Fellow Behymer/Beckelhymer/Picklesimer/Pickelheimer/etc. researchers: Following is a summary of research accomplished on my annual trrip to Clermont County: (1) I copied about 200 Ohio death certificates of Behymers and allied surnames at the Cincinnati Public Library for the years 1908 through 1953. This is on top of the 100 or so that I already had. This took me 4 trips to the library to get them all which are on microfilm. (2) I copied about 50 Kentucky death certificates of Behymers and allied surnames at the library in Falmouth, Kentucky for the years 1911 through 1951. This is on top of the 285 or so that I already had. (3) I photographed available marriage records, estate records and wills for Behymers and allied families at the Pendleton County Court House in Falmouth. I say available because some of the records were destroyed in the flood of a few years back. (4) I visited the Spring Grove and Vine Street Hill Cemeteries in Cincinnati. Both of these cemeteries are very large. I photographed a half a dozen or so tombstones of Behymers in Spring Grove, but time not permit doing the same at Vine Street Hill. (5) I photographed about 45 Clermont County marriage records at the Probate Court in Batavia. This is on top of most of the records I had already photographed on earlier trips to Clermont County. (6) I photographed about 75 Clermont County death records at the Probate Court in Batavia (these are all before 1908 and hence, are not part of the state-wide records available at the Cincinnati Public Library). This is on top of most of the records I had already photographed on earlier trips to Clermont County. (7) I copied Anne (B'Hymer) Eslaman's and Christian Plackard's estate papers at the Probate Court in Batavia. (8) I copied John Waggoner, Sr's and Holeman Rice's wills at the Probate Court in Batavia. (9) I photographed the original T P White funeral home records for Behymers and allied surnames. (10) I copied 45 or so marriage records on file at the Kenton County Court House in Covington. These are for the approximate years 1878 to 1940. (11) I photographed available marriage records, estate records and wills for Behymers and allied families at the Kenton County Court House in Independence (Kenton and Campbell County are the two counties in Kentucky that have two court houses). For some reason, the early marriage record books were not at the court house and the people there did not seem to know where they were being kept. The Order books were also no where to be found in the court house. Some of the estates on file provided some very valuable information which connects some of the dots on my missing link family members. I will share this information with the list after I have catalogued and indexed all the photos I took. (12) I photographed Jacob Rardin's will, the Adam Youtsey/Trevana Smith marriage bond (with David Pickelheimer as bondsman), the Andrew Beckelhymer/Eliza Wayman marriage bond and the John H Morgan/Nancy B Hymer marriage license on file at the Campbell County Court House in Alexandria. This picks up a few loose ends that I missed on an earlier trip to this court house. (13) I attended the Clermont County Genealogical Society's First Families reception. The guest speaker gave a talk on the 1918 flu epidemic. (14) I visited with Bob Beckelhimer and noted Clermont historian, Herm Fagley. (15) With help from members of the Clermont County Genealogical Society, I located and photographed tombstones in the following two private cemeteries located in Ohio Twp: Goble Cemetery (where Samuel Custer is buried) and Love Farm Cemetery (where Abel Donham is buried). (16) I walked and photographed tombstones in Mt Moriah Cemetery for Behymers and allied surnames buried in sections 8 and 10 (the two oldest sections in the cemetery). Some tombstones I had already located and photographed on earlier trips to this cemetery, but this was a methodical, detailed, comb-through of these two sections. I think I now have > 95% of the tombstones located in these two sections. I intend to comb-through the other sections on future trips to Clermont. (17) I photographed tombstones in the following additional cemeteries: Mt Orab (Brown Co, OH), New Harmony (Brown Co, OH), Blanchester IOOF (Clinton Co, OH), Flag Spring Baptist Church (Campbell Co, KY), Peach Grove (Pendleton Co, KY), Butler (Pendleton Co, KY), Greenwood (Campbell Co, KY), Wheeler-Short (Clermont Co, OH), Independence (Kenton Co, KY), Mt Pisgah (Clermont Co, OH), Lindale Baptist Church (Clermont Co, OH), Edenton (Clermont Co, OH), Plainview (Clermont Co, OH), Old Bethel (aka Bantam) and Old Baptist Church in Newtonsville. (18) I