Since posting that, I have located James' birth in Prarie Twp, HOLMES Co, OH and the marriage of his parfents there. I am trying to find parents for John Grant his father to see where this line came from. Thanks for the information about where to search. Margaret Shank Herman Kleine wrote: > > Margaret, > > Clermont county death records are available at the Clermont county Probate > Court in Batavia OH. They will do a search for a fee or you can look for > yourself. There is also a lot of information availble at the Clermont > County library in Batavia thanks to the Genealogical Society. Did you know > President Grant was born in Clermont? Maybe you are related. > > Herman Kleine > -----Original Message----- > From: margaret ruth shank <mrshankindybiz@home.com> > To: OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:29 AM > Subject: John GRANT m. Elizabeth TREMAYNE > > >My sisters and I are trying to complete the work which opur late mother > >had started... without access to her notes! ( she died March 3rd during > >open heart surgery and my father ( 79 1/2) has vision problems which > >make it difficult for him to sort thru her notes. As a result of the > >death cert for my 2ggrandfather James GRANT who died in Hancock Co., OH > >on 27 July 1914, I have learned that his parents were JOHN GRANT and > >Elizabeth TREMAYNE ( Tremaine) who probably lived in Clermont Co. at > >one time? Does anyone have information on these two families? James > >would probably have been born 1840-45 as Isabelle Ellis, his wife was > >born in Mercer Co., OH in 1844. Are there birth. death marriage records > >available in Clermont Co. which might help me? Does anyone have any of > >these families in his/her database) Thank you in advance for your time > >in this matter. Margaret Shank > > > >______________________________