In a message dated 2/12/2008 8:02:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mbarbie65806@aol.com writes: What a nice site!? I was particularly interested in Harley Drake and wife.? I believe he was a nephew to my grandmother.? Do you have any information about him and his wife?? Also I was interested in why you took that particular picture.? Was this someone you knew or were related to?? Barb Barb, Thank you. I don't know anything about them, I'm sorry. I took it because it was close to the one I took of my mom's first cousin, Virgil Hooker. Thank you, Charlotte **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)

The Palatines to America Society, a German genealogy group, has its national headquarters in Columbus. It has a good German genealogy library. The library is open on Wed, Thur and Friday from 10:00 to 3:00. It is open the same hours on the first and third Saturdays. There is a small fee for visitors who are non- members. Also for a small fee, the library will do research from the internet. The web site is http://www.palam.org. There is also a small bookstore. The group will hold its national conference in June. The address is: 611 E. Weber Rd. Columbus, OH 43211 614.267.4700 It is near the intersection of I-71 and Weber Rd. It is in a small office building by the railroad track. Ruth Ann EvansColumbus _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join

Hi Joanne, The travel route from New York City to Piqua depends on several factors. Here I am including some general information along with an attempt to answer your question! *What time period did your ancestors immigrate to the US? The earlier they came, the possibilities are fewer. They could have traveled over land on the various "roads" of the time, but this was a very difficult and long journey. They would have had to purchase a wagon and mules in order to make this journey, so unless they had some money they could spare, this would not be the first choice. Many, many immigrants moved west by the waterways. If it was after 1825, they went up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal and traveled across New York State to Lake Erie. Here is a description that was posted on another mailing list of how one family traveled to St. Paul. It will give you some idea: The following account given by a man who traveled in 1849 from Augusta, Maine to St. Paul. It's not clear how far he took the 'steam car.': "...I started from Maine by the steam cars, taking them at Augusta....We went by boat to Boston, then by rail to the Erie Canal. We were ten days on a good clean canal boat and paid five dollars for board and our ticket. I don't remember how long we were on the lakes or what we paid, I should say two weeks. We landed at Chicago. It was an awful mud hole....A man was sending two wagons and teams to Galena, so I hired them...We bought tickets to St. Paul. Three of us took passage on the Yankee. She was really more of a freight than a passenger boat. She only made three trips to St. Paul that year...It was so cold the fifteenth day of October that the Captain was afraid that his boat would freeze in, so would go no further and dumped us in Stillwater... Source: The Project Gutenberg EBook of Old Rail Fence Corners, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Author: Various Editor: Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris Release Date: July 30, 2007 [EBook #22179] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OLD RAIL FENCE CORNERS *** Produced by K Nordquist, Dave Morgan, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22179/22179-h/22179-h.htm As you can see, it is not a simple question and even this mode of travel required that the immigrant had a little money. Travel to Piqua could also have been on the canals that, as I understand it, no longer exist today. If they had sufficient funds and it was 1860 or after, they could have used the railroads or partly by rail and partly by water. *Did they have a large or small amount of money? As I have already mentioned, money was a huge factor in how they traveled. The more limited their funds, the more limited the possibilities and the longer the journey. By far the cheapest way to cross New York State was by water. *How many were in the traveling party? While we all know that many families moved to all parts of the US in various fashions during the 18th century, families with small children most likely chose methods of travel that would be the most congenial for their little ones - certainly a canal boat would have been easier than going overland and cheaper, too. If it was a small group of men - brothers, cousins, etc., it is possible they would have looked for a faster way to travel, but again, it would depend on the funds at their disposal. Of course they could have stopped along their way and worked at various jobs to earn more money and some of them did, but to know absolutely how YOUR ancestors arrived in Piqua would be impossible unless you found their diary or some other of their personal papers that told of this account. Despite the fact that many traveled the waterways, others the railways and still others by wagon, I think you will discover that there was still some uniqueness in how each immigrant or immigrant family arrived at their destination. As for a book on this subject, I really do not know of any one book that addresses this subject. You might try looking into what the Ohio libraries might have on this subject. I doubt you will find it in any one book. For example I am currently reading a book on the Erie Canal (in New York State) and it discusses how the immigrants traveled along the canal to their destinations and some about what their experiences might have been. Maps of the period in question will undoubtedly allow you to see the possibilities for travel. Probably the best source for this subject would be any personal accounts you might be able to find, most probably in the libraries or perhaps the Historical Societies. I would recommend asking the Flesh Public Library. The people there are very helpful and if they do not have anything that might provide the information, they probably would know if there is anywhere you could contact that might be able to help you. The e-book I referenced earlier in this post has some very interesting personal accounts that may give you some insight. I hope that this helps in some way. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, NY Records and Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ Monroe County, NY History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ ----- Original Message ----- From: j paymal To: OHMIAMI-L Sent: 23 February, 2008 12:31 AM Subject: [OHMIAMI] German immigrants I am sure someone can recommend a book that I might read to explain the path a new immigrant would travel from New York to Piqua, Ohio in 1853. Would this new immigrant need to have a sponsor if his passage was paid for by his native country? Recommendations appreciated--and thanks! Joanne Lang Paymal @ langsonly.com tdn-net.com/genealogy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Re. German immigrants An excellent book is "They came in Ships"(Revised Edition) by John Philip Colletta.  It's a small book but loaded with information and reference/ research tools.  Colletta lectures at the National Archives and Smithsonian and on the Genealogy lecture circuit around the country and really knows his subject.  There were many ports of embarcation and debarcation.  Also, if you search for this book on Amazon, you will get a list of other references. This will help you with how your ancestor may have gotten to the "New World" (One of the ports of entry). After that, the path to Piqua may not been direct, as people moved West as means/opportunity permitted and where word of mouth gave them hope of getting land or plying their trade.  A primary means of travel West into Ohio, at that time, would have been on the “National Highway” (the first paved [“Macadamized”] highway in the US) which went from Cumberland, MD to Springfield, IL.  It was finished as far as Western Ohio in the early 1830’s. Clark Gertner -----Original Message----- From: ohmiami-request@rootsweb.com To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 3:01 am Subject: OHMIAMI Digest, Vol 3, Issue 63 Today's Topics: 1. German immigrants (j paymal) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 ate: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:31:59 -0700 rom: "j paymal" <langsonly@msn.com> ubject: [OHMIAMI] German immigrants o: "OHMIAMI-L" <OHMIAMI-L@rootsweb.com> essage-ID: <BAY114-DAV2311552AE68DA5777F568A61E0@phx.gbl> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am sure someone can recommend a book that I might read to explain the path a ew immigrant would travel from New York to Piqua, Ohio in 1853. Would this new mmigrant need to have a sponsor if his passage was paid for by his native ountry? Recommendations appreciated--and thanks! Joanne Lang Paymal @ langsonly.com ------------------------------ To contact the OHMIAMI list administrator, send an email to HMIAMI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the OHMIAMI mailing list, send an email to HMIAMI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com ith the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of he mail with no additional text. nd of OHMIAMI Digest, Vol 3, Issue 63 ************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

