I had someone ask me if the Historical & Genealogical Society would make copies of family files for our library. Yes, if you live locally or if you visit and want to bring your family files and want to leave us a copy, please bring them into the society and we will make the copies and put them into a binder to add to our family history collection. We do not care if it is just a few pages or volumes we have been striving since moving into our building five years ago to be the best Historical & Genealogical Society in the State! (We believe we are already headed in that direction) Like Mary Lee said in an earlier post if we run out of bookcases we will just buy more! We are more than willing to help in any way possible. Marjorie L. Wood President, Gallia County Historical Society

I had sent in a note asking for clarification of the rules around First Families. One of my ancestors arrived probably around 1823...Do they qualify for First Family? Thanks, Sharon Hobart P.S. I also asked for a copy of the Settlers and Builders form -- hope my name was on the list. -----Original Message----- From: Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood [mailto:woodchuck@eurekanet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:50 PM To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Settlers & Builders, First Families & Civil War Families To all that ask for applications for these societies, Mary Lee mailed them today. If you do not receive them in a few days let me or Mary Lee know and we will get more out to you. Thanks for your interest in these societies, Marjorie L. Wood President, Gallia County Genealogical Society Linage Society Chairman ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message.

cheryl enyart wrote: > Marty, > I read that exact argument in Family Tree Magazine that they are developing a new form that will be able to be read now and far into the future, but it said it would still be a while before the average person could afford it. > Is this acceptable to your gen society? Your records will be kept when FTM deems it appropriate? Have you considered that you have needs and wants that FTM might not know about? Have you considered that us genealogists have needs and wants that FTM doesn't address? Have you considered the fact that some of us don't give a dime about FTM? Genealogy and history have nothing to do with technology. Technology helps, but it's not the answer. > I have mine on FTM, but I also have them done in report form, which is one way that the FTM will produce it. It comes out in pdf. > > I know this isn't an answer but I think for right now it is all I can think of to do so that I can share with someone who does not have FTM. > > I think the new format though will be awesome just like I thought being able to work this contrapation called a computer was awesome. > > Cheryl > > Martin Cassidy <cassidym@earthlink.net> wrote:Note that I have changed the subject of this topic so that those that > are not interested can skip these messages. > > Mary Lee Davis Marchi wrote: > >>Linda, >>We would love to have a copy of your hard work. Several people have >>donated their family CD files, so we have started a collection of these >>CD's. >> > > > I applaud your efforts here, but I hope you are aware of the many. many > pitfalls in storing genealogy data in this manner. I think if you knew > the facts and took your role seriously in the preservation of these > records, you would have a different approach. > > CD as physical medium to store data seems to have a fairly long life, > though we don't know how long yet. > > DVD now is now pretty much the standard, and there is a new format > coming out Real Soon Now. If history talks, the new formats will > replace the old and we won't be able to read the old. Does eight-track > tape bring back any memories? How about wire recorders? Edison > cylinders? Piano rolls? Each of those technologies was invented and > died completely within about 2 generations or so. > > Genealogy data that is readable for only two generations is pretty useless. > > Then there is the format of the data itself. It's great you've got a > backup copy of a genealogy database done in FTM Version 8 or whatever. > But I use Legacy Version 5, and the next researcher might use Reunion > Version 3 or whatever. So we can't use that data. And in one hundred > years FTM Version 113.5 might not be able to read that data either. > > Genealogy data in any proprietary format is useless other than as a backup. > > OK, so it should be in a non-propietary format, like GEDCOM. Gedcom > isn't bad, but it's very limited. And, quite flawed. It does have the > advantage of being "open" and well documented so it will probably [does > an honest historical society rely on "probably"?] be readable for a few > years. > > GEDCOM is not the answer, though I admit LDS has been scraping by for a > long time on it. But I doubt they'll be able to go another generation. > > The answer? Print everything you get, and put it in file cabinets. Use > archival-quality paper, and archival-quality ink or toner. But you > already know that. > > Just my thoughts. > -- Marty Cassidy Seattle, WA USA

