Brent, There is only one motel in New Lexington, the V. I. P. 1-740-342-3505. I'm not aware of their rates. Most of the travelers that I have talked with say it is clean. The Perry Co. Probate office has Administration Records. What you need to remember is that when the County was formed in 1817, we did not have a Probate Court, as such. The first county seat was in Somerset and records were moved from there. I have been told that all of the very earliest records were kept together. (Probate, Recorder, etc.) Probate was organized in 1851. I believe that at that point those records were divided into Probate, Common Pleas, Recorder, etc. Over a period of years, "some" records have been indexed at Probate, and (in some cases) the indexes are all that is available for viewing. The records in Common Pleas are not completely indexed but those at the Recorder's office are. The Perry County Archives is one block from the courthouse. (on Brown Street) You will find earlier versions of the same records now in the county offices. To date, I have not found any old records there, that we don't have copies / indexes of in these county offices. The New Lexington library is also one block from the courthouse (on Jackson Street). Please stop in and view our genealogy collection. I hope this helps. Sue Saylor Cor. Sec. P. C. Chapter, OGS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Glad" <bglad@burgoyne.com> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: [OHPERRY] Visit to Perry County > I am planning to visit Perry County and adjacent counties of Hocking, > Vinton, Morgan, etc. and am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a > clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Perry County - preferably in the New > Lexington area? > I am also planning to visit the Ohio University Archives in Athens and > wonder where one would find a clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Athens. > Thanks for any help. > > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > *** Perry County, Ohio Resources: *** > Perry Co. Ohio USGenWeb: http://www.kneller.com/ > Genealogy & Historical Info for Perry Co.: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/tefishermain.htm > OhioBicentennial.com: http://www.ohiobicentennial.com/ > > >

I am planning to visit Perry County and adjacent counties of Hocking, Vinton, Morgan, etc. and am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Perry County - preferably in the New Lexington area? I am also planning to visit the Ohio University Archives in Athens and wonder where one would find a clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Athens. Thanks for any help.

Where would one find early (1820's-1830's) administration records for Perry County? There are Probate case files numbering from 1 to 6054 on film, but none of them seem to be prior to the early 1850's. Are there additional administration records of Perry County prior to the numbered case files? I am planning a visit to Perry County and am wondering if there is a place where I could search for these early administration records. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Brent

Hi, Sorry all - I should have read through ~all~ my digests before posting about the perry county site *blush*. I'm glad you're back, Angela! And I'm happy to know we have such eager volunteers in times of need (Bonnie)! I would like to request that consideration is still given to the idea of moving the Perry County site to a rootsweb hosted location. It would ease the transition if Angela does decide to step out and would also avoid accessibility problems if a private site were to go down temporarily and/or permanently. Thanx, Sharon in PA Sharon D. Guerra mailto:guerra_family@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

A similar discussion came up on the PA Allegheny county list. Apparently the Washington county site went through several coordinator changes, and eventually the site itself went offline. Luckily, the coordinator was able to move the site and save most of the information, but not all, I believe. Anyway, another county site administrator stepped in to explain the workings of the USGenWeb/Rootsweb sites (see below). Bonnie, could we find a "permanent" location for the perry county site? Checking the OhioGenWeb site (http://scioto.org/OHGenWeb/ohiomap.html) it seems that most of the Ohio county sites are indeed hosted by rootsweb. Notice that perry county does not have a working hyperlink on this page, either. Its easy to sign up for a free rootsweb site, so as coordinators change, the URL won't have to... Thanx, Sharon in PA ------------------------------------------------------------------ As far as Rootsweb..... many of the USGenWeb sites are housed at Rootsweb.... however, quite a few are not. A lot of the Pennsylvania sites are at pa-roots.com --- Jefferson, Armstrong, Clarion, etc. Most anyone can get a site at Rootsweb and even set up their own Washington County site at Rootsweb (and folks have done it Butler County - - check out http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabulte2 )..... but the "official" county site is the USGenWeb/PAGenWeb site no matter where it's located (Rootsweb or elsewhere). >From time to time, Pennsylvania USGenWeb/PAGenWeb sites do come up for adoption. There's a complete list of the Pennsylvania sites at: http://www.pagenweb.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanx, Sharon D. Guerra mailto:guerra_family@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

