Wow! The answers I've received about epidemics from Bill, Jim, Sandy, and Patty have been really informative and helpful. You've given me some good things to watch for. Thank you! Laurel Busch lsbusch@accutek.com

Thought it might intrest you Richard Williamson West Mansfield, Ohio rw8865@loganrec.com http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/williamson ---------- > From: Anna Williamson <annaw@loganrec.com> > To: Richard Williamson <rw8865@loganrec.com>; Brenda Simkovich <wfs@HiWAAY.net>; Joe Richmond <richmond@ezo.net>; Sandi Prill <Elaine4737@aol.com>; Mary Kathryn Erickson <mkate@sunlink.net>; Don Bell <ddbell@worldnet.att.net> > Subject: Fw: [BELL-L] UPDATE ON LDS RECORDS SEARCH > Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 10:12 AM > > > > ---------- > > From: ImaBR@aol.com > > To: BELL-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [BELL-L] UPDATE ON LDS RECORDS SEARCH > > Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 9:52 AM > > > > This Should Answer Question About LDS SEARCH > > > > > > Hello Fellow Researchers, > > > > I have been bombarded with questions on the Family Search Website and > > would > > like to pass on to you the information I received when I spoke to an > > "Official" Church > > spokesperson at Family Search. > > > > He advised me of the following: > > > > The OFFICIAL LDS Church website is LDS.ORG > > > > Go to media resources and find News update. > > > > The church is posting updates as they come in as to the state of the > > family > > search. > > > > Within 3 or 4 minutes of the NEWS UPDATE ANNOUNCING the FAMILY SEARCH > > is online. They will post it THERE! SO Keep checking. Should be a > > couple of > > days. > > > > It will be a MASSIVE SITE. They are prepared to test this site using > > anyone > > who wishes to go to it and use it. THERE WILL BE NO PASSWORD TO > > ACCESS IT. > > > > The rumor about the password was incorrect. When the site was put up > > it was > > restricted to a few....about 100 people who designed it and are > > putting the > > finishing touches on it, someone there LEAKED, YES LEAKED, (AN > > EMPLOYEE) and > > that is why some of you got in. When the masses bombarded the site > > it crashed > > cause it was not finished. They have now given each worker an > > INDIVIDUAL > > PASSWORD, > > SOOOOO IF it gets leaked again they will know who did it. It has > > been > > postponed > > being put online a few days because of the crash. > > > > There are now about 12 popular stories going around about Family > > Search. I > > ASSURE YOU MINE CAME FROM A CHURCH SPOKESMAN. > > > > IF you pass information about the site on to others please just send > > them this > > message I have sent you. The whole message. > > > > Now please remember this. > > > > 1. Go to LDS.org > > 2. Find Media Resources > > 3. Check News Updates > > > > That will inform you when it is going online. Please notify everyone > > you know > > who will be interested. > > > > I hope this helps you all. You have my permission to pass this note > > on > > to any Genealogy Lists you wish. Again, Please pass the whole note > > not > > just sections of it or we will have more rumors. > > > > Thanks, > > Karen Gaughan in Pa. Pahendrsht@aol.com > > > > > > ==== BELL Mailing List ==== > > Visit GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET - > > http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/internet.html

Busch wrote: > > Can anyone familiar with Licking Co. history tell me if there were any major > events in the 1850s that would have killed a lot of people? Epidemics? > Fires? Storms? > > I just found the answer to the question I posted here a few weeks ago--yes, > my great-great-grandmother, Irena Margaret NEIGHBARGER, was married to > someone other than my gg-grandfather (Valentine L. SPAWR) at the time of the > 1850 census. In fact, I've learned that she married John GRIFFITH in 1848 > and that they had two children in about 1850 and 1852. About 1857, she > married my gg-grandfather. I had never heard of the first husband or their > two children until now, which makes me suspect they all died, and probably > about the same time. > > I'd welcome any clues, suggestions, theories, whatever. > > Laurel Busch > lsbusch@accutek.com Laurel, In the Licking Lantern, quarterly publication of the Licking County Genealogical Society, Volume XXIII, Number 3, September, 1998, page 59 is an article on "The Cholera Epidemic of 1854". Original source for the article was the Newark Weekly newspaper article of 18 March, 1894. Early in the article it states that there were nearly 100 deaths in Newark. The article also states that it swept over the country in 1854. Perhaps this would explain some of the deaths in the 1850's. -- Bill Johns, library staff volunteer and member of Licking County (Ohio) Genealogical Society, Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Visit the LCGC Web Site at: http://mocin.licking.oh.us/libraries/lcgs/index.html Visit the Licking County USGenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/ Visit my Home Page at: http://pages.prodigy.net/billjohns/index.htm and also at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/William-A-Johns/index.html

Regarding the causes of death-- From the latest issue of "The Forkner Clan Newsletter", Vol. 10 #2, April 1999, pages 5 & 6, published by Mona Forkner Paulas: 1848: North America, Cholera through 1849 1850: Nationwide, Yellow Fever 1850: Nationwide, Influenza through 1851 1852: Nationwide, Yellow Fever 1857: Worldwide, Influenza through 1859 (one of the greatest flu epidemics) Hope this helps. Jim Faulkner

Can anyone familiar with Licking Co. history tell me if there were any major events in the 1850s that would have killed a lot of people? Epidemics? Fires? Storms? I just found the answer to the question I posted here a few weeks ago--yes, my great-great-grandmother, Irena Margaret NEIGHBARGER, was married to someone other than my gg-grandfather (Valentine L. SPAWR) at the time of the 1850 census. In fact, I've learned that she married John GRIFFITH in 1848 and that they had two children in about 1850 and 1852. About 1857, she married my gg-grandfather. I had never heard of the first husband or their two children until now, which makes me suspect they all died, and probably about the same time. I'd welcome any clues, suggestions, theories, whatever. Laurel Busch lsbusch@accutek.com

HI EVERYONE! I'm new to your list. I'm researching the SAMPLE family that came from Newark,Licking Co.OHIO and moved to North Fairfield TWP.North Fairfield,Huron Co.OHIO. In are co. History book of the SAMPLE family stated she was called widow SAMPLE with nine childern. John,Martha,Betsey,James,William,Anna,Samuel,Nancy and David. Mrs. Widow SAMPLE the first white woman to settle in North Fairfield TWP.OHIO. they came to Huron Co.OHIO in 1816. later she married agian to Jacob RUSH that soon died there after ward. then she moved to CA. and lived to be 100 years old. who was the father of the nine children? and where did he died and where is he buried? any Information on this family and the childrens would greatly appreciated. e mail me at: reilly@accnorwalk.com LEE E-Mail us personly at: reilly@accnorwalk.com USA-OHIO JAY & LEE

Hi, I'm experimenting with a "migrations" page at: http://mlinda.hypermart.net/migbook/migbook.html Feel free to try it. It is "under construction". (If you use fake info, please state so in "comments", so it will not be included with valid info.) Thanks, Linda

Hi, I'm experimenting with a "migrations" page at: http://mlinda.hypermart.net/migbook/migbook.html Feel free to try it. It is "under construction". (If you use fake info, please state so in "comments", so it will not be included with valid info.) Thanks, Linda

Would anyone on the list have access to the index for the 1880 Licking census that would be willing to look up a page number for me? Thanks!! Sandy Read

Greetings fellow geneologists. I am looking for any information concerning Peter Wagoner b. approx. 1798 in Maryland or Germany and Mary Murry b. approx. 1800 in Ohio. They were married on Dec. 9, 1819 in Licking Co. We know of one son born to this marriage. Harvey Wagner was born in Licking County on Oct. 27, 1827. He (Harvey) later married Susan Crawford in Morgan Co. and settled in Washington County where he was a teacher for many years. But Peter and Mary have disappeared. HELP!!!!!! :-) Thanks, Dan Wagner

Hello Everyone, I am researching the OLDFIELD and associated families that began in Muskingum County between 1830 to 1838 then on to HOCKING COUNTY from 1838 to the present. Several OLDFIELDs migrated into this county between 1860 to 1900. The associated families include: BIGGS, BROWN, BURGOON, CHILCOTE, COOK, COOPER, HOY, ILES, KALKLOSCH, LINDSAY, LOWERY, MARTIN, MAUK, MCELFRESH, MIRE, POLSEN(ON), PUCKETT, READY, SANDERSON, SATER, SAUERS, SCOTT, SIMS, SKIVELY, SPRING, STOUGHTON, THOMAS, WILLIAMS, WOODARD, ZEHRUNG. Whew! Please be sure to check out my OLDFIELD website for further information about the families listed at: http://www.oldfield.org/oldfield/oldfield.htm Thank you very much, Jim Oldfield Jr.

Hello, I am new to this list and wonder if anyone has any information on the Conkle family who lived in Etna, OH. We just returned from a trip to the Archives where we discovered that my gr grandfather, Henry Conkle, was born there either 1843 or 1847. 1850 census shows Henry's father as Samuel, b. 1810 and mother as "Hana," b. 1811. Henry and a brother Adam are both buried at Hill Cemetery in Reynoldsburg. Do I have any cousins out there? Samuel and Hana's children were Andrew b. 1831, Adam b. 1833, Mary b. 1835, Elizabeth b. 1837, Sarah Ann b. 1837, Lydia b. 1841, Lucinda b. 1843, and Henry b. 1847 (according to 1850 census) Henry listed his age as 18 in 1861 when he enlisted in the Civil War, but the census record would make him only 14. Henry married Lucina SHADWICK in 1865. Their children were Mary Edna, Frank Andrew, Edward E., and Siebert Ritson, my grandfather. Siebert married Martha Elizabeth Allen, d/o Stephen ALLEN and Nancy Jane MANN, in 1900. Their children were Beatrice, Martha Esther, and Carl Kermit, b. 1907, my father. Any advice on where I should go to get more info on Samuel and Hana? Thanks in advance. Carolyn Conkle Anderson