copied a few miscellaneous items at the Kenton County Library in Covington and at the Doris Wood Library in Batavia. I had intended to copy the Kentucky death certificates at the Kenton County Library, but they gave me a lot of hassle so I made the copies at the Falmouth library instead. More on this latter. (19) I walked the Amelia IOOF cemetery and took photos of all Behymers and allied families that I did not have on previous trips to this cemetery. This was on my last day and sort of ended my trip on a sour note due to all of the vandalism that I found (see previous E-mail already sent to the list). Note that for all of the tombstone photos I took, I also recorded their location in the cemetery with a GPS receiver so that I (or anyone else) can easily located them in the future. I took close to 1,100 digital photos on this trip. Transcriptions of most of the above will eventually show up on my web page. John Charles Tippet [email protected]

Wow, John, you have been busy. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort. Looking forward to finding all this information on your website. I hope you will let us know when you have the information uploaded. Irene John Charles Tippet <[email protected]> wrote: Fellow Behymer/Beckelhymer/Picklesimer/Pickelheimer/etc. researchers: Following is a summary of research accomplished on my annual trrip to Clermont County: (1) I copied about 200 Ohio death certificates of Behymers and allied surnames at the Cincinnati Public Library for the years 1908 through 1953. This is on top of the 100 or so that I already had. This took me 4 trips to the library to get them all which are on microfilm. (2) I copied about 50 Kentucky death certificates of Behymers and allied surnames at the library in Falmouth, Kentucky for the years 1911 through 1951. This is on top of the 285 or so that I already had. (3) I photographed available marriage records, estate records and wills for Behymers and allied families at the Pendleton County Court House in Falmouth. I say available because some of the records were destroyed in the flood of a few years back. (4) I visited the Spring Grove and Vine Street Hill Cemeteries in Cincinnati. Both of these cemeteries are very large. I photographed a half a dozen or so tombstones of Behymers in Spring Grove, but time not permit doing the same at Vine Street Hill. (5) I photographed about 45 Clermont County marriage records at the Probate Court in Batavia. This is on top of most of the records I had already photographed on earlier trips to Clermont County. (6) I photographed about 75 Clermont County death records at the Probate Court in Batavia (these are all before 1908 and hence, are not part of the state-wide records available at the Cincinnati Public Library). This is on top of most of the records I had already photographed on earlier trips to Clermont County. (7) I copied Anne (B'Hymer) Eslaman's and Christian Plackard's estate papers at the Probate Court in Batavia. (8) I copied John Waggoner, Sr's and Holeman Rice's wills at the Probate Court in Batavia. (9) I photographed the original T P White funeral home records for Behymers and allied surnames. (10) I copied 45 or so marriage records on file at the Kenton County Court House in Covington. These are for the approximate years 1878 to 1940. (11) I photographed available marriage records, estate records and wills for Behymers and allied families at the Kenton County Court House in Independence (Kenton and Campbell County are the two counties in Kentucky that have two court houses). For some reason, the early marriage record books were not at the court house and the people there did not seem to know where they were being kept. The Order books were also no where to be found in the court house. Some of the estates on file provided some very valuable information which connects some of the dots on my missing link family members. I will share this information with the list after I have catalogued and indexed all the photos I took. (12) I photographed Jacob Rardin's will, the Adam Youtsey/Trevana Smith marriage bond (with David Pickelheimer as bondsman), the Andrew Beckelhymer/Eliza Wayman marriage bond and the John H Morgan/Nancy B Hymer marriage license on file at the Campbell County Court House in Alexandria. This picks up a few loose ends that I missed on an earlier trip to this court house. (13) I attended the Clermont County Genealogical Society's First Families reception. The guest speaker gave a talk on the 1918 flu epidemic. (14) I visited with Bob Beckelhimer and noted Clermont historian, Herm Fagley. (15) With help from members of the Clermont County Genealogical