Hi, The Portage County Recorder in Ravenna has deed indexes and copies of deeds. The following in the LDS (familysearch.org) catalog might also be helpful: Duplicate tax records : 1816-1838 Portage County (Ohio). Auditor Tax records of Portage, Summit and portions of Medina Cos., Ohio, 1808-1820 Clegg, Michael Barren Index to deeds; grantors, transcribed from Trumbull, Portage, Medina and Stark counties, 1795-1840 Summit County (Ohio). County Recorder Combination atlas map of Portage County, Ohio Everts, L. H Deed records, 1795-1881; index, 1795-1917 Portage County (Ohio). County Recorder If your people were rural landowners in Portage County as late as 1857, you might be able to find them on one of the 1857 maps included in the reprint of the 1874 atlas, published by the Portage County Historical Society. Hope this helps, Jeff >From: SpruceGuy@aol.com >Reply-To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com >To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [OHPort'ge] Land records from the early 1800's >Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:03:26 EST > >Were there land records kept from the early 1800's in Portage County? I am >looking to see where my ancestors, the Rinehart / Rhinehart's bought land >when >they moved here. > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Send a QuickGreet with MSN Messenger http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_games

Are you any relation to the Jeff Farmer who is connected with Open Bible Standard Churches? Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Farmer" <jsfrmr@hotmail.com> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] Land records from the early 1800's > Hi, > > The Portage County Recorder in Ravenna has deed indexes and copies of deeds. > > The following in the LDS (familysearch.org) catalog might also be helpful: > > Duplicate tax records : 1816-1838 Portage County (Ohio). Auditor > > Tax records of Portage, Summit and portions of Medina Cos., Ohio, 1808-1820 > Clegg, Michael Barren > > Index to deeds; grantors, transcribed from Trumbull, Portage, Medina and > Stark counties, 1795-1840 Summit County (Ohio). County Recorder > > Combination atlas map of Portage County, Ohio Everts, L. H > > Deed records, 1795-1881; index, 1795-1917 Portage County (Ohio). County > Recorder > > If your people were rural landowners in Portage County as late as 1857, you > might be able to find them on one of the 1857 maps included in the reprint > of the 1874 atlas, published by the Portage County Historical Society. > > Hope this helps, > > Jeff > > > >From: SpruceGuy@aol.com > >Reply-To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > >To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [OHPort'ge] Land records from the early 1800's > >Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:03:26 EST > > > >Were there land records kept from the early 1800's in Portage County? I am > >looking to see where my ancestors, the Rinehart / Rhinehart's bought land > >when > >they moved here. > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send a QuickGreet with MSN Messenger > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_games > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >