LC Researchers, If you are at all interested in Oberlin and the surrounding areas of Lorain County, please visit the newest webpage for Oberlin College and especially the Archives at Oberlin College that went online just a few weeks ago please go to http://www.oberlin.edu/~archive/ You will have to take the time and really explore all the information available here. Please add this in your file of research bookmarks. Also to research the "Index to Lorain County News, Oberlin Weekly News, & Oberlin News: 1860-1917", please add this bookmark http://www.oberlin.edu/library/news_sources/dobnews.html The newspapers at Oberlin College are NOT in the Archive Dept. You must follow the exact directions re: entering name & pass word. I was able to attend a couple of workshops and tours in the Archives and the Reference Departments at Oberlin College this past week. It had been about eight years since I last needed to research at the Oberlin College library aka the Mudd Learning Center. WOW! What improvements and updates you will find there. Just goes to prove that our genealogy interests end up being a life time hobby/addiction and provides you with a never ending thirst for more knowledge and information. Makes me wish so often that I had some Ohio ancestors. I know you will find these sites helpful. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH

Fellow Researchers, Our compliments to the wonderful job done by O.H.I.O. and their actors yesterday in Oberlin. These actors NEVER came out of character and you got to talk & question them on their perspective (both pro & con) of the Wellington/Oberlin slave rescue that took place before the civil war. Of course you had to pretend you were back in that time frame yourself. All of the O.H.I.O. historic homes & school were open for tours. Their webpage is also on the lorgen webpage. Please REMEMBER the rescheduled annual intersociety picnic will be held on Oct.6, at Mill Hollow Reservation of the LC metro Parks Reservation. Near the Ben Bacon House Museum. If you are interested in anything from a historical or genealogical point of view, then you will like being with all these folks. Need more picnic info? mailto:thehickories@alltel.net or the anyone from the co-sponsoring group of the Carlisle Historical & Biographical Society. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH

If you live within driving distance of Sheffield Lake, today until 1:30 the 8th OVI is having another pancake & sausage breakfast. Well, even if you do NOT like pancakes, the OVI Museum is OPEN today til 1:30 or so. Please visit if you have never done so. Wonderful Civil War music was playing too, during our own annual visit to this museum and civil war barracks. Right on Route 6 on the eastern line of Sheffield Lake, north side of the road, overlooking Lake Erie. Have you seen http://www.103ovi.com There is also a link to this site on the lorgen webpage. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://raogk.rootsweb.com Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/

Fellow Researchers, Most of you know that Byron Bray is an active subscriber to this LC list and have read his postings from time to time. If you, or a friend/relative are not yet 100% comfortable finding your way around to the various gen info available to all of us on the internet, then be sure to read his article printed in the issue of Set./Oct. 2001 NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Newsletter; this is the first in a series of his articles entitled FAMILY HISTORY ONLINE #1. It is helpful to even the experienced researchers. You are going to love it! If you are not a member of NGS, then check to see if your local library subscribes to the NGS Newsletter. Secondly, I do hope most of you got a copy of the article that Byron sent (not thru this list)...."How to Deal With HiJackers." It is an empowering bit of information for anyone who travels by air from time to time. Thanks, Byron. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://raogk.rootsweb.com Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/

Dear Nancy, Thank you for your kind words; I'll work hard to try to deserve them. > Secondly, I do hope most of you got a copy of the article > that Byron sent (not thru this list)...."How to Deal With > HiJackers." It is an empowering bit of information for > anyone who travels by air from time to time. As you say, I did not post that article to the list and, since I do not know most of the subscribers, most of them have probably not gotten it. If you wish, I could post it to the list; I know it's off-topic but, sadly, it seems important. I know of no way other than e-mail to widely disseminate it. I'm going to the copy store, tomorrow, to run off a few hundred copies that I'll put in my neighbors' mail-boxes so they'll know. After all, what have we learned from this tragedy, if not that we need to know each other, honoring and respecting and celebrating both our strengths and our differences? Regards, Byron byron.bray@cmug.com

Hello All, Am wondering if adoptions were widely used in 1890's. My grandmother(born out of wedlock)said she was "adopted" by the man who married her mother. We know definitely this gentleman is not her biological father. The mother & this gentleman also went on to have 2 sons within their marriage. They were far from a well-to-do family financially.... average family working hard to make a decent living. Have no idea of the year as am still working on finding any record of when my ggrandmother married this gentleman. According to census records my grandmother was born in 1889 and that's all I have. The adoption (if it truly took place) would have been likely between 1891 and 1900. No luck finding my grandmother's birth record but am going on information from 1900 & 1910 census where the family was in either Lorain County or Cuyahoga County respectively. *If* adoptions were fairly widely used, how would I go about getting the adoption papers opened & a copy....as in who to write and what to request. Not a matter of life & death but if I could find the biological father then it *could* be a link to a genetic medical condition. Figure that would give it medical necessity status. Any information anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. Massive TIA Sheila __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Marilyn and everyone, **************** This was year 1901 The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten-mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the U.S. was twenty-two cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by-shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide -- which was thought to diminish sexual desire -- into the women's drinking water. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