Society, I located and photographed tombstones in the following two private cemeteries located in Ohio Twp: Goble Cemetery (where Samuel Custer is buried) and Love Farm Cemetery (where Abel Donham is buried). (16) I walked and photographed tombstones in Mt Moriah Cemetery for Behymers and allied surnames buried in sections 8 and 10 (the two oldest sections in the cemetery). Some tombstones I had already located and photographed on earlier trips to this cemetery, but this was a methodical, detailed, comb-through of these two sections. I think I now have > 95% of the tombstones located in these two sections. I intend to comb-through the other sections on future trips to Clermont. (17) I photographed tombstones in the following additional cemeteries: Mt Orab (Brown Co, OH), New Harmony (Brown Co, OH), Blanchester IOOF (Clinton Co, OH), Flag Spring Baptist Church (Campbell Co, KY), Peach Grove (Pendleton Co, KY), Butler (Pendleton Co, KY), Greenwood (Campbell Co, KY), Wheeler-Short (Clermont Co, OH), Independence (Kenton Co, KY), Mt Pisgah (Clermont Co, OH), Lindale Baptist Church (Clermont Co, OH), Edenton (Clermont Co, OH), Plainview (Clermont Co, OH), Old Bethel (aka Bantam) and Old Baptist Church in Newtonsville. (18) I copied a few miscellaneous items at the Kenton County Library in Covington and at the Doris Wood Library in Batavia. I had intended to copy the Kentucky death certificates at the Kenton County Library, but they gave me a lot of hassle so I made the copies at the Falmouth library instead. More on this latter. (19) I walked the Amelia IOOF cemetery and took photos of all Behymers and allied families that I did not have on previous trips to this cemetery. This was on my last day and sort of ended my trip on a sour note due to all of the vandalism that I found (see previous E-mail already sent to the list). Note that for all of the tombstone photos I took, I also recorded their location in the cemetery with a GPS receiver so that I (or anyone else) can easily located them in the future. I took close to 1,100 digital photos on this trip. Transcriptions of most of the above will eventually show up on my web page. John Charles Tippet [email protected] ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. 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I leave Wed Oct 5th for a week of research in Clermont County this is my first time there, I have been looking forward to it for some time. I thought I was resonably well prepared for the trip but John the work you did in Clermont county is just short of remarkable. If I can accomplish a small fraction of what you did I will be more than pleased. I am reseaching the Garrett and McClain families from 1800 to 1920. Donna Stinson, Hawthorne Ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [OHCLER] Clermont County Research Trip - 2005 > Wow, John, you have been busy. Thank you so much for taking the time and > effort. > Looking forward to finding all this information on your website. I hope > you will let us know when you have the information uploaded. > Irene > > > > John Charles Tippet <[email protected]> wrote: > Fellow Behymer/Beckelhymer/Picklesimer/Pickelheimer/etc. researchers: > > Following is a summary of research accomplished on my annual trrip to > Clermont County: > > (1) I copied about 200 Ohio death certificates of Behymers and allied > surnames at the Cincinnati Public Library for the years 1908 through 1953. > This is on top of the 100 or so that I already had. This took me 4 trips > to > the library to get them all which are on microfilm. > > (2) I copied about 50 Kentucky death certificates of Behymers and allied > surnames at the library in Falmouth, Kentucky for the years 1911 through > 1951. This is on top of the 285 or so that I already had. > > (3) I photographed available marriage records, estate records and wills > for > Behymers and allied families at the Pendleton County Court House in > Falmouth. I say available because some of the records were destroyed in > the > flood of a few years back. > > (4) I visited the Spring Grove and Vine Street Hill Cemeteries in > Cincinnati. Both of these cemeteries are very large. I photographed a half > a dozen or so tombstones of Behymers in Spring Grove, but time not permit > doing the same at Vine Street Hill. > > (5) I photographed about 45 Clermont County marriage records at the > Probate > Court in Batavia. This is on top of most of the records I had already > photographed on earlier trips to Clermont County. > > (6) I photographed about 75 Clermont County death records at the Probate > Court in Batavia (these are all before 1908 and hence, are not part of