Connie, Thanks for all the info. You are so generous. Hopefully someday I can help someone. According to my father's death cert and my birth cert. he was born in Martin's Ferry. I'm not sure where his parents were born. Thanks again. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie S. Barries" <cbarries@1st.net> To: "Ernie and Pat Brown" <patern@olg.com>; <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Willis/Lowther Belmont Co. OH > Pat, > > The Probate Records for Belmont County are located in the Belmont County > Courthouse in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Main Street. Vital Records (Births, > Deaths, Wills, Estates, and some Naturalizations are located on the second > floor, with some Naturalization Records on the third floor. Some Wills and > Estates will have to be ordered which could take up to two or three weeks. > They are one dollar a sheet to have copied. The Birth and Death > Certificates are located in three different places depending on where the > person was born. If they were born in or around Bellaire, they are at the > Bellaire Health Department on Main Street in Bellaire above the Police > Department. If they were born in or around the Martins Ferry area, they are > at the Martins Ferry Health Department, I need to check on that address. > All other birth records of birth and death are located at the Belmont County > Health Department on St. Rt. 331 in St. Clairsville, Ohio, past the Belmont > Technical College. I will have to check on the exact hours they are all > open. The St. Clairsville Public Library has a Genealogy area located on > the second floor and is located on Main St., conveniently across from the > Courthouse! The cost of a regular birth or death certificate at the Belmont > County Health Department (I would think it is the same at the other two) is > $.03 per copy. Certified copies, I would have to get a price on. I am sure > it is more expensive at the courthouse. I live within three to five miles > of the Belmont County Health Department. If you have several Belmont County > births and deaths, you could get them all at one time. You do have to get > them out of the drawers and put them back. They make the copies. I take a > piece of card stock paper to hold my place and to make it easier to put them > back. Also, there is very little room where the files are. There are no > tables, no place to sit, a very small area to move around in, and some of > the file drawers have to be reached on a step stool if you are short. I > have to check on the other two Health Departments to see how they are. I > also made a form on which to record the name, date, place to checkmark when > found, and a place for notes. You cannot work with a binder because there is > no room. I think that just about covers everything I can think of. I will > get more exact information and post it next week. These are some of the > things I would like to know before making a trip to Belmont County. > I hope this helps some of you. > Connie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ernie and Pat Brown <patern@olg.com> > To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:07 PM > Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Willis/Lowther Belmont Co. OH > > > > Hi Howard, > > > > I see where you are searching MYERS. I am also searching MYERS. My > father, > > Wm. Kenneth MYERS was born in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio on March > > 31, 1904. > > > > I have his death certificate (died in Wash. DC) and I sent to the vital > > records in Ohio for his birth certificate, but received my check back and > a > > letter stating that births there are only registered starting December > 20th, > > 1908. They tell me that I may be able to find a record of some kind at > the > > Probate Court of the county were the birth occurred, but they don't say > > where this Probate Court is located. Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <HOWARDSARGENT214@cs.com> > > To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:07 PM > > Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Willis/Lowther Belmont Co. OH > > > > > > > Hello Belmont Co. I am still looking for the parents of John S. WILLIS, > > > Daniel WILLIS, and Julia Anne LOWTHER(MOWDER)?? Daniel's wife was Diana > > LNU, > > > John and Julia married Dilles Bottom, Belmont Co. OH 16 Feb. 1838. They > > were > > > married by Vachel HALL, a minister of the Gospel. John was born > > Monongahela, > > > VA abt 1818-1819. Need siblings and parents. This is my brick wall. Any > > > connections to the Willis or Lowther(Mowder) names would be helpful. > > Thanks, > > > Martha Sargent > > > > > > MEANS CROSS WILLIS SEARGEANT MYERS CURRY OATS LUKE HERSMAN GROW CLARK > > > UMMENSETTER ANKROM > > > STARTING CHESTNUT WATSON HOLCOMB LOWTHER (MOWDER) INGRAM > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > >