Thanks, Lisa! Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa G." <lmg@hci.net> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > Isn't fun to find those distaNTcousins? That name does not ring a bell, we lived on Siefer Dr. down a bit behind the school. lisa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carole > To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:51 PM > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > Lisa, > Many of the Riedingers are still in Ohio, some in Portage Co. I correspond > with my fifth cousin who I met researching genealogy on the internet. > Carole > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa G." <lmg@hci.net> > To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:08 PM > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > > I was raised in Rootstown, my parents are still living and may be able to > remember some people from the 50's thru 70's especially, maybe earlier. LIsa > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Maylone > > To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > > > > > > I too am interested in Rootstown. I have a "brick wall" gg-grandmother > who > > was born there circa 1863. (Alice Maria Carter) > > > > > > John Maylone > > Tollhouse, California > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/5/03 12:03 PM, "Carole" <twcldyke@eoni.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > My ancestors settled in Rootstown, Portage County. Does anyone have > people > > > in this town? Or do you have any history on it? > > > Thanks, > > > Carole > > > > > > From: "Marci" <Walden2962@NEO.RR.COM> > > > To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:42 AM > > > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > > > > > > > >> Deerfield, Diamond, are in Palmyre Township. > > >> Then there are towns Edinburg, Paris is a part of these townd a small > part > > >> of Ravenna, Charlestown, Diamond. > > >> It is very confusing. To keep track of the towns and cities her. > > >> Hope this help. If I had my book I could tell you more. > > >> Black Horse is just called that because of the bar but is actually > > >> Ravenna/Kent line > > >> Marci > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "jsfrmr" <jsfrmr@hotmail.com> > > >> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:59 PM > > >> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >> > > >> > > >>> Really? I could tell you a story about the Blackhorse Tavern. If > it's > > >> true, > > >>> it might hurt the feelings of good, decent living persons. If it > isn't > > >> true, > > >>> it ought to hurt no one ... > > >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>> From: "B&B" <graynag@apk.net> > > >>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:55 PM > > >>> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> with a outside john lol > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> jsfrmr wrote: > > >>>>> Regarding Blackhorse, there's a tavern there on Rt 59, it's been > > > there > > >>> (I > > >>>>> think) since stagecoach days and until recently (I think) was a > > >>> functioning > > >>>>> boozer. Imagine a stagecoach stopping at the sign of the black > > >>>>> horse--perhaps that's how the village got its name. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Jeff > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>>> From: <SpruceGuy@aol.com> > > >>>>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:01 PM > > >>>>> Subject: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I was driving through Ravenna yesterday and saw a sign that said > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Blackhorse. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I'm assuming that Blackhorse is a little town there right outside > of > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Ravenna. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I'm aware of other ones in Portage county, such as Sugar Bush > > > Knolls > > >>>>> > > >>>>> right > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> outside of Streetsboro. The Record Courier just had an article > in > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Sunday's > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> paper about Yale, which is near Deerfield, Edinburg and Palmyra. > > >> There > > >>>>> > > >>>>> are > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> others, I'm sure. I guess I'm wondering what are these towns, > > >> exactly? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Are they > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> officially recognized as towns? What are they classified as? If > > >>> someone > > >>>>> > > >>>>> lives > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> in the area known as Blackhorse, are they considered to be from > > >> Ravenna > > >>> or > > >>>>>> Blackhorse? What is the history behind these little towns? What > > >> other > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ones are > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> there in Portage county? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> A similar question is this: what is the difference between a > > > township > > >>> and > > >>>>> > > >>>>> a > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> village? Isn't there a Ravenna township and just a regular > Ravenna? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Other > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> cities have a village and a township, but both have the same > name. > > > I > > >>> know > > >>>>> > > >>>>> that > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Burton, in Geauga county has a Burton village and Burton township > (I > > >>>>> > > >>>>> think, at > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> least). > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Just something I've always wondered . . . > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Brian > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>>>>> Web page with info for this list - > > >>>>> > > >>>>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> ============================== > > >>>>>> 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 > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>>>> Web page with info for this list - > > >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ============================== > > >>>>> 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 > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>>> Web page with info for this list - > > >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>>> > > >>>> ============================== > > >>>> 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 > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>> Web page with info for this list - > > >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>> > > >>> ============================== > > >>> 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 > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >> Web page with info for this list - > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >> > > >> ============================== > > >> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > > Web page with info for this list - > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > Web page with info for this list - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > Web page with info for this list - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > 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 > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > 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 >

