Sometimes if you look at a topographical map of the area your families lived in, you will get a better idea of why they went to one town or the other... Check the surrounding counties for the birth records also. the tax assessor came around once a year and gathered info to set up the taxes as well as collecting the info on births & deaths for that area for that year..he then sent or took the info to the courthouse... There were "return" forms similar to the birth & death records we know of now that were filled out and the info transcribed into the large volumes. You may check wherever Probate Court records are stored, to see if any of those returns have survived. Most people don't know about them so don't know to look for them. Of course Probate Court workers rarely know either since it was their forerunners who had to deal with the forms...not them. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Scarlott <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [OHJEFFER] Probate Court birth records > Marilyn, > Sorry to say that all births where no recorded. The doctors, or families > where to turn the births into the township, which in turn they where to turn > them into the county. Or the family could recorded the births when they > where in the county seats. Sometimes I have found the birth one child then > one is skipped and the next one is recorded. > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Hesse" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:57 PM > Subject: [OHJEFFER] Probate Court birth records > > > > I've just finished reviewing for the second time the microfilm of the > > Jefferson Co. Probate Court birth records, 1867-1894. (LDS film no.900039) > > No luck! My ggrandmother Margaret Robinson had 5 siblings born in Ohio > > between 1871 and 1880. Two of them specified Jefferson Co. (Irondale) on > > their marriage licences., and they are all listed on the 1880 census as > > living there. > > > > Does anyone know why their births would not be recorded? Was this > optional? > > > > The parents were James and Sarah Robinson and the children's names were > > Luella (b. abt. 1871), Harry (b. abt. 1873), Emma (b. abt. 1875), > Elizabeth > > (b. Feb 1877) and Oron Newton (b.Jun 1880). > > > > > > Marilyn Mills Hesse [email protected] Windsor, CT, USA > > > > Researching: > > BRENNER - Meisenheim & Lauterecken,Bavaria,Germany>Louisville,KY > > CRAIGHEAD- Beaver Co.PA > > DENNIS - New Jersey>Bucks Co.PA>Crawford Co.PA > > GLASS - Clausen,Germany>Louisville,KY > > GUNTERMANN-Brilon,Westphalia,Germany>Louisville, KY > > HAMILTON - Killybegs,Co.Donegal,Ireland>Liverpool,UK>Crawford Co.PA > > HESSE - Brilon,Westphalia,Germany>Louisville,KY > > LYNCH - Co. Derry and Co.Antrim,Ireland>Beaver Falls, PA > > McQUISTON -Co.Antrim,Ireland>South Carolina>Crawford Co.& Mercer Co.,PA > > MILLS - Co.Tyrone,Ireland>Mercer Co.PA>Crawford Co.PA > > MOODY - Co.Derry and Co.Antrim,Ireland>Beaver Falls,PA > > MOORE/MOON-Co.Tyrone,Ireland>Mercer Co.PA>Crawford Co.PA > > MUELLER - Munsterburg,Silesia>Magdeburg,Germany>Louisville,KY > > ROBINSON - Jefferson Co.OH>Beaver Co.PA > > WILLIAMS - Connecticut>New Jersey>Crawford Co.PA > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >