Is there anyone in Holmes County who is near the courthouse and could look up a marriage for me? The Ancestry.com website has my gggrandfather's marriage listed under the heading Ohio Marriages 1803-1900. Robert Schomp - Elenor May married 3 July 1852 Holmes County, Ohio. We are trying to verify what May family Elenor belonged to and wonder if the marriage record might tell that or if a newspaper for that date might mention the marriage. Any advice for me?

Another possible method of finding Elenor's parents might be to look at 1850 censuses. If she was living with her parents, it would tell their names AND her siblings. But, how to tell which MAY family would be the problem. You might have to check a lot of MAYs before you found her family; I don't know of any 1850 index that lists anyone other than head-of-household. If you decide to "go this route" seems like MAYs in Holmes Co might be a likely place to start! Cindy Kimes joyce moran wrote: > > Is there anyone in Holmes County who is near the courthouse and could > look up a marriage for me? The Ancestry.com website has my > gggrandfather's marriage listed under the heading Ohio Marriages > 1803-1900. Robert Schomp - Elenor May > married 3 July 1852 Holmes County, Ohio. We are trying to verify what > May family Elenor belonged to and wonder if the marriage record might > tell that or if a newspaper for that date might mention the marriage. > Any advice for me? >

The problem there is that I don't believe they were here yet (from England) in 1850. I have some fellow May researchers who are trying to come up with an immigrant passenger list that might tie the family unit together, but so far they have found no record of the May family in Ohio or Indiana (DeKalb County). Cindy wrote: > Another possible method of finding Elenor's parents might be to look at > 1850 censuses. If she was living with her parents, it would tell their > names AND her siblings. But, how to tell which MAY family would be the > problem. You might have to check a lot of MAYs before you found her > family; I don't know of any 1850 index that lists anyone other than > head-of-household. > > If you decide to "go this route" seems like MAYs in Holmes Co might be a > likely place to start! > > Cindy Kimes > > joyce moran wrote: > > > > Is there anyone in Holmes County who is near the courthouse and could > > look up a marriage for me? The Ancestry.com website has my > > gggrandfather's marriage listed under the heading Ohio Marriages > > 1803-1900. Robert Schomp - Elenor May > > married 3 July 1852 Holmes County, Ohio. We are trying to verify what > > May family Elenor belonged to and wonder if the marriage record might > > tell that or if a newspaper for that date might mention the marriage. > > Any advice for me? > > > > ============================== > 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/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237