Actually, in the mid 1850's there are a few birth & death records that were, I understand, "tests" for what information they would finally request in the records that started in 1867. They were in the Auditor's records. Some county records still exist. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Cc: <WKALBRECHT@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] Crum > No Ohio deaths were officially recorded before 1867, at the state or county > level, so the only place to find a death 'record' in this timeframe would be > in extant church records...or, as an obituary in a local newspaper. > However, in those days obits were not put into the paper as they are today, > and had to be paid for by the family, if they wanted one printed...so, many > folks didn't bother doing so. > I looked in Hinshaws Quaker Encyclopedia, for a Christina > Crumb/Crumm/Crum, and none was found. This record includes many Ohio mm > records. The only Crums I find in any of these records appear in the Upper > Springfield Meeting, located in Columbiana Co...the earliest one is in 1869, > a Laura, dau of C.C. and L.C. (just using initials sure isn't very helpful, > is it!) The next ones are in the mid to late 1880s. So, I don't see any > reason to think your Crums were Quakers. > I checked THE STORY OF BARNESVILLE, by Shephard, and the only Crum > mentioned is a Harley, who operated a Cigar factory in the 1930s. There is > no mention of the surname Crum, any spelling, in McKelvey's CENTENNIAL > HISTORY OF BELMONT COUNTY OHIO. > Sandra > > > > " I did a quick search on Ancestry.com of Quaker records and there are > Crums in the Quaker records. If you don't have access to Ancestry, I'll > look again for Christiana. > > But if your ancestor turns out to be Quaker, you probably will have more > luck with Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy Vols 4 & 5. > But I don't know that there were many records in Belmont County 1830 and > before. I rather doubt you could find a death certificate, but maybe > someone on the list knows better than I do." > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/470 - Release Date: 10/10/2006 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.6/486 - Release Date: 10/19/06 > >