This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: e700 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3831.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank You For Writing Back My Townsend And Johnson Family Passed Away By 1860. And I Am Not Sure If They Are Related To Your Family. But Appreciate The Information You Share And Wish You Good Luck With Your Research. Thank You Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hope someone can lookup an obiturary for me. I have one from The Herald Dispatch in Huntington, Cabell, WV. I am hoping that maybe a picture may be in the one in Ohio or maybe a little more than the Herald Dispatch wrote. Her name is Mrs. Henrietta Graley Akers died 30 October 1974 in Proctorville, Lawerence, OH. The Herald dispatch publication date was 31 Oct 1974. Would appreciate anyone's help. Thank you, Barbara

I've developed a web site that serves as a kind of "clearing house" for Lawrence County Genealogical and Historical Information.  The web address is http://www.caulleyscorner.com/LawrenceCoOH/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: townsend133 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3831.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not sure, but maybe we can figure it out! The first Townsend ancestor of my hubby's in Ohio was James Townsend, who was born in 1754 (I think) in Maryland. Anyway, James was in the Revolutionary War, and was married to Catherine Allen. He had several children, a lot which are buried in the same cemetery in Meigs County, Ohio. I'm sure a lot of the grandchildren moved further away, because I can't seem to find much trace of the Townsend's in Meigs after that. My hubby comes through his son Allen, and Allen's son James, who migrated to Lawrence Co. Ohio. He married Margaret Gilliland. Then down through James's son William to Blaine, then to his dad Bill, and to my hubby Jimmy. I know that Angeline Townsend comes in there somewhere, too, but I can't remember right now where. Let me know if any of this sounds familiar to you! Patty Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: e700 Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3831.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello I Was Wandering If You Are Related To My Townsend And Johnson Family Of West Virginia And Belmont Monroe Ohio And Ohio. Thank You Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: townsend133 Surnames: Townsend, Russell, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/923.943.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if anyone will see this, but I am interested in the Townsend family. My husband is a Townsend, his grandfather was Blaine Townsend, brother to Sina Russell, Oscar, Frank, Sherman, Garfield, Elizabeth, Bertha, Daniel and others. Their parents were William and Rachel Johnson Townsend, who died in 1903 from Smallpox. I would love to talk and share info with anyone who is interested. I am also looking for any photos of the family, any documents that anyone has. I just want copies, or email photos, I have a few to share, also. email is townsend@zoomnet.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I hope I am reading these correctly and pasted in the right information from your list. These are the ones I would like please. As a list member, I am interested in seeing more of these. If you scan them, can you make it at a high resolution? I have poor eyesight and can't read well if they aren't real big. Or typed transcription is fine. Whatever is easiest for you since you are the one who is doing them :) My email address is sapat0827@gmail.com Ashworth Alice 82 LeSage WV Sept. 10, 1997 Hugh Allen and Blanche Duncan Howard Blair Alka 53 Floyd Co. KY May 30, 1972 (Mr & Mrs.) Samuel K Rice Blankenship Cleda 68 Salyersville, KY Sept 10, 1997 Kelly and Nola Bailey Harmon Thank you, Sue Lester Patterson -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of genealogynut@wideopenwest.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:03 PM To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com; ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHLAWREN] Older Ironton Obits I am in the process of downsizing my home so that I can move.  I came upon some older (Ironton Tribune) papers that I had saved for various reasons and as I was about to pitch them I thought the obits might be of help to someone on the list.  