Is Oskamp-Nolting of Cincinnati still in business, but under another name? I know there were several Oskamps at one time. A jewelry store and then a store that carried a variety of items. My father said that when his father left Cincinnati in 1902, that he continued to order items from Oskamp-Nolting. My Dad said he used to love looking through their catalog. I just wondered if they were still around. Phyllis G.

It appears to me that Joseph Edwards sold a quarter of an acre in 1818 to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbia township for a meeting house and graveyard from his Section 32, Township 4 (Columbia twp) property. The following is to replace the lost deed. Job Edwards is the son of Joseph and Hannah Mulford Edwards and he and his brothers paid taxes on this property after the death of their father (1841). We have never been able to find the burial spot of Joseph Edwards and I suspect that it might be in this cemetery WHEREVER that might be. One problem is that the plat map shows no Section 32 but we have transcripts of two documents that state that Joseph Edwards owned Section 32, Township 4. He was in Columbia twp from 1810 tax list to the 1840 Census. Does anyone know what church and burial ground this is? See document transcription below: Kathryn E. Stuart DEED from JOHN DOWNEY to JOB EDWARDS Hamilton County, Ohio Deeds Book 148. Page 344 Property in Section 32 Township 4 Fractional Range 2 Refiling of lost Deed originally dated 21 March 1818 1/4 Acre on South Side of County Road for Church & Burial lots John Downey. Deed. Joseph Edwards. This Indenture made the twenty-third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, between John Downey and Susannah Downey both of the County of Dearborn and State of Indiana of the first part and Job Edwards of the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio of the second part. Witnesseth that whereas on or about the twenty first day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and eight-teen the said party of the first part conveyed by deed in fee simple to (J___) Nelson, Barnabas Niles and (__) Stevens and their Successors as Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbia Township, in Said County of Hamilton, Ohio for a Meeting house and Burial grounds Lot or either of them, the following lot or parcel of ground to wit: All that certain Lot of ground lying and being in the County of Hamilton, State of Ohio, to wit. One fourth of an acre in the thirty second Section fourth Township and Second fractional Range of the Miami Purchase Beginning in the West line of a twenty seven and nine-tenths acre tract conveyed by the grantors to John (Bruce or Rance) by deed bearing date about the date last aforesaid and recorded Book R.2 page 32 of the Records of said County. Thence with the South line of the County Road North eighty four and one fourth degrees East one chain and fifty eight links, thence South one chain fifty eight links thence South eighty four and one fourth degrees West one chain and fifty eight links to the West line of said twenty seven and nine tenth acre tract. Thence North one chain and fifty eight links to the place of beginning for the only use and purpose of occupying the same as a Burial ground and Meeting house Lot for the Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbia Township aforesaid. And Whereas the deed made by the grantor as aforesaid to said Trustees has been lost or destroyed without ever having been recorded, and the Trustees of said Church have all long since died and there are none now in being to whom to make another Deed confirming the title of said Church to said Lot, and whereas the said Lot has been used as a Burying place and many persons have already been buried on the same, and whereas it is desirable that the same should continue to be a Meeting house lot and a place for Burying the dead for all time to come and for no other purpose. Therefor to (___) to the said Church the said Lot for the purpose aforesaid and in which the said Grantors (__) to me (__) the said Job Edwards. The said John and (___) given granted conveyed and confirmed and by these grant convey and confirm to the said Job Edwards and his heirs and assignees forever all the above described Lot of land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging in Trust for the uses and purposes said--That is to say to permit and allow the said Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbia Township to use, occupy and enjoy the same as a Burying ground or for a Meeting house Lot or Both at their pleasure and if (Trustees) again should be appointed for said (___) then the said Edwards shall in all things relating to said Lot be governed and controlled by said Trustees. It is intended by the grantors that the said Edwards shall not take any beneficial interest in said Lot, but shall hold the same as a mere Trustee for the uses aforesaid. In Witness whereof the said grantors have hereunto set their hands and seals this day and year first above written. Signed, Sealed and Delivered In presence of us (Signed) John Downey A.C. Downey Susannah Downey (her mark) Wm W. Northcott State of Indiana, Dearborn County, (___) Before me A.C. Downey, as Notary Public by authority of Law duly appointed and qualified personally appeared the above named grantors and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above deed to be their voluntary act and (_-) for the purposes therein set forth and the said Susannah has (___) the same time examined separate and apart from her said husband and the full content of said deed made known to her by me. She did then and there declare that the Signed and Sealed be (___) as her act and deed and that she is still content with the same. Witness my hand and seal at Wilmington the 20th day of July 1843 A.C. Downey N.P.

