Hello Dottie, Thank you very much for the information - knowing the township will cut down on my searching time. I have another question you may be able to answer since you live in the area. Also in these administration papers is a daughter who is listed as having a P.O. Adress of Lake Jork or Qork, OH (the handwriting is very poor). I think this daughter lived in either Wayne, Holmes or Ashland County - do you know of a town/lake by the this name or something that ends in ork? I couldn't find anything with a similar name in my encylopedia (but it is old and doesn't have lots of the smaller towns). I do appreciate your giving me the township for Big Prairie - thanks again. Joan Oeck ----- Original Message ----- From: Harvy Miller <hardot@uia.net> To: <OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:28 PM Subject: RE: [OHHOLMES] Township information > Hi Joan, I graduated from Big Prairie High School in 1952. It is located > in Ripley Township............Dottie Miller > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joan Oeck [mailto:JoanOeck@email.msn.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:23 PM > To: OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHHOLMES] Township information > > I am doing research on the Whitfords in my Leyda family. A Leyda will > executed in Wayne Co., OH, in March 1880 has several of the Whitford's in > this family living in Big Prairie at the time the will was executed. I want > to try and find them in the 1880 census but I don't know which township Big > Prairie is located in. I've been to the Holmes Co. site but can't read the > township map well enough to find Big Prairie - if someone could help me on > this, I would really appreciate it. Thanks. > > Joan Oeck > Bellevue, WA > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >