Randi, Do any of your photo sites include photos of the Clarington region? Henry S. Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randi Meetzen" <meetzen@sbcglobal.net> To: <ohmonroe@rootsweb.com>; <ohbelmont@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: [OHMONROE] Just returned from Monroe Co Ohio to L.A. -RESEND > Hello, Just an update from a "cousin". I recently flew to Ohio and did a > mad dash around numerous cemeteries researching my Strickling, Baker, > Yoho,Cronin, Tucker etc relatives. I drove the Old National Trail From > Columbus Ohio to Washington Co PA. > After photgraphing the Tucker M.E. Church and Cemetery,which is on land > donated in the late 1700's by my ggggggrandfather John Tucker,We spent the > evening in Weirton W. Va. > In the morning we set off and traveled the scenic byways through > Powhaton Point, Clarington, Woodsfield and onto Barnesville. We took > hundreds of pictures along the way and met distant cousins everywhere we > went. > After having read so many accounts of the adventures of our ancestors > over the years, i seemed to "see" them along the banks of the Ohio river > fighting the natives who were treed and waiting to spring out at them. > I "saw" the women trying to make a comfortable home along the beautiful > but rugged landscape, carrying water from the river to cook and clean. > There is definitely something to be said for standing in the spot where > the ancestors once were and somehow still are. > I am posting many of the pictures in several locations. I have put 116 > pictures from The Barber Ridge Cemetery, Woodsfield, Monroe Ohio on my > blog and will be posting them to FindAgRave.com as well. I am posting > specific stones to various surname projects. Here are some links to see > the sones. I have just begun but will continue to add over the next week > or two. > Randi M's Genealogy Blog: > http://360.yahoo.com/my_profile-3aZNZP48fqM3elMBsqiyi2PxqPXTUe2OLf7ABjw-?cq=1 > click the dropdown menu on the righthand side of photos > > StrickGen: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StrickGen/ This is a site I started for > Strickling-Strickland Research > > Tucker Genes > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tucker_genes/ A site for Tuckers > > And my link to my Worldconnect Tree so you can see how I am related to > you! > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=meentzenbowles > > While in Woodsfield I saw a sign of a store that said YOHO and went up > the stairs to find all sorts of sporting fan items and school team > uniforms. A young fellow named Kyle was manning the store and after > talking to him found that his father was Doug Yoho who had lived there all > of his life and I believe he said his grandfather was Robert Yoho. > Kyle is researching his Civil War Yoho's as he likes to be involved in > reenactment. So I guess this love for family history is being passed > along. He had visited the Yoho webpages often and found a lot of helpful > info there he said > Well then, there you have it. I have pictures to post! > Randi Bowles Meentzen > > > Randi Bowles-Meentzen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 > 5:44 PM > >