My ancestor, James McClellan/d, remarried abt. 1821-2-3, in Hamilton County, to Elizabeth Marshall. They jointly filed a Petition for her "dower rights" in 1821 and this was granted by the Probate Ct. of Ham. Co. in 1823. I am thus assuming James and Elizabeth might have married around 1820. He and his first wife, Ann Wilson, had 10 children and lived in the Springdale area prior to 1800. James died in 1831 when Elizabeth then filed for a "widow's allowance" which was granted. I believe she died abt. 1834 when Probate records show an administrator was appointed. Would someone have the Early Marriage Records for Hamilton Co. and look for both James and Elizabeth's marriage and a possible earlier marriage for Elizabeth ??? to ??? Marshall. Thank you. Judith Watt State College, PA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Jesse Ames MULFORD which was taken at the Stevens Studio in Logansport, Indiana. The photograph was likely taken in the 1870's with Jesse appearing to be in his 40's at the time. Based on limited research, I believe that Jesse Ames MULFORD was b. 9 Dec 1830 at Watervliet Center, NY and married Martha Baxter WILSON 17 Jan 1856 at Carthage, OH. In 1880 the family was living in Logansport, IN and recorded in the census there. Jesse was age 49, born in NY, a RR Engineer whose parents were also born in NY. His wife, listed as Marthia was age 47, born in OH to parents also born in OH. The couple had four daughters living with them at the time, including, Luella age 23, Saddie age 20, Edith age 16, and Mollie age 12. The two oldest girls were born in KY and the two youngest in IN. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photograph can be returned to its rightful place, with family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

Hello Everyone, For those of you that have used the Ohio County Clickable Map at rootsweb for your research, the URL has changed. The new one is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgenweb/ohiomap.html Not only does this give you all the Ohio counties, if you click on any county, it will take you to that county's GenWeb site. Happy Hunting! Marilyn - List Mom

Marilyn, Higginsport is on the Ohio River in southern Brown County. Have you sent your message to the OHBROWN-L mailing list? You can subscribe here: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/brown.html Good Luck! Marilyn in Ohio -----------------original message-------------------- In a message dated 05/21/05 9:29:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mnorsworthy@fcbl.net writes: << Hi folks! I am researching the Heiss family who lived in the area of Higginsport, Ohio during the 1870-1880 time frame. Joseph and Barbara Heiss had several children - John, Joseph,Mary, Maggie, etc. I am looking for any information on this family - especially Thomas. Does this family sound familiar to anybody? Thanks! Marilyn >>

Hi folks! I am researching the Heiss family who lived in the area of Higginsport, Ohio during the 1870-1880 time frame. Joseph and Barbara Heiss had several children - John, Joseph,Mary, Maggie, etc. I am looking for any information on this family - especially Thomas. Does this family sound familiar to anybody? Thanks! Marilyn

I am looking for descendants of John and Christina Dreisegacher Boelger. They were born in Germany, and lived on Harrison Avenue in Fairmount. Their daughter, Margaret Ann Boelger Mehring, was my great grandmother. Also interested in locating descendants of Conrad and Maria Schepp. Their daughter, Mary Schepp Schneider, was married to William Schneider, and is my gggrandmother. Bev Hildreth Sumter, SC Hamilton County Surnames: BOELGER, MEHRING, SCHEPP, SCHNEIDER, HENNING, BERTRAND, PFOERTNER, DREISEGACHER, STONEKING, HACKER

That will be wonderful when they are. I've enjoyed looking at Spring Grove's. Bev Hildreth Sumter, SC -----Original Message----- From: Kaesemein@aol.com [mailto:Kaesemein@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:15 AM To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OH-HAMILT] Vine Street Hill Cemetery Online Hello Everyone, Vine Street Hill Cemetery now has their nice new web site available: www.vinestreethill.org Their burial records are not yet available online. Marilyn - List Administrator ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== DON'T send a message in ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters except when typing a surname. It's shouting, and considered bad manners(Netiquette). ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

Mary, Here are the only results for the McGEORGE surname in my 1930 index for Hamilton Co: Martha Mcgeorge Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH abt 1909 Kentucky Cousin Herbert Mcgeorge Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH abt 1900 Virginia Employee Robert Mcgeorge Head Other Household members: Helen Mcgeorge Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH abt 1898 Ohio Helen Mcgeorge Wife Other Household members: George Maier, Robert Mcgeorge Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH abt 1902 Betty Mcgeorge, Daughter Other Household members: Robert Mcgeorge, Helen Mcgeorge Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH abt 1928 There are no results for Chester, William, Ophelia or Isaac in Butler, Warren or Clermont County. Marilyn ----------------------original message---------------------- In a message dated 05/16/05 9:34:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mcgeorge.mctree@verizon.net writes: << Hello. Can anyone tell me if any of the children of Robert McGeorge (of Owsley Co., KY) appear in the 1930 Hamilton Co census? Chester McGeorge (b. 1904) and wife Myrtle Rowland. Chester died in 1965 in Kenwood OH. William McGeorge. (b. about 1905) Ophelia Belle McGeorge (b. 1908) Isaac McGeorge (b. 1912) If they are not in Hamilton Co., are there any McGeorge in surrounding counties? Thank you, Mary in CA >>

I want to thank everyone on the list who took the time to look this up for me. You are a great group! Suzanne __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

Hello, DO NOT post notices like this to the Hamilton County mailing list without asking my permission first. It is OFF TOPIC, since posts to this list should only refer to anything related to Hamilton County. Any government operation is at risk during the budget process, however, the NARA itself is not the target of the proposed budget cuts; rather it is a related organization, the NHPRC, that is probably going to be abolished. This organization provides grants to local (not national) archives and record preservation projects so the message itself is not accurate about NARA. It might be acceptable on a few relevant lists for genealogical resource topics -- if it could be verified that it is still current and relevant--which it doesn't appear to be--the website says action was needed by April 26th. It could also be posted in a general forum--something like ROOTS-L or the RootsWeb-Review but permission would be needed before it was posted and pre-screeners or the editor would first verify that the info is up-to-date and accurate before publishing it so that ALL RootsWeb users can see it rather than having it repeated on county and state lists over and over. Thanks! Marilyn - List Mom ----------------------------original message----------------------------------- In a message dated 05/17/05 2:09:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ppangier@usermail.com writes: << > Hi, all, > > Please take a moment of your time to sign the petition to save the > National > Archives and Records. > http://www.savearchives.org/ > > I went to the site found good information and signed. I NEED access to > NARA > and am against anything that will endanger our ability to access its > files! > >>

Suzanne Barnes wrote: > Could someone with Ancestry please look up WILLIAM > ROBERT WARNER (born 11-08-1879) and let me know where > he registered? William (it was listed under "Willian" in the index) Robert Warner's card says that at the time of registration his permanent address was 4807 Wesley Avenue, Norwood, Ohio. Age 30, date of birth Nov. 8, 1879. Occupation: printer Employer: Warner Bros. Nearest relative: Walter Warner It also gave height, complexion, and eye color Hope this helps --Wyatt Knapp-- > > >

In a message dated 5/18/2005 9:34:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, suzannebarnes2001@yahoo.com writes: WILLIAM ROBERT WARNER Sept 12, 1918 4807 Wesley Ave, Norwood Printer, Warner Bros., 335 West 5th Walter W. Warner, nearest relative