I have several more copies of papers to list but before typing them up just want to make sure that the list members wants to see this information. If you are interested in one of the surnames I will be glad to either scan (give me your email address) or transcribe the information for you.   However I must put a time limit of the end of March on the requests, then I will have to dispose of the newspapers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: K_A_Coffey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3829.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Sir / Madam: If Mr. Edwards was your second Gr. Grandfather, then Ida would be your second Gr. Grand Mother. I have been working on her line. I have it in greater detail, if you are interested, but it is an ongoing project. This is a basic line. 1. Ida Jarvis, born Oct 1889 in Cabell County WV; died Aft. 1930 in Lawrence Co OH. She was the daughter of 2. Joshua Jarvis and 3. Hattie M. Wade. She married (1) James Henry Edwards 23 Jul 1906. He was born 22 May 1871 in Lawrence Co OH, and died 02 Jun 1943 in Lawrence Co OH. He was the son of David Edwards and Jane Woodyard. Generation No. 2 2. Joshua Jarvis, born 1868 in Iowa; died Aft. 1910 in Pro West Virginia. He was the son of 4. William Jarvis, Jr. and 5. Susan" Elizabeth "Cumpton. He married 3. Hattie M. Wade 19 Dec 1888 in Jackson County OH. 3. Hattie M. Wade, born Abt. 1872 in WV; died 09 Apr 1900 in Cabell County WV. Generation No. 3 4. William Jarvis, Jr., born Abt. 1845 in Jefferson County OH. He was the son of 8. William Jarvis, Sr. and 9. Elizabeth Goodin. He married 5. Susan" Elizabeth "Cumpton. 5. Susan" Elizabeth "Cumpton, born Abt. 1846 in WV; died Abt. 1876. Generation No. 4 8. William Jarvis, Sr., born 08 May 1811 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co OH; died 05 Jan 1873 in Harrison twp, Gallia County OH. He was the son of 16. John D. Jarvis. He married 9. Elizabeth Goodin 27 Mar 1833 in Jefferson County OH. 9. Elizabeth Goodin, born 04 Mar 1816 in Maryland; died 1900 in Jackson Co OH. She was the daughter of 18. William Goodland and 19. Elizabeth. Generation No. 5 16. John D. Jarvis, born 1791; died 15 Aug 1881 in Perry Co OH. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: K_A_Coffey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3829.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Mr. Tucker, Thank you very much for all of your help. You are "fleshing" out this family for me. I hope, when I am done, to donate a copy of our Jarvis Family history to Gallia, Lawrence, Cabell and Reno CO. KS. Again, Thank you. Karen (Barlow) Coffey Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi again, I compiled both books on MSWord, wrote the story in the front section, added the supporting documents (referenced in the main story) to the back section, included an index which I manually constructed. The story section is about 20% and the documents section is the remaining 80%. I constructed the index taken from the 20% as I was proof reading that section. I could have easily doubled the 80% with more docs and photos, but I still included over 100 photos taken from the 1,500 photos I have. Taking information from the notes sections of FTM is a chore, to the point that I neglected information I should have included. But I tried to write a flowing story and squeeze in information from the notes. I, too, wanted very much to describe my family in stories not statistics. And I still didn't get all my stories included. I may do an Addendum to accompany the last edition. I wanted the entire manuscript hardbound. If you've ever looked thru the various manuscripts in libraries prepared by individuals, some of the softbound preparations are disintegrating. This is such a waste, given the time and effort that individuals put into the research. I realize not everyone can afford the bounding. I paid about $35.00 each to have 20 copies hard bound. I had my own personal copy leather bound. It has more information, another 100 pages, and will eventually go to my grandson. All in all, via the internet, I priced having it done by someone, but I wanted it done exactly in a particular way and decided I was the best one for the job. I have no plans to sell any copies nor distribute any to disinterested family members, but have donated to the Library of Congress, DAR and SAR libraries, LDS Library in SLC and six local county public libraries that coincide with my family's movement and activities. I hope this helps. Henry S. Dillon

Yes, Lulu is the company I used. I was very pleased with the product. They have raised their prices just a bit, but they're still more reasonable than anything else I looked at. If you go to http://www.lulu.com/en/help/book_pricing you'll see that the price per page is only 2 cents! With Lulu some of the advantages are: you upload your PDF file and they keep it (you can retire it whenever you want), there's no money out until you buy a book, no minimum order, no books to sell, no expensive publishing costs, the author maintains full copyright priviledges and can even put him/herself as the publisher. The only potential catch is they want the text in PDF format, and they want the text and photos embedded. I took my Word document to a local computer person who did it for me for a nominal fee. I do suggest that people read any and all fine print before going with a POD (print on demand) company because they're not all the same. Lulu is one of the most nationally acclaimed PODs. They will give you a book number once you send them your file and you can forward it to genealogy lists that you're one to let interested people go straight to your book. An example is my own book http://www.lulu.com/content/966778 Lulu allows you, f or free, to have a preview of your book, give a description of it, and give key words to make it easier for people to find. Lulu allows you to set your own price, they get only 20% of your profits! You can have your documents made into books, CDs, DVDs, or available for download. My book can be downloaded by anyone for a mere $4. I'm currently 3/4 of the way through my mother's lineage which is out of Montgomery County. When I complete it I will take it to Lulu as well. I have been more than pleased, and if only I hadn't purchased about 10 copies myself for libraries, including the one in Lawrence County (it contains my Rice, Hixon and some other Lawrence County families), and genealogical societies I wouldn't have had to paid anything except for my own copy. Linda.

Hi, I’m looking for information on the Clement Ayers family who lived in Ironton, Ohio during the 1860 census. Here is the information I have: In the 1850 census: Clement Ayres aged 21 Forgeman Salome aged 22 Martha Jane aged 1 All three are listed as being born in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the copy of this page of the census I have, has the County and Township cut off, but I am very certain that it was Martic Township in Lancaster County. In the 1860 census (Village of Ironton, County of Lawrence, State of Ohio), the follow are listed: C. B. (?). Ayres aged 32 Forgeman Silome (?) aged 30 Martha J aged 11 Geo M aged 8 John aged 6 Maryanne aged 4 Clement aged 1 In this one, only the father’s birthplace is listed as Pennsylvania. The mother and all of the children are listed as being born in Maryland. I have only been able to find John and the younger Clement in the 1870 census. At that point, John is living in East Earl, Lancaster County, PA working as a farm hand and a 12 year old Clement Ayres living with a John and Ella Rutter in Cecil County, MD. Apparently, somewhere between 1860 and 1870, the family broke apart. Clement Ayers Sr. served 3 months in the Ohio 18th infantry in 1861, but I have no idea what happened to him after he mustered out in late August of 1861. I have never been to Ohio. Is there any useful suggestions people can give me? Thanks, Kristine Elliott

