Hi all! Is there anyone out there researching the Peter MILLER who is listed in Pickaway County, in the Ohio 1812 Taxpayers List? I am looking for Peter MILLER who was married to Mary BROWN. They had one known child, Catherine Miller b 21 March, 1791 in Pennsylvania. Catherine was married 31 January, 1815 in Pickaway County, Ohio to Barnum (Barnett) MILLISOR (Muhleisen) after Barnum died, about 1822 she married John CRAWFORD. Catherine died in Mahaska County, Iowa, 7 September, 1872. Other areas this family migrated to were Farifield, Highland and Marion County, Ohio. Did Peter and Mary have any other children? Who were Peter and Mary's parents and siblings? Does anyone know this MILLER-BROWN-MILLISOR family? Thanks Margo ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Dorothy if you get this message via the list let me know. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Admistrator of OHFAIRFI-L OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Fairfield County OGS Webpage: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org Fairfield County Genweb: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/genweb.html Searching Fairfield County Families: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz,Foltz,Quickel,Anspach,Spohn,Troutman,Zartman Church Archive Links: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/chlinks.html

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Karin & all, The "Index" to the Naturalizations of Fairfield County, Ohio is actually a misnomer - it is the actual records. No further infomation is available on the individuals who are listed! To answer your questions - J16 refers to a volume and CP is Common Pleas Court which is where most of the Naturalizations were. This same explanation is on the Fairfield County Chapter OGS webpage at http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/ click on F.A.Q. At 03:39 PM 11/16/98 -0800, Karin Corbeil wrote: >While doing some research at the Fairfield County Library last summer, I >was unaware at the time that my line connected to a Christian BAUM. Upon >further investigation I found the manifest of the ship "Charlemagne" >arriving in NY in 1834 and low and behold there was my great grandfather, >George BAUM! His parents were listed as Christian and Barbara BAUM. > >I have the following I jotted down at the library but do not know how to >find the indexed information. > >Christian BAUM is listed as being naturalized on March 23, 1844 from Baden, >Germany; P. 531, J16, CP [Source: Index to Naturalizations of Fairfield >County]. > >What does "J16" and "CP" mean? > >Any help on how to pursue this tidbit would be greatly appreciated. > >Regards, >Karin Baum Corbeil > > > Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Admistrator of OHFAIRFI-L OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Fairfield County OGS Webpage: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org Fairfield County Genweb: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/genweb.html Searching Fairfield County Families: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz,Foltz,Quickel,Anspach,Spohn,Troutman,Zartman Church Archive Links: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/chlinks.html

I have not been receiving any messages from the Fairfield County List. Was my name somehow removed from the list of subscribers. If so, please reinstate me. KayBeeCee

I posted a message about the Children's Home records for a gentleman in Lancaster that I am trying to help. I do not currently have access to these records nor do I know where they are. The Fairfield Co. Chapter OGS is also very interested in finding these records as they may be of genealogical value. I am sure that if Bill finds out where the records are then he will contact me so that the Society can also try to access them. Please, if you have any information contact William Venrick wvenrick@greenapple.com Karen S. Smith Corresponding Secretary, Fairfield Co. Chapter OGS

I have been researching the history of The Fairfield County Children's Home and Dwight Barnes (Eagle-Gazette) has used a good bit of my material to write three pieces in the paper. I have run into several snags or BLANKS in historical records at the local library. There was a Superintendent that preceded Courtwright (who was before Swinehart) and I have two people who have mentioned the name GROVES as that superintendent. If anyone can help please reply directly to William Venrick wvenrick@greenapple.com

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Does Carroll Ohio (Fairfield County) have a daily or a weekly newspaper? If so what is the publisher's address? Also what are the rates? If they have an email address, publish that too. Phyllis in Florida jayvids-mom.pj@juno.com

I am looking for information about the parents of Daniel Jackson BOLLENBAUGH. He was born 9 April 1831 in Fairfield Co. Ohio to the parents of Moses BOLLENBAUGH and Sarah Miller BOLLENBAUGH. Daniel came west in 1852 to Oregon and married Catherine Swartz in Salem, OR. But I have no information if his parents came also. I do have information that goes back to 17th century Germany however the weak link is Moses. Any help would be appreciated. I am also willing to share the info that I have. Thanks, Peggy Bollenbaugh

Just ran across these entries in the Palatine Patter, Newsletter of the Palatines to America organization. Since these SEEM to have a connection to Fairfield County (at least Fairfield County names) - I am sending this along to anyone interested in those families so you can contact the authors yourself for further information. I have not seen either of these books and can not attest to their quality. Solliday Family of Bucks Co., PA by Tom Myers Tmyers17@aol.com Documents approximately 10,000 descendants of immigrant Frederick Solliday 1717-1804 founder of the largest clockmaking family in the history of the U.S. through the present day including both maile and female lines of descent. Associated families Althouse, Crouthamel, Fulmer, Gerhart, Kramer, Snyder, Ott, Reed, Weisel. Frantz Families - Kith and Kin edited by Lorraine Frantz Edwards ledwards@qnet.com that is "Q"net.com (smaller case Q) Descendants of 1727 Palatinate immigrant Michael Frantz 1687-1748 and collateral Lines. Over 28,000 names in the indexed 3 volumes set with 3,180 pages - available in both book and microfiche form. 3 Volumes are very pricey imo. Make sure you write to the authors to make sure they are really the Fairfield County families that I think. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Admistrator of OHFAIRFI-L OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Fairfield County OGS Webpage: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org Fairfield County Genweb: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/genweb.html Searching Fairfield County Families: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz,Foltz,Quickel,Anspach,Spohn,Troutman,Zartman Church Archive Links: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/chlinks.html

Would very much like to make contact with folks who have researched the MYERS family in Fairfield Co...particularly those MYERS buried at Betsger Cemetery... Looking for the parents of & info re Catharine MYERS (born about 1834) who married G G CARNES/KARNES 23 Sep 1851. Sandra in TX

Jacob Hamilton Jr 1846/7 - 1874 left three children, William A., Samuel, and Pearl who were heirs in their grandfather Jacob Hamilton SR's estate. Jacob died at Stoutsville, and is buried with his family at Tarlton. Wish to share information with their heirs. Gayle gayle1@kansas.net

Thanks to all who provided information on Oakthorpe. I found it on my current Fairfield County map (I had figured that it no longer existed and didn't bother to look there at first). I had found a record for a SAUM who was born there and wanted to confirm if that individual was one of the Richland Township SAUMS. Sheila Rider

Marshes Chapel still stands but has been made into a home. The church bell is out front in the yard and the beautiful wooden doors are still in place. Interesting to see if you have ancestors who went there. Records for the Marshes Chapel have been microfilmed (it was in the charge with the Rushville M.E. Church) and are in the Fairfield County District Library. At 07:24 PM 11/08/98 -0500, Lynn Scheu wrote: >Hi Sheila, > >In Crossroads and Fence Corners by Charles Goslin, I found two references >to an Oakthorpe in Richland Twp. > >The first is on P. 196: "Some distance north in this township [Richland] >is the small community of Oakthorpe, once known as Slabtown. East of this >community is the Marshes Crossroads, near which still stands the Marshes >Chapel, an early Methodist Church of Richland Township." > >"The second is on p. 202: The last of the land of Richland Township which >was disposed of was that of Section 16, known as school lands [this is >usually the section of each twp assigned to schools as a means of financing >them]. Divided into tracts of 40, 80 and 160 acres, this land was sold by >the governors of Ohio. > >"It was Ohio Governor Robert Lucas who sold the school land of Richland >Twp. The community of Oakthorpe is at the north edge of this Section 16." > >I think if you examine Ssection 16 in your Atlas, you will see a cluster of >landowners on small plots. I didn't see a Saum though. > >Lynn Scheu >Louisville, KY > >>Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:22:15 -0500 >>From: "Paul F. Wilson" <pwilson@methodist.edu> >>To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <000501be0b2b$94a9ae40$150a0a0a@PaulF.Wilson> >>Subject: [OHFAIRFI-L] Oakthorpe >>Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >>Does anyone know where Oakthorpe is/was? I was researching some SAUMS, many >>of whom where from Richland Township, and I found an individual who was >>born, resided and died in Oakthorpe. I could not find such a place in my >>1875 Combination Atlas Map of Fairfield County. >> >>By the way, are there any plans to reprint or otherwise make available the >>above atlas? >> >>Sheila Rider >>North Carolina >> > > > Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Admistrator of OHFAIRFI-L OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Fairfield County OGS Webpage: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org Fairfield County Genweb: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/genweb.html Searching Fairfield County Families: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz,Foltz,Quickel,Anspach,Spohn,Troutman,Zartman Church Archive Links: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/chlinks.html

Message text written by INTERNET:OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >Peter Miller b. 1782. Died 29 June 1805, married Mary Senft daug of Philip Sinift. daughter Mary married John Sinift (first cousins).< Any other children from this marriage? I am looking for Cyrene who married Jonathon Pickering. Jerry Ferren (JFerren@compuserve.com)