William Robert Warner birth date 8 Nov 1879, White, nothing for Birthplace, Registration Place, Not Stated, Hamilton, OH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Barnes" <suzannebarnes2001@yahoo.com> To: <OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:34 AM Subject: [OH-HAMILT] WW1 Draft Registration Card Help > Could someone with Ancestry please look up WILLIAM > ROBERT WARNER (born 11-08-1879) and let me know where > he registered? In the 1920 census he was living in > Norwood (Columbia Township) but don't know if he was > there in 1918. It might have been Linwood (or > somewhere in that area) earlier. > > I also wanted to let the list know that I have a copy > of THE CITY OF NORWOOD, OHIO 1809-1957 issued by the > Norwood Chamber of Commerce and it has information and > pictures about industries, churches, schools, > organizations, etc. > There are many names and pictures of the people > involved. > > Suzanne > > > > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: > http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > Tired of this List? Going on vacation, a business trip? Or, do you just > want off? Unsubscribing (and subscribing) are a snap from here! > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/hamilton.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Could someone with Ancestry please look up WILLIAM ROBERT WARNER (born 11-08-1879) and let me know where he registered? In the 1920 census he was living in Norwood (Columbia Township) but don't know if he was there in 1918. It might have been Linwood (or somewhere in that area) earlier. I also wanted to let the list know that I have a copy of THE CITY OF NORWOOD, OHIO 1809-1957 issued by the Norwood Chamber of Commerce and it has information and pictures about industries, churches, schools, organizations, etc. There are many names and pictures of the people involved. Suzanne Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html

Hi folks, I just wanted to thank ALL of you that helped me with this issue. I'm pleased to report that I sent the documentation in for a headstone for my great uncle yesterday! Uncle Dave served during WWI, and passed away in 1971, and has not had a headstone on his grave. Regarding the cemetery charges, the only fee involved was a $75.00 charge for a foundation for the headstone. The rep at the cemetery told me that the government will take care of everything else. This is one stone out of the way, and 1 more to go (that I know at this time, anyway!). I do not have my grandfathers military papers, and am waiting for my 3rd request from St. Louis to come back. So far, they've not been able to locate his records. All I know is that he served during WW1, and was stationed in Illinois. Hopefully, I'll have this information reasonably soon, so I can put in a request for his headstone also. The gal that handles the military burial issues is on vacation until next week, so I guess it will be then when I find out what happens with all the back fees that they want before they can put a stone in. (My g-uncle and grandfather are buried in different Catholic cemeteries) Anyway, thanks again to all that helped. It still blows me away with what can be accomplished when one belongs to these mailing lists! Lori On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:55:00 -0400 "Donna St Felix" <dstfelix@erinet.com> writes: > Hi Lori. > > I know about those perpetual fees as I started the Wesleyan Cemetery > website. Barely anyone pays or paid them there and that's one of > the main > reasons why the cemetery went broke. As family members die out and > others > move away, there's no one to collect from. It's a shame the > cemetery you're > dealing with didn't offer a one time fee or if they did, it wasn't > done as > it would make your situation a lot easier to deal with. > > Base cost: It depends on the company you hire to do it or if the > cemetery > has staff that can do it. Sometimes it may be the headstone > company. About > all you can do is question around. In my situation I was dealing > with a > cemetery in Michigan. > > It sounds like the cemetery you are dealing with won't allow > anything > without that fee paid but there may be legal 'work arounds'. The > fee would > be the same if there was or wasn't a stone there. Does the cemetery > expect > someone to still be paying for maintenance on burials done long ago > in 500 > years? ... You can see how cemeteries get into financial problems. > Years ago > they may have charged only $3 or $5 a year. At Wesleyan they had > the option > of 'ivy' on the graves (extra one time fee for planting) of which > many did > have long ago. In those cases it was then the maintenance job > (cost) of > keeping it off of the large upright headstones. ... Good luck!! > > Donna > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lori Nichols [mailto:lori-n@juno.com] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:44 PM > To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Question re: Entitlement to a Military > Marker > > > Hi Donna, > > The death was 52 years ago yesterday, and he served in the Navy > during > WWI. > > I also realized yesterday, and called my Dad to question him, > because his > mothers brother also > served in WWI. My father confirmed that my uncle does not have a > stone > at all. So, it looks like > I'll be working on trying to get a stone for my grandfather and my > great > uncle, who died in the 1970's) > > Do you know the cost range for the base that you spoke of? I'm > concerned > about the "perpetual fees" that > the cemetery says are owed, because once the people died, the care > fees > were not kept up. (No one knew > about them until my parents inquired about a stone, and then were > told > that thousands of dollars were owed > on the plot) > > I'll see where I get with phone calls today as far as getting the > form > you spoke of. If I don't have much luck, > I might just call one of the local funeral homes and see if they can > spare a couple. > > Thanks for your help! > > Lori > > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:13:18 -0400 "Donna St Felix" > <dstfelix@erinet.com> > writes: > > Anyone who was in the military is eligible for a Military > Headstone. > > I went > > thru the 'process' for my aunt who served during WWII. If a > > headstone is > > for a recent burial, the funeral home can usually supply the form > > and > > information. You do have to know when they served, etc and enter > > that on > > the form. A headstone for an earlier time period may be more lax > on > > information needed. You would be responsible for a base for it > which > > is a > > good idea to avoid it sinking. .... Donna > > > > > > To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Question re: Entitlement to a Military > > Marker > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > > NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on > this > > list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and > > times > > of those we seek in Hamilton County is permissible, but MUST be > kept > > within the list's guidelines. > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > Lori Nichols > Researching: MCBRIDE, HOLAHAN, MARTIN, RYAN, QUIGLEY, LEE, MCCLOUD, > STEFANAC, BASIC > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > Have you been to the *NEW* HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO Message Board? To > get > there, go to http://boards.rootsweb.com click on the U.S. States > link. > On the next page, click on the Counties link by the file folder > icon. > Then click on the link for Hamilton county. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, > find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and > times > of those we seek in Hamilton County is permissible, but MUST be kept > within the list's guidelines. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > Lori Nichols Researching: MCBRIDE, HOLAHAN, MARTIN, RYAN, QUIGLEY, LEE, MCCLOUD, STEFANAC, BASIC