I wanted to report that the former coordinator, Angela Kneller is still the coordinator of the USGenWeb Perry Co.,OH. Since her computer was down and she had a problem with her website, Perry County was put up for adoption thinking it had been abandoned. Then I stumbled in and you know the rest of the story.... Angela's site is at http://www.kneller.com/index.htm It is a wonderful site with alot of Perry Co., information!!! Applause! Applause! I had fun creating a webpage....which I love to do! I had fun meeting all of you! And I investigated some genealogy research that I wasn't familiar with before! Fun for me....some confusion for you! Thanks for the welcomes and Thanks Angela for being understanding! Bonnie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Folks we have a problem - Shirely at <sbraunbeck@alltel.net> is the one that started this very interesting series of notes on Dixie - coal mines- mine fires - Shawnee History - Perry County railroad history. I know from past experience with Perry County Listers that many are interested in more than the "dry bare bones" of birth, marriage and death dates. I know many agree with me that are ancestors only become real people in our family histories if we can tell what church they went to - what mine or field or railroad or road or canal or bridge or barn they built. I know you consider this kind of antidotal reflection an important part of our genealogical work. So it is OK to post this kind of thing on the Perry County List. But Shirley who started the whole interesting exchange has not seen the most interesting notes - how about sending her a copy if you wrote something recently to me - whether or not you copied the list. I thank you - regards Hal PS I would give a great deal to have someone like Jim describe the location of the early railroad serving Carlisle, PA. I have a family story that requires my great-grandfather, a railroad man - to arrange for a buddy to sound his personal goodbye toot-toot as the train left Carlisle - while he went back home to catch his first wife and his best friend en flagrant - now that is straying from Perry County Genealogy - good by - Hal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Braunbeck" <sbraunbeck@alltel.net> To: "Arthur Laube" <zurlauben@mindspring.com> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:10 PM Subject: Re: Dixe Coal mines 1900 > What is the link to your posting? I did get a "reply to your message" from Rootsweb Perry Co from Amber but I can't find > the one you sent. Thanks again for your help. I am very appreciative. > > Shirley > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph, Jim" <Jim.Joseph@actel.com> To: "'Arthur Laube'" <zurlauben@mindspring.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: RE: [OHPERRY] Dixe Coal mines 1900 > Hi Hal, > > Believe it or not, there were actually TWO Welsh churches in Shawnee. The > Welsh Methodist Episcopal (Welsh Presbyterian) Church tended to appeal to > the Welsh from North Wales. This church was closer to the American > Presbyterian denomination - not too radical a departure from the Church of > Wales (Anglican Church). The other Welsh Church was the Welsh > Congregational Church, which was basically a Methodist denomination and > appealed more to those from South Wales. That was the church my ancestors > attended. Both churches had services until about 1916. When the Welsh > Congregational Church disbanded in 1916, the membership transferred to > Shawnee Methodist Church. The large influx of new members (and > contributions!) allowed Shawnee Methodist to build their new church in 1917 > - the same church still in use. > > Dixie WAS a real location, although "town" is maybe too strong a word. > There was scattered housing for miners, I'm sure. I have the information at > home on the exact location on the Newark-to-Shawnee railroad line. The > train stopped there to add cars fllled with coal on the way back to Newark > from Shawnee. > > ... and music IS in the blood of the Welsh! > > Regards, > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Laube [mailto:zurlauben@mindspring.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:37 AM > To: OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHPERRY] Dixe Coal mines 1900 > > > Jim that is an interesting bit of info - did you post it on the Perrycounty > list - if not I am sure their are others who would be interested > One of my aunts, Mayme Jones, born April 1884, married Wilbur Laube in > 1909. She was from one of the Welsh families of Shawnee. Did you know > they wee so numerous they had their own church. Must have been some great > hymn singing in that church. I have never known a Welshman who did not sing. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > still nobody talking about Dixie - maybe there is no such hamlet. > -- best regards - Hal > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > *** Perry County, Ohio Resources: *** > Perry Co. Ohio USGenWeb: http://www.perrygenealogy.net/ > Genealogy & Historical Info for Perry Co.: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/tefishermain.htm > OhioBicentennial.com: http://www.ohiobicentennial.com/ >

Bonnie, Will the pictures of Perry Co. people & places, currently on the old site, be placed on this site ?? Barb in MI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie" <hslawblm@yahoo.com> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: [OHPERRY] USGenWeb Perry Co., Ohio open for Visitors > The USGenWeb site for Perry County, Ohio is now online > and open for visitors. The address is > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohperry/ > It is under construction as I just received the space > on Rootsweb yesterday. If you would like to submit any > data, please click on appropriate links. If you would > like to be a look-up volunteer or submit your family > genealogy site as a link, please email me! Thank You! > Bonnie > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > Browse the OHPerry list archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohperry >

Dear Barb, As far as I know, Angela is keeping her Perry Co. Genealogy and History site and everything on it...it is also an ALHN,OHN, etc. site. When I looked at it over the weekend, I saw that She has previously done alot of excellent work on it and it is her personal page with her personal copyright. I think, she just wanted to resign as the coordinator of the USGenWeb Perry Co., OH. I have emailed her but do not know. I only found out she was the previous coordinator by reading the mailing list. Thanks for the email! Bonnie --- "B.David" <youstdavid@egl.net> wrote: > Bonnie, > Will the pictures of Perry Co. people & places, > currently on the old site, > be placed on this site ?? > Barb in MI > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bonnie" <hslawblm@yahoo.com> > To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:17 AM > Subject: [OHPERRY] USGenWeb Perry Co., Ohio open for > Visitors > > > > The USGenWeb site for Perry County, Ohio is now > online > > and open for visitors. The address is > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohperry/ > > It is under construction as I just received the > space > > on Rootsweb yesterday. If you would like to submit > any > > data, please click on appropriate links. If you > would > > like to be a look-up volunteer or submit your > family > > genealogy site as a link, please email me! Thank > You! > > Bonnie > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > > Browse the OHPerry list archives at > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohperry > > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > Browse the OHPerry list archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohperry > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Hi all, Although the Bristol Tunnel fire occurred during the same strike, it was unrelated to the New Straitsville mine fire. The idea was to cut off the outlet for shipping from Shawnee (which used a different railroad line than the Hocking Valley Line from New Straitsville anyway. The Bristol Tunnel on the Shawnee-Newark run was destroyed coal shipments were brought to a halt. The fire DID provide the impetus for building the Zanesville and Western line as a second route (via Corning to the east) into Shawnee. Jim Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Marcia [mailto:moose@surfnetinc.com] Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:46 PM To: OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [OHPERRY] Dixe Coal mines 1900 Hello all, I was looking at a booklet I have that is the 1907 Shawnee Souvenir Book and it has a page with the Volunteer Fire Department and this is what it says.... "Was organized in 1882 and served at the Bristol tunnel fire during the big strike of 1884. The equipment of the Shawnee Fire Department is second to non in the County. The completeness of the necessary apparatus can be easily seen in the accompanying cut." (Then there is a picture of the equipment and the volunteers. They were: "H. A. Carter--hoseman. Isaac Tarlton--Chemical Engineer Thomas Thomas--Hoseman (also Night Marshal) Joseph Jaynes -- Chief Engineer, (also Day Marshal)--my great-grandfather too! Jackson Davis C. T. Griffith--Hoseman T. B. Jones, Jr.-- Hoseman M.J. O'Toole--Hoseman Peter Krebs--Chief since 1895 John Abel--Driver" If anyone has interest in this picture I will send it to you off list via attachment. Marcia moose@surfnetinc.com ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== *** Perry County, Ohio Resources: *** Perry Co. Ohio USGenWeb: http://www.perrygenealogy.net/ Genealogy & Historical Info for Perry Co.: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/tefishermain.htm OhioBicentennial.com: http://www.ohiobicentennial.com/

Sorry, I've been out of the loop just recently having 2 surgeries. What's happened to Angella Kneller? I hope it's just that she ran out of time to keep up the site and nothing more serious. I see someone else is going to adopt the site; will there be a "formal" announcement as to what the format will be for submitting info., surnames, etc.? Thanks so much. Ruth Ann Brehm Rutherford BREHM, MIDDAUGH, WOLF(E), SPITZER, STEEN, TAYLOR, FOLK, DICKSON, RITCHEY

