Death Notice for JOHN CARPENTER KINNEY, Friday 2/3/1888, Sandusky Daily Register, page 4 col. 4 KINNEY - In this city Wednesday morning, February 1st, 1888 John Carpenter Kinney, aged 58 years. Funeral from his late residence, No. 710 Wayne Street, Saturday February 4th at 10:30, no flowers.

Whoever was looking for info on C. C. Keech please contact me as I found several articles. ENPROUD@aol.com

------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 17-Jan-99 4:40 Subject: (no subject) From: See2itgirl@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Maggie, Hi could you use another look up person for Erie Co. I live in town and go to the library 2-3 times a week I've doing look-ups for people already so might as week. I would be more than happy to help in any way that I can. My e-mail address is See2itgirl@aol.com Hope you can use some extra help. Laura Miller !^NavFont02F01CF0007NGHHHD0ED9B Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Debbie There was a prominent MILLS family in Sandusky. W. H. MILLS owned a large amount of land on Sandusky's west side. In the early 1840s he donated land, stone, timber and money to build Sandusky's first Catholic Church - Holy Angels. This is my parish and Mr. MILLS is mentioned in all accounts of the founding of Holy Angels, but I don't know much more about the MILLS. I am sure that he should have been included in all historical accounts of early Sandusky, so research on him could be quite easy. There was also a Fanny MILLS who was know world wide for her huge feet. She suffered from elaphantitis and toured the world because of her deformity. If you could find a connection to either of these people, then research on your Thomas & John MILLS might be easy. I checked the 1880 Erie County Ohio Census index and did not find either of your names. Good luck! Carol

Hi All, If you visit the Erie County Archives site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/erie/erie.htm but you have trouble accessing the files, please be patient and retry, since the FTP server may be experiencing difficulties. Or, retrying during off-peak hours should bring success. But it still may take several attempts. Please report any other problems to me at tedohio@yahoo.com Anyone with Florence Twp. or Vermilion Twp. connections: feel free to contact me for more info about these pioneers. I cannot be of much help with other areas of the County, though. Thanks, Ted tedohio@yahoo.com

------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 17-Jan-99 17:35 Subject: Free Lookup Request ------------------------------------------------------------------ Barb Paul BCPAULS@aol.com DATE: 01/17/99 Hi Maggie! i've really enjoyed your web page and the mailing list has been great.......i was doing great the Lemmon line of the family whn i found out that my great grandmother was adopted and her last name was STARK before she was adopted by the lemmons........do you any info on the stark line in (i'm assuming) sandusky or erie county.....or anywhere in ohio for that matter. Thanks Barb Paul !^NavFont02F022B0006NGHHIt6066 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 17-Jan-99 15:12 Subject: Query for Free Simple Lookups in Ohio by Maggie ------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME: Debbie Yuhos EMAIL: jjure@aol.com DATE:1999-1-17 URL: QRYTEXT: Looking for parents or siblings of THOMAS MILLS born about 1808 in Erie county (His father was John Mills) !^NavFont02F016C0007NGHHH6E82F1 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Hi, I thought I would pass this one one. Maggie ------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 17-Jan-99 0:08 Subject: [OHIO] New Railroad Map Site..... From: Pam Rietsch prietsch@ISMI.NET ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi All, Well just to distract me from the diversion of physical therapy I decided to put up another map site, must be crazy <grin>...anyway this one still has tons to go but the R.R. maps that are up are pretty cool. There are about 20 of them covering all parts of the country. They are taken from an 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer I got recently from an old book dealer and thought this might help people. Again, these are rather large images, so take your time, drink your beverage of choice and enjoy. http://www.LivGenMI.com/1891shippersgaz.htm Pam prietsch@ismi.net Have YOU supported Rootsweb lately? Please do! They cannot keep things available and reasonably priced if you don't! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html For additional information on the levels of donations, you can also go here for further information. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/contributors/ !^NavFont02F04120006NGHHKZF2CE Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Dear List Members I would like to invite you all to the Erie Co. Chapter of OGS meeting tomorrow evening (1/18) at 7:00 p.m. at Zion Luteran Church. Our speaker will be Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman, who will be telling our members about genealogical websites. Thought you may like the chance to meet our very own Maggie! If anyone needs directions to Zion Lutheran Church, just email me and I will be glad to send them to you, just tell me which direction you will be coming from. Carol A. Steele, Secretary Steele@Lrbcg.com

Gore Orphanage did exist. IT was on Gore Orphanage Rd. down the road from where the boyscout camp is now. There was a fire in the orphanage and several died. Legend has it that on the nights of the full moon you can go to the spot where the orphanage was and still hear the cries of the children. -----Original Message----- From: SShock6038@aol.com <SShock6038@aol.com> To: OHERIE-L@rootsweb.com <OHERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 9:07 PM Subject: Gore Orphanage >Hello! > >Does anyone know anything about the history of Gore Orphanage which was >located on Gore Orphanage Road in Vermilion, Ohio? Growing up in the area, I >heard ghost stories about the place. We even visited the ruins one Halloween >during a hayride to see if there was any truth to the stories of hearing >children crying. > >Shelly Clipson-Shock >Ann Arbor, Michigan > > >==== OHERIE Mailing List ==== >This list will also be my way to contact you directly with any updates, changes, and other news about this page. >To search this list go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter OHERIE for the list name. > >

Sorry, I don't have any information on a Thomas Mills. Good luck in your search.

