Hello Again First the URL for the Ohio Historical Society Death Index is http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex This is not the same database that Norm passed along. His is from the Ohio Health Department ,which if I had just slowed down a little bit and looked before leaping I would have seen that. His info is for the years 1958-1967 and the Historical Society info is for the years 1913-1927 and 1933-1937. The other years of 1908-1913 and 1928-1933 will be posted later. The other URL for Ancestry is right and it works. I am sorry for the mistake and I hope you all get some help from this posting. Remember Smalley, look before you leap. Thank You for your patience Tom

Hold on every one I made a mistake and I will post the correct info in just a few minutes Boy what a goof. Tom

Hello People Norm Schneider sent this along to the Lawrence County and Scioto Lists and I thought it was a good idea to get it on our list also. It is a searchable Death Index for some(not all) deaths in various years. The site is at the Ohio Historical Society's page ( http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/search.com ) ( lots of good stuff here), but we got the notification from the Ancestry Hometown Daily e-mail newsletter ( http://www.ancestry.com ) I have really used the searchable database that is FREE for 10 days after it is posted. The years covered are 1913-1927 and 1933-1937. The years 1908-1913 and 1928-1932 will be added later. The death certificate number is also listed so you can order copies. Let me know if the URL works for getting to the site. I sometimes make mistakes in my attempt at typing. Enjoy and Good Luck Tom Smalley

My John JARNAGIN b. 1748 Henry Co., VA - d. 1816 Highland Co., OH and his wife Mary SMITH (b. abt 1758 Loudoun Co.,VA-d. abt 1816 Highland Co., OH was the dau. of Thos. & Elizabeth Witt SMITH of Loudoun Co., VA) moved from Loudoun Co., VA with 9 children including my Isaac JARNAGIN (b.1776 Loudoun Co., VA-d.1834 Highland Co., OH, md Sarah Jane GROVE. Sarah Jane GROVE (b.1778 Loudoun Co., VA-d.aft 1836 Highland Co., OH) was the dau. of John GROVE (father Wm d.1787 in Loudoun Co., VA & his mother was Elizabeth OMOHUNDRO) and Elizabeth Lambert STAPLETON (b.1752 VA-d.1834 Highland Co., OH)were of Loudoun Co., VA. Sarah Jane GROVE and Isaac JARNAGIN 7 children and were the parents of my Tamor JARNAGIN who md my John Henry FISHER in 1834 in Highland Co., OH. Where are you posting the families that moved from Loudoun Co., VA to Highland Co., OH? April

I descend from Jacob (b.1770 PA-d.1852 OH) & Barbary __?__ (b.1772-d.1845 OH) FISHER. At least 9 children born in Highland Co., OH. Known children:(1) My John Henry (1811-1873 Iowa,md Tamor JARNAGIN); (2)Sarah B. (1803-1879 Iowa, md Joseph WOODS); & (3)Barbara (b.1828-d.aft 1858, md Leonard BUTLER & Chas. PERRY); and (4) John George (md 1835 Mary JARNAGIN). There was at least another son and 4 more daughters in this family. Jacob was thought to have been born in PA because his probable brother Peter (1755 PA-1842 Highland Co., OH) FISHER in his Revolutionary War pension request said that he was born in Lancaster Co., PA and lived there until coming first in about 1796 moved lst to Ross Co., OH for 2 years, then to Fairfield Co., OH for 1 yr. and in 1802 into Highland Co., OH. Peter was married in Lancaster Co., PA in the 1790 census but I have no knowledge of his first family. Secondly, Peter married Dolly GATE in 1821 in Highland Co., OH and had Sarah, Catherine, John (b.1828), Elizabeth (b.1830) and David (b.1833). Can anyone help me with these FISHER families? April

Hi, my Jacob FISHER (b.1770 prob. Lancaster Co., PA-d.1852 Highland Co., OH) & wife Barbary __?__ FISHER had at least 2 sons & 5 daughters. His probable brother Peter (d.1842 Highland Co.,OH) FISHER was a Revolutionary War soldier and Peter's pension record said he was born 1755 in Lancaster Co.,PA. My John Henry FISHER b.1811 Highland Co., OH-d. 1877 in Page Co. Iowa. He married my Tamor JARNAGIN in 1835 in Highland Co.,OH. Tamor was the daughter of Isaac JARNAGIN (b.1776 - d.1834 Highland Co., OH) and Sarah Jane GROVE (b.1778 Loudoun Co.,VA-d. ?). Who were Peter & Jacob FISHERS parents? Isaac JARNAGIN was the son of John JARNAGIN (b.1748 Henry Co.,VA-d.1816 Highland Co.,OH) and Mary SMITH (dau. of Thomas SMITH b.1720-d.1797 of Loudoun Co., VA d. at sons in Rockingham Co., NC and Elizabeth, pos. dau. of John WITT III). John JARNAGIN (d.1816) was the son of John and Mary Bynum JARNAGIN. Sarah Jane GROVE was the dau. of John GROVE (b. abt 1746 Fairfax Co.,VA-d.bef 1830 Grainger Co.,TN, son of Wm GROVE and Elizabeth OMOHUNDRO) and Elizabeth Lambert STAPLETON. Elizabeth Lambert STAPLETON was the dau. of Thomas STAPLETON (b.abt 1719-d.1771 Loudoun Co., VA) and Elizabeth LAMBERT. Elizabeth LAMBERT was the dau. of Thomas LAMBERT (b.1683 and d.1747 in Westmoreland Co.,VA) and Joan SOUTH (d.bef 1747, dau. of George SOUTH and Isabell, possibly THOMPSON, a dau. of George THOMPSON of England, Maryland, and Northumberland & Westmoreland Cos. in VA). I think Thomas LAMBERT (d.1747) was the son of William LAMBERT (b.1646 VA who was md 1673 in Westmoreland Co.,VA to Ann SEARLES, dau. of Richard & Ann SEARLES). Sure could use some help and verifications on my families. Do you know anyone working on these families? April April Kyle BLADH, 16253 Lakeshore Drive Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 fax & phone # (909) 245-4579 e-mail address: bladhaw@ez2.net ADAMS, BAILEY, BROOKS, BROWNING, CAMPBELL, CREED, DAUX, DUNAVANT, FISHER, GROVE, JACKSON, JARNAGIN, KYLE, KYSER, LAMBERT, MC KINNEY, OMOHUNDRO, MOXLEY, PITTMAN, ROWE, ROGERS, SOUTH, SMITH, STAPLETON, TRABUE, VERREUL, WITT, WORSHAM

