Believe you need to be in Medina Co. for info on Windfall. The history of Amherst is complicated. It has belonged to many counties as well as several townships. Williams Brothers HISTORY OF LC, 1879, page 325, gives a chronology of the formation of Amherst. Before Amherst's records were forever attached to Lorain County, the would have been in Huron Co. If you think your ancestors lived in the Amherst area before 1824,go to Huron Co page webpage and they have a list of the earliest settlers. Take a look at how Huron County evolved that was written by HCC Historian, author & lecturer Henry Timman. ---------------------------------------------------------- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH