents were Abraham Sneden (alt spelling Sneeden) Jr. & his wife Catherine. I can't find them in the Ohio census records or the New York census records. I don't know when they might have arrived in Ohio. There are family trees on line which indicate that they died in Ohio in approximately 1846 (not necessarily Wood County). I can't find death records on them. I'm a member of both the Wood County and Lorain County branches of the Ohio Genealogical Society but haven't been able to find anything helpful on this subject via that route. Does anybody have anything to suggest on what to try next? I live in Hawaii, so solutions requiring personal visits to locations will not work well. Cathy ***************************** The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect others by keeping your postings to this theme. MI-Genealogy Mail List Information http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html ***************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com