Fellow Researchers, Beware, even on documents, things are not always what they appear to be. While going thru family papers of my late sister-in-law, I came across a beautifully embossed marriage certificate dated July 30, 1949. The certificate was from a Catholic church in Lakewood OH. Of course, it contained the names of the bride, groom, witnesses, priest, the church and the date. All were carefully written in beautiful penmanship. The best man was listed as Patrick Kopchik (brother of groom) and the maid of honor as Katherine S........ (brides best friend & still living). Alas it was not so. The bride & groom and a bridesmaid confirmed to us a few years ago, that someone in the church office had filled out the certificate before marriage actually took place. The facts were: Patrick was not even in the same state the day of the wedding. He was still on one of his infamous "toots" and the maid of honor had been married herself a few days earlier and had a new last name. The certificate was never corrected. ===== Nancy M. Clay Meyers, Lorain OH Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen

Darlene Moore, President of the Medina County Genealogical Chapter, invites you to attend their program this Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 2 p.m. at the Medina County Library Annex. The guest speaker will be Tom Neel of the Ohio Genealogical Society in Mansfield. His topic will be "Hidden Resources at OGS". This is an excellent opportunity to learn what the OGS Library holds beyond the books on the shelves and the rolls of microfilm in the drawers.

Barb, When did they raise their rates for coping marriage licenses? Last I knew it was 30 a page. Penny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Hyatt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: RE: [OHLORAIN] marriage and divorce > The site on line will just give you the record number and who they married > but nothing else you need to look that up at the Probate Court and the > divorce records are on file at the court house but different area. > > I am helping another gal from Utah and need to go to the courthouse so I > could do it for you if you want. They charge $1.00 per page the last time > I > was there. > > Send me info if you want me to do this, no charge except for copies. > > Barbara > How do I find a marriage record in Lorain in the 1916-1920 timeframe. I > am > also looking for a marriage/divorce record in the 1945-1950 timeframe. > > Does anyone know if these records are accessable via the web. If not > where > do I begin to find such records? > > Barbara > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN > >

The site on line will just give you the record number and who they married but nothing else you need to look that up at the Probate Court and the divorce records are on file at the court house but different area. I am helping another gal from Utah and need to go to the courthouse so I could do it for you if you want. They charge $1.00 per page the last time I was there. Send me info if you want me to do this, no charge except for copies. Barbara How do I find a marriage record in Lorain in the 1916-1920 timeframe. I am also looking for a marriage/divorce record in the 1945-1950 timeframe. Does anyone know if these records are accessable via the web. If not where do I begin to find such records? Barbara ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN

How do I find a marriage record in Lorain in the 1916-1920 timeframe. I am also looking for a marriage/divorce record in the 1945-1950 timeframe. Does anyone know if these records are accessable via the web. If not where do I begin to find such records? Barbara

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Listers, FYI Yolanda Campbell Lifter wrote: > Please consider posting this to your list. The 44th Annual > Conference of the Ohio Genealogical Society will be held 14-16 > April 2005 in Akron at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The title of this > year's conference is "From Farmlands to City Streets: Our > Ancestors' Changing Environment." The conference will feature > over 60 sessions and many nationally known speakers including John > Humphrey, John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., and George K. Schweitzer, > Ph. D., ScD. The conference brochure and registration form may be > found at the following > site. http://ogs.org/PDF/RegistrationBooklet.pdf Thank > you. Yolanda Campbell Lifter > [email protected] -- Sue Strick, Lorain County Coordinator for OHGenWeb Lorain County Genealogy Page, http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen L.C. Mailing List, http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen/mail.htm

Three new pictures of buildings in Avon have been added to the webpages. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlorain/pictures/New2001.htm Albin Stickney home built about 1833 George Pickering home Trinity School House These pictures were submitted by Margaret Cheney

I am wondering if any one can help me. There use to be a web site for genealogy swaping. If I needed information in Michigan, some one in Michigan would do it for a look up in Ohio....even trade. Does anyone know what I am talking about? It's been a few years since I used it, just wonder if it still around. Thanks, Penny

I need someone that can go to the court house in Lorain and look up a probate case. I have all the information. If you contact me privately I am located in Salt Lake City Utah I can look up items at the family history library in trade or am willing to pay for your travel copies etc. Please contact me at [email protected] Thanks Jill Ekstrom

I am looking for the records from Emil Duvaul funeral home in Lorain. My father died in 1966 and was buried in Calvary Cemetary. I would like to know what happened to the records kept at the funeral home to see if it could shed some light on a couple of things for me. Does anyone know where these records might be kept? Barbara

Greetings to my BRITNELL cousins in Ohio. I am conducting a census for BRITNELL hopefully to be complete by March of 2005. During my research in the past fifteen years I have discovered that there are about 4000 of us using the name. This name appears to be going into decline. To avert the total loss of the name, somewhere down the line of time, I am hoping that we can come up with a solution to avoid this. We need your participation. The BRITNELL name has an interesting history and it would be a terrible shame to lose it. I don't much like being an endangered species. For those BRITNELLs who did not receive a census package in the mail please email me here-->[email protected] OR: write to me at 35 Deerpoint Road, SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2J 6R3 I hope to have the census complete by March of 2005. Mary Anne Britnell