Hi, I have 2 major direct Smith lines & 1 Tamar Smith line that I hope you can help me with. (1) My George "Burnt Face" & Ann (BAILEY) SMITH & their son George SMITH d.1816 Goochland Co.,VA who married Caroline TRABUE (dau. Anthony & Clere TRABUE, huguenots). (2) Thomas & Elizabeth Witt SMITH of Loudoun Co,VA (which is in my Jarnagin,Grove, LAMBERT, & Stapleton lines of VA, Highland Co.OH, and TN). Thomas d. abt 1799 NC. (3) Tamer/Tamor Lambert SMITH is men. in her father Thomas LAMBERT'S 1747 Westmoreland Co., VA will. FIRST SMITH FAMILY: (1)I desc. through George SMITH who was a surveyor from EASTERN VIRGINIA that was sent to Henrico Co., Va where he married his neighbor's daughter. Ann BAILEY was the only child of Henry BAILEY who d. 1735 in Goochland Co. VA. In Henry's will he names all the grandchilren except my George who wasn't born yet. George & Ann had 5 children: (A) Thomas b. 1719 Henrico Co.,VA -md (1)Magdalene TRABUE (2)Martha Stoval (3) Marianne Rapene. Thos. d. 1786 in Powhatan, VA. (B) Wm SMITH d. 1789 in Powhatan md Mary SMITH; I need more information on this family as well as (C) James SMITH who married Caroline Matilda __?__ and died about 1786 in Halifax Co.,VA. (D) Ann who married Samuel Mansfield 19 Feb 1752 in Cumberland Co.,VA. I also need information on this family. Their son George SMITH b. 1736 Goochland md 1758 to Ann Caroline dau. of the huguenots Anthony & Clere/Clark __?__ TRABUE. They had 10 children born in Goochland: (1) Magdalene b.1759 md Alexander FOWLER she d.1839. (2) Mary b.1762 md.1783 Patrick VAUGHAN d.1820. (3)Thos. b.1763 md1790 Nancy SMITH & 1808 Peggy Boyce d. 1817. (4)my MARTHA b.1767 md 1789 David WORSHAM he d. 1815 Baldwin Co.,Ga. My Martha Smith WORSHAM md 1819 2nd Steven Gafford. She d. 1851 Crawford Co.,GA leaving a will with children's names. (5) Anthony Trabue b.1769 md 1796 Lucy JOHNSON d.aft 1820 in Fayette,TN. (6)Elizabeth md 1789 Wilson MADDOX (7)Nancy Clark Ann b.1772 md1790 Archer WORSHAM (older br. of my David WORSHAM, their families moved together to GA). (8)John SMITH (nothing else known). (9)Sally md 1799 to Benjamin DOWDY. (10) Capt. George Sterling b.1779 md 1800 to Eliza BOYCE d.1842 Nashville, Davidson, TN. My David & Martha Smith WORSHAM and his older brother Archer & Nancy Clark Ann Smith WORSHAM moved to GA after their father Henry WORSHAM died (son of Charles, md Martha d. of Matthew JACKSON-d.28 Nov 1795 Amelia Co.,VA--not to be confused with cousin Henry, son of Essex WORSHAM). SECOND MAJOR SMITH LINE: My Thomas SMITH was b. 1720 in ? VA md abt 1745 to Elizabeth (Possibly a dau. of John WITT III) he lived in Loudoun Co., VA but died 1797 at his sons home in Rockingham Co., NC. 6 known Children:(1) Drury md Betsy Vaughan and d. 1822 in Rockingham Co.,NC. (2)Zachariah md Frances Moore d. 1796 in Rockingham Co.,NC. (3)Betty D. md 1773 Guilford Co.,NC to Sherwood MAYES (s. of Henry who d.1786 Henry Co.,VA) d. 1846 in Grainger Co.,TN. (4) Thomas SMITH (no further data). (5)My Mary SMITH md. abt 1774 at ? to my John JARNAGIN and d. 1816-1820 in Highland Co., OH. (6) Phebe Smith d. 1850 Henry Co.,VA md Littleberry MAYES/MAYS (bro. of Sherwood, son of Henry d.1786 Henry Co.,VA). One SMITH, SOUTH, THOMPSON & LAMBERT Connection: I need the husband of Tamer/Tamor Lambert SMITH mentioned in the 1747 Westmoreland Co., VA will of her father Thomas LAMBERT. He also mentioned his 2nd wife Rose __?__. The mother of his children in the will was named Joan SOUTH (dau. of George SOUTH & Isabell probably THOMPSON, dau. of George THOMPSON). Thomas & Joan South LAMBERT had 3 daus.: my Elizabeth STAPLETON, Tamor SMITH (I think her husband could be James SMITH), and Ann LAMBERT. Their 4 sons: William, Thomas., John, & George. Do you know anyone working on the Lamberts in VA who might be able to help me? Can you help me? Please e-mail me: bladhaw@ez2.net or write to me: 16253 Lakeshore Drive, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 Hope you can help me with my SMITH families. Sincerely, April Kyle Bladh April Kyle BLADH, 16253 Lakeshore Drive Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 fax & phone # (909) 245-4579 e-mail address: bladhaw@ez2.net ADAMS, BAILEY, BROOKS, BROWNING, CAMPBELL, CREED, DAUX, DUNAVANT, FISHER, GROVE, JACKSON, JARNAGIN, KYLE, KYSER, LAMBERT, MC KINNEY, OMOHUNDRO, MOXLEY, PITTMAN, ROWE, ROGERS, SOUTH, SMITH, STAPLETON, TRABUE, VERREUL, WITT, WORSHAM

My ancestor Morris Trout was killed in a logging camp accident in Highland County on or just before Feb 12, 1860, at age 49, according to our family tradition. Does anyone know of a reference to this accident, perhaps in a local newspaper, or a county history? He and his family lived in Russell Station; his widow Elizabeth Leeds Trout and their children continued to live there a short while before removing to Jasper county, Iowa. Any information about this accident will be greatly appreciated. Richard Moore, 545 South Nardo Ave, Solana Beach, CA tel 619-755-5882 ramoore@home.com