The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1998 by Richard W. Eastman and Ancestry, Inc. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have been working for a while on a bill designed to extend the term of copyright protection by 20 years. H.R. 2589, the House version of copyright term extension and now named, "The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act," was adopted by the full House or Representatives on March 25, 1998. The bill was sent to the Senate, where it languished for some time. In September the Senate passed a slightly different bill. The two bodies then worked out a compromise document. The House and the Senate passed S. 505 on October 7, 1998. President Clinton signed the bill on October 27, 1998. Per our Constitution, our government, "to promote the science and useful arts" ... secures "for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." This balances the right of a person to make a profit, with the right of the people to the work (so they can freely make derivative works). Until 1979, the copyright term was 56 years: one 28 year term, extendible for an additional 28 years. Hence, in 1978 all works created in or before 1922 were in the public domain. In 1979, Congress RETROACTIVELY extended copyright terms 19 years, so that the material from 1923 has never entered the public domain. Now, 19 years later, at the urging of the Walt Disney Company, the Gershwin heirs, and many others concerned with their rights to keep exclusive ownership of intellectual property, Congress has RETROACTIVELY extended copyright terms another 20 years, to 95 years. This means that materials written in 1923, which would have entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 1999, will now enter the public domain on Jan 1, 2019. Materials written in 1924 will now enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2020. And that, sir, is only if Congress does not retroactively extend the term a third time. What impact does this have on genealogists? We all want information. In this day and age, information usually is found online or on CD-ROM disks. Yet the people who produce those online databases and CD-ROM disks are now prohibited from reproducing materials printed after 1922. Newspapers after 1922 (obituaries, especially) will now be in copyright for another 20 years. You'll need to wait 20 more years before they can be transcribed and put online for free. Old genealogies, which might be useful if reprinted, cannot be freely reprinted or placed online for an additional 20 years. Historical materials cannot be reprinted or placed online for an additional 20 years. Likewise, obscure works whose copyright status is uncertain or where the heirs cannot be tracked down, cannot be placed online for an additional 20 years. For a much more detailed description of the impact, look at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dkarjala/ My thanks to Richard J. Yanco for his update on the issue. He was quite helpful in describing the legal language of the bill to me. If you would like to contact Richard, he is at: rjyanco@unix.amherst.edu

Hi Sheila, In Crossroads and Fence Corners by Charles Goslin, I found two references to an Oakthorpe in Richland Twp. The first is on P. 196: "Some distance north in this township [Richland] is the small community of Oakthorpe, once known as Slabtown. East of this community is the Marshes Crossroads, near which still stands the Marshes Chapel, an early Methodist Church of Richland Township." "The second is on p. 202: The last of the land of Richland Township which was disposed of was that of Section 16, known as school lands [this is usually the section of each twp assigned to schools as a means of financing them]. Divided into tracts of 40, 80 and 160 acres, this land was sold by the governors of Ohio. "It was Ohio Governor Robert Lucas who sold the school land of Richland Twp. The community of Oakthorpe is at the north edge of this Section 16." I think if you examine Ssection 16 in your Atlas, you will see a cluster of landowners on small plots. I didn't see a Saum though. Lynn Scheu Louisville, KY >Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:22:15 -0500 >From: "Paul F. Wilson" <pwilson@methodist.edu> >To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <000501be0b2b$94a9ae40$150a0a0a@PaulF.Wilson> >Subject: [OHFAIRFI-L] Oakthorpe >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Does anyone know where Oakthorpe is/was? I was researching some SAUMS, many >of whom where from Richland Township, and I found an individual who was >born, resided and died in Oakthorpe. I could not find such a place in my >1875 Combination Atlas Map of Fairfield County. > >By the way, are there any plans to reprint or otherwise make available the >above atlas? > >Sheila Rider >North Carolina >

Researchers, Looking for information on Louis Dalton Wright, married first to a Dew and later to Ida Belle Bebout. Married in Hocking County, Ohio. Louis and Ida lived in Marion Twp., Hocking County, Ohio sometime in the late 1800's. Louis was also know as Doc Wright, as he sold a patent medicine throughout Hocking and Perry Counties. Louis had two children by his first wife, Val and Orlie. He had five children by Ida, Chester, Guy, Roxie, Jessie and Estella. Would certainly appreciate hearing from anyone regarding Louis, and his parents. Chuck Charles Rutter crutter@voyager.net November 8, 1998 3:26 pm

Does anyone know where Oakthorpe is/was? I was researching some SAUMS, many of whom where from Richland Township, and I found an individual who was born, resided and died in Oakthorpe. I could not find such a place in my 1875 Combination Atlas Map of Fairfield County. By the way, are there any plans to reprint or otherwise make available the above atlas? Sheila Rider North Carolina