Source: THE OHIO LIBERAL (Mansfield, Ohio), Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 1 Date: 20 June 1877 Miss Hettie AYRES who some years ago taught school in Mansfield, and who has for a long time made this her home during the summer months, was married in Lorain, this State, on Wednesday last. The groom was Mr. Whitfield SANFORD of Geneseo, IL. The ceremony was performed at 1½ o'clock, p.m. by President FAIRCHILD of Oberlin. S.A. JENNINGS and wife, Jno. W. JENNER and wife, and Miss Emma ALDIN of this city (Mansfield) attended.

If no one on line still has it, I printed it, but it's not on line. I could make a copy and send it by snail mail. Penny

I just saw this piece written about live in 1901 and can not find it to forward to a cousin does anyone have it tucked away in a retrievable place. Thank you so much Marilyn

This was year 1901 The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten-mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the U.S. was twenty-two cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by-shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide -- which was thought to diminish sexual desire -- into the women's drinking water. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I really would like to meet you. When I get there depends on my daughter & son-in-law and the airlines. I will be staying in Mantua and probably a couple days in Mansfield. I haven't been concentrating on Lorain Co. I will let you know when (if) I get dates settled. Lola Texas HAYES, INMAN, LIPPENCOTT, MARSH, ROGERS, SANFORD, SMITH All of Medina Co., OH from NJ, VT, MA, CONN via NY AVIS, COOK, CRACKNELL (CRACKNAIL), HAMMOND, HOLLAND, ORREDGE, PULHAM, THOROGOOD, TURNER All in England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna J. Gruber" <djg@bright.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:48 AM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] LORAIN SCHOOLS > Hi Lola, > > Depending on exactly which dates you will be in Medina, if you can come, I > may be able to help you with a trip to Lorain Co. Once you firm up dates > let me know. > Even if you don't need help with going to Lorain, maybe we can meet for > lunch while you are here. > > Donna > > ***************************** > Donna J. Gruber, CGRS > West Salem, OH > djg@bright.net > > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Nancy (& everyone): That list is in addition to the LORAIN COUNTY CHAPTER, OGS, of course! (That makes 10 groups I belong to!) Jeff S., Elyria

Nancy (and everyone on the list): You're right about the genealogical, historical & heritage groups in Lorain County -- I can only think of about 25 in existence now (and that's a stretch!). Here's a partial list: 103rd O.V.I. Memorial Civil War museum & library (Sheffield Lake) Amherst Historical Society (Quigley House/Sandstone Center Museum) Avon Lake Historical Society (Avon Town Hall) Belden Historical Society (Grafton Twp. - Town Hall and School museums) Black River Genealogists (Lorain - meet at the Public Library) Black River Historical Society (Lorain - Leonard Moore House museum) Brownhelm Historical Association (Church and School) Camden/Kipton Historical Society (Jim Rothgery - "under construction") Carlisle Biographical & Historical Commission (LaPorte) Columbia Historical Society (Sally Bronson House museum) Eaton Twp. Historical Society (Tim Francis - defunct?) Elyria Biographical & Historical Commission Firelands Bicentennial Chapter, S.A.R. (Lorain, Erie & Huron Counties - Sons of the American Revolution) First Community Interfaith Institute (Elyria - Rev. Gerald Evans; African-American heritage) Great Lakes Historical Society (Vermilion - Inland Seas Maritime Museum) Lorain County Historical Society (Elyria - "The Hickories" museum and library) Lorain County Metroparks (Benjamin Bacon House, Mill Hollow, Brownhelm; and the Abraham Burrell House, Sheffield) Nathan Perry Chapter, D.A.R. (Lorain - Daughters of the American Revolution) North Ridgeville Historical Society (Old Town Hall museum and Jaycox Road one-room school) Oberlin African-American Genealogy & History Group O.H.I.O. (Oberlin Historical & Improvement Organization/Oberlin Heritage Center - including the Jewett House, Little Red Schoolhouse, and Monroe House museums & archives) Peter Miller House museum (Avon Lake) Rochester Historical Society Sheffield Historical Society (Tom Hoerlle - "under construction") Southern Lorain County Historical Society (Wellington - The Spirit of '76 museum and archives) Wellington Genealogical Group [A couple of these are "iffy" -- can you, Nancy, or maybe Karis, add any others to this list?] We might also include groups like Elyria's "West by the River" organization, which researches and restores historic homes in the West Avenue historic district. In addition, we need to mention all the fine PUBLIC LIBRARY collections and archives -- plus those at Oberlin College's Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center. The "Intersociety Committee" or organization of the Lorain County Historical Society has worked steadily for 20 years or more to bring many of these groups together (with 2-3 annual meetings or picnics), to share ideas and experiences; and to work together on projects and attempts to obtain financing from various sources. We still need new (or revived) historical groups in places like LaGrange, Penfield, Huntington, Grafton, and Brighton. Jeff S., Elyria (member/officer of about 9 of these groups) Nancy Meyers <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> wrote: > Orville is simply a wonderful and helpful person. He is affiliated with > the AMHERST HISTORICAL SOCIETY and lives in Amherst. Currently many > changes going on in that group. Please call and make an appointment with > him as he takes care of a wheelchair bound family member. He is a member > of LC CHap/OGS and probably other genealogy/historical groups with > Lorain County. > Did you know that in 1987, there were 33 groups whose focus was that of > genealogy and local history & special historical projects. There are far > fewer now. > -- > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Hi Lola, Depending on exactly which dates you will be in Medina, if you can come, I may be able to help you with a trip to Lorain Co. Once you firm up dates let me know. Even if you don't need help with going to Lorain, maybe we can meet for lunch while you are here. Donna ***************************** Donna J. Gruber, CGRS West Salem, OH djg@bright.net