oops i meant is'nt it fun to find distant cousins, sorry, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Carole To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) Thanks, Lisa! Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa G." <lmg@hci.net> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > Isn't fun to find those distaNTcousins? That name does not ring a bell, we lived on Siefer Dr. down a bit behind the school. lisa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carole > To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:51 PM > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > Lisa, > Many of the Riedingers are still in Ohio, some in Portage Co. I correspond > with my fifth cousin who I met researching genealogy on the internet. > Carole > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa G." <lmg@hci.net> > To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:08 PM > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > > I was raised in Rootstown, my parents are still living and may be able to > remember some people from the 50's thru 70's especially, maybe earlier. LIsa > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Maylone > > To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > > > > > > I too am interested in Rootstown. I have a "brick wall" gg-grandmother > who > > was born there circa 1863. (Alice Maria Carter) > > > > > > John Maylone > > Tollhouse, California > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12/5/03 12:03 PM, "Carole" <twcldyke@eoni.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > My ancestors settled in Rootstown, Portage County. Does anyone have > people > > > in this town? Or do you have any history on it? > > > Thanks, > > > Carole > > > > > > From: "Marci" <Walden2962@NEO.RR.COM> > > > To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:42 AM > > > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > > > > > > > >> Deerfield, Diamond, are in Palmyre Township. > > >> Then there are towns Edinburg, Paris is a part of these townd a small > part > > >> of Ravenna, Charlestown, Diamond. > > >> It is very confusing. To keep track of the towns and cities her. > > >> Hope this help. If I had my book I could tell you more. > > >> Black Horse is just called that because of the bar but is actually > > >> Ravenna/Kent line > > >> Marci > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "jsfrmr" <jsfrmr@hotmail.com> > > >> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:59 PM > > >> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >> > > >> > > >>> Really? I could tell you a story about the Blackhorse Tavern. If > it's > > >> true, > > >>> it might hurt the feelings of good, decent living persons. If it > isn't > > >> true, > > >>> it ought to hurt no one ... > > >>> > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>> From: "B&B" <graynag@apk.net> > > >>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:55 PM > > >>> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> with a outside john lol > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> jsfrmr wrote: > > >>>>> Regarding Blackhorse, there's a tavern there on Rt 59, it's been > > > there > > >>> (I > > >>>>> think) since stagecoach days and until recently (I think) was a > > >>> functioning > > >>>>> boozer. Imagine a stagecoach stopping at the sign of the black > > >>>>> horse--perhaps that's how the village got its name. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Jeff > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>>> From: <SpruceGuy@aol.com> > > >>>>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:01 PM > > >>>>> Subject: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I was driving through Ravenna yesterday and saw a sign that said > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Blackhorse. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I'm assuming that Blackhorse is a little town there right outside > of > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Ravenna. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I'm aware of other ones in Portage county, such as Sugar Bush > > > Knolls > > >>>>> > > >>>>> right > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> outside of Streetsboro. The Record Courier just had an article > in > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Sunday's > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> paper about Yale, which is near Deerfield, Edinburg and Palmyra. > > >> There > > >>>>> > > >>>>> are > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> others, I'm sure. I guess I'm wondering what are these towns, > > >> exactly? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Are they > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> officially recognized as towns? What are they classified as? If > > >>> someone > > >>>>> > > >>>>> lives > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> in the area known as Blackhorse, are they considered to be from > > >> Ravenna > > >>> or > > >>>>>> Blackhorse? What is the history behind these little towns? What > > >> other > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ones are > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> there in Portage county? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> A similar question is this: what is the difference between a > > > township > > >>> and > > >>>>> > > >>>>> a > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> village? Isn't there a Ravenna township and just a regular > Ravenna? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Other > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> cities have a village and a township, but both have the same > name. > > > I > > >>> know > > >>>>> > > >>>>> that > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Burton, in Geauga county has a Burton village and Burton township > (I > > >>>>> > > >>>>> think, at > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> least). > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Just something I've always wondered . . . > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Brian > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>>>>> Web page with info for this list - > > >>>>> > > >>>>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> ============================== > > >>>>>> 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 > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>>>> Web page with info for this list - > > >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ============================== > > >>>>> 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 > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>>> Web page with info for this list - > > >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>>> > > >>>> ============================== > > >>>> 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 > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >>> Web page with info for this list - > > >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >>> > > >>> ============================== > > >>> 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 > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > >> Web page with info for this list - > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > >> > > >> ============================== > > >> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > > Web page with info for this list - > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > Web page with info for this list - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > Web page with info for this list - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > 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 > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > 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 > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html ============================== 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