My last and first visit to Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio was three years ago. I was amazed by the rolling hills in Belmont County, Ohio because I was born in the relatively flat lands of Central Ohio. When I was in Barnesville and Belmont County I found one of the houses of my family still standing and perhaps empty--at least that's how it looked from the seat of moving vehicle. When I get a chance to get back to Barnesville, Belmont County and Ohio, I wonder how I can gain access to this link to my past? I go to bed most nights wondering if there are pictures and other pieces which might be valuable to my genealogy? Robert San Francisco, CA

Do you mean, how can you get into an empty house your family use to live in? First, you need to know who owns it, etc. I've had good luck asking neighbors. Generally nothing goes on in a neighborhood that everyone doesn't know....particularly in a small town like Barnesville...although, I wouldn't count on there being any mementos or pictures of your family in it. Generally, everyone who moves into a house, tosses anything left and fills it with their 'stuff'...so, I'd think anything in the house would stand a better chance of having belonged to the last who lived there..,..(unless, that was YOUR family?) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Goins" <rgoins@interlync.com> To: "Ohio Belmont County" <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: [OHBELMON] Query abt access to old houses... > My last and first visit to Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio was three > years ago. I was amazed by the rolling hills in Belmont County, Ohio > because I was born in the relatively flat lands of Central Ohio. When I > was in Barnesville and Belmont County I found one of the houses of my > family still standing and perhaps empty--at least that's how it looked > from the seat of moving vehicle. When I get a chance to get back to > Barnesville, Belmont County and Ohio, I wonder how I can gain access to > this link to my past? I go to bed most nights wondering if there are > pictures and other pieces which might be valuable to my genealogy? > > > Robert > San Francisco, CA > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.23/513 - Release Date: 11/2/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.23/513 - Release Date: 11/2/2006