> Hi, all, > > Please take a moment of your time to sign the petition to save the > National > Archives and Records. > http://www.savearchives.org/ > > I went to the site found good information and signed. I NEED access to > NARA > and am against anything that will endanger our ability to access its > files! >

Hi Jacqi, Welcome to Cincinnati (so to speak). I'll try to give you a run-down on Cincinnati research from my experience to give you a general idea, but hopefully others who know more or better or who have access to resources can answer you more specifically (I'm in New England and far from any library with any sort of collection of use to me). I'm cutting and pasting parts of this from old posts, so if it sounds disjointed and/or repetitious, I apologize. You are unlikely to find birth and death records for that time period for two reasons: one, the state of Ohio didn't require them until sometime around 1908, although there were some earlier ones; and two, because the courthouse in Cincinnati was burned down in 1884 and most records were destroyed (although efforts have been made to compile "restored" records). Your best bet is church records if you can locate the church. Some people on this list may have access to published baptismal records. Or if you can narrow down the church, the LDS has microfilmed a lot of church records-- Protestant for the most part. For Catholic records you pretty much have to work through the Archdiocese archives-- they'll do the search for a minimum fee, I think of $25.00. http://www2.eos.net/dajend/catholic.html http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/archives/ Here are some useful sites you might want to look at. Be sure to check out the links and look into the nooks and crannies of the sites: Cemeteries: A general Hamilton county cemetery web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhamilt/cemeteries1.htm There are some excellent on-line cemetery records, but many are not yet on-line. If you can narrow down the most likely cemeteries by location and/or religion, someone here might be able to check copies of published records for you or even provide the contact info for the cemetery. In any case be sure to check out these 2 sites which do have on-line records: http://www.springgrove.org/springgrove/genealogy_query.asp for Spring Grove Cemetery, which is a very large (and beautiful) cemetery founded in the mid-1800s. They have images of the actual records from burials on-line and computer records for those from around 1990 on. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhamcem/cemlist.html Listings for Wesleyan Cemetery, which is maintained by a member of this list. There may be others, but these are the 2 I'm aware of. There is a general site for Catholic cemeteries, but their records are not on-line: http://www.cccsohio.org/Default.htm A couple more sites which have good info on Cincinnati genealogy: http://www.jungclas.com/gensite/hamilton/hamresou/ (includes a link to where particular published or filmed cemetery records and church records may be located. Plus more.) and http://members.aol.com/ogshc/ogshcweb.htm This is the local genealogy society's site with more links. They put out a very informative book on the how's and where's etc. of research in Hamilton County, very reasonably priced-- if you think you'll be doing much research in the area, it might be worth buying a copy. There are people on the list with access to city directories for Cincinnati which might give the location of your people and of possibly near-by churches in your time frame. The 1890 directory is available free on-line at http://members.aol.com/cintigenealogy/1890citydirectory/ As I said, Ohio did not require death certificates until 1908 (although there may be other instances of earlier versions). There is more information about the "history" of death certificates in Ohio on the Ohio Historical Society site: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/refemail.html#death The OHS can send you a copy of the certificate for a reasonable fee if you have the date-- for details see the site. They do have an on-line index for 1913-1937 (more years are in the works). For deaths occurring before 1908 (or even after, why not?), your best bet is to find obituaries/death notices which might provide the name of their church/minister or the cemetery. Church records can be a gold mine in Cincinnati if you can locate the one(s) your ancestors belonged to. The public library-- http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/ -- has a partial on-line index to local newspapers, including obituaries. They also charge a small fee to copy the obits and send them to you. The catch is you need the date of death, at least to within a few days-- if it's not in their newspaper index you need to find the date some other way. I haven't used this service for a couple of years so ask on the list and someone who has done it more recently can give you up-to-date information, or check the list archives. The Little Miami Publishing Company has published a bunch of local history books, including transcribed church and cemetery records. Worth looking for in libraries or perhaps someone on the list can do lookups if you have a specific reference: http://littlemiamibooks.com/ Heritage books also publishes some (heritagebooks.com) Sorry this is so long. Hope it helps. Juliann -----Original Message----- From: Jacqi Stevens [mailto:jacqistevens@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 12:31 AM To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: looking for DEMPSEY birth & marr info in Cincinnati I have been working on the line of Michael E. DEMPSEY and Margaret TULLY Dempsey in Chicago, with no success...until someone found them for me in the Hamilton Co 1900 census. Does anyone on this list have access to birth and/or marriage data for Cincinnati in that time period? The census shows their daughter, Margaret (or Rita) born Aug 1891 in OH, and I am wondering if that would be in Cincinnati or elsewhere. Also, news to me from the census, Michael's niece Adeline DAVIDSON, b 1893 in OH, was living with them. It appears Adeline may have been orphaned. In later info I have, she is called "daughter" of Michael and Margaret, not niece. Does anyone have access to death/obit info that would show her parents' names? Thanks in advance for any help, suggestions, or referral to online resources for Ohio/Hamilton (a new area for me to research). Jacqi -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: 5/13/2005

