Norma, The Columbus Metropolitan Library downtown (3rd floor) is a great place to begin your search. The staff there are very helpful. I agree you should also plan to visit the Ohio Historical Society, which is located off I-71 at 17th Ave. exit. They have county vital records for central Ohio on microfilm. But note that OHS is currently open ONLY on Thursdays, from 9 am-9 pm, so plan accordingly. Just a heads up that the birth dates you are looking for (1861 for Mary and 1832 for William) are before the county kept any kind of birth records. You might need to look for death, cemetery, or church records that might indicate a birth date. Here are links to the catalogs of both facilities: Columbus Metro Library: http://www.columbuslibrary.org/genealogy Ohio Historical Society: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/index.html Best of luck to you! Shelley -----Original Message----- From: PMiller864@aol.com To: OHFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 1:22 pm Subject: [OHFRANKL] Coming to Columbus I will be coming to Columbus the first week of April. I will be searching for Mary Oller or Ahler born 1861 in Briggsdale, also her divorce from John Brant. Also some kind of a birth record for William Brant born about 1832, I have never found parents for William. I was given advice to go to the Metro Library in Columbus. Is there any where else I might find this information? Thank you in advance. Norma J. Miller/Ohio ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That is a bit of a bummer, I didn't know they'd changed their hours again. Thanks for the tip, Shelley! I'm headed up to Columbus this weekend and thought I might stop by OHS. Oh well. -Amy On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:20 PM, <shelleykb@aol.com> wrote: > > Norma, > > > I agree you should also plan to visit the Ohio Historical Society, which is > located off I-71 at 17th Ave. exit. They have county vital records for > central Ohio on microfilm. But note that OHS is currently open ONLY on > Thursdays, from 9 am-9 pm, so plan accordingly. > > > Ohio Historical Society: > http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/index.html > > > Best of luck to you! > Shelley > > > > > > >