Where is the Ohio Historical Museum, Kathi? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [OHPORTAG-L] LDS library in Portage County > Something I want to share with you all... I went to the Ohio Historical > Musuem resently. I was a little over-confident that I knew what I was > looking for, since I had already written the Portage Courthouse, etc. for > info. After spending all of my time wading through microfilm newspapers and > census, the volunteer there asked if I had checked military enlistment > records and death records. I nodded and said I had already checked directly > with Ravenna's courthouse. The clock struck closing time and he said "Well, > they sent us a lot of their records... the originals. So if they tell you > they have nothing on him, they're probably partly right... they gave it to > us." > > I could kick myself for not checking there earlier. >