Howdy all! NOTE: If you have recently contributed to RootsWeb and further solicitation might offend you, simply hit the delete key now. However, if you can find it in your heart, please stay tuned! We have a serious situation at RootsWeb. I've shared Brian and Karen of RootsWeb "stories" with you before. How amazed I have been that they can keep going without a break, etc. I thought maybe recent developments for which I am personally concerned should be shared with you. We could lose our ability to run our surname list if things don't ease up a little for Brian and Karen as a couple. Hopefully, you can help out. The recent storms in California have been very taxing on them. As I have shared with you, Brian has spent several 24 hour shifts keeping RootsWeb on-line; making a hair-raising trip through deep snowfall in a 4-wheel drive vehicle to LA to buy a generator. Now spammers are hitting at too fast a pace for him to get much else done. Remember Maiser? Spammers could take us down again! Instead of fighting fires, B/K had hoped to get the servers installed to provide further archives access for the lists. Needless to say, it's more frustrating than usual for them right now and our list has not experienced any down time through it all! Amazing! However, Brian and Karen ARE human [I was beginning to wonder!]. The rapid growth of RootsWeb has caused Brian to break his obvious silence and share a little of his frustration... Brian wrote Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:21:33 -0800 to the Listowners: >I'm fighting off a wild urge to write: > > "I quit. Go find another sysadmin." > >I d... near gave Karen the keys to the NOCs and drove off last >Sunday, when we had a fight that was basically caused by the fact >that I have hopelessly too much to do and Karen is stressed out >because folks are beating on her trying to get me to worry about >their individual problems. > [snip] > >Until RootsWeb is adequately funded, I *have* to hand-build the >servers because we can't afford to buy real commercial servers. [snip] >I care as much as a human possibly can, but there's only so much I >can do. Please, please trust that I am trying to employ my time in >a way that does the most good for the most folks. I am sorry that >I am physically incapable of doing more than I currently am. -B > By Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:12:10 Brian more calmly wrote: >So far as we can tell, more than 300,000 genealogists are using >RootsWeb. If 10% of the users became Members, we'd be immensely >better funded than we are now and could easily afford our core >hardware and bandwidth costs; if 20% became Members or 10% Sponsors, >we'd have the resources to do things like buy primary data from >government agencies and upload it for everyone, or to start >providing free Webspace for use by the family mailing lists, or ... Believe me, it would be **EXTREMELY** difficult to find replacements for Brian Leverich and Karen Isaccson! Their self-sacrifice is phenomenal! So..., if you have not donated to RootsWeb or even if you have, please reach into your pockets now to help the coop out. Last year it cost $60,000 to keep RootsWeb going; $20,000 of which B/K dipped from their own pockets. Now with the increased traffic, it will cost much more. Imagine, if every one of the 300,000 genealogists on the 2600 lists just sent one dollar, we'd have perhaps a couple years' operations costs covered plus needed equipment could be purchased! You need not fit the Member ($12) or Sponsor ($24) category slots. If you are interested, more information may be secured on these categories at http://www.rootsweb.com/ , but any amount will help! Your donation may be sent to: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 TIA...Nancy [Who plans to send $100 -- I'm THAT concerned!] Nancy Cluff Siders Roswell, NM <siders@lookingglass.net> or nancy@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us> or <nancy@yogi.nmmi.cc.nm.us> A PROUD SPONSOR OF ROOTWEB! Listowner/Caretaker of : SACKETT-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/sackett> COUNTRYMAN-L <http://www.nmmi.cc.nm.us/~nancy/countryman> OHHIGHLA-L (Highland County, Ohio)

Who are John K. RAYBURN's parents and grandparents? From 1850 Census, Union Twp, Highland Co., OH, District 73, family 2274, dwelling 2290: RAYBURN Name Age Born John K. 39 VA Alice 37 NJ Mary J. 11 OH Amos F. 9 OH Sarah A. 6 OH Hannah E. 3 OH Job FALKINGBURG 18 NJ ----- From 1860 Census, Jackson Twp, Poweshiek Co, IA, dwelling 105, family 103: Name Age Born RAYBURN John K. 49 VA Alica 47 NJ Amos 18 OH Mary Jane 20 OH Ida Dryden 4 OH ----- DAR grave records from Poweshiek Co, [IA] Montezuma Cemetery: RAYBURN John K. Oct 20 1810 - Aug 1 1865 [Mason] Alice F. Feb 20 1812 - Nov 4 1885 ------- extracted from: Marriage Records of Highland Co, Ohio by David N. McBride and Jane N. McBride John K. RAYBURN married Alice FALKINBURGH (license 25 Aug 1836) Tom Greene

