Hello Fairfield Co. Looking for Whitfords in Fairfield Co. I Know James H.Whitford lived there for a while,and perhaps practiced medicine there after the Civil War. I am especially interesed in gaining information of James father and mother, James S.Whitford and Rhody(Rhoda)MITZGAR Whitford.These elder Whitfords married in Pickaway Co in 1818 James S b.ca 1796 Pa(?) Rhody b.ca 1802 Ohio. I would appreciate information on these Whitfords or any other Whitford or Mitzgar to be found. Thank You, Carol Powell-Oregon City, OR. tazz@easystreet.com
Tomarrow night is the annual lockin at the Fairfield County District Library in Lancaster, Ohio. We have space for about 5 more people. Time from 6 p.m. till Midnight. No other patrons are allowed in. We have the use of the computers, copiers, microfilm readers etc etc. And of course, all the books in the historical/genealogical collection. Lots of volunteers will be on hand to help. Participants are asked to bring a snack. If you don't have plans for tommarow evening, just e-mail us and tell us you are coming. This event is co-sponsored by the library and the Fairfield County Chapter of OGS. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Listowner of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List at: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith or the Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html
Hello and thanks for starting this new list. I am interested in the following Fairfield Co ancestors. KRAMERS MOORES,WRIGHTS,TALLMANS,CRAMERS, or anyone that has a connection to these surnames. Thank you Sue
To obtain the St. Peter's Evang. Luth. Church book of Lancaster, OH You send $15.00 plus $2.00 for postage and if you live in OH send $. 87 tax otherwise forget the tax. The title is "St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OH, with 19th Century Baptisms, Deaths & Burials, Early 20th Century Deaths & Burials" Mail to Fairfield Co. Chap. OGS, P.O. Box 1470, Lancaster, OH 43130-0570. By the way the volunteers who translated and transcribed the records were Carol Swinehart, Patsy Kishler, & Patty Peery and Carol typed it. Just thought I would put in a plug for you gals. Thanks for all your work it is a neat book as are all the others that you have worked on. Darleen Ritchey Berens, Huntington Beach, CA
Hi; I have in my database a James Cowden of Lancaster, OH probably born arount 1855 upward that is the father of an out of wedlock girl. She was born to my G-Aunt Anna Barbara Yenrick b. 6 Jul 1860 in Lancaster. The child was Adah Laselle Yenrick b. 22 Jul 1878. Anna Barbara did go on to marry a Rudolph I think. Anyway it was always known that Adah was born out of wedlock, then when the church records of St. Peter's Evang. Lutheran Church of Lancaster came out in a book, it has Adah's baptism recorded with her parents being Anna Barbara Yenrick and James Cowden. I am looking for a family to put James Cowden (parents if possible). Any help would be appreciated. By the way the book has several Cowden records in it. Sincerely, Darleen Ritchey Berens
Hello... I'm researching the following surnames of ancestors from Fairfield County, Ohio. HOWARD, BARNETT, LUTZ, BUSSERT (BUSSARD), HILYARD, UPTON, SIDENOR. Raymond Barnett Howard
I am researching the following surnames from Fairfield County ... some also ended up in Pickaway and Ross Counties. Zehrung, Bruner Ruby Coleman PO Box 474 Anthon, IA 51004-0474 rcoleman@netins.net
I have obtained information directly from St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lancaster. In the letter I explained my relationship to the person on whom I was seeking information, and I enclosed a donation for their time. In each instance I only requested one piece of information so the search time was minimal. The reply was reasonably prompt. Unlike public records, the church does not have to make this information available. Therefore, we must be more polite, and cooperative than we ever thought we could be because they are not there for our convenience. Also, since they don't have to do this why should they have to provide someone to do the work? That's why I make a small donation. Pat pberens@greenapple.com
Hi, thanks for the new Ohio Fairfield Co. list. I am researching OLDFIELD, MCELFRESH, SATER, SANDERSON, WOODARD and other related families. I am also a cousin to a great family there in Lancaster, Wayne Thomas. -- Jim Oldfield Jr. 7025 76th St. SE Caledonia, MI. 49316 (originally from Decatur, IL) Email: OLDFIELD@SPRYNET.COM Sprynet (Main) Home Page: HTTP://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/oldfield Family Origins' OLDFIELD: http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/joldfiel/OLDFIELD.htm