I am sure someone can recommend a book that I might read to explain the path a new immigrant would travel from New York to Piqua, Ohio in 1853. Would this new immigrant need to have a sponsor if his passage was paid for by his native country? Recommendations appreciated--and thanks! Joanne Lang Paymal @ langsonly.com

I have lots of Hecker family research. Shane Conley Michael Reck <moreck@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Is anyone in Miami County researcher the HECKER family that lived in Tipp City, Ohio? Thanks. Michael Reck, Riverside, Ohio HYPERLINK "mailto:moreck@sbcglobal.net"moreck@sbcglobal.net Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctr Alt Delete' and start all over? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1286 - Release Date: 2/18/2008 6:49 PM tdn-net.com/genealogy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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West Virginia does. http://www.wvculture.org/history/archivesindex.aspx ----- Original Message ---- From: "ohmiami-request@rootsweb.com" <ohmiami-request@rootsweb.com> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 3:01:19 AM Subject: OHMIAMI Digest, Vol 3, Issue 59 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Familysearch site (Dinah702@aol.com) 2. Re: Familysearch site (Dinah702@aol.com) 3. Re: Familysearch site (Lempacre@aol.com) 4. subscribe (Joan Shoffner) 5. Re: subscribe (Linda H. Gutierrez) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:20:56 EST From: Dinah702@aol.com Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Familysearch site To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <cec.297945fd.34e7f6e8@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 2/15/2008 11:42:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, Lempacre@aol.com writes: Does anyone know if any other states have death (or birth or marriage) certificates online? Missouri does and it is a great site. **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:22:19 EST From: Dinah702@aol.com Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Familysearch site To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <bd3.18f78adf.34e7f73b@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" _http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/_ (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/) Missouri death certificates **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:49:07 EST From: Lempacre@aol.com Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Familysearch site To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <cd2.2961373d.34e85ff3@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Thanks for the Missouri site. I have a great aunt and uncle who lived there. Margie ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:02:09 -0500 From: "Joan Shoffner" <jshoffner@embarqmail.com> Subject: [OHMIAMI] subscribe To: "OHMIAMI" <OHMIAMI-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <003901c87026$cb2a6300$0202a8c0@dellwu2l0q1wox> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:19:04 -0600 From: "Linda H. Gutierrez" <lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] subscribe To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <002b01c870e1$90cd1110$6401a8c0@LINDACOMPUTER> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Send an email to OHMIAMI-L-request@rootsweb.com for individual messages or OHMIAMI-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode with the word subscribe in both the subject and body of the message. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, NY Records and Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ Monroe County, NY History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Shoffner To: OHMIAMI Sent: 15 February, 2008 5:02 PM Subject: [OHMIAMI] subscribe tdn-net.com/genealogy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the OHMIAMI list administrator, send an email to OHMIAMI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the OHMIAMI mailing list, send an email to OHMIAMI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of OHMIAMI Digest, Vol 3, Issue 59 ************************************** ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Thanks for the Missouri site. I have a great aunt and uncle who lived there. Margie ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

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In a message dated 2/15/2008 11:42:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, Lempacre@aol.com writes: Does anyone know if any other states have death (or birth or marriage) certificates online? Missouri does and it is a great site. **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

Again from all the time I spent hunting files at the Archives. Sometimes I would pull a file and copy a lot of pages only to find when I got home that I had cut off a word I needed - you have a time limit and always trying to get as much done as possible during my turn. Anyway when I went back in 3 months to pull the file again I was told it wasn't where it belonged. This went on for some time and finally a year later it was back there. Now for the reasons: 1. It seems to take them a long time to get them filed back after being pulled. The ones I needed a second time always showed up but it took almost a year. 2. Sometimes they are out with students in the room doing projects. That happened to me one day and I was not real happy. The teacher brought in a dozen either high school or college students and they were given a list of names to pull and copy. They monopolized the machines and they weren't even looking for anyone special. 3. Sometimes a researcher has a lot out as for a project. When you visit the room, you are only allowed one file at a time - yet I think these kids had more. 5. They now only let you have 20 files a day, it might be less. It was 24 and I ordered them and then had 2 days of work so perhaps someone else is working with them that day. I don't think they have the time nor the staff to keep track of files that people are waiting on. You just have to keep submitting your request. Some are truly lost - stolen I think. Others are mixed with someone else's file either from the past or a researcher project. I have found lots of papers in the wrong person's file and I don't know how long it takes them to find the right file and straighten out the error. Then there are the files with letters such as C, etc and not just numbers. Those files are not at the National Archives but at local veteran administrations and I am not sure exactly how to get them, but have to learn as have a growing list I need. The Archives are a very busy place with so many different types of research going on. I love being there and the research room was put on the National Historical Building or something like that and they couldn't turn this gorgeous research room into offices like they intended. Yeah. Paneled walls and carved molding. The did upgrade it with new research desk, lamps and an electric outlet at each desk. Enough rambling. Just remember they have so many files and it does disappear at times. Think of Sandy Berger who walked out with all those papers from the Clinton administration stuffed in his pants and socks. He got off with a fine and a 3 year exile from the Archives. I would be in jail if I tried that. Jerilyn **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

I want to thank everybody for responding. I got some very good suggestions and ideas from many of you. One question as to why I am spending so much, I'd rather not get into that on the list but would be happy to correspond off list if anyone wished. spearson55@chartermi.net Thanks again! Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlktrees@aol.com> To: <ohmiami-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:36 AM Subject: [OHMIAMI] Pension Files > Thought of a couple of special files I found so perhaps you should order > the > whole file. > > 1. One file had the fact that the man had married 4 times and each wife > only knew of one wife before and 3 of them tried to collect his pension. > The > poor 1st wife never knew he was alive and she remarried and had another > family > and probably never knew anything about him not coming back. > 2. Another one had a long letter sent by a mother who needed the pension > and in the letter she named all her children and all their birth dates. > She > also sent the last letter she had from her son before he was killed and > he told > her about the battle he had been in. She asked the government to send > the > letter back, but obviously they didn't. > 3. I have found pictures, wedding certificates, death certificates - > actual > ones as no copies in those early days. > > I think that it might depend on who decided what was important and what > was > not. I had ordered one on one of my great grandfathers and had the > smaller > file sent. When I went to DC to pull the whole file, it really didn't > give me > any more information, but you never know. > > 4. I also found a situation where it looks like the man scammed a bunch > of > people in his home town and went out west and the wife applied for > pension, > but in the end she really knew he was alive and she lost her money. > > 5. Another one had tried to get his pension and it was funny as he > claimed > to be in one town and ill and the people in the town said he wasn't ever > there. > > 6. Another person filing for pension said if he died he didn't want his > wife to get a penny of it as she had left him for another man. > > I could go on with the stories, but would be boring. They are really > interesting reading. Most are very sad as everyone came home with bowel > problems > even if they weren't wounded. It is the bickering that went on for some > of > them trying to scam the government that makes the interesting read as > well as > getting a really good picture of the war and how so many signed up for > only 30 > or 60 days so their family could have some money. > > I did look at a few that were denied. One happened to be someone from my > home town and the county has him listed in the book as a Civil War > Veteran, but > when he applied he was denied as there was no record of him ever having > served and he didn't appeal. Thus did he just make it up or did they lose > the > file. I would think that if he really did serve he would have fought it > more. > > Also, did you all know that they had special attorneys to plead their > case. > It looks like they had to have an attorney to file - perhaps not always, > but > all the ones I looked at did. Later I found a relative in the census for > 1900 and his occupation was pension application attorney. > > Enough of my rambling. Enjoy whatever you choose to do. Jerilyn > > > > **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy > Awards. Go to AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) > tdn-net.com/genealogy > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

These are the surnames I'm researching. SANDO(W), STEPHENS, CRISLER. DAVISSON Kay Rhoad _kdrhoad@aol.com_ (mailto:kdrhoad@aol.com) **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

Thanks for the website, Ann. I've added it to my favorites so that I can check it out. Here are a couple that I use for my Ohio research: http://www.ohgen.net/ohgenweb/statelinks.htm (great site, lot of varied information and links, very comprehensive.) http://www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/miami/miami.htm (this is the most incredible site, most of you probably already well aware of it!) http://www.kindredtrails.com/databases.html (scroll down for resources outside of the Ancestry umbrella, most are free) http:www.ancestry.com (yes, I bit the bullet and finally just paid them.) I have my issues, but they house more information than anyone and for the price, it's not a bad deal. I have do a lot of research for my British Ancestors anyone interested in UK research sites, I use these frequently: http://freeukgen.rootsweb.com/ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ http://www.cyndislist.com/ (huge database, but almost too big, I always feel like I spend more time looking on the site trying to find what I want than should be necessary.) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (another place to find free BMD's.) http://www.immigrantships.net/ (a nice, free, alternative to ancestry's fee based service, although not as comprehensive in my opinion.)

http://www.deathindexes.com/ I use this site often. It has been very helpful.

I have found death certificates from West Virginia at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: Lempacre@aol.com To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Familysearch site Does anyone know if any other states have death (or birth or marriage) certificates online? I've heard that IL is supposed to go online in June, but no one seems to know if it will be free. Margie ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) tdn-net.com/genealogy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This may not happen often. I ordered pension papers for one relative and a distant cousin ordered the same relative's poapers just a few days after me. We did not know that we had ordered the same pension papers a few days apart. So, the government told my cousin that they could not find the papers he wanted. But they never contacted him again, to say if the papers were found. Ruth Ann EvansColumbus OH"Old genealogists never die, they just lose their census."> From: Lempacre@aol.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:54:38 -0500> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Pension Files> > Has anyone else had a problem with a file being lost or misfiled? I ordered > two back in August, my great great uncle and my great grandfather. The > uncle's file arrived last fall and confirmed and explained a few mysteries in my > tree. There were also letters in there from his sisters (including my great > grandmother). A few weeks later I got a letter saying my great grandfather's file > was misplaced and they would contact me if/when they found it. I still have > not heard from them. I imagine this file would be much larger as my great > grandfather had a lot of children (some of whom were farmed out to relatives), he > was in a veteran's home, and his widow lived a long time after he died. His > last name was Smith and I'm assuming that's why it's misfiled (just too many > Smiths).> > Margie> > > **************> The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the > Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music.> > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)> tdn-net.com/genealogy> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008