Hi Laurel! Your puzzle re: the 1850 census in Perry Twp. made me open up my 1860 census and look for Neighbarger. In the household of Sanford and Tabitha Priest I find Agnes Neibarger (sic), age 24, b. OH, several more Priests and Amanda Neibarger, age 9., b. OH and Lanford O. Neibarger, age 4, prob. male and b. OH. I know you said that your family moved away before this time, but evidently some remained. I have no idea of their connection to the Priests.... Hope this helps - and doesn't give you another puzzle! Gloria in MD Researching: BECKHAM * LEMERT * LEGG * MORAN * REID * GARDNER * McCANN * FLEMING * VARNER * LEATHERMAN * EVANS * FAUVER - all in OH, some in VA.

Hi everyone, Does anyone have any info on the parents of Tabitha Frederick b. December 31, 1824 in Licking Co., OH? I believe her mother's name was Ann Haven, but have no solid proof. I have no idea what her father's first name is. Thanks for your time, Amie

I have finally confirmed that my gg-grandmother, Irena Margaret NEIGHBARGER, was the daughter of James and Catharine (LIVINGSTON) NEIGHBARGER of Licking Co. She was in their household in Perry Township in the 1850 Licking Co. census. Now I have another mystery. In the census, after James and Catharine Neighbarger, all the names in the household were first names only with ditto marks for the last name--except the name directly above Irena's: John Griffith. He was age 28; she was age 23. The names following Irena all had ditto marks for last names, and the ages ranged from 19 to 5. Does the ditto mark with Irena, under John Griffith, mean that she was married to him? (I've never run across that name before.) Would all the names that follow--ranging in age from 5 to 19--be Griffith? The ages seem much more appropriate to be siblings of Irena (Neighbargers) than offspring of her and John Griffith. Was he just an unrelated person living in the household (in which case the census taker made a mistake by not writing out Neighbarger again before going back to ditto marks)? Or was John a Neighbarger with the middle name "Griffith" (and the census taker made a mistake by not inserting the ditto marks after it)? I do not have a marriage record for Irena and Valentine SPAWR (my gg-grandfather), but he gave her name as Irena Neighbarger (not Griffith) when their daughter was married. The James Neighbarger family moved to McLean Co., Ill., some time between 1850 and 1860. I got some very helpful information from Janet, Carla, Chris, and Gloria when I asked about the Neighbarger connection in January. I would really appreciate any additional information about the Neighbargers or any suggestions on where to look next (and how to interpret the census!). Laurel Busch lsbusch@accutek.com http://www.accutek.com/~lsbusch/family1.htm

I also have an ancestor born in hayden's corner and it was in Franklin co, I think Plain tp. I would have to check my records. Have a husband recouping so let me know if you don't locate this. I don't know if it exists anymore but Franklin co Gen. Soc. probably can help you. M. Calvin. Marguerite Crist Calvin cristcalvin@ohiohills.com

Do the Painer have connetion with the McClain in Knokville ,Ohio ? http://members.tripod.com/~Acorns/anthem.html http://members.tripod.com/~Eagle6644/index.html http://members.tripod.com/~Clan_LeatherNeck/hymn.html

At 15 years old or so CRANDALL, Angeline Melissa boarded a covered wagon and headed out west so she would not have to marry an older man. Her father was a Mormon,I believe. She married BRUNTY, John T. (from Ireland?) and it is believed that may have been in Susanville, Lassen Co., CA where she also gave birth to her son, BRUNTY, John F. b. 21/04/1865, however, there seem to be no records in Lassen Co. as it was a goldrush town. (The "F" in my Grandfather's name stands for Francisco (as in San Francisco), and I believe it's because John T. might have left Ireland during the potato family and gone straight for the gold. I have no idea where to start, but had such a situation in TN and it seemes as though everybody seemed to rally 'round me. Hope you will help too.

Hi Carolyn! You are our Fallsbury expert! Thanks for the offer. Would you have anything on Noah H. Tilton who m. Amanda C. Painter? She was b. abt. 1853. I'd love to know their children. However, according to Noah's brother's obit., he was in Martinsburg, Knox Co. by 1881 - so Fallsbury might not show them.... Gloria in MD Researching: BECKHAM * LEMERT * LEGG * MORAN * REID * GARDNER * McCANN * FLEMING * VARNER * LEATHERMAN * EVANS * FAUVER - all in OH, some in VA.

I should add a little more on Painters in Fallsbury. There were several households of Painters here, with birthdates back to the 1760's. Carolyn