Just a quick note - I think the area code for St Clairsville has changed, try 740 if 614 doesn't work. Sue -- ---------- >From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@intelos.net> >To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Research help >Date: Mon, Aug 14, 2000, 3:49 PM > > The courthouse in St. Clairsville has births 1867-1982, deaths 1867-1908 and > 1940--1982 and marriage 1803 to the present. Remember, just because someone > was born, married or died in Belmont doesn't mean that there will be any > record of the event at the courthouse. These things were not legally > required for many years, and as such, many didn't bother recording them. . > You do your own looking at the courthouse, and everything is by year, so > don't forget the dates you're interested in. You may make copies of the > records found there. > Across the street is the library, with a very nice genealogical > department that includes books on the area, plus newspapers on film, > cemetery records, county histories, and the census you mentioned will also > be there. > Rather than take up time with census on site, why don't you order > them from your local LDS before the trip?.....it always seems a shame to me > to travel somewhere and do there what you could just as easily have > done before the trip. That way you're all ready, with the dates, names, etc > before you go, and have a better idea of what you will be looking for. Do > as much as you can at home, have everything ready, and know what you are > looking for , and be specific (don't just write births, but say b. of Sarah > Jane Lake, ? 1854).....make lists.......I think it might be a good idea for > you to go to the library first, as you may find actual dates in cemetery > books, early birth books,etc.....then, you can see if there is a certificate > at the courthouse. > I don't know the hours of the courthouse, but there phone # is > 614 695-2121. > > Sandra > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lou2538@aol.com <Lou2538@aol.com> > To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, August 14, 2000 3:25 PM > Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Research help > > >>Someone familiar with the Belmont County area -- could you be of help to > me? >>I hope to visit St. Clairsville sometime this fall and would like some >>pointers on research so that I won't waste too much time looking for >>information. >>What information may be found at the courthouse and what are the hours? I > am >>new at this -- do I see the county clerk at the courthouse? Where can I > find >>copies of wills, birth, marriage, death and naturalization certificates? >>Are there other facilities nearby that I need to visit? Would it be a good >>idea to visit the Barnesville library? >>Are county census's available somewhere? >> >>Researching: Boggs, Carr, Goodwin, Hoffner, Howe, Rice, Robinson, Stein, >>Stephenson >> >>Thank you, >> Lou in OK >> >> > >