Hi Earl - Your email is bouncing. Are you still there? If so, what is your correct email address? Carole

Just a note about the "legend" of Gore Orphanage: the orphanage had been long closed, just a vacatant building, when it burned. No one died in the fire. You will find more info about the orphanage in Lorain County (Brownhelm Twp.). Also, an article about it was printed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer last year (it may have been around halloween).

<< GORE ORPHANGE WAS A ORPHANGE THAT CAUGHT FRE APPARENTLY WITH ALL THE CHILDREN INSIDE. NOW ALL THAT IS LEFT IS A PART OF THE SLAB THAT WAS LEFT AFTER THE FIRE. >> This story sounds remarkably similar to that of a nursing home between Norwalk and Fitchville on Rte. 250 in Huron County. It caught fire and burned to the ground with many of the residents still inside. This happened about 30 years ago. For many years all that remained was the concrete slab floor. I think even that is gone now. If I remember correctly, the area may have been turned into a camping area, or a mobile home park, or something like that. I haven't been up that way in quite some time. We always went past there when going to visit my grandparents in Milan. Nothing earth shattering. Just fun facts to know and tell. Lauren Landis Researching in Erie County: BURKE, GOBLE, RATHBUN / RATHBURN, ROE, SKADDEN / CARSKADDEN, WEICHEL, WHARRAM

In a message dated 1/17/99 4:54:43 AM, you wrote: >GORE ORPHANGE WAS A ORPHANGE THAT CAUGHT FRE APPARENTLY WITH ALL THE CHILDREN >INSIDE. nOW ALL THAT IS LEFT IS A PART OF THE SLAB THAT WAS LEFT AFTER THE >FIRE. iT IS SAID THAT ON THE ANNIVERSAY OF THE FIRE YOU CAN HERE THE CHILDREN >CRYING AND SCREAMING THAT WERE LEFT THERE TO DIE. THE LAST TIME I VISITED THE >SITE WAS IN 1987 AND THERE WERE HOUSES BY THE OLD SITE, HOWEVER I THINK THEY >NOW RUN CURIOUSTY SEEKERS OFF IT IS A HARD TO LOCATE SITE AND NOT MUCH >INTERESTING > ABOUT IT OTHER THAN THE HISTORY AND THE LEGEND JUST A CONCRETE SLAB THAT IS >ALMOST GONE >HOPEE THIS IS SOME HELP >sHERI >SGEFF@AOL.COM > Thanks Sheri!! There is also a theory that the purported sounds of screaming children are actually the sounds coming from the turnpike. Shelly

Hi, Why not join the list and get a free lookup? Ruth

Hi, I now have the Erie County Ohio Archives updated. The visited links still need to be updated but you can check out the hard work of Ted Reising at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/erie/erie.htm so if you have interest in that county go and check it out. Maggie !^NavFont02F00E0000FNGHHG7ANGACHGE1C2B1 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Hi Everyone, Well I have gotten request from all the lists that I post all the updates to everyone so here you go. The Erie County Main Page has been updated. URL: http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Erie/erie.htm The Erie County Queries (Thanks to the kindness of Patty Lindsay who gave me her time and fixed my corrupted database!) are up at the following URLs: 1997 - http://www.rootsweb.com/~oherie/1997/queries.htm Text Only - http://www.rootsweb.com/~oherie/1997t/queries.htm 1998 - http://www.rootsweb.com/~oherie/1998/queries.htm Text Only - http://www.rootsweb.com/~oherie/1998t/queries.htm 1999 - http://www.rootsweb.com/~oherie/1999/queries.htm Text Only - http://www.rootsweb.com/~oherie/1999t/queries.htm The Free Lookup Database has also been done (Thanks to the kindness of Patty Lindsay who gave me her time and fixed my corrupted database!) and you can see it at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/Free/queries.htm or the text only at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/Free/1998t/queries.htm Maggie !^NavFont02F037C004BNGHHG85NGB3HHzNH63HH6CNH9DHHA2NHD2HHDBNISHIXNI41HI4ANI7 BHIFENJwHJ3FNJ77HJ7D7919 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

GORE ORPHANGE WAS A ORPHANGE THAT CAUGHT FRE APPARENTLY WITH ALL THE CHILDREN INSIDE. nOW ALL THAT IS LEFT IS A PART OF THE SLAB THAT WAS LEFT AFTER THE FIRE. iT IS SAID THAT ON THE ANNIVERSAY OF THE FIRE YOU CAN HERE THE CHILDREN CRYING AND SCREAMING THAT WERE LEFT THERE TO DIE. THE LAST TIME I VISITED THE SITE WAS IN 1987 AND THERE WERE HOUSES BY THE OLD SITE, HOWEVER I THINK THEY NOW RUN CURIOUSTY SEEKERS OFF IT IS A HARD TO LOCATE SITE AND NOT MUCH INTERESTING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN THE HISTORY AND THE LEGEND JUST A CONCRETE SLAB THAT IS ALMOST GONE HOPEE THIS IS SOME HELP sHERI SGEFF@AOL.COM

Hello, I know this is a long shot but I've hit a frustrating dead end. I'm looking for info on THOMAS MILLS born in Erie county about 1808 - his father was John Mills. Thomas MILLS was in Kentucky by 1843. If you have any info or possible leads they would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Debbie jjure@aol.com