By all means, check the info on the Ohio death index, but please don't accept what it says as "gospel".....if you don't find what you're looking for there, do not assume that it is not available at the county level....several of my own family members are NOT listed on this index, but readily found at the courthouses. On another note, does anyone know why there was a large Welsh population in the area?....I remember my grandmother speaking of the many Welsh in Wheeling (this would have been in the late 1800s through the early 1900s), and what wonderful "housekeepers" they were....out early every morning to scrub the stone steps that lead up to the front door. Did they come because of specific occupation? I wondered, as there were many mines in Wales, if they came to work in coal mines? Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Carol Montrose <cmontrose@beol.net> To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Family Search and/or Martins Ferry >Sharon, you might want to try the on line Ohio Death index at > >http://www.ohiohistory.org > >choose death index. It covers (with some mistakes and typos...due to >scanning of the info) but it should help you with death dates & locations >1912-1937 in Ohio > >You might want to send me a private message before you order the copies >though. > >Carol >----- Original Message ----- >From: Shanna Jones <sjones@redrock.net> >To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 1:59 PM >Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Family Search and/or Martins Ferry > > >> Hello, >> I wondered if you had seen the new OHIO helps on the Family Search >> website? Here is the link >> http://www.familysearch.org/rg/research/index.html >> >> I just returned from the UGA/FGS genealogy convention in Salt Lake City >> and learned a lot! I found my family in Martin's Ferry in 1920, 1910 >> and 1900. Anyone with any connections or clues on finding actual birth >> records, marriages etc. Here is what I know so far: >> William GRIFFITHS born 1863 in Wales living at 823 Main Street in >> Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio [died 1925 I think] >> wife: Margaret, born 1864 Wales, they immigrated in 1889 and were >> naturalized in 1894. >> children: Thomas GRIFFITHS born May 1893 in Wales >> David Griffiths born Sept 1884 in Wales >> Mary Griffiths born July 1886 in Wales - (a.k.a. Beatrice ?) later >> married a Mr. IRWIN >> Sarah Griffiths born July 1892 in Maryland later married a HUGHES >> Anna E. Griffiths born May 1895 in Maryland later married a WRIGHT >> William Griffiths born 1901 in Ohio >> >> Thanks, >> Shanna Jones >> sjones@redrock.net >> > >