Dear Jan Kolb and Other Members of the Jefferson County, Ohio Mailing List, Today's posting by Jan Kolb listed "COOPER" as one of the Jefferson County surnames she is researching. Please contact me, Jan and others, with a few details on these COOPERs, since I am intent on studying the COOPERs' possible connections to the CRITZERs of Jefferson County, Ohio. Peter CRITZER died 1839 in the area of Bacon Ridge, Jefferson County, and was buried in Bacon Ridge Cemetery. Peter CRITZER had come into Jefferson County from Brooke County [a part which later became Hancock County], [West] Virginia. At least two of Peter CRITZER's sons [L. Martin CRITZER and Samuel CRITZER] moved from Jefferson County to Kentucky, probably by traveling down the Ohio River: to Mason County and Greenup County, respectively. My third-great grandfather William COOPER married a stepdaughter of Samuel CRITZER named Martha Ann BARNEY, 6 May 1846, in Greenup County, Kentucky. Thus was formed a "BRIDGE" linking Jefferson County, Ohio to Mason and Greenup Counties, Kentucky. It is essential that I acquaint myself with the Jefferson County COOPERs to determine whether any of them had a connection to Kentucky, as the CRITZERs did. This COOPER investigation is fueled by the fact that I remain completely without a clue as to William COOPER's residence before his arrival in Greenup County, Kentucky in 1846. Because of the CRITZER migrations, Jefferson County, Ohio could be the prior location of the COOPERs, as well. Even if the search turns up negative, I cannot neglect looking into it. Thank you for your help with the COOPER issue. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio