Thanks for your reply. Yeah I have some collateral relations who were born in Huron and died in Erie and Lorain but thats about it. I know that my grandpa had a Wilhelm cousin who was a mayor of Put-in-Bay. I'm sure you know I have family connections in Cuyahoga since I posted in there and see your posts from there often. Anyways I'll have a lot more digging to do just to find out who their parents were. I remember my grandma mentioning Esther (Vail)s mother's name but forgot to write it down. Will ask her for more info. I have a cousin on my dads side who's also descended from Wm Brewster but then again so are a lot of people. Well I hope you get your responses soon I have never dealt with Erie County before but I know first hand that Huron is a first-rate place for finding your ancestors. Too bad they couldnt just move to Norwalk or something lol. --Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [OHErie] Huron & Mayflower lines > I can't help with much in Huron -- only a couple of collateral folks there. I > will look in my database just to be certain -- old age, I can't remember all > of the names right off. > > I have lots of Dempsey's in Ohio back in the early 1800s in several counties > and some Pettigrew's and Cutler's around the same time frame. > > I do have eight ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower, so we could look for > a connection there. I'm not related as far as I know to the Brewster's. I > may have a book with some information on them, don't know offhand, but I have > about 50 books on Mayflower connections, so there has to be something. Tons > of stuff online of course. > > If you want to send me your line off the list I will be happy to see what I > can find. The first 5 generations are pretty much done for us. > > Most of the family (not the Mayflower bunch) came from Sicily to Sandusky, > Ohio and then to Cleveland. I have lots of information on the family once > they were in Cleveland, but I am missing a few documents still. Had one > family in So. Amherst, Lorain County, and then they moved to Cleveland. I am > still missing one birth record there, that has proven elusive. One Aunt is > still living, but for the others I have birth, marriage, death certs, obits, > naturalization papers for all that were born in Sicily and photo's of all > their graves and of homes they lived in, plus an assortment of other > documents like hobbies, work, and just about anything else I could locate. > > Just the Sandusky bunch needs documentation. Sent money to St. Joseph's > Cemetery in Sandusky in December 2002. They promptly cashed the check but no > response to date. I am still hoping the something will arrive. Sent a > request to Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland the same day and within a week I got > back five documents and my check. Found a great-great grandmother that I > never knew came to America. > > Genealogy is not a project for anyone who needs to see a finish to their > work. > > Happy researching, > > Sharon > in So. CA > > > ==== OHERIE Mailing List ==== > Feel free to share your research tips, get help from others and discuss ideas on research and resources for Erie County. > To search this list go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter OHERIE for the list name. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.467 / Virus Database: 266 - Release Date: 3/31/2003