None, Marty, but I believe that maybe they can or will find one that will. Cheryl Martin Cassidy <cassidym@earthlink.net> wrote:How many genealogy program sellers have lasted ten generations? -- Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Paul and Nancy, (and All of us with roots in Gallia County) Welcome to my club, my GGG Grandfather is John Carter and my GG Grandmother is Wilsena Prose with all of the Ripleys and Allisons mixed into that. I am going to make copies of the papers that I have requested in the time I have been working on this and send them to the Historical and Genealogical Society for safe keeping. I live in Florida and must depend on others, such as yourselves, Henny, Cheryl, and generous people who live in Gallipolis to do research at the local library for family information that I can not access through my various subscriptions and LDS disc collection. If you, Henny, Cheryl, and all of the other researchers and members of families who work on their genealogies copy the information they already have obtained, we can hopefully replace some a portion of what has been taken. I know that you can never replace the original handwritten notes and references from our ancestors that are priceless. I am currently going to "purchase" my Grandparents photo albums from my first cousins who ended up with them when their mother, divorced from my uncle, died. They could care less about the photos but they can be bought, pathetic as that may be. I would even settle for copies. This is another thing that should be handled in wills and divorces, designate your family photo albums to the people that will appreciate and cherish them. At this point, John Carter may have well have been the originator of the "Witness Protection Program". The man lived past 96, approx. 60 of those years in Gallia County and there is not one scrap of information about where he was from, his parents, siblings, etc. I hope this information has not been discarded in an estate due to lack of interest. If anyone has any information on him, an alias pehaps, I'm open to suggestions. Denise Ashleman

cheryl enyart wrote: > Marty, > I read that exact argument in Family Tree Magazine that they are developing a new form that will be able to be read now and far into the future, but it said it would still be a while before the average person could afford it. > How many genealogy program sellers have lasted ten generations? -- Marty Cassidy Seattle, WA USA

Marty, I read that exact argument in Family Tree Magazine that they are developing a new form that will be able to be read now and far into the future, but it said it would still be a while before the average person could afford it. I have mine on FTM, but I also have them done in report form, which is one way that the FTM will produce it. It comes out in pdf. I know this isn't an answer but I think for right now it is all I can think of to do so that I can share with someone who does not have FTM. I think the new format though will be awesome just like I thought being able to work this contrapation called a computer was awesome. Cheryl Martin Cassidy <cassidym@earthlink.net> wrote:Note that I have changed the subject of this topic so that those that are not interested can skip these messages. Mary Lee Davis Marchi wrote: > Linda, > We would love to have a copy of your hard work. Several people have > donated their family CD files, so we have started a collection of these > CD's. > I applaud your efforts here, but I hope you are aware of the many. many pitfalls in storing genealogy data in this manner. I think if you knew the facts and took your role seriously in the preservation of these records, you would have a different approach. CD as physical medium to store data seems to have a fairly long life, though we don't know how long yet. DVD now is now pretty much the standard, and there is a new format coming out Real Soon Now. If history talks, the new formats will replace the old and we won't be able to read the old. Does eight-track tape bring back any memories? How about wire recorders? Edison cylinders? Piano rolls? Each of those technologies was invented and died completely within about 2 generations or so. Genealogy data that is readable for only two generations is pretty useless. Then there is the format of the data itself. It's great you've got a backup copy of a genealogy database done in FTM Version 8 or whatever. But I use Legacy Version 5, and the next researcher might use Reunion Version 3 or whatever. So we can't use that data. And in one hundred years FTM Version 113.5 might not be able to read that data either. Genealogy data in any proprietary format is useless other than as a backup. OK, so it should be in a non-propietary format, like GEDCOM. Gedcom isn't bad, but it's very limited. And, quite flawed. It does have the advantage of being "open" and well documented so it will probably [does an honest historical society rely on "probably"?] be readable for a few years. GEDCOM is not the answer, though I admit LDS has been scraping by for a long time on it. But I doubt they'll be able to go another generation. The answer? Print everything you get, and put it in file cabinets. Use archival-quality paper, and archival-quality ink or toner. But you already know that. Just my thoughts. -- Marty Cassidy Seattle, WA USA ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Note that I have changed the subject of this topic so that those that are not interested can skip these messages. Mary Lee Davis Marchi wrote: > Linda, > We would love to have a copy of your hard work. Several people have > donated their family CD files, so we have started a collection of these > CD's. > I applaud your efforts here, but I hope you are aware of the many. many pitfalls in storing genealogy data in this manner. I think if you knew the facts and took your role seriously in the preservation of these records, you would have a different approach. CD as physical medium to store data seems to have a fairly long life, though we don't know how long yet. DVD now is now pretty much the standard, and there is a new format coming out Real Soon Now. If history talks, the new formats will replace the old and we won't be able to read the old. Does eight-track tape bring back any memories? How about wire recorders? Edison cylinders? Piano rolls? Each of those technologies was invented and died completely within about 2 generations or so. Genealogy data that is readable for only two generations is pretty useless. Then there is the format of the data itself. It's great you've got a backup copy of a genealogy database done in FTM Version 8 or whatever. But I use Legacy Version 5, and the next researcher might use Reunion Version 3 or whatever. So we can't use that data. And in one hundred years FTM Version 113.5 might not be able to read that data either. Genealogy data in any proprietary format is useless other than as a backup. OK, so it should be in a non-propietary format, like GEDCOM. Gedcom isn't bad, but it's very limited. And, quite flawed. It does have the advantage of being "open" and well documented so it will probably [does an honest historical society rely on "probably"?] be readable for a few years. GEDCOM is not the answer, though I admit LDS has been scraping by for a long time on it. But I doubt they'll be able to go another generation. The answer? Print everything you get, and put it in file cabinets. Use archival-quality paper, and archival-quality ink or toner. But you already know that. Just my thoughts. -- Marty Cassidy Seattle, WA USA

Thanks Ginny, I have the books for Miles, Rutland/Columbia, Scipio, Salem, and Salisbury..... batted zero there too. I have been working with another descendant of Clarissa McAboy's (daughter of Polly Everton.... :-) ) - she is the one that came up with the connection with Petty's, so they might be buried in Athens County. But that seems a bit of a distance for someone that died in 1843. With a grave that old, it could be one of many that are no longer legible.... or even in a long lost family cemetery. Was sorry to hear about your recent stay in the hospital, hope all is well now. SueEd NY --- LethaH@aol.com wrote: > Hi Sue, I found a couple of Pettys in Miles Cem. Rutland, Meigs but > both > buried much later than yours. Ginny > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest > when replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will > increase your chances of being read. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I know that this sounds stupid, but I have a copy of my FTM main family file in my car glove box. It is the safest place I know ... but I also have one in my tote bag. | I plan on getting me a jump drive then I can wear it around my neck... Cheryl Mary Lee Davis Marchi <mlmquilt@zoomnet.net> wrote:Linda, We would love to have a copy of your hard work. Several people have donated their family CD files, so we have started a collection of these CD's. Like you I have backed my FTM files onto a CD. I have planned on putting a copy in my safe deposit box, in the meantime I have a copy I leave at my daughters home. Mary Lee Davis Marchi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Trent" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Family records > I've been wondering about something that I've been working on at home. > I'm putting all my family documents and family tree maker files on disc > and then sending them out to my siblings. I am also planning on making > additional discs that don't contain documents of living individuals to > send out to some National family historians. This requires a scanner and > a CD burner. > > I've noticed that the documents often times are not legible on the > computer screen once scanned, however when I print them out they print out > legibly. I'm also backing up my family tree maker onto CD as well. I'm > finding that this requires a lot less room to store and I can keep copies > of the discs in a safety deposit box. That way should the house catch > fire, my documents and hard work are always safe. > > I was thinking about donating a copy to the GCH&GS, if they're interested, > but they have to wait till I get this project completed :-) > > Linda Tope Trent > lindatrent@zoomnet.net > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest when > replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will > increase your chances of being read. > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please keep your topic related to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page