I am quoting from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and belief this reflects the feelings of most parishes and diocese - "All general Genealogy requests received by a parish are to be forwarded to the Archives for a repy. HOwever, parish may do there only genelogy research. A researcher is NEVER to be given direct access to the sacramental registers; all research MUST be done by a staff person. The parish may also charge whatever fee they consider reasonable for this service" As you can see - OGS could not get into the records except by act of God. Sorry, no can do. At 11:48 PM 10/22/97 -0400, you wrote: >I am among the frustrated who have tried to obtain records from St. Mary parish. I have gone through the Diocese of Columbus, the Catholic Record Society and the parish office itself, but no luck. I would like to see if I can find some missing information from the years 1850-1867. > >Does anyone with the Fairfield County Chapter of OGS carry any clout with the folks at St. Mary's? Might they allow one of you responsible historians to examine the records? I no longer live in Lancaster and am at a point where I would be willing to pay someone for their time and trouble to check the parish records for information that I hope would be found among them. > >Thanks, > >Sheila Rider ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> ><HTML> ><HEAD> > ><META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I am among the frustrated who have tried to >obtain records from St. Mary parish. I have gone through the Diocese of >Columbus, the Catholic Record Society and the parish office itself, but no >luck. I would like to see if I can find some missing information from the >years 1850-1867.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Does anyone with the Fairfield County Chapter of >OGS carry any clout with the folks at St. Mary's? Might they allow one of >you responsible historians to examine the records? I no longer live in >Lancaster and am at a point where I would be willing to pay someone for their >time and trouble to check the parish records for information that I hope would >be found among them.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Sheila Rider</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Listowner of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List at: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith or the Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html
I am among the frustrated who have tried to obtain records from St. Mary parish. I have gone through the Diocese of Columbus, the Catholic Record Society and the parish office itself, but no luck. I would like to see if I can find some missing information from the years 1850-1867. Does anyone with the Fairfield County Chapter of OGS carry any clout with the folks at St. Mary's? Might they allow one of you responsible historians to examine the records? I no longer live in Lancaster and am at a point where I would be willing to pay someone for their time and trouble to check the parish records for information that I hope would be found among them. Thanks, Sheila Rider
I am researching my ancestor Joseph PHILLIPS who immigrated to Fairfield Co. in 1828 from Alsace, France. I am interested in learning about any other Alsatian immigrants to Fairfield County. Others that I have come across in my research are Conrad WINTER (1780 - 1844) and his wife Elizabeth WEBER (1790-1863), and Francis Anthony STECK (1806 - 1883) and his wife Magdeline BUECHLER (b. 1807). All families lived in Berne Twp. I would be interested in sharing information with other descendants of Alsatian immigrants. If you are uncertain as to whether your ancestor came from Alsace, if the individual had a German name and gave "France" as his place of birth, chances are he was Alsatian. Sheila Rider
Dear Friends: Congratulations on the start of this listserve. I am currently researching the descendants of Joseph PHILLIPS , b. 1793 in the little village of Friesen, Alsace, France. He came to Berne Twp, Fairfield Co. in 1828 with his wife and six children. He had a farm and in 1853 he provided the land on which a little catholic church was built called St. Joseph's, Rush Creek. The cemetery is still there on Horns Mill Rd. I am descended from his oldest daughter Regina and have her other descendants fairly well documented. However, I am looking for the descendants of his oldest son, Joseph Jr., who married Mary DUMM in 1845. Their youngest daughter, Elizabeth "Betsy" Phillips married Jacob MESSBARGER in 1867. Among their children were several girls whose married names I am listing: Abbie FORD, Annie PIPER, Clara WINTER, Elizabeth KRILE, and Minnie KILLBARGER. I am interested in hearing from anyone who may be descended from any of these individuals. The family was catholic and I believe some of the descendants may still be in the Sugar Grove area. Sheila Rider
"Friscia, David M." <friscia@ibm.net> David M. Friscia is researching Arney and Cowden Family lineages. Any messages concerning these families should be sent directly to him. I realized when I saw the post that I forwarded that it was difficult to tell who it was from. David M. Friscia friscia@ibm.net use this address do not hit reply it will go to the listowner. Thank you.