Hello, I am searching for any information on the parents and/or siblings of Jemima POINTER, Born abt 1830 in Highland County. She married Lewis BADGLEY June 15, 1848. He was also born in Highland County about 1822. They moved to Shelby County, Indiana between 1854 and 1857. Any answers or help in finding my POINTER family will be greatly appreciated. Thank You Sherry

Samuel Brown m. Sarah M. Florence 7 Feb 1864 in Highland Co. They had children: William M. (b 1868), Bertha (b 1873), Thomas (1876-1884), and another Thomas (b 1884). Would like further spouses and deaths dates on these individuals. Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

Jacob KRETZER/KRATZER md Margaret Florence 19 Mar 1870 in Highland Co. They had a son: Ira Walter Kratzer (b 08 Nov 1872). Would like birth and death dates on these individuals and information on further generations. I do have earlier generations to exchange. Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

For those curious as to why we can't get to the archives on the Web: >X-Message: #4 >Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:13:43 -0500 >From: Marc Nozell <marc@nozell.com> >To: gregl@starfishnet.com >CC: listowners@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Archives questions >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >> Also, my natives are getting restless in wanting the newer messages >> on the threaded and searchable pages. Any idea when we'll get past >> mid-December on those? > >As soon as more disks are installed on lists.rootsweb.com, the web >archiver will be back. > >With storms in California, Brian/Karen appear to be pretty busy just >keeping power to RootsWeb. You may want to encourage your mailing >list subscribers to become RootsWeb members and move the new disk >purchase up to the top of their TODO list. ;-) > >-marc > >-- >Marc Nozell http://www.nozell.com > >______________________________ > Hey cousins! If it's been awhile since you have contributed to RootsWeb, please consider sending them a contribution if you can afford it straight away . The following are snips of messages Brian or Karen have sent during the recent bad weather. I have refrained from sending email about this situation before this due to the fact group mailings would not have helped their dramatic situation in the least. Again, I'm concerned about their personal lifes! They are a married couple with full time jobs at Rand Corporation! Due to this admirable couple, we have had insignificant downtime this past week and could have been down most of the time by the sounds of it. Later... Nancy, Listowner Brian wrote Mon, 2 Feb 1998 22:10 :00 -0800 (PST): >We're having quite a gale up here on the mountain, and we've lost all >power to the PMC and Birchwood NOCs. > >We're running on batteries now at those NOCs now. The machines at the >Frazier Park and Bakersfield NOCs are unaffected by the power outage, >but they depend on the PMC machines for some services. > >We're doing what we can to keep the site on line, but we may be down >for some intervals for awhile. I'll try to keep everyone informed, >but I may lose the ability to send e-mail. > >Sorry about that. Buying a generator for the PMC NOC is one of the >things we intend to do when RootsWeb's income allows ... ): -B Brian wrote Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:13:00 -0800 (PST): >The gale was followed by a calm, heavy, wet snowfall. Trees are falling >on power lines, and we're repeatedly losing power. > >We've managed to keep everything up so far by carefully managing our >battery life (last night wasn't one of my better nights for sleep ... ), >but it looks like we may be in trouble if the current outage lasts more >than another couple of hours. > >I'm about to try 4-wheel driving it out to Bakersfield or Los Angeles to >buy a generator. Thanks to the folks who are doing a little impromptu >fund-raising, and wish me luck with the drive ... -B Brian wrote Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:58:10 -0800 (PST): >I made it off The Hill and bought a generator, and it's now >installed at our PMC network operations center. > >[ The trip was kinda exciting, including some of that impromptu > tail-before-hood driving that veteran winter drivers find intensely > embarrassing. But I didn't wind up in any snowbanks I couldn't > get myself out of ... (: ] > >For those who have been wondering *where* Pine Mountain Club is, >it's suburban Frazier Park (if you call a microscopic town twenty >miles west of a tiny town a "suburb" (: ). Perhaps more usefully, >PMC is about 90 miles north and more than a mile above Los Angeles. >The climate up here is almost always breathtakingly wonderful, but >every once in the while we have a really interesting winter storm. > >Like right now. > >As it happens, SoCal Edison has been doing their usual outstanding >job of maintaining their power grid (these folks really are one of >the best utilities in America) and they have people climbing all >over the mountain right now. > >Between their efforts, our batteries, and the new generator, we've >had only about 5 minutes of downtime on our nameserver while we cut >in the generator and about 60 minutes of downtime on our secondary >mailserver as we let it clean out its queues before the power >cutover. We've had -0- down time on our routers, the Web server, >the search engine server, and the main list server. > >We anticipate no further downs exceeding five minutes for the >duration of the storm. > >The new generator isn't exactly a panacea -- the best I could come >up with is a (relatively) little gasoline generator, so one of us >has to sleep down at the NOC and feed the thing periodically. We'll >be saving up towards buying an autostarting propane generator, and >the folks who share the NOC (RootsWeb, Frazier Mountain Internet >Service, ICA, and Earthlink) intend to get the commercial-grade >generator installed before the next winter season. > >I'm going to catch a few ZZZs now in case I wind up having to stand >a shift on the generator. My apologies to everyone; for the obvious >reasons, we haven't made much progress for the last couple of days >(and probably won't for a bit yet) on new accounts and the other >chores. > >Anyway, we didn't go down and now, with the generator, we won't. > >Have fun using RootsWeb, B. > Karen Isaccson wrote Wed, 04 Feb 98 19:54:42 PST: >Subject: If Brian and Karen seem a bit quiet... > >Brian stayed at the Network Operations Center last night until about >4AM, keeping the generator going. (Yup, the power went out again >about midnight, came back about 2AM, but he didn't trust it immediately, >so stayed a bit longer to make sure.) Came home, got some sleep, >we were just getting organized this morning when the power went back >down again, so once again he's at the NOC (me too this time) keeping >the generator happy and RootsWeb on line. > >That means that everything =else= he's been working on, new accounts, the >new server, etc., isn't getting done. Be patient! Sooner or later, >Southern California Edison will presumably have things fixed up to their >satisfaction, and life will return to normal. > >Meanwhile, y'know, all that snow really is quite pretty... > Brian wrote Thu, 05 Feb 1998 19:54:28 -0800: >Yup, I've been watching the weather maps when I can. Scary. > >And even before the next storm hits, things are still pretty wild up >here -- while the generator is keeping us up, it needs more feedings >and attention than a newborn baby. > >SoCal Edison just brought our power up again, so I'm at home and >hoping I can at least get a shower and and some dry clothes before >my next spell of tending the generator. > > - Brian "Hoping He's Not Spending Another Night > at the NOC" Leverich > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com

Why, YES there is! There is a Historical Society but what you really need is: The Southern Ohio Genealogical Society P.O. Box 414 Hillsboro, OH 45133 The corresponding secretary, Genevieve Breakfield, is extremely helpful and they have many wonderful research books available for purchase - one of the best selections you will find anywhere, including everything you suggested and more. For example, the 1st marriage book lists this on page 63: DILL, James m. Lavina B. HIBBEN Dec. 28, 1865, by S. Steel, M.G. (OR) and the introduction to the book lists Samuel Steel as minister of the Presbyterian Church. Enjoy! GHIBBEN@aol.com wrote: > Good evening - > > I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if there is a Historical Society in > Hillsboro, or some where in Highland County, and what it's address is. Is > there a location where County records have been compiled and non-court > related documents, such as newspapers, preserved ? Would the Hillsboro Public > Library have such records ? > > Specifically, I would like to find where the records or files of Lavinia > (Hibben) Dill b. 1843 may be kept. Also, I would like to purchase a copy of > 'Folklore of Highland County' by Violet Morgan, published in 1946 by The > Greenfield Printing and Publishing Co. of Greenfield, Ohio. > > Your response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks > > George > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > To access the archived messages, try either or both of these Web sites: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hello I'm researching the surnames Wise, Walker, Diehl, Whiteman, and McDaniel. all of these came from rockbridge county virginia in the early 1800s. Anyone who may have info. on these families please e-mail me. I am also interested in the reasons why these people moved to Highland. I know there were several other families who made this trip at about the same time. Thanks, Dwight Moore

Thank you for your prompt reply with the info I needed. George

Good evening - I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me if there is a Historical Society in Hillsboro, or some where in Highland County, and what it's address is. Is there a location where County records have been compiled and non-court related documents, such as newspapers, preserved ? Would the Hillsboro Public Library have such records ? Specifically, I would like to find where the records or files of Lavinia (Hibben) Dill b. 1843 may be kept. Also, I would like to purchase a copy of 'Folklore of Highland County' by Violet Morgan, published in 1946 by The Greenfield Printing and Publishing Co. of Greenfield, Ohio. Your response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks George

Howdy Howdy! I found the following taken from Ancestry's daily newsletter interesting. I chose Ohio and found that a town of "Turkey" is shown northwest of Sinkingsprings in Highland Co., Ohio where my ancestors lived. This town is not on the map today and I don't remember anyone speaking of this town when growing up there. Got my curiosity up! Thought I'd send the information along to the list just in case it might interest someone else. You may find a similar interest for your folks' location. Take heed about the size of the file though! Only access it if you have plenty of time and lots of RAM. If you decide to copy it, you'll need lots of disk space as well. Read on... Enjoy! Nancy Listowner ============================================== 1895 Atlas Now Online! Here's a hearty congratulations to Pam Rietsch, Coordinator of the Livingston County MI - U.S. GenWeb Site. Pam has spent the last 16 months completing an Online version of the 1895 Atlas. The site can be found at: http://www.ismi.net/lcmigw The following is Pam's explanation of the project. **** Well almost 16 months after I began the project, the data entry portion of the 1895 Atlas is complete. All of the states, except Alaska (which has a map only) plus the District of Columbia have data which shows what towns where around in that time period. Each town also shows the population, the county it is located in, where in the state it is located, whether it has a post office, a railroad station or an express office. This is especially helpful if you have some sort of a record from either the 1880 census or the 1900 and in some case state census of 1885 where it shows a town that cannot be found on current maps. So many small towns over the years have either totally disappeared, or been merged with other larger towns and have for all intents and purposes vanished. The nice thing about this project is that you can also download a map of the state also to see the exact placement of your town in question. Watch the site over the next few months as I intend to do lots more to make it more user friendly....and will also be scanning in the world maps that came with the atlas. I will not have data for them, but I think the old maps could prove useful in research. The site can be found at: http://www.ismi.net/lcmigw Several people have had difficulties in printing out the maps, so I now have a special page set up with instructions on how to accomplish this feat, just a click away. If there is anything I can do that would help you to use the Atlas better, please feel free to contact me. Remember to do your "hug homework" ! Pam Proud Corporate Sponsor of RootsWeb, why not support them today for all they have done for the world of genealogy? http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html As always, the cost for this information is for you to go out and give someone a hug right now, whether they feel they need it or not because time is so fleeting, they may not be there next time you have the urge. Brought to you by the "List Lady" Coordinator of : Livingston County MI - U.S. GenWeb Site: 5881 Richardson Rd. Howell MI 48843-7451 (734)878-9121 FAX (734)878-9352 >prietsch@ismi.net< ==============================================

Hello, I'm looking for info on the following surnames: GILLIS NOYES SHURTLEFF RAILSBACK FARRIS McCULLOCK FENSTIMAKER DAUMBAULD HARBOUGH HALL WEBBER MANLIEF CHASE MERRILL WHEELER MILLIKEN KETCHAN PRINCE STATEN KUNSHIER GROSS or GRACE Most of these names are end of the line names I would like to Thank any one for any help what so ever. Frances Gillis Gossett grams@ohiovalley.com Hello, I'm looking for info on the following surnames: GILLIS NOYES SHURTLEFF RAILSBACK FARRIS McCULLOCK FENSTIMAKER DAUMBAULD HARBOUGH HALL WEBBER MANLIEF CHASE MERRILL WHEELER MILLIKEN KETCHAN PRINCE STATEN KUNSHIER GROSS or GRACE Most of these names are end of the line names I would like to Thank any one for any help what so ever. Frances Gillis Gossett grams@ohiovalley.com