The following e-mail was distributed by the NHPRC Joint Advocacy Task Force. I wanted to share this information, as it is of concern to any genealogists who use archives. I just finished signing the petition. Please send this to any other Rootsweb or genealogy lists you're on. Penny Nelson Garden City, MI The President's budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2006 slash or eliminate more than 150 federal programs. In that budget, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has been targeted to receive NO funding. This includes no funds for the grants program and no funds for staffing to support the NHPRC programs. It effectively eliminates NHPRC. The Council of State Historical Records Coordinators, the Society of American Archivists, and the National Association for Government Archivists and Records Administrators are working collaboratively to address this threat to NHPRC and NARA. Archivists across the U.S. are rallying to save NHPRC while also ensuring that NARA has sufficient funding to sustain its current programs and continue to advance in areas that benefit all archival repositories and every citizen of the United States As part of our efforts to continue to express to Congress interest in restoration of funding for NHPRC, we have created an online petition. Please consider signing this petition, and please forward it to any listservs, e-mail groups, or organizations and people you feel would be interested in helping with this effort. It is a quick and easy way for many people to assist. The petition will be forwarded to the House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Treasury, Transportation, HUD and the Judiciary in late May. The petition can be access at: _www.savearchives.org_ (http://www.savearchives.org/) Click on the "petition" button. If you have not received a previous action alert on this issue, we encourage you to also write a letter to your members of Congress. For information on writing letters of support, see any of the following websites: _www.savearchives.org_ (http://www.savearchives.org/) _www.coshrc.org_ (http://www.coshrc.org/) _www.archivists.org_ (http://www.archivists.org/) Thanks for your efforts to save this important program for archives! Members of the NHPRC Joint Advocacy Task Force Council of State Historical Records Coordinators: David Carmicheal, Sandra Clark, Kathleen Roe Society of American Archivists: Nancy Beaumont, Peter Gottlieb, Rand Jimerson, Joan Krizack, Richard Pearce-Moses National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators: Timothy Slavin