Hi, Everyone! A few years ago a friend of my husband's who worked in the county engineer's office, knowing my interest in Franklin County history and genealogy, handed Dave (hubby) a bundle of eighteen sheets of paper. Each sheet was about 30 inches square. Each was a circa 1895 plat map of one of the eighteen townships in Franklin County. With the exception of city/town lots, each parcel has the name of the owner and the acreage printed inside the parcel. I wanted to find a way to share this bounty with others, but I don't have the patience required for some projects. So I put it on my "Honey dew" list for Dave's retirement. During the past week he scanned each map in segments and then "stitched" them together. The results are, in my slightly biased opinion, fantastic. He put them in PDF files so that they can be magnified to read the names better. Some of the maps are more easily read than others--remember they are copies of copies of copies. One last comment--they are very large files and for those with dial-up modems they will take a long time to download. Please be patient. The plat maps are the last items on my Franklin County ALHN Maps page: http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/maps.htm Enjoy! Leona ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ohio American Local History Network (ALHN) http://www.genealogybug.net/ohio_alhn/ohio.htm Franklin County, Ohio ALHN http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/franklin.htm Franklin County, Ohio Gravestone Photos &c. http://www.genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/index.html

Oh Leona, what an awesome site!!!! Your Dave's friend was certainly a great FRIEND with a gift like that!!! I have been involved with maps for everything most of my life, but I sure don't have the talent to do what you've done with your wonderful site! I have a few hundred maps of different ages and places. If you ever get over to Tipp City, let me know. Mine are a real hodge podge, but exciting (for me anyway ) Thanks so much for your site and for sharing your wonderful treasure. Suz (Susan Cruse) GenealogyBug <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Everyone! A few years ago a friend of my husband's who worked in the county engineer's office, knowing my interest in Franklin County history and genealogy, handed Dave (hubby) a bundle of eighteen sheets of paper. Each sheet was about 30 inches square. Each was a circa 1895 plat map of one of the eighteen townships in Franklin County. With the exception of city/town lots, each parcel has the name of the owner and the acreage printed inside the parcel. I wanted to find a way to share this bounty with others, but I don't have the patience required for some projects. So I put it on my "Honey dew" list for Dave's retirement. During the past week he scanned each map in segments and then "stitched" them together. The results are, in my slightly biased opinion, fantastic. He put them in PDF files so that they can be magnified to read the names better. Some of the maps are more easily read than others--remember they are copies of copies of copies. One last comment--they are very large files and for those with dial-up modems they will take a long time to download. Please be patient. The plat maps are the last items on my Franklin County ALHN Maps page: http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/maps.htm Enjoy! Leona ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ohio American Local History Network (ALHN) http://www.genealogybug.net/ohio_alhn/ohio.htm Franklin County, Ohio ALHN http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/franklin.htm Franklin County, Ohio Gravestone Photos &c. http://www.genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/index.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Leona, What a find! May I ask a question or two of you? I have not thought of these before. 1. Is Franklin County larger than Columbus? 2. Is Columbus made up of different Townships? 3. What Township is the German Village in? My Kinzig Greatgrandfather came from Germany with 2 brothers. Two went to Dayton-I don't know why-and Augusta came to Columbus-I don't know why either. He settled in what is now the German Village of Columbus. My greatgrandmother came from Germany, too. There are conflicting stories as to where they met and her age when she came. Census and the family stories don't match. But, they did marry and had two families meaning the older children died young and my grandfather, Edward Peter Kinzig was among the younger family with same parents. I have even found a Census with 2 children who evidently died in the 10 years between census as I knew/know nothing about them. My grands lived at 184 Beck Street. All I ever saw was a vacant lot but I know a lovely home now sits on it. My grands were bakers, Augusta, The Pretzel Maker, and Krezenzia, The Noodle Maker. 1887-92 Columbus Directory show them with a Bakery also but Mother said they had a stand 'downstreet' where they sold their goods. Several years ago I was honored when the German Village Committee asked for my Kinzig Family History which they were to include in the History of the German Village. I don't know if they actually did this but like to think they did. I would love to find my greatgrands 'spot' on one of your maps. All of the children, 10, were born on Beck Street. My Greats were married at St Mary's Church-several are buried at Mt. Calvary. One time my folks visited the Cemetery and did find some graves. My grands lived at 706 E. Whittier Street. Thanks for your time and patience, Sallie-San Benito TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "GenealogyBug" <[email protected]> To: "OHFRANKLIN" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:05 AM Subject: [OHFRANKL] Franklin County Maps Online > Hi, Everyone! > > A few years ago a friend of my husband's who worked in the county > engineer's > office, knowing my interest in Franklin County history and genealogy, > handed > Dave (hubby) a bundle of eighteen sheets of paper. Each sheet was about 30 > inches square. Each was a circa 1895 plat map of one of the eighteen > townships in Franklin County. With the exception of city/town lots, each > parcel has the name of the owner and the acreage printed inside the > parcel. > > I wanted to find a way to share this bounty with others, but I don't have > the patience required for some projects. So I put it on my "Honey dew" > list > for Dave's retirement. During the past week he scanned each map in > segments > and then "stitched" them together. The results are, in my slightly biased > opinion, fantastic. He put them in PDF files so that they can be > magnified > to read the names better. Some of the maps are more easily read than > others--remember they are copies of copies of copies. > > One last comment--they are very large files and for those with dial-up > modems they will take a long time to download. Please be patient. > > The plat maps are the last items on my Franklin County ALHN Maps page: > http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/maps.htm > > Enjoy! > Leona > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Ohio American Local History Network (ALHN) > http://www.genealogybug.net/ohio_alhn/ohio.htm > Franklin County, Ohio ALHN > http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/franklin.htm > Franklin County, Ohio Gravestone Photos &c. > http://www.genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/index.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sally, you ask: > 1. Is Franklin County larger than Columbus? Franklin County IS larger than Columbus, though as I understand it, the city actually overflows into Delaware County to the north and into Fairfield and Licking counties to the east. We live in Brown Twp. and no part of Columbus has reached this township yet--no town ever has. (Though some might say that Mudsock once was partially in Brown Twp.) > 2. Is Columbus made up of different Townships? Columbus has no townships within its corporate limits. That's what I meant when I said that Montgomery and then Marion townships were absorbed by Columbus. Every time Columbus annexes more land there is less left in some township. Clinton and Franklin townships are nearly completely gone, swallowed up by Columbus. > 3. What Township is the German Village in? I know the least about this, but I'll give it a try. German Village (a Columbus neighborhood) was and is an area just south of downtown Columbus that was settled during the mid-nineteenth century by German immigrants. They lived in this area and this was also the area where they built their breweries and bakeries, as well as other businesses. During WW I anti-German sentiment caused many of them to leave and prohibition caused most, if not all, of the breweries to close. German Village was in decline to say the least, but in the 1960s concerned citizens managed to have it's historic significance recognized and the area has been restored and preserved. To learn more about it go to: http://columbusoh.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=columbusoh&cdn=citiestowns&tm=95&gps=177_64_996_853&f=00&su=p529.3.152.ip_p554.2.150.ip_p284.8.150.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.germanvillage.org/ (copy and paste the whole URL) Leona