First of all I'd suggest you visit the rootsweb site for Belmont County, always the first place one should start when beginning to research in a new area. All sites are different and have different info, but all contain things to help those starting to search in the area....generally they also have lookups offered, that may contain helpful info.... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbelmon/ If you know the death dates then I'd also suggest you check to see if there are any wills or administrative papers for these folks, at the probate section of the courthouse, in St. Clairsville.... both wills and adm. papers are wonderful sources of family data. Visit the online site for the Ohio Historical Society, located in Columbus. http://www.ohiohistory.org/ They have a lot of info online, and the indices of newspapers in different areas, including St Clairsville....you may, I believe, request these through interlibrary loans via your own local library.....with death dates you can pin down the films that might contain info on their deaths. They also have death registers, but you need to just surf the site to see what all they do have. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Forsyth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:45 PM Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Early Ohio > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion about any place to research info on Belmont > County between 1800 - 1815? Since there are no census records for 1800 or > 1810, and my ancestor, David Reed, died there in 1815, I have no idea where > anything might be found regarding him-like where he was buried, etc. Was it > common to bury a person on his land at that time? What burial sites > (cemeteries) were in existence at that time, in that area,(close to St. > Clairsville) about 1815? His mother, Elizabeth Reed, died in 1822, and > same thing is true for her-no evidence of where she is buried. Only death > records are very brief legal documents and nothing personal in them. > > > > Thoughts or suggestions? > > > > Doris Reed Forsyth > > > > > > > > > > > >