Greetings to my BRITNELL cousins in Ohio. I am conducting a census for BRITNELL hopefully to be complete by March of 2005. During my research in the past fifteen years I have discovered that there are about 4000 of us using the name. This name appears to be going into decline. To avert the total loss of the name, somewhere down the line of time, I am hoping that we can come up with a solution to avoid this. We need your participation. The BRITNELL name has an interesting history and it would be a terrible shame to lose it. I don't much like being an endangered species. For those BRITNELLs who did not receive a census package in the mail please email me here-->[email protected] OR: write to me at 35 Deerpoint Road, SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2J 6R3 Mary Anne Britnell

The Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists is sponsoring an Advanced Genealogy Discussion Group. The next meeting is on Saturday, February 19, 2005. The purpose of the group is to discuss advanced genealogical methodology as presented in case studies that have appeared in various scholarly genealogical publications. The group meets the *third* Saturday of the month, starting at 10:00 am, at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, meeting room 3. The library is located at 60 South High St., Akron, OH. The meetings last about one and one-half hours. *Note change of location.* The discussions are free but pre-registration is required. Any experienced genealogical researcher is welcome to enroll. As a pre-requisite, participants should be familiar with Dr. William M. Litchman's article, "Teaching Analysis, Logic, and the Research Process: A Seminar Approach", from the NGS News Magazine, Nov/Dec 2000, pages 340-343. Each participant is requested to read several times, in advance of the meeting, the article to be discussed at the meeting. The article chosen for the February 19, 2005 discussion appeared in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 78, no.2, June 1990. It is titled "Backtracking through Burned Counties: Bonds of Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and the Carolinas" beginning on page 98. To register, or for any questions, contact Donna Gruber at [email protected] or call (419) 846-3533.

Margaret Cheney, President of the Lorain Co. Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, will present "Genealogy and the Internet" at the North Ridgeville Public Library, 35700 Bainbridge Rd., North Ridgeville on Sunday, February 6 at 2:00 PM. The program is free and open to the public. For further information, contact the North Ridgeville Public Library at 440-327-8326. Respectfully submitted, Jean Copeland Vice President, LCC-OGS

New additions to the Ancestral Web Pages for Lorain County are: Pictures of People: George Oldfield, Robert D Oldfield in WWI Uniform, Bob & Nell Oldfield http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eohlorain/pictures/New2001.htm

The Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet on Monday, February 14, 2005 at the Oberlin Public Library, 65 S. Main St., Oberlin, Ohio. Social time begins at 6:30 PM followed by the general meeting and featured program at 7:00 PM. Mr. Al Fuchs of Fuchs, Kasperek Photography of Cleveland, Ohio will present "Digital Scrapbooking and Genealogy." Mr. Fuchs' program will offer suggestions for organizing family histories and stories, photographs, old films or videos, documents, letters, keepsakes and heirlooms on a VHS, CD-ROM, or DVD format. The program is free and open to the public. For further information, contact Margaret at [email protected] or Jean at [email protected] Respectfully submitted, Jean Copeland Vice President, Lorain County Chapter of OGS

Does anyone know anything about this couple who were in Elyria beginning 1840 census? They had a son named Wallace who stayed until his death, I think, in 1931. Wallace and his wife were close friends with a great aunt of mine, Alice "Kittie" Cathabel (ELLIOTT) Lippy. I know Kittie's parent's, but her father's parent's are my brickwall. I am researching all her associates, as one tactic to determine clues to my ELLIOTT brickwall. The Jon. SMART family were, in deed, neighbors in 1850 of William ELLIOTT's second wife's family (NICHOLS)--and Kittie's future mother, so . . . "me thinks" they were important, especially since they and the son, Wallace, remained life long family friends. Help, anyone? Would like to know Nancy's maiden name to start with, and any other biographical info. anyone has on them. Thanks, Sarah

I ran across a HOLL website, there are Lorain County people, contact me privately and I will forward the e-mail Marilyn

Long time Chapter members, Hazel Webster (nee Whipple) a former Chapter member for several years, who did much "armchair genealogy" in her healthier years, passed away in Elyria on Jan. 8, 2005. She gave frequent assistance to our 1st Chapter President Anne Glendening of Wellington who also was an armchair genealogist. Hazel was a resident of LaGrange Township at the time. Hazel completed the entire documentation for the ancestors of her former daughter-in-law Linda L.Langham Harmeling who was #64 of the First Family Inductees back in in 1988. If you missed the obit, you may view it and then leave a condolences at the memorial guestbook on: www.buschfuneral.com Wonder what our grandparents and parents would have thought of this method? Mine might have said TSK! TSK!, what is this world coming to? ===== Nancy M. Clay Meyers, Lorain OH Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org