>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:42:01 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: friscia@ibm.net Wed Oct 22 09:41:59 1997 >Old-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:47:20 -0700 >From: "Friscia, David M." <friscia@ibm.net> >Reply-To: friscia@ibm.net >To: Fairfield County Ohio <OHFAIRFI-L-request@rootsweb.com>, > Fairfield County Ohio <OHFAIRFI-D-request@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Researching the Arney and Cowden Family lineages >X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list >X-Diagnostic: 8 friscia@ibm.net 32760 friscia@ibm.net >X-Envelope-To: OHFAIRFI-D-request > >Hello, > I'm new to this list. > I researching the Arney and Cowden Family lineage from Fairfield County >OH cira 1800s to 1900s. Details of what I know to date can be accessed >at http://www.seattleu.edu/~friscia/synopsis/genea/genindex.html - 1897 >individuals, 609 families. Below are family lineage abstracts. > The Arneys are destinguished as foundary owners. John Henry Arney >graduated in 1st Class at Columbus University (Athens, Ohio). He and his >brother Milton Clay joined the Union side of the of the Civil War. I'm >told that Joh Henry's Uniform, Sword, etc. in Fairfield County OH >Museum, Lancaster City ( 4th Street ). > Milton C. Arney, Sargent, Company A, 17th OH Infantry under General >Thomas. > Cowdens were a family of teachers. Oldest daughter (a teacher) >married John Henry who was an Inventor, Attorney-At-Law, Foundary Owner, >Farmer, Grist Mill and Saw Mill Owner, and Taught School ( wife - School >Teacher ). > The deeds from Fairfield County, Ohio, revealed that John >ARNEY-father moved to Hocking County before selling his land in >Fairfield County to his son, John Henry. 1900 Census shows Arney's, son >followed father?, in Hocking (North) Township, Fairfield County, OH > If any of this looks familiar, or you can point me in the correct >direction, I would appreciate it. > >DMF >friscia@ibm.net > > ARNEY Family Lineage Abstract: >Descendants of Frederick Arney > 1 Frederick ARNEY b: src: d: src: >.. +Mary b: src: m: src: d: src: >....... 2 John ARNEY b: 1805 in OH src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census >Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: November 06, 1876 in Goodhope TWP, >Hocking County, OH src: >........... +Jane CLINE b: 1806 in Prussia src: GS 0,444,670 1850 >Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 m: src: d: src: >................ 3 Absolem ARNEY b: 1830 in Fairfield County, OH src: >GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >................ 3 Mary ARNEY b: 1832 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >................ 3 Jane ARNEY b: 1834 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >................ 3 Catherine ARNEY b: 1835 in Fairfield County, OH >src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >................ 3 Sarah ARNEY b: 1837 in Fairfield County, OH src: >GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >................ 3 John Henry ARNEY b: January 1840 in Lancaster, >Fairfield County, OH src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, >pg 296 d: 1921 src: >.................... +Rose Ann COWDEN b: November 14, 1839 in Fairfield >County, OH src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 m: >January 09, 1864 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH src: d: 1901 src: >.......................... 4 George ARNEY b: src: d: in in infancy >per Ruth Ann (Arney) Eggy src: >.......................... 4 Maude ARNEY b: April 06, 1867 in OH >src: d: September 10, 1938 in CA src: >.............................. +James BELL b: src: m: src: d: src: >.......................... 4 Jane ARNEY b: April 03, 1868 in >Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH src: d: 1956 src: >.......................... 4 Rose ARNEY b: 1870 in OH src: d: May >30, 1899 src: >.............................. +Thomas A. GROVES b: src: m: 1894 in >Hocking County, OH src: d: src: >.......................... 4 John David ARNEY b: March 06, 1871 in >OH src: MEF d: January 26, 1946 in Chico, CA - Butte County src: >Richard Arney >.............................. +Lara ARNEY b: June 18 src: Family >Bible-Helen Julia Day(Nave) m: src: d: November 28, 1932 in CA src: >.......................... *2nd Wife of John David Arney: >.............................. +Julia Eleanor DONALDSON b: November 19, >1870 in Goodhope TWP, Hocking County, OH src: GS 0,912,314 Hocking >County OH Births, pg 58 > m: December 10, 1900 in Fairfield County, Ohio src: Fairfield County >OHIO Probate Court of Common Pleas Marriage License 271 d: May 10, 1918 >in Napa, CA src: Richard Arney >................................... 5 Ruth Ann ARNEY b: September 08, >1901 in Logan, OH src: Ruth Ann Eggy letter to Richard Arney d: 1976 >in Saratoga, CA src: >....................................... +James Earl DAY b: January 21, >1890 in Cadillac, MI src: m: March 09, 1923 in Nevada City, CA src: d: >January 14, 1941 in Dixon, CA src: >................................... 5 Paul ARNEY b: July 12, 1904 in >Logan, OH src: Letter from Ruth Ann Eggy d: May 20, 1946 in Chico, CA >- Butte County src: State of Calif Certificate of Death: 109859 >....................................... +Verda Jesse SUMMERS b: October >12, 1907 in Tustin, CA - Orange County src: m: August 25, 1928 in Reno, >NV src: MEF d: March 21, 1954 in Oroville, CA - Butte County src: >................................... 5 Donald ARNEY b: May 22, 1907 in >Lyonsville, CA src: Letter from Ruth Ann Eggy d: December 29, 1990 in >Sacramento, CA src: >....................................... +ELEANOR b: src: m: in >Stockton, CA src: d: src: >................................... 5 Julia Edith ARNEY b: October 26, >1908 in Scotia, CA src: Letter from Ruth Ann Eggy d: src: >....................................... +Joseph SALVADOR b: src: m: >1927 src: d: src: >.......................... 4 Leighly ARNEY b: December 01, 1873 in >Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH src: d: src: >.............................. +George HIGHLY b: src: m: 1897 in >Hocking County, OH src: d: src: >................................... 5 Ethel HIGHLY b: src: d: src: >.......................... 4 Samuel ARNEY b: January 1876 in OH src: >d: src: >.............................. +Willetta b: src: m: src: d: src: >................ 3 Milton Clayton ARNEY b: 1843 in Fairfield County, >OH src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: >December 04, 1930 in Zanesville, OH src: Vet Pension 354,979 >.................... +Margaret KALB b: src: m: November 28, 1865 in >Rushville, OH src: Vet Pension 354,979 d: src: >.......................... 4 Charles H. ARNEY b: November 07, 1868 >src: Vet Pension 354,979 d: src: >.......................... 4 Letha ARNEY b: September 25, 1866 src: >Vet Pension 354,979 d: src: >.......................... 4 John D. ARNEY b: March 26, 1870 src: Vet >Pension 354,979 d: src: >.......................... 4 Ethel M. ARNEY b: March 17, 1873 src: >Vet Pension 354,979 d: src: >................ 3 Clara ARNEY b: 1845 in Fairfield County, OH src: >GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >................ 3 Emma ARNEY b: 1848 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 d: src: >....... *2nd Wife of John Arney: >........... +Mary WILLIAMS b: src: m: April 01, 1867 in Fairfield >County, OH src: d: src: > COWDEN Family Lineage Abstract: >Descendants of David Cowden > 1 David COWDEN b: 1817 in Maryland src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census >Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: >.. +Mary J. KOUTCH b: 1823 in Virigina src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census >Fairfield County OH, pg 297 m: src: d: src: >....... 2 Rose Ann COWDEN b: November 14, 1839 in Fairfield County, >OH src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: 1901 >src: >........... +John Henry ARNEY b: January 1840 in Lancaster, Fairfield >County, OH src: GS 0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 296 m: >January 09, 1864 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH src: d: 1921 src: >................ 