Dear OH-Census-Lookup: Ripley Township My Nathan Buzeard (misspelling of name Buzzard) can be found on p 407 (printed)/188 (written) of film M653-989 for Ripley Township. (He is on line 13.) If you're looking at ancestry.com, it is image 27 of 32. What I would like to know is the name of the Post Office. I get an "Sh..." then cannot read the rest. If anyone can decipher the writing, I'd really be happy. I can find no town close to that name on any map published after 1960. Thanks for your consideration. Jan Vassallo

Hi Jan, It looks like Shreve(s). Shreve is in Wayne Co, but near the boarder of Holmes Co. Shreve may have been the closest PO. Diana map of Ripley (in red) http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/MapServer?f_name=Ripley,+Township+of&f_state=OH&f_latlong=403753N0820305W&f_ht=.5&f_type=civil&server=TIGER (GNIS mapping, GREAT! Also, just enter a few letters and results will produce selections. Then view the map) http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Rootsweb Town-State-County (if you can guess the first few letter of a town, it will give you all the choices) http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi ----- Original Message ----- From: <jbvassallo@comcast.net> To: <OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:34 AM Subject: [OH-CENSUS] 1860/Holmes/Buzeard > Dear OH-Census-Lookup: > Ripley Township > My Nathan Buzeard (misspelling of name Buzzard) can be found on p 407 (printed)/188 (written) of film M653-989 for Ripley Township. (He is on line 13.) If you're looking at ancestry.com, it is image 27 of 32. What I would like to know is the name of the Post Office. I get an "Sh..." then cannot read the rest. If anyone can decipher the writing, I'd really be happy. I can find no town close to that name on any map published after 1960. > Thanks for your consideration. > Jan Vassallo