Yes, Linda we are interested and I know that you are very very thorough so this is something worthy waiting for. I am doing the same thing myself as I know that I am uncovering something that have not been uncovered by my other family genealogist. CD's and burning CD's are the greatest invention yet. Being able to store that much info on a little silver disc... WOW. Cheryl Linda Trent <lindatrent@zoomnet.net> wrote: I've been wondering about something that I've been working on at home. I'm putting all my family documents and family tree maker files on disc and then sending them out to my siblings. I am also planning on making additional discs that don't contain documents of living individuals to send out to some National family historians. This requires a scanner and a CD burner. I've noticed that the documents often times are not legible on the computer screen once scanned, however when I print them out they print out legibly. I'm also backing up my family tree maker onto CD as well. I'm finding that this requires a lot less room to store and I can keep copies of the discs in a safety deposit box. That way should the house catch fire, my documents and hard work are always safe. I was thinking about donating a copy to the GCH&GS, if they're interested, but they have to wait till I get this project completed :-) Linda Tope Trent lindatrent@zoomnet.net ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest when replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will increase your chances of being read. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

We at the Historical & Genealogical Society have also found things missing from time to time. Someone even took the OGS Charter for the Genealogical Society off the wall and has yet to return it. Usually, when things have come up missing if we mention it the person will generally quietly bring it back. Unfortunately this has not happened with the Charter and we will probably never get it back. It is sad when an individual believe something is their personal property instead of belonging to the membership of over 500 people. We are also still searching for a few books that have not resurfaced but maybe one day they will return, we can only hope. This is one of the reason's we are no longer open on Saturday's when volunteer's worked, it is to hard for them to know who can and can't remove items and because of a few everyone has to suffer. I will say that if you are coming to Gallipolis on a Saturday and would like to research you can contact Mary Lee Marchi, Society Director and she will have someone at the office to help you research. Marjorie L. Wood President, Gallia County Genealogical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul and Nancy Schleich" <schleich.1@osu.edu> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:16 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] stolen records > Hi List--This just makes me feel sick. I would rather have a horse thief > in my family tree than someone who would selfishly steal records. I hope > their brick walls never crumble. > > > Back to my story, I have been for a very long time trying to help > > people researching the Carters,Ripleys, Allisons and Prose. I wanted > > something out of the Allison file. Well they are gone along with the > > Ripleys, Prose and Carters that have been missing , one by one, since > > last summer. > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of the email. > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >

Rex, I don't see them in the Addison Cemetery book, the only Ray is spelled Wray and it is a Rachel Wray. Marjorie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Ray" <rray2@columbus.rr.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Cemetery look up for Addison Township > Marjorie, > Could you please lookup in the Addison Cemetery book for Robert & Sarah > Ray? They disapeared after 1860 census. > Thank you, Rex Ray. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood" <woodchuck@eurekanet.com> > To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Cemetery look up for Addison Township > > > >I have the Addison Cemetery book and there is no Petty's listed in it. I > > have all the cemetery books if you would want me to look in a different > > one. > > > > Marjorie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "S Edwards" <suze2300@yahoo.com> > > To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:48 PM > > Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Cemetery look up for Addison Township > > > > > >> I thought I had a copy of the Cemetery Book for Addison Township - I have > >> Cheshire, Gallipolis, Morgan, but Addison isn't in my bookcase. > >> > >> I am looking for the graves of the Petty brothers and their wives. One > >> brother was living in Addison Township in 1840, the other in Gallipolis. > >> I > >> checked the books I have and didn't find them. > >> > >> Hugh Petty died abt 1843, his wife Lucy (nee McAboy) died between > >> 1870-1880. > >> > >> His brother was Lemuel Petty and ?. Apparently they both died in Feb 1860 > >> - leaving at least 3 young children that went to live with their Aunt > >> Lucy > >> Petty. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> SueEd > >> NY > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > >> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > >> > >> > >> ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > >> If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to > > OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of > > the email. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _____________________________________________________ > >> This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > > If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to > > OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of > > the email. > > > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please keep your topic related to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >

Thank you for this! I'm printing, signing and putting with my personal papers tonight. With copies to the Gallia Library, my children and my sis, I guess that would cover the bases? Debra -----Original Message----- From: cheryl enyart <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:09:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Genealogical Codicil "Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament: To my spouse, children, guardian, administrator and/or executor: Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any or all of my genealogical records, both those prepared personally by me and those records prepared by others which may be in my possession, including but not limited to books, files, notebooks or computer programs for a period of two years. During this time period, please attempt to identify one or more persons who would be willing to take custody of the said materials and the responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family histories. [If you know whom within your family or friends are likely candidates to accept these materials, please add the following at this point: "I suggest that the persons contacted regarding the assumption of the custody of these items include but not be limited to" and then list the names of those individuals at this point, with their addresses and telephone numbers if known] In the event you do not find anyone to accept these materials, please contact the various genealogical organizations that I have been a member of and determine if they will accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. [List of organizations, addresses and phone numbers at bottom; include local chapters, with their addresses, phone numbers and contact persons if available as well as state- national contact information and addresses] Please remember that my genealogical endeavors consumed a great deal of time, travel, and money. Therefore it is my desire that the products of these endeavors be allowed to continue in a manner that will make them available to others in the future. Signature ___________________________ Date ___________ Witness ____________________________ Date ___________ Witness ____________________________ Date ___________ Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio.

Sorry , in Mason County WV b, 10 Apr 1919 , Ernie Wright jopageri <jopageri@adelphia.net> wrote:Rex, I'm repeating my message because I forgot to give the year. Sorry. I see Robert J. WRAY, 72, farmer, b. PA and Sarah, 78, infirm, b. PA in Good Hope Twp. Hocking Co. OH (printed page no. 445) in 1870. Is that the right couple? Then, in 1880, I see a Robert J. WRAY, 78, b. PA parents b. PA, listed as a house carpenter and boarding in Pike Co. OH, Jackson Twp. E.D. 124 with the family of George W. Russell, 27, and wife Caroline, 33, and children Franklin R., 12, George W., 9, Mary Jane, 6, and Florida, 1. Don't know if it's the same man who was in Hocking Co. in 1870. Herma Rex Ray wrote:Marjorie, Could you please lookup in the Addison Cemetery book for Robert & Sarah Ray? They disapeared after 1860 census. Thank you, Rex Ray. ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please keep your topic related to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Would you have a Sadie WRAY wife of Robert Barnett ? their daughter Opal , m. Roy Edgar Ball Ernie Wright jopageri <jopageri@adelphia.net> wrote: Rex, I'm repeating my message because I forgot to give the year. Sorry. I see Robert J. WRAY, 72, farmer, b. PA and Sarah, 78, infirm, b. PA in Good Hope Twp. Hocking Co. OH (printed page no. 445) in 1870. Is that the right couple? Then, in 1880, I see a Robert J. WRAY, 78, b. PA parents b. PA, listed as a house carpenter and boarding in Pike Co. OH, Jackson Twp. E.D. 124 with the family of George W. Russell, 27, and wife Caroline, 33, and children Franklin R., 12, George W., 9, Mary Jane, 6, and Florida, 1. Don't know if it's the same man who was in Hocking Co. in 1870. Herma Rex Ray wrote:Marjorie, Could you please lookup in the Addison Cemetery book for Robert & Sarah Ray? They disapeared after 1860 census. Thank you, Rex Ray. ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please keep your topic related to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Good advise Mr. Hazlett. I've thought about this a few times. Neither of my kids seem to be into this at the moment (20 and 18). I get that "that's nice Mom," when I bring up the subject, so who do I leave it to should I die young? Oh, my that just makes me sad, just like all those lovely photos sitting in antique stores without families, a whole life in history just tossed out. You'd think the guy would at least give you a written documention of what was in the diary wouldn't you? -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Hazlett <charlie@hazlett.net> To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:24:15 -0500 Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Files Missing I had just the opposite happen to me. One day a couple of years ago I got an email, out of the blue, asking if I was related to Hiram Houck, which I am....he was a brother of my g.g.g.grandfather. Seems a friend of the sender had purchased Hiram's diary, with civil war stuff in it, at some antique shop and the sender was curious. I asked if the owner would be interested in selling it, but in a couple of days the sender responded that his friend collected civil war stuff and would be keeping the diary. He didn't even ask what I would be willing to pay, and it would have been more than he paid, no matter what it was, I can assure you of that. So....I never got the diary, don't know who owns it, and have not chance of ever getting it, I suppose. But.......at one time it was the property of some family member who did not value it and let it go. Reminder to all you genealogists........have arrangements made for your collections and research materials when you pass, the person you think might take care if it just might not be as interested as you ! On 3/30/2005, "Martin Cassidy" <cassidym@earthlink.net> wrote: >cheryl enyart wrote: >> They could have made copies from the ones at the library and not stolen them... >> I >> have a problem also with that sort of thing being sold. I talked to a guy who bought things at an estate sale. He knew that a part of the family was bidding against him but he kept going. He tried to sell them on ebay and got no response.. >> I often see that sort of thing and write the seller, I ask him if he has tried to contact the family or search out the family in the area they are from... most of the time they don't care. >> Other times you get a good response and ask for help (if it is from Gallipolis), >> > >There are people out there that are nice in these situations. Here's >what happened to me: > >An "antiquer" (one who spends as much time crawling through antique >shops as we spend doing genealogy) found some old photographs in a store >and bought them because there were names on them. She then hit the >internet looking for relatives, found my website, and then sent them to >me gratis. They were beautiful photos of my great grandfather's family, >originally in boxes stored in a barn and sold off to a dealer in an >estate matter. > >My guess is that if she hadn't found any claimants, she'd try on ebay to >recoup some costs. Her motives weren't greed, they were honorable, and >I am forever indebted to her for her efforts. > > >-- >Marty Cassidy >Seattle, WA USA > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message.