the > state-wide records available at the Cincinnati Public Library). This is on > top of most of the records I had already photographed on earlier trips to > Clermont County. > > (7) I copied Anne (B'Hymer) Eslaman's and Christian Plackard's estate > papers > at the Probate Court in Batavia. > > (8) I copied John Waggoner, Sr's and Holeman Rice's wills at the Probate > Court in Batavia. > > (9) I photographed the original T P White funeral home records for > Behymers > and allied surnames. > > (10) I copied 45 or so marriage records on file at the Kenton County Court > House in Covington. These are for the approximate years 1878 to 1940. > > (11) I photographed available marriage records, estate records and wills > for > Behymers and allied families at the Kenton County Court House in > Independence (Kenton and Campbell County are the two counties in Kentucky > that have two court houses). For some reason, the early marriage record > books were not at the court house and the people there did not seem to > know > where they were being kept. The Order books were also no where to be found > in the court house. Some of the estates on file provided some very > valuable > information which connects some of the dots on my missing link family > members. I will share this information with the list after I have > catalogued and indexed all the photos I took. > > (12) I photographed Jacob Rardin's will, the Adam Youtsey/Trevana Smith > marriage bond (with David Pickelheimer as bondsman), the Andrew > Beckelhymer/Eliza Wayman marriage bond and the John H Morgan/Nancy B Hymer > marriage license on file at the Campbell County Court House in Alexandria. > This picks up a few loose ends that I missed on an earlier trip to this > court house. > > (13) I attended the Clermont County Genealogical Society's First Families > reception. The guest speaker gave a talk on the 1918 flu epidemic. > > (14) I visited with Bob Beckelhimer and noted Clermont historian, Herm > Fagley. > > (15) With help from members of the Clermont County Genealogical Society, I > located and photographed tombstones in the following two private > cemeteries > located in Ohio Twp: Goble Cemetery (where Samuel Custer is buried) and > Love Farm Cemetery (where Abel Donham is buried). > > (16) I walked and photographed tombstones in Mt Moriah Cemetery for > Behymers > and allied surnames buried in sections 8 and 10 (the two oldest sections > in > the cemetery). Some tombstones I had already located and photographed on > earlier trips to this cemetery, but this was a methodical, detailed, > comb-through of these two sections. I think I now have > 95% of the > tombstones located in these two sections. I intend to comb-through the > other sections on future trips to Clermont. > > (17) I photographed tombstones in the following additional cemeteries: Mt > Orab (Brown Co, OH), New Harmony (Brown Co, OH), Blanchester IOOF (Clinton > Co, OH), Flag Spring Baptist Church (Campbell Co, KY), Peach Grove > (Pendleton Co, KY), Butler (Pendleton Co, KY), Greenwood (Campbell Co, > KY), > Wheeler-Short (Clermont Co, OH), Independence (Kenton Co, KY), Mt Pisgah > (Clermont Co, OH), Lindale Baptist Church (Clermont Co, OH), Edenton > (Clermont Co, OH), Plainview (Clermont Co, OH), Old Bethel (aka Bantam) > and > Old Baptist Church in Newtonsville. > > (18) I copied a few miscellaneous items at the Kenton County Library in > Covington and at the Doris Wood Library in Batavia. I had intended to copy > the Kentucky death certificates at the Kenton County Library, but they > gave > me a lot of hassle so I made the copies at the Falmouth library instead. > More on this latter. > > (19) I walked the Amelia IOOF cemetery and took photos of all Behymers and > allied families that I did not have on previous trips to this cemetery. > This was on my last day and sort of ended my trip on a sour note due to > all > of the vandalism that I found (see previous E-mail already sent to the > list). > > Note that for all of the tombstone photos I took, I also recorded their > location in the cemetery with a GPS receiver so that I (or anyone else) > can > easily located them in the future. > > I took close to 1,100 digital photos on this trip. > > Transcriptions of most of the above will eventually show up on my web > page. > > John Charles Tippet > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > http://www.irenewatson.com/ > Author of The Sitting Swing (ISBN 1-891386-49-2, Plain View Press, $14.95) > Available: from author, amazon.com, bn.com > > All outgoing e-mail is checked by Norton Anti-Virus before being sent. > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >