I'd like to add that Jerilyn's suggestion that you contact the county courthouse would be very important if you use familysearch.org. The information posted there is someone's work and it is only as accurate as the poster took the time to check - and not all people document their work. None of the submitter's sources are listed, so sometimes it is 92yearold great-uncle Sam's memory which may or may not be good. Or it may be a neighbor of your great-grandparents, or it may be a misinterpretation of a family bible's data. I have used familysearch.org several times for "brickwalls". About 50% of the time that it gives me new names, when I try to document the info, I find out that it is someone entirely unconnected to my family. The othertimes it has helped me immensely. So be sure you follow Jerilyn's advice, if you are new to searching via the internet, by followup with a search for documentation to support the data found. Or you may spread false data, or spend years looking up the wrong tree. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlktrees@aol.com> To: <OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 9:47 AM Subject: [OHGUERNS] GUERNSEY MARRIAGES > You all need to learn to use the LDS site. familysearch.org. They have most > of the marriages in Ohio on the sit. I use it all the time and then when you > find one you can write the county and ask for a copy as it might give me more > information. Jerilyn > > Jerilyn Lappin Koskan > Cook County, Illinois > > jlktrees@aol.com > > Searching the lines of BECKER (Lee Co., Illinois), BREWER (Daniel of Indiana > Co., PA & Belmont Co., OH, CLAWSON (Westmoreland Co. and possibly Indiana > Co., PA), DYE (David & Lucy & descendants of Greene Co., PA, Eastern OH, > southern IL) , FISHER (Joseph & Judith last found in Morgan Co., OH), GRAY > (Ogden & Mary last found in Morgan Co., OH or Fulton Co., IL), LAPPIN (all), > LEAK/LEEK (Belmont & Monroe Co., OH west and originally from DC/MD area), > MITCHELL (Greene Co., PA and Monroe Co., OH), MONROE (Nicholas descendants > all PA born, Belmont Co., OH branch), SMITH (Descendants of Aaron, Bucks > Co., PA), STARBUCKS (descendants of John and Ann of Belmont Co., OH), STARKEY > (Phoebe, born PA 1810, wed Belmont Co., OH), STATES (all), TODD (Descendants > of William and Rachel residents of Morgan Co., OH in 1850), WILSON (Robert & > Margaret born Ohio early 1800s) and many more. > > ______________________________

My suggestion for using the LDS FamilySearch site is to separately search the Ancestral Files and the International Genealogical Index. While the former (along with the Pedigree Resource File) is work submitted by others, the majority of the IGI is made up of local/county records. If you wish to search only the IGI, it's best to enter a batch number. You can then search on surname only or, without a surname, you can get the entire database. For Guernsey County the marriage batch numbers are: M514321 (1810-1848) M514322 (1842-1861) M514323 (1861-1870) M514324 (1870-1885) Records within the above batches are from "Marriage records, 1810-1916; index to marriages, v. 1 Ohio. Probate Court (Guernsey County)" The batch number for births is C514326. Records are from "Birth records v. 1-3, 1867-1909, Guernsey County (Ohio). Probate Judge." However, FamilySearch doesn't have the full listing through 1909 - their records go through about 1872. From the main search page of FamilySearch, click on International Genealogical Index. Enter a surname (leave blank if you want the entire database), region (North America), and batch number. Click on Search. This will give you marriages or births in Guernsey County only for the surname you entered. If you'd like batch numbers for other areas, there is an IGI Batch Numbers Index available at Family History Centers. Leah -----Original Message----- From: Doug & Patti Ensor [mailto:ensor@spocom.com] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 5:36 PM To: OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHGUERNS] GUERNSEY MARRIAGES I'd like to add that Jerilyn's suggestion that you contact the county courthouse would be very important if you use familysearch.org. The information posted there is someone's work and it is only as accurate as the poster took the time to check -