The USGenWeb site for Perry County, Ohio is now online and open for visitors. The address is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohperry/ It is under construction as I just received the space on Rootsweb yesterday. If you would like to submit any data, please click on appropriate links. If you would like to be a look-up volunteer or submit your family genealogy site as a link, please email me! Thank You! Bonnie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Hello all, I was looking at a booklet I have that is the 1907 Shawnee Souvenir Book and it has a page with the Volunteer Fire Department and this is what it says.... "Was organized in 1882 and served at the Bristol tunnel fire during the big strike of 1884. The equipment of the Shawnee Fire Department is second to non in the County. The completeness of the necessary apparatus can be easily seen in the accompanying cut." (Then there is a picture of the equipment and the volunteers. They were: "H. A. Carter--hoseman. Isaac Tarlton--Chemical Engineer Thomas Thomas--Hoseman (also Night Marshal) Joseph Jaynes -- Chief Engineer, (also Day Marshal)--my great-grandfather too! Jackson Davis C. T. Griffith--Hoseman T. B. Jones, Jr.-- Hoseman M.J. O'Toole--Hoseman Peter Krebs--Chief since 1895 John Abel--Driver" If anyone has interest in this picture I will send it to you off list via attachment. Marcia moose@surfnetinc.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Laube" <zurlauben@mindspring.com> To: "Shirley Braunbeck" <sbraunbeck@alltel.net>; <ohpERRY-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 1:50 PM Subject: Dixe Coal mines 1900 > Shirley - I am going to post this on the Perry County list and I hope some > real native will answer ---snip Well Shirley they answered - but I am not sure you have seen the answers - here is one for example from Ruth A: Dixie was a small village near where the Jackson,Pike,Monday Creek and Salt Lick townships meet. My husband used to purchase coal from the mine there when he was a young man. There is not much there now but it is shown on the county map which I have. You can probably get more info. from the Perry Co. Website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: Shirley Braunbeck > To: Zurlauben@mindspring.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 9:48 PM > Subject: PERRY COUNTY Inquiry > > Dear Mr. Laube, > > I have read with interest many of your postings on Rootsweb, etc and I see > that in a '98 archives you spoke of the coal mines of Shawnee. My > mother-in-law, who is 92 yrs old, tells of living in Dixie, which was > somewhere around New Lexington and that her father worked in the coal mine. > She would "walk the tracks" to Shawnee to go to church. Since you are a > native, I was wondering what light you can shed on Dixie and the mining > industry in the early 1900's in that area. > > Thank you. > > Shirley Braunbeck >

Welcome to the list, Bonnie, and good luck in your venture. Shirley

Bonnie, Welcome. Angela has been so kind as to post information about the Perry County Chapter, OGS on her site, and (if you are agreeable) we wish to continue this practice in a similar fashion. Please contact me about any specifics that you may have. Sue Saylor P.C. Cor. Sec. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie" <hslawblm@yahoo.com> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 10:25 PM Subject: [OHPERRY] New Coordinator for Perry Co., OHGenWeb > I saw on the OHGenWeb site for Counties that Perry > County needed adopted. I have been approved to adopt > Perry county and am working on a page for it. This is > my first message to this list. Bonnie > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-L, send mail to OHPERRY-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave OHPERRY-D, do the same thing with OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com. > >

Dear sue, I have already added some of the Perry County Chapter, OGS info on the page I am doing as I think it is important. I am not sure if Angela is going to keep up the page she has on http://www.kneller.com/index.htm After I get the page up next week I will contact you for further info. Thanks Bonnie --- Sue Saylor <susays@ohiohills.com> wrote: > Bonnie, > Welcome. > Angela has been so kind as to post information about > the Perry County > Chapter, OGS on her site, and (if you are agreeable) > we wish to continue > this practice in a similar fashion. Please contact > me about any specifics > that you may have. > > Sue Saylor > P.C. Cor. Sec. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bonnie" <hslawblm@yahoo.com> > To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 10:25 PM > Subject: [OHPERRY] New Coordinator for Perry Co., > OHGenWeb > > > > I saw on the OHGenWeb site for Counties that Perry > > County needed adopted. I have been approved to > adopt > > Perry county and am working on a page for it. This > is > > my first message to this list. Bonnie > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-L, send mail to > OHPERRY-L-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message > subject and body. To leave > OHPERRY-D, do the same thing with > OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > > > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-L, send mail to > OHPERRY-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word > unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To > unsubcribe from OHPERRY-D, do the same thing with > OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Welcome, Bonnie!

Hip! Hip! And Three Cheers, any assistance just ask - any of us will be sure to assist need be! Lets help group-send any and all information that we have in our files to Bonnie! Lets share our records and any other information that we have ~ Keep this active ~ Regards, Shirley in Colorado

Thank you for the warm welcome!!! Have you seen the USGenWeb Archives page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/perry.htm It gives instruction on how to submit material to the Perry Co. archives so it will be there for everyone and won't get lost as volunteer coordinators change. If you submit it then I can link to the page for everyone to see. Thanks Bonnie --- Rwf2255@aol.com wrote: > Hip! Hip! And Three Cheers, any assistance just ask > - any of us will be sure > to assist need be! Lets help group-send any and all > information that we have > in our files to Bonnie! Lets share our records and > any other information > that we have ~ Keep this active ~ Regards, Shirley > in Colorado > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > Browse the OHPerry list archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohperry > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com