Linda, Thanks for all of the great information about Lulu! I hope to someday publish family information as well, but I know that it's going to be far in the future. Still, it's great to know a little bit about it now. - Jean Griesan :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Trent" <lindatrent@zoomnet.net> To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Lulu was Turning data into a book > Yes, Lulu is the company I used. I was very pleased with the product. > They > have raised their prices just a bit, but they're still more reasonable > than > anything else I looked at. If you go to > http://www.lulu.com/en/help/book_pricing you'll see that the price per > page > is only 2 cents! With Lulu some of the advantages are: you upload your > PDF > file and they keep it (you can retire it whenever you want), there's no > money out until you buy a book, no minimum order, no books to sell, no > expensive publishing costs, the author maintains full copyright > priviledges > and can even put him/herself as the publisher. The only potential catch > is > they want the text in PDF format, and they want the text and photos > embedded. I took my Word document to a local computer person who did it > for > me for a nominal fee. > > I do suggest that people read any and all fine print before going with a > POD > (print on demand) company because they're not all the same. Lulu is one > of > the most nationally acclaimed PODs. They will give you a book number once > you send them your file and you can forward it to genealogy lists that > you're one to let interested people go straight to your book. An example > is > my own book http://www.lulu.com/content/966778 Lulu allows you, f or > free, > to have a preview of your book, give a description of it, and give key > words > to make it easier for people to find. Lulu allows you to set your own > price, they get only 20% of your profits! You can have your documents > made > into books, CDs, DVDs, or available for download. My book can be > downloaded > by anyone for a mere $4. > > I'm currently 3/4 of the way through my mother's lineage which is out of > Montgomery County. When I complete it I will take it to Lulu as well. I > have been more than pleased, and if only I hadn't purchased about 10 > copies > myself for libraries, including the one in Lawrence County (it contains my > Rice, Hixon and some other Lawrence County families), and genealogical > societies I wouldn't have had to paid anything except for my own copy. > > Linda. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Lulu Publishing might be the way for you to go. Contact Linda Tope Trent at Lindatrent@zoomnet.net. She can tell you about Lulu Publishing. She has printed and sold a family history thru them. Robin Fife ----- Original Message ----- From: <gdburnette@aol.com> To: <OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com>; <mochrist@rootsweb.com>; <vawashin@rootsweb.com>; <TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com>; <vacampbe@rootsweb.com>; <VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:08 AM Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books > Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share with me ? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi - I have two books in the Hamner Room. One is abt 550 pages, the second abt 725 pages. Both are hard bound. And yes, it's a ton of work. But what are your specific questions? Henry S. Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: <gdburnette@aol.com> To: <OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com>; <mochrist@rootsweb.com>; <vawashin@rootsweb.com>; <TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com>; <vacampbe@rootsweb.com>; <VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:08 PM Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books > Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete > with notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a > printable book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker > but really not seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic > (or something like that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any > experience willing to share with me ? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - Release Date: 03/15/09 14:07:00

Merry Anne, thank you.? What was the company you used and were you happy with them ? -----Original Message----- From: Merry Anne/Pierson <merryanne@bellsouth.net> To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 7:39 am Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Turning data into a book I've actually done three. I too wrote them myself because to make them the least bit interesting, the story needs to be told along with the facts and documents. I used word but pdf is pretty much the standard format used by the publishers. I used a print on demand company so that I didn't have to order a 100 or more. It was time consuming but well worth it. Merry Anne Pierson > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:08:05 -0400 > From: gdburnette@aol.com > Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books > To: OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com, mochrist@rootsweb.com, > vawashin@rootsweb.com, TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com, vacampbe@rootsweb.com, > VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CB7403F10E219E-C84-20D1@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with > notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable > book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not > seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like > that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share > with me ? > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've actually done three. I too wrote them myself because to make them the least bit interesting, the story needs to be told along with the facts and documents. I used word but pdf is pretty much the standard format used by the publishers. I used a print on demand company so that I didn't have to order a 100 or more. It was time consuming but well worth it. Merry Anne Pierson > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:08:05 -0400 > From: gdburnette@aol.com > Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books > To: OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com, mochrist@rootsweb.com, > vawashin@rootsweb.com, TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com, vacampbe@rootsweb.com, > VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CB7403F10E219E-C84-20D1@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with > notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable > book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not > seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like > that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share > with me ? > > >

I, too, used Lulu.com for the printing of my book. I did the manuscript in Word, and then I converted the file to PDF format for submission to Lulu. When I do another book, I'm sure I'll use them again. gdburnette@aol.com wrote: > Merry Anne, thank you.? What was the company you used and were you happy with them ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Merry Anne/Pierson <merryanne@bellsouth.net> > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 7:39 am > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Turning data into a book > > > > > I've actually done three. I too wrote them myself because to make them the > least bit interesting, the story needs to be told along with the facts and > documents. I used word but pdf is pretty much the standard format used by > the publishers. I used a print on demand company so that I didn't have to > order a 100 or more. It was time consuming but well worth it. > Merry Anne Pierson > > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:08:05 -0400 >> From: gdburnette@aol.com >> Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books >> To: OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com, mochrist@rootsweb.com, >> vawashin@rootsweb.com, TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com, vacampbe@rootsweb.com, >> VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <8CB7403F10E219E-C84-20D1@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with >> notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable >> book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not >> seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like >> that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share >> with me ? >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

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Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share with me ?