Here is some info that should be of interest to those working on Fairfield County families. I have not seen it on this list yet. 1) The following URL leads to the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation web site. "This site provides live database and image access to more than two million federal land title records for the Eastern Public Land States, dating back to 1820. This site offers researchers a source of information on the initial transfer of land title from the federal government to individuals. In addition to verifying title transfer, this information will allow the researcher to place an individual (Patentee) at a specific location (legal land description) in time (Signature date)." http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ The states covered are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 2) From: Allen Potts <allenp19@IDT.NET> To: OHIO-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU <OHIO-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU> Subject: 1883 Marion County History Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 6:43 PM The Biographical Sketches from the 1883 Marion County History have now been uploaded to my web site. You may want to check it out. The Bios have been alphabetized for the the whole county. There has been additions of places of birth that were not included in the original book. These are mainly for the German Immigrant families. http://idt.net/~allenp19 http://www.genweb.net/~leesue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 3) This was on the Westmoreland Co, PA mail list. "Greetings, All! If you are related to, or interested in the surname: MECHLING MECHLIN MACKLIN (German, Luth./Ref.) MAECHLING You might be interested in attending the biennial reunion of the MECHLING Historical Assn., July 31, Aug 1-2, 1998 Springfield, Illinois, headquarters: Springfield Hilton Hotel For further information, contact: Caral MECHLING BENNETT, newsletter editor at: cmechlingb@aol.com MECHLINGs were in Westmoreland County from 1770 on. Dewalt MECHLIN(G) received a patent in Jan. 1770, obtaining several more pieces of land after that. Dewalt served as an ensign in the 8th Continental Line of PA Regulars from Westmoreland Co. (John) Jacob MECHLIN(G), his brother, acquired Westmoreland Co. land in Apr. 1774. He serve as a Captain of the 4th Battalion of the PA Militia from Westmoreland Co. Many of their descendants are still in Westmoreland Co. and surrounding counties today, while others went on to Ohio. Some of the early Westmoreland Co. surnames connected with this family are: BARNHART/BERNHART, BRINDLE, CODER, DRUM, GRIFFIN/GRIFFITH, HOREBACK, KEPPLE, LOBINGIER, MARTHIN/MARTILINE, OTTERMAN, RUGH, SAUMES/SAAMS/ZAHMS, SCHRECKENGEST, SHOEMAKER, THOMAS, TRUBY, TURNEY (DORNY), VARNUM, WALLIS, WEAVER, WENTLING, WHITTIER/WITTER. For more information on this surname, see website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tdeffler/ Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested in surname MECHLING. Caral (Mechling Bennett)" Patsy Kishler Fairfield County, OH Webpage: www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/ Fairfield County, OH GenWeb page: www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html Fairfield County, OH mail list: OHFAIRFI-L-request@rootsweb.com (send a message with no subject and only the word subscribe in the body)