Thanks,Mary Lee. Joanne Galvin Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, Berrridge,Plymale, Baker, Kinder, Cottrell

Joyce- Thank you for transcribing this. Little did I know that there was a Northup who was murdered! I will have to check my "tree" and see where he fits in, but it is certainly fascinating information. Thank you for taking the time to transcribe and share. Joanne Galvin Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, Berrridge,Plymale, Baker, Kinder, Cottrell

Some individuals on this list appreciate all of those who contribute their efforts and time, whereas they do not appreciate those who seem to think they have to portray their "snippy attitudes" to all. I would think this type of childish behavior would not be tolerated and should not be tolerated! Nancy Wyka -----Original Message----- From: JAR422@aol.com [mailto:JAR422@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:15 AM To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright laws The copyright warning that I put on the top of the posts of "old" newspaper articles is just to protect my time, work, and name of my postings. It is NOT the material I post nor will it ever be. I suggest that people on this list subscribe to an "old" newspaper site for perusal of the articles since this list does not appreciate others work. Joyce Robinson In a message dated 3/9/2005 11:00:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jandmbug@juno.com writes: It is nice to know about the Federal Laws and what it means for the authors of the books that they work so hard to publish. Marian ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message.

JAR422@aol.com wrote: Joyce, I think it was a good discussion. I also think that they understand the notification now. I also know that we appreciate your work. I also think that the discussion was good so that people know where they stand if they come across something that they want to use or compile . So, please don't quite submitting your fine work. People must ask questions in order to learn about these things. Most of us can't afford to keep an attorney in retainer so we learn from others. I appreciate you and Connie and the work that you do. I haven't found my family but hey, I love to read old newspapers. It must be in my blood, dad was a reporter and I lived, slept and ate because of newspapers my entire life.... Keep 'em coming. Cheryl Joanne, If I see anything more about the Northups I will send it to you personally. The Gallia list does not understand that the copyright notification is about the time and effort I spend on posting information and not the material involved. The material is not copyrighted anymore. So therefore I probably will not post to that list anymore. Joyce ==== 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. --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

Ohhh....... Well, re-reading your message, I see that *I* interpreted it all wrong..... My apoligies......... On 3/9/2005, "cheryl enyart" <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> wrote: >Sorry, It didn't come out like I meant it.... not that they are expanding the number a person can get... they are expanding the years that will be online for us to lookup... >boy, didn't say what I meant... sorry Charlie.\ >Cheryl > >Charlie Hazlett <charlie@hazlett.net> wrote: > >I did not know there was a limit on the number of certificates one could >copy at the OHS Library. I have been there and have availed myself of >the materials there and have never had to show anyone what I copied or >how many.......... > >It is good news about the later certifcates being available.......... > > > >On 3/8/2005, "cheryl enyart" wrote: > >>I had heard by way of another list that the Ohio Historical Society were to expand the number of death certificates that a person could come and use, see, and copy at their library. >> >>So, the curious person that I am , I wrote to the OHS, archive services and asked if this expansion would include the online death index... >> >>GOOD NEWS, within a few weeks you will be able to retrieve death certificate information from the online death certificates up to the year 1944. >> >>What wonderful news. I just received an email back today from the head of archival services. >> >>Cheryl >> >> >>--------------------------------- >>Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! >> Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web >> >> >>==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >>Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research >>in Gallia County, Ohio. >> > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. > > > >--------------------------------- >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. >

Can we now get back to real information we all need? I am enjoying the excerpts from the old newspaper! I don't enjoy reading all this lawyer stuff--please let's MOVE ON! People aren't worried about our tiny little copies of things like this! For crying out loud, we are not A. A. Milne's family dealing with Walt Disney Company over the rights to Winnie the Pooh!

My grandchildren and I spent a day there 2 years ago. They were really impressed, as they had not seen mountains. We had a great time in W. Va and Southern Ohio. I took them around to show them where my roots are in Gallia Co. -------Original Message------- From: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Date: 03/08/05 08:08:56 To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] July 28, 1887 - Athens Messenger Debra, You need to go back there to visit if at all possible. The State of West Virginia has made the area into a State Park and has been able to collect some of the originals. There is a museum there also. You take a boat to the island from Parkersburg. It is a great days trip. Around that area many people know about it. School children know about it also and use it for history projects. My granddaughter won first prize in state history projects with her Blennerhassett project. Much history to be gathered there. You can get a lot of web sites by typing in and searching Blennerhassett. More has been done since I was there a number of years ago. Mary Jean Hall mj_hall@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <McNab2000@aol.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] July 28, 1887 - Athens Messenger > In a message dated 3/7/2005 7:06:22 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > JAR422@aol.com writes: > Judge D. B. Heberd, of Gallipolis, is the owner of the head of a cane that > once > belonged to the celebrated Herman Blennerhassett, that fine old Irish > gentleman > and patriot who fled from the thralldom of England and built himself a > princely > mansion on a beautiful island in the Ohio River that yet bears his name, > and > who was ruined in fortune and in name, by Aaron Burr, the history of which > is > familar (sic) to all readers of U. S. History. > I visited there once 20 years ago! I wonder if that family still has that > cane head? I bet 90% of the population knows nothing of Blennerhassett > now! (I am > just loving these!) > > Debra > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > First Families of Gallia County is an organization which honors and > recognizes all ancestors in Gallia County by 31 Dec 1820. Contact > Gallia County Genealogical Society, O.G.S. Chapter, Inc. for more > information. > 524 Third Avenue > Gallipolis, OH 45631-1235 > 740-446-0320 > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== First Families of Gallia County is an organization which honors and recognizes all ancestors in Gallia County by 31 Dec 1820. Contact Gallia County Genealogical Society, O.G.S. Chapter, Inc. for more information. 524 Third Avenue Gallipolis, OH 45631-1235 740-446-0320

None needed, Charlie, Cheryl Charlie Hazlett <charlie@hazlett.net> wrote: Ohhh....... Well, re-reading your message, I see that *I* interpreted it all wrong..... My apoligies......... On 3/9/2005, "cheryl enyart" wrote: >Sorry, It didn't come out like I meant it.... not that they are expanding the number a person can get... they are expanding the years that will be online for us to lookup... >boy, didn't say what I meant... sorry Charlie.\ >Cheryl > >Charlie Hazlett wrote: > >I did not know there was a limit on the number of certificates one could >copy at the OHS Library. I have been there and have availed myself of >the materials there and have never had to show anyone what I copied or >how many.......... > >It is good news about the later certifcates being available.......... > > > >On 3/8/2005, "cheryl enyart" wrote: > >>I had heard by way of another list that the Ohio Historical Society were to expand the number of death certificates that a person could come and use, see, and copy at their library. >> >>So, the curious person that I am , I wrote to the OHS, archive services and asked if this expansion would include the online death index... >> >>GOOD NEWS, within a few weeks you will be able to retrieve death certificate information from the online death certificates up to the year 1944. >> >>What wonderful news. I just received an email back today from the head of archival services. >> >>Cheryl >> >> >>--------------------------------- >>Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! >> Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web >> >> >>==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >>Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research >>in Gallia County, Ohio. >> > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. > > > >--------------------------------- >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please keep your topic related to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

A great resource, thanks for sharing that. A point of information to consider.....anything you write is copyrighted as soon as you write it ! This included email ! So, if you are in the habit of forwarding email to other people you are abusing a copyright ! I don't think that instance would really matter, but I wanted to point it out as a matter of consideration. Like that website mentioned, copyright laws are never easy.......... On 3/8/2005, "Yolanda Campbell Lifter" <ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com> wrote: >This site was posted on another list in January. > >http://stellar-one.com/copyrightgenealogy/ > > >Yolanda Campbell Lifter >Malabar, FL >ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com >member Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org >Ohio Family Research http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <JJwherebee@aol.com> >To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:08 PM >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright Law Question > > >> So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to >library >> and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put >on >> the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do >try >> to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then >get >> the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be >> confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks >for >> all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. >Sometimes >> with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. >> thanks again judi >> >> >> ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >> Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >> in Gallia County, Ohio. >> >> > > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >

Also remember that facts such as birthdates and burial information is not under copyright. If I post that Joe Monkey died Feb 1, 1290 and someone else then enters that information into thier work, even without crediting me there is no copyright infringement. Joe's death date cannot be copyrighted. This is where the importation of gedcoms comes into question. If you present someone else's gedcom as your own, you have violated copyright. HOWEVER if you add information, or combine the gedcom into your own gedcom, you are not in violation of any copyright law--especially if you change format. The exception to this is the importation of the notes feature. If you import the notes and republish (including putting on your personal website) without permission, there may be grounds for copyright violation for the notes only. Gedcom information as a filled form is not copyrightable. Robin

Information cannot be copyrighted........but the format the information is in is copyrighted...... If you learn that a certain person died on a certain day, that is information can can be included in anything you write.......... Even the format is in public domain after a certain number of years and is fair game for anyone to use in any manner whatsoever. These excerpts for a 1887 newspaper is certainly in the public domain........ On 3/8/2005, "JJwherebee@aol.com" <JJwherebee@aol.com> wrote: >So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library >and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on >the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try >to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get >the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be >confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for >all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes >with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. >thanks again judi > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. >

I did not know there was a limit on the number of certificates one could copy at the OHS Library. I have been there and have availed myself of the materials there and have never had to show anyone what I copied or how many.......... It is good news about the later certifcates being available.......... On 3/8/2005, "cheryl enyart" <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> wrote: >I had heard by way of another list that the Ohio Historical Society were to expand the number of death certificates that a person could come and use, see, and copy at their library. > >So, the curious person that I am , I wrote to the OHS, archive services and asked if this expansion would include the online death index... > >GOOD NEWS, within a few weeks you will be able to retrieve death certificate information from the online death certificates up to the year 1944. > >What wonderful news. I just received an email back today from the head of archival services. > >Cheryl > > >--------------------------------- >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. >

Well, the simple fact of the matter is that the original copyright has expired and once work is in the public domain it cannot be copyrighted again. The format for the information can be copyrighted but the information cannot be. Besides, I have no idea why one would try to restrict the usage of this material anyway.................. On 3/8/2005, "Clif Hinds" <hindsclif@yahoo.com> wrote: > > The list has received several messages that begins as follows: > > > >These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or > >presentation by any other persons or organizations. > >They are for individual research ONLY. > >They will remain the property of the OHGALLIA list serve and may > >NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons > >or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain > >written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the > >archivist of the OHGALLIA list serve with proof of consent. > >I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently > >for free access in the archives of the OHGALLIA list serve. > > > >[This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling > >or grammar.] > > > >Athens Messenger > >January 19, 1888 > > > > I have been reviewing Copyright Law and I am not sure how it applies to this statement and the material presented, specifically how it belongs to this list and this list alone. Mind you, I have not seen anything that I wanted to use, but I am curious about the application of law here. > > As I see it, this material is a derived work originally belonging to the Athens Messenger. It is obvious how they would have legal right to the material. Paragraph 103 (b) of current copyright law states “The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply any exclusive right in the preexisting material. The copyright in such work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the preexisting material.” > > > > Basically, I am curious about these entries that have been extracted from the Athens Messenger. How does the copyright lay with the OHGALLIA list and not with the Athens Messenger? > > > > Please understand, I am interested in your application of law and not the material. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Clif Hinds > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >

Thank you for answering i know sometimes it really gets confusing on these laws. I try to have as much documents for my direct line as possible usually 3 or 4 for as many of them as i can find. I do put my source down where i found it and when. Thanks again for those who answered my question. Judi

This site was posted on another list in January. http://stellar-one.com/copyrightgenealogy/ Yolanda Campbell Lifter Malabar, FL ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com member Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org Ohio Family Research http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJwherebee@aol.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright Law Question > So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library > and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on > the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try > to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get > the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be > confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for > all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes > with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. > thanks again judi > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please keep your topic related to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > >

So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. thanks again judi

Sorry, It didn't come out like I meant it.... not that they are expanding the number a person can get... they are expanding the years that will be online for us to lookup... boy, didn't say what I meant... sorry Charlie.\ Cheryl Charlie Hazlett <charlie@hazlett.net> wrote: I did not know there was a limit on the number of certificates one could copy at the OHS Library. I have been there and have availed myself of the materials there and have never had to show anyone what I copied or how many.......... It is good news about the later certifcates being available.......... On 3/8/2005, "cheryl enyart" wrote: >I had heard by way of another list that the Ohio Historical Society were to expand the number of death certificates that a person could come and use, see, and copy at their library. > >So, the curious person that I am , I wrote to the OHS, archive services and asked if this expansion would include the online death index... > >GOOD NEWS, within a few weeks you will be able to retrieve death certificate information from the online death certificates up to the year 1944. > >What wonderful news. I just received an email back today from the head of archival services. > >Cheryl > > >--------------------------------- >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio. --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

Cheryl, Can you are Adam Salisbury comment on the copyright laws when it pertains to obituaries? I was under the assumption that if you abstract an obituary, it is not violating the copyright law? In Christ, Melissa Barker ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl enyart" <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:36 PM Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright laws > This was sent to me by Adam Salisbury, a friend of mine who is also an > attorney. He asked that I forward it to you... > > > Hello List, > > I just wanted to spend a few moments and try to clear up this copyright > question before it gets too out of hand. > > First, copyright law in the United States gives the author of a work > certain > protections for a limited time. In general, the "author" of a "work" is > the > only person or entity who can: > > 1.. reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords > > 2.. prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work > > 3.. distribute copies or phonorecords > > 4.. to perform the copyrighted work publicly > > 5. to display the copyrighted work publicly > > 6. to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio > > > > Now then, it seems that some of you might be confusing the nature of the > "work" that is at issue here. What we are discussing is the compilation > of > certain newspaper articles into a specific form, at a specific time and > place. In general, copyright lasts only for a specified period of time. > Newspaper articles from the 1800's are now beyond this statutory period, > meaning that the author no longer has the exclusive right to reproduce, > distribute, etc... > > BUT, when a genealogist prepares a book of data that is taken from another > source the genealogist is creating a derivative work which gains its own > copyright. Because of the work that the genealogist (or any other > compiler) > does, that NEW work gains its own copyright. In "legal-speak" the > genealogist or compiler is now the holder of the copyright if her work > amounts to a compilation: For purposes of copyright law a compilation is a > work formed by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials or > of > data that are selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the > resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship. > > Because Connie, and the other hardworking people at the historical > society, > is the author who decides which articles to publish, how the articles are > arranged, and how their distribution is coordinated, her "work" with these > articles constitutes a new copyright. Her authorship is the source of the > copyright and she now holds all the rights associated with copyright law > with one possible exception. Because these transcriptions come over the > listserve, the right to distribute may be in doubt (as one previous email > noted). But, you should all note, that these transcriptions may NOT be > reproduced or copied without the consent of the author (in this case the > transcriber) for publication or sale in any form. I don't see a problem > distributing the transcriptions to others on a different listserve. BUT, > any activity that results in a "commercial advantage" (i.e. for profit) is > still the sole right of the author. > > One important exception to note to copyright law is the doctrine of "fair > use". Fair use allows someone who is not the author to use a work in a > limited way. One example of fair use is the use of a work for educational > purposes. One may use a work protected by copyright for educational > purposes (such as using part of a transcription in a personal family > history > for LIMITED publication and distribution , and giving credit to the > transcriber) without infringing upon the rights of the copyright holder. > > In closing, I would caution all of you that copyright infringement is a > very > serious FEDERAL crime, punishable by incarceration and restoration of lost > profits to the author. If you can't do the transcription yourself, please > respect the work of others by asking their permission before you choose to > plagiarize. > > Further questions on this topic are welcome, as I would hate to see those > of > you who contribute so much become discouraged because of certain worthless > individuals. > > -Adam Salisbury- > > > > For answers to specific questions: > > To Debbie - > > No, MyFamily.com could not profit from anything you send over the > listserve. > You'll note that even on the most outrageous pay-to-view websites (like > ancestry.com) the portions of the website like the user-submitted family > trees and the message boards are usually free to browse by > non-subscribers. > One way ancestry has started to get around these pesky copyright laws is > with their new "world-family tree" service. What it does is to make a new > compilation (described above) out of the family trees that users submit. > Then they charge you to view it. Very tricky. > > > > To Martin - > > You are right that the "list" does not own any of the material that we > read > on the listserve. The author of the messages has the copyright on the > content of their messages IF that content is protectable. The law draws a > distinction between the simple everyday communications that we submit to > this public forum, and the material that a transcriber works to prepare > and > submits for us with the intention that we use it in a limited way only. > So, > yes, myfamily.com could distribute anything on the list to another part of > their website (so long as they don't make a profit on it). > > > > To Clif - > > Just because a transcriber posts the information to the listserve, it does > not mean he or she has relinquished any of their rights as the holder of > the > copyright. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please keep your topic related to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > > >

The fact that you have put together some existing information (compile information) does not make it a candidate for copyright. Nor are the items that are considered public information subject to the copyright. If on the other hand, you add some original information, not previously disclosed in any form, you can have that portion copyrighted. Also, using copyrighted information is not the big mystery people make it. You can quote (or use for personal use) copyrighted information if you give credit to the source and do not do it for profit. However, my repeating what a doctor says, does not make me a doctor. Clif Hinds Yolanda Campbell Lifter <ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com> wrote: This site was posted on another list in January. http://stellar-one.com/copyrightgenealogy/ Yolanda Campbell Lifter Malabar, FL ylifter@ohiofamilyresearch.com member Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org Ohio Family Research http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Copyright Law Question > So if i go to court houses and copy marriages, deaths, etc and go to library > and find info and pay the places for copies, then some where they are put on > the list is my work that i found still mine or is it copyrighted? I do try > to find all my sources even though i might get a lead from the list then get > the document for my self. Am i understanding this right. Sorry to be > confusing or stupid about this law. Does involve a lot sometimes. thanks for > all the hard work that the list does. You are greatly appreciated. Sometimes > with out your help lots of us would be totally in the dark on our family. > thanks again judi > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please keep your topic related to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Interesting story about the island. My inlaws live in Belpre, OH on the Ohio side of Blennerhasset Island. In the 1960s my father-in-law and I rowed to the island and wandered thru the thickets where the original mansion stood. We only found a few remaining limestone blocks from the orignal structure. My father-in-law said that many of the original building blocks had been carried off over the years. There was also an organized archaeological dig in process at that time to uncover the indian history. I recall the flora and fauna were immense. In recent years the raising of the river has eroded signficantly into the island resulting into the loss of huge sycamore trees. Henry S. Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: <McNab2000@aol.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:04 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Blennerhasset >I would love to visit Blennerhassett again Mary. My hope is that this will >be the summer I get to come to Gallia County again, then I'll travel over >to W.Va. to visit family and make a side trip there. I thought it was >lovely, and could so imagine that mansion in such a place. > > Debra > > Mary Jean wrote: > Debra, > You need to go back there to visit if at all possible. The State of West > Virginia has made the area into a State Park and has been able to collect > some of the originals. There is a museum there also. You take a boat to > the > island from Parkersburg. It is a great days trip. Around that area many > people know about it. School children know about it also and use it for > history projects. My granddaughter won first prize in state history > projects > with her Blennerhassett project. Much history to be gathered there. You > can > get a lot of web sites by typing in and searching Blennerhassett. More has > been done since I was there a number of years ago. > Mary Jean Hall > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > >