Dear Listers I am looking for any information on my ancestors named Shehen, Shehan, Sheen, Scheen, Jordan who traveled thru Hancock county bet 1840-1850. My grandfather Milton Sheen b. 1839 in Holmes County was traveling with William D. SHEHEN age 51-61 on their way to Putnam County. Milton's father,William SHEEN age 30-40 may have died on the way. If anyone is searching this family or has information I would like to be in contact with them. Marilynn VanBrocklin mvanbroc@pcfl.net

Does anyone have any information on this FOX line? William's parents may have lived in Northumberland Co, Pa. Looking for ancestors or descendants of William FOX born 1790 in Pa died 1868 in Hancock Co, Ohio. His wives and children were: Feba WATTS-John 1811 Pa to 1881 Wisconsin Abigah 1815 Northumberland Co, Pa to 1872 Wisconsin Eliza 1817 Pa to ??? maybe Michigan m. Benjamin Hartley Hannah 1818 probably Fairfield Co, Ohio to 1886 Wisconsin married Isaac FOX Mary Ann 1821 Ohio to ???? married James Siddens Malinda 1822 Ohio to 1907 Indiana m. William Hersey Elizabeth WHALEY Isaiah 1832 Ohio to 1851 Ohio Elias 1834 Ohio to 1912 Ohio Elizabeth Jacobs Catharine Males-Elisha 1841 to ??? before 1850 William H. 1845 Ohio to 1862 Va Nicholas 1848 Ohio to 1920 Ohio Malissa 1850 Ohio to 1874 Ohio married George Weygant Mary Catharine 1852 Ohio married SNYDER Elizabeth 1856 Ohio to 1863 Ohio Milton 1858 Ohio to 1950 Ohio Elnora 1861 Ohio to 1908 Ohio married Joseph Wallingford Ellsworth 1863 Ohio to 1885 Ohio Thanks, Wanda

If this has been mentioned before I apologize for your time. The following location has a collection of many old items including an 1880's vintage map of Findlay, Ohio. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html> If you get to the page select "MAPS" in the box on the right - a search page will come up - type in "Ohio" and about the 4th map listed will be "Findlay, Ohio, the Gas City" The picture is zoomable and contains an index of points of interest as well as source information, etc. It may be of little help with your genealogical quest but I just thought it was interesting. Maybe some of you will too. Craig Todd ctodd@dnaco.net Fairborn, Ohio

The Eckert line I'm tracing is vague. Mary Eckert married Terrence O'Quin/Quin in Northumberland co, PA - at least I think they married there. When i was in Lewisburg I found some old journals in which it stated that Mary and her sister were separated after the Indians killed their family. After 32 years, the sister was found about 40 miles away and they had a reunion. That is ALL I have. It did not say whether there was a brother uncle or any other male who survived. Margaret C.

We have a John Eckert, born 24 November 1798 in Pennsylvania. Married Sarah (Sally) Mosere (sp?) April 1820 in Fairfield County, Ohio. They ended up in Hancock County, Ohio where they are buried. We have considerable information on this line forward, but not backward. Don and Mary in Wyoming

--part1_0.51e6ae25.2566a8aa_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit whops if you responded to this im sorry i deleted please respond again << hi I have no clue what I am asking for I was told that a paper came out maybe in the last two week that was about some history. on the front was a picture of a police chief Jack Crawford I was wondering if anybody could get me a couple of the papers. This is my late husbands ggranpa and i would love to have anything I could for my two sons. Thanks ANN >> --part1_0.51e6ae25.2566a8aa_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <OHHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh02.mx.aol.com (rly-yh02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.34]) by air-yh03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:06:59 1900 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yh02.mx.aol.com (v65.4) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:16:40 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA09851; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:13:22 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:13:22 -0800 (PST) From: RJMOM34@aol.com Message-ID: <0.28c1aa5a.25662844@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:12:52 EST Subject: historiacal paper that just came out Old-To: OHHANCOC-l@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 38 Resent-Message-ID: <PxIRMC.A.vZC.i5MN4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: OHHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OHHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OHHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/370 X-Loop: OHHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OHHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com hi I have no clue what I am asking for I was told that a paper came out maybe in the last two week that was about some history. on the front was a picture of a police chief Jack Crawford I was wondering if anybody could get me a couple of the papers. This is my late husbands ggranpa and i would love to have anything I could for my two sons. Thanks ANN --part1_0.51e6ae25.2566a8aa_boundary--

hi I have no clue what I am asking for I was told that a paper came out maybe in the last two week that was about some history. on the front was a picture of a police chief Jack Crawford I was wondering if anybody could get me a couple of the papers. This is my late husbands ggranpa and i would love to have anything I could for my two sons. Thanks ANN

Hi, I'm Kelly, the one going to Maple Grove to get photos of headstones for some of you. Forgive me if you know this already (I'm fairly new to the list), but did you know that several of you on this list have common ancestors?!? I printed out everyone's e-mails, and as I was going over the info, I noticed some people have common ancestors. Including me (with FELLER)! In case you don't know, here's what I found: --Caroline (jschutz1@elp.rr.com) has George (and Jane) POE in common with Mary (maryhart@interl.net) --Mary (maryhart@inter1.net) also has the name CRITES in common with Mike (michael@creps.org) --And then me with the name FELLER I'll let you know if I see more. Hope that helps! ~Kelly =) {Researching: BURNHAM, KELEHER, HASTINGS, TRUESLOW, WENTZ, MCPARTLIN, FELLER, JANKOWSKI, TRESSEL (to name a few)} E-Mail: KELBEL3000@aol.com