3 George ARNEY b: src: d: in in infancy per Ruth >Ann (Arney) Eggy src: >................ 3 Maude ARNEY b: April 06, 1867 in OH src: d: >September 10, 1938 in CA src: >.................... +James BELL b: src: m: src: d: src: >................ 3 Jane ARNEY b: April 03, 1868 in Lancaster, >Fairfield County, OH src: d: 1956 src: >................ 3 Rose ARNEY b: 1870 in OH src: d: May 30, 1899 >src: >.................... +Thomas A. GROVES b: src: m: 1894 in Hocking >County, OH src: d: src: >................ 3 John David ARNEY b: March 06, 1871 in OH src: MEF >d: January 26, 1946 in Chico, CA - Butte County src: Richard Arney >.................... +Lara ARNEY b: June 18 src: Family Bible-Helen >Julia Day(Nave) m: src: d: November 28, 1932 in CA src: >................ *2nd Wife of John David Arney: >.................... +Julia Eleanor DONALDSON b: November 19, 1870 in >Goodhope TWP, Hocking County, OH src: GS 0,912,314 Hocking County OH >Births, pg 58 > m: December 10, 1900 in Fairfield County, Ohio src: Fairfield County >OHIO Probate Court of Common Pleas Marriage License 271 d: May 10, 1918 >in Napa, CA src: Richard Arney >.......................... 4 Ruth Ann ARNEY b: September 08, 1901 in >Logan, OH src: Ruth Ann Eggy letter to Richard Arney d: 1976 in >Saratoga, CA src: >.............................. +James Earl DAY b: January 21, 1890 in >Cadillac, MI src: m: March 09, 1923 in Nevada City, CA src: d: January >14, 1941 in Dixon, CA src: >.......................... 4 Paul ARNEY b: July 12, 1904 in Logan, OH >src: Letter from Ruth Ann Eggy d: May 20, 1946 in Chico, CA - Butte >County src: State of Calif Certificate of Death: 109859 >.............................. +Verda Jesse SUMMERS b: October 12, 1907 >in Tustin, CA - Orange County src: m: August 25, 1928 in Reno, NV src: >MEF d: March 21, 1954 in Oroville, CA - Butte County src: >.......................... 4 Donald ARNEY b: May 22, 1907 in >Lyonsville, CA src: Letter from Ruth Ann Eggy d: December 29, 1990 in >Sacramento, CA src: >.............................. +ELEANOR b: src: m: in Stockton, CA >src: d: src: >.......................... 4 Julia Edith ARNEY b: October 26, 1908 in >Scotia, CA src: Letter from Ruth Ann Eggy d: src: >.............................. +Joseph SALVADOR b: src: m: 1927 src: >d: src: >................ 3 Leighly ARNEY b: December 01, 1873 in Lancaster, >Fairfield County, OH src: d: src: >.................... +George HIGHLY b: src: m: 1897 in Hocking County, >OH src: d: src: >.......................... 4 Ethel HIGHLY b: src: d: src: >................ 3 Samuel ARNEY b: January 1876 in OH src: d: src: >.................... +Willetta b: src: m: src: d: src: >....... 2 Mary J. COWDEN b: 1841 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: >....... 2 Hezekiah COWDEN b: 1843 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: >....... 2 Margaret COWDEN b: 1844 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: >....... 2 David COWDEN b: 1846 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: >....... 2 Jonathan COWDEN b: 1846 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: >....... 2 Martha COWDEN b: 1848 in Fairfield County, OH src: GS >0,444,670 1850 Census Fairfield County OH, pg 297 d: src: > > > Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Listowner of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List at: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith or the Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html
I have just subscribed to your list and since my great great grandfather Solomon PONSLER aka SPONSLER was supposedly in Fairfield County, Ohio in February 11, 1822 I am asking for any information on him that might be available. Parents and/or siblings. He married Chloe Malinda Breckenridge born Franklin County August 11, 1828 {and no information known on her except her tombstone states under her name "daughter of John & Rebecca Breckenridge"} on February 7, 1847 in Franklin County, Ohio. I assuming their 2 oldest children were born in either Fairfield or Franklin there as they were in the 1850 Ohio census. A third daughter was born there before they moved to Illinois. Any information on this family will be gratefully received. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen 3631 North Mullen Street Tacoma, Washington 98407-4124 Researching: Alkire, Breckenridge, Burton, Cann, Claypool(e), Crawford, Craymor(e), Da(o)ugherty, Denton, Dunbar, D'Ysidro, Evans, Ford, Gard(i)ner, Gerrard, Gorrel(l), Hujet/Huyet, Jimenez, Keith, Keel/Keal/Keil, Kern(s), Knot(t), Ladner, Lawler, Lef(f)ler, Littell, Long(e)necker, Lusby, Merrifield, Nave/Nation, Neeld, Norris, Ogle, Patton, Pett(i)yjohn, Philabaum, Pi(d)geon, Ponsler/Sponsler/Spannsilier, Robertson, Robinson, Sinex/Sinnickson, Slye, Stidham, Storm(s)/Strom/Sturm, Tossawa/Tussey, Vantreese/Vantrice, Wachtel/Waughtel, Walker, Werd(e)man, West, White (2 separate lines), Wilcox, Winfield
I am researching the following Surnames. Tussing - Tusing - Longbrake - Huntwork - Huntwerk May God Bless Darrell ********************************************************* * * Darrell Tussing * 13210 Silver St. * Weston, OH 43569-9648 * * Phone 419-669-2861 Fax 419-669-4451 * *********************************************************
Many thanks to Carol for bringing Fairfield County on-line. My family surnames in Fairfield County include CRIST/CHRIST, EATON, BECK, ROBESON, MILLER, BROWN, OWENS. Christ/Crists are from Ingleheim, Germany and immigrated about 1839, which is my most recently arrived line. They lived in Berne and Madison Twps and attended St. Thomas Lutheran where the early family members are buried. Believe the Eatons and Owens came into the area from Hampshire Co., WVa/Frederick Co., VA area and that there is a Fisher connection here somewhere. Becks and Robesons are in early Berne Twp. My Millers and Browns are from PA but don't seem to connect with other families of this name in the area. Down in Hocking Co., which is just next-door, are these family names - many with branches that reach into Fairfield Co. They include STUMP, LUTZ, FOX, FRIEND, CAVE, WHITE, JULIAN/JULIEN/de St. JULIEN, BUTLER, INGMIRE, LACEY, and KERR. Also have RAYs and WILLIAMSes in Fairfield and Hocking that moved up from Campbell Co., TN during the late 1920s. I was born in Lancaster, Fairfield Co. in 1944 and am a transplanted Buckeye living in southern New Jersey, just 6 miles from Philadelphia. Happy to exchange info on these families and anything else related to Fairfield Co. charla in nj Charla Marchione marchpubs@juno.com
If you have just joined the group and would like to see all the messages you may have missed go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists.html Click on OHFAIRFI-L and then select October to see all the messages thus far. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com Listowner of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List at: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith or the Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page at: http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html
Carol Swinehart wrote: >Don't miss your ancestor because you haven't considered all the possible >spellings of their last name and or first name. Carol: You are entirely correct. Variations in spelling often occur, and researchers should also be aware of downright misspellings. When I was trying to locate my great grandfather George Wilkinson in the 1880 census I found that he was not shown, although I knew he was living in Lancaster in 1880. After a brief panic I decided to look at all similar spellings. I found a "Wilkins" listed as residing in Lancaster and decided check him out. It was him...... the microfilm confirmed this by the names of his wife and children, which I already knew. His handwritten surname was hard to read, and was very likely misspelled when transcribed. I would think that this type of situation is very common. Bud Wilkinson