Lola, The Medina public library has a great genealogy room. They have tons of resources and records. Debby in Elyria, Ohio

Is there anyone in Lorain on this list who may have any idea of how I can find out anything about my Mother teaching in a 1 room school, probably around 1906. I know she went to Normal School then taught awhile. My parents were married in Lorain and apparently lived there awhile afterwards. If I can get a flight, I plan on going to Medina County. in October, to do lots of searching as all of her ancestors ended up there, but I don't know if the Cousin I am going to visit (and meet) will be able to take me as far as Lorain or not. Will give many thanks for any ideas. I joined the Lorain GenSoc. but noone there could find any information. Lola Texas HAYES, INMAN, LIPPENCOTT, MARSH, ROGERS, SANFORD, SMITH All of Medina Co., OH from NJ, VT, MA, CONN via NY AVIS, COOK, CRACKNELL (CRACKNAIL), HAMMOND, HOLLAND, ORREDGE, PULHAM, THOROGOOD, TURNER All in England Lola Texas HAYES, INMAN, LIPPENCOTT, MARSH, ROGERS, SANFORD, SMITH All of Medina Co., OH from NJ, VT, MA, CONN via NY AVIS, COOK, CRACKNELL (CRACKNAIL), HAMMOND, HOLLAND, ORREDGE, PULHAM, THOROGOOD, TURNER All in England

Dear Karen- I am on the list, but I am a quiet one for the past few months, the Shupe family is in my research, anything your willing to share or trade I would be greatful. I work on a pioneer cemetery here in Lorain, called the Charleston Cemetery, I have been researching the families since 1984, literally digging up the stones as well, I have a lady whose name is Philinda Richmond Strong. Her father was married, then widowed, then remarried to Eunice Fox, who was widowed with children. Together Philinda's father and the widow Eunice, had more children, these are half brothers and sisters to Philinda, at the moment my mind is completely blank, and for the life of me I cannot remember at the top of my head. Philinda is buried here in Lorain, but her name appears with her half brothers and sisters, spouses etc, here in Amherst on Cleveland street. Philinda's father and step mom are buried on Middle ridge road here in town. Philinda's real mom Nancy Arnold of New York died when Philinda was 2 years old, then her father removed to Amherst near Jacob Shupe's residence, most likely becoming friends with them all. Write me back if your interested, I know that Byrd Richmond, Milo, minerva, Rankin f, Richmond families all inter married and are Philinda's family-- Thanks for reading Diane Wargo Medina Lorain, Ohio Karen Krugman wrote: > Hi Everyone (sorry to be posting so much!) > Again in my files and of no use to me are a few sheets of printed > material on Jacob Shupe and his family. Included are a photo copy picture > of Isaac Shupe and his wife Minerva Richmond Shupe. Some discussion > regarding Jacob Shupe and the first distillery in the township. Anyway, > free for the taking, they haven't linked into the line I was working on at > the time so its time for these pages to go. Would rather than send them to > someone who might have use for them than put them in the recycling box > (which is already FULL!) > Thanks! > Karen > *********************************************** > Census, obits, land & court records, general research > Oakland County & General Michigan Research > http://miprofgenie.com/ > Karen Krugman > P.O Box 577 > Birmingham, MI 48012-0577 > miprofgenie@wwnet.net > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

LC Researchers, If your ancestors lived anywhere in Huron County OH around the 1845 time frame, please view this wonderful labor of love by genealogists and researchers Ken & Bev Shute. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron/platmap.htm I am in awe of all that Ken does for Huron Co. and he does not even live there. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH

Hi All; We are very interested in anything on Jacob SHUPE, and his decendents especially daughter Harriet m. Andrew PORTER (one of 14 brothers.) We have undocumented information they may have gone to MO and then on to MT. They disappear after the 1860 census in Oh. Thanks, Marie, Alyce and Maureen