I, too, am looking for a location to go with the photographer's name on two old photos taken somewhere in Ohio, possibly Fairfield, Montgomery or Hancock Co.: C. LeForgee Linda Sayre

--part1_0.c73dd58a.2563749a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.c73dd58a.2563749a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: GayeO@aol.com From: GayeO@aol.com Full-name: GayeO Message-ID: <0.861468e3.256373a6@aol.com> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:57:42 EST Subject: Re: Ohio Photographers To: cristcalvin@ohiohills.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 I did a little research on Margaret Calvin's suggestion regarding Ohio Photograhpers 1839-1900 by Diane Gagel. I didn't see it available on the Ohio Gen. Site. It's listed on AMAZON.com for $35.00 and a 4-6 week delivery period! From there I went to the publisher's page (Carl Mauntz Publishing), same price. It sounds like it might be more a picture book, but I'm still hopeful. The best news is that there is a copy in the Findlay Hancock Library, so maybe someone there could check it out. The call number is 770.9771. (Their "card" catalogue is available on line!) Thanks all for your responses. Gaye O'Callahan GayeO@AOL.com --part1_0.c73dd58a.2563749a_boundary--

Diane Gagel did a book on Ohio photographers. I THINK you can get it from Ohio Gen. Soc at Mansfield, but I'm not really sure. Check their page. Margaret Calvin.

Is there someone who lives in Hancock County on this list that would do a lookup for me? please email me privately. jbargeon@provide.net

Hello All, I will be taking a trip to Ohio (in a couple weeks) and plan on going to Maple Grove Cemetary. I will gladly take a photo or two some headstones if anyone needs them, and then send them to you once they are developed (either snail mail or e-mail). BUT, if you want me to take photos, PLEASE make sure that your ancestor is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetary. I don't want to go on any wild goose chases if you don't know for sure whether or not he/she is buried there. Let me know.... ~Kelly R. BURNHAM {Researching: BURNHAM, KELEHER, HASTINGS, TRUESLOW, WENTZ, MCPARTLIN, FELLER, JANKOWSKI, TRESSEL (to name a few)} E-Mail: KELBEL3000@aol.com

Somebody out there want to write a book? Or maybe just start a list. I've wished for a list, too. Every time I'm back in Hancock County, I've threatened to search the newspapers and start one, but I never seem to have time. I can give a dates for a couple of photographers from pictures that I have identified of my own family.. Zays was in Findlay in 1871 and Buck was in McComb in 1896 and 1900. Also Henderson (sp?) in McComb in 1900. All give or take a couple of years. There is also apparently a good web site at <http://www.city-gallery.com/> regarding the dating of several types of photographs from their mountings, etc.. I have not visited the site, only seen data taken from that site - Leah in Texas

If someone has the answer to this one, please post it to the list. I too have some Hancock County photos to date. Don and Mary in Wyoming > Is anyone aware of a reference listing photographers in Hancock County >(or Ohio) and the dates that they were in business. I have quite a few old >pictures (1850?-1900) that I would like to date and many have the >photographer and his location listed on the bottom. With that information I >could narrow down the time frame. > Thanks! >Gaye O'Callahan >GayeO@AOL.com >

Is anyone aware of a reference listing photographers in Hancock County (or Ohio) and the dates that they were in business. I have quite a few old pictures (1850?-1900) that I would like to date and many have the photographer and his location listed on the bottom. With that information I could narrow down the time frame. Thanks! Gaye O'Callahan GayeO@AOL.com

As new people join these lists each day, lwt me again issue an invitation to anyone researching the many variations of the SHANK surnam: Shank, Shanks, Shenk, Schenk, Schenck etc. We are a conglomerate of Dutch, German, Moravian, Swiss Mennonite and Scots-Irish-English ethnic heritage. Fathers and sons and brothers often spelled the surname differently. This is a pass word only entry site: to obtain a temp access, email me PRIVATELY at mrshankindybiz@home.com giving me YOUR COMPLETE NAME and email address ( gender, too, please if your name could be either male or female.) Margaret Shank Arvada, CO

Can someone tell me if there are applications for marriage in Hancock county. Trying to find info on Freedom Henry Church who married Mary Jane Porterfield, 16 Oct. 1849. Judy

It was originally Findley, but has been Findlay for a long time. There is a genealogical line on Findley, so that probably confuses the issue too. M. Calvin.

>From the book, Findlay, The Story of a Community by William D. Humphrey (an Associate Professor at Ohio Northern University) published 1961. P. 15 " But the post office reflects several divergent spellings of the name. As it was formerly named "Fort Findley," this was an error, probably due to a mistake in the spelling in the petition. The first change came in April 1828 when "Fort" was dropped and the name "Finley" became official. In March 1856 the spelling was changed to "Findley." It wsn't until February 1870 that the last change "Findlay" brought the name into line with the proper spelling of Colonel Findlay's name." I hope this helps. There is a Finney Town and a Findley Market down in Cincinnati. Betsy McGee Rice Riceys5@aol.com