Thank you! This should be most helpful. Chris On Mar 29, 2005, at 10:09 PM, cheryl enyart wrote: > > "Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament: > > > To my spouse, children, guardian, administrator and/or executor: > Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any or all > of my genealogical records, both those prepared personally by me and > those > records prepared by others which may be in my possession, including > but not limited to books, files, notebooks or computer programs for a > period of two years. > During this time period, please attempt to identify one or more > persons who would be willing to take custody of the said materials and > the responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family histories. > [If you know whom within your family or friends are likely candidates > to accept these materials, please add the following at this point: "I > suggest that the persons contacted regarding the assumption of the > custody of these items include but not be limited to" and then list > the names of those individuals at this point, with their addresses and > telephone numbers if known] In the event you do not find anyone to > accept these materials, please contact the various genealogical > organizations that I have been a member of and determine if they will > accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. [List of > organizations, addresses and phone numbers at bottom; include local > chapters, with their addresses, phone numbers and contact persons if > available as well as state- national contact information and > addresses] Please remember that my genealogical endeavors consumed a > great deal of time, travel, and money. Therefore it is my desire that > the products of these endeavors be allowed to continue in a manner > that will make them available to others in the future. > Signature ___________________________ > Date ___________ > Witness ____________________________ > Date ___________ > Witness ____________________________ > Date ___________ > > > > > Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. >

Rex, I'm repeating my message because I forgot to give the year. Sorry. I see Robert J. WRAY, 72, farmer, b. PA and Sarah, 78, infirm, b. PA in Good Hope Twp. Hocking Co. OH (printed page no. 445) in 1870. Is that the right couple? Then, in 1880, I see a Robert J. WRAY, 78, b. PA parents b. PA, listed as a house carpenter and boarding in Pike Co. OH, Jackson Twp. E.D. 124 with the family of George W. Russell, 27, and wife Caroline, 33, and children Franklin R., 12, George W., 9, Mary Jane, 6, and Florida, 1. Don't know if it's the same man who was in Hocking Co. in 1870. Herma Rex Ray <rray2@columbus.rr.com> wrote:Marjorie, Could you please lookup in the Addison Cemetery book for Robert & Sarah Ray? They disapeared after 1860 census. Thank you, Rex Ray.

Rex, I see Robert J. WRAY, 72, farmer, b. PA and Sarah, 78, infirm, b. PA in Good Hope Twp. Hocking Co. OH (printed page no. 445). Is that the right couple? Herma Rex Ray <rray2@columbus.rr.com> wrote:Marjorie, Could you please lookup in the Addison Cemetery book for Robert & Sarah Ray? They disapeared after 1860 census. Thank you, Rex Ray.