Also, check here: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ and look under patent searches for Ohio and your ancestor's name. Monroe County was created in the 1820s, so many of the land owners of the 1830's were actually the first owners of the land, having bought it from or been granted it by the federal government. John Price jprice@floop.com http://www.floop.com/surnames.htm http://www.floop.com/genealogy.htm On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Chris Staats wrote: > If I give any mis-information here, hopefully someone will correct me: > > If I remember correctly, when I was in Woodsfield in December, the > clerk at the Recorder's office told me that deeds were hit or miss > from 1836 to 1840 and non-existant before 1836 due to a fire at the > courthouse (the earlier of 2 fires). Sometimes these earlier deeds > were re-recorded much later. She told me to check two particular > volumes, as she had found several in them, but I can't remember now > which ones they were. In my case, I didn't find any I was looking > for in those volumes. It is also possible that your ancestor lived > there, but did not own land until the 1842 purchase. You may want to > compare the land descriptions from when he sold the land to when he > purchased it to see if they are the same land. > > Tax duplicates are available for 1818-1838 (as well as all the deeds/ > indexes) on microfilm. If you are not close to Monroe County, your > best bet is probably to order the film from your local family > history center. A listing of the Monroe film is available here: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=196526&subject_disp=Ohio%2C+Monroe&columns=*,0,0 > I would assume that the tax records between 1838 and the time Ezra > left in 1849 are available at the courthouse, but don't know that > for sure. Can anyone confirm that? > > Chris Staats > > > Danraydesc@aol.com wrote: My 2great grandfather, Ezra Camp Ray, was > in Monroe Co from 1840 [according > to the census] until 1849. My dad--in 1990--researched Monroe Co Land > records, which show Ezra owning property in Monroe Co from 1842 to > Apr 1846. Then > he reappears in Washington Co, buying land there in Nov 1849. Does > Monroe > County have a buyer/seller index for land transactions for that > period? [Maybe > my dad missed one transaction?] Or perhaps a tax roll or voter > roll that I > could use to locate Him? {His wife, Alvira Selby Bloor, was from > Belmont > County.} > > > > **************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) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >