Gerald, Thanks for the offer. Do you find anything mentioned about the five children of Michael and Albertine Bletzer who were killed in a house fire in 1867? Are there any references to any of the Hellwig/Helwig surnames. I have the cemetery index for all Portage Co. cemeteries....be glad to put my 2 cents in again. Thanks for your help. Barbara in Florida. -------Original Message------- From: Gerald Bertley King <kingfamilyhistory@hotmail.com> Sent: 01/28/03 12:02 AM To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHPort'ge] Portage County Obituaries & King family > > I've been "away" from the Portage County research for a couple of years, so I thought I'd resubscribe and say hello again. I have a copy of "Portage County, Ohio Newspaper Obituary Abstracts 1825-1870" by Michael Clegg, 1982 with over 3000 listings and would be glad to do lookups in it for anyone. My Kings came to Portage County in about 1807 and include many other lines such as Harmon, Selby, Bancroft, Knowlton, and many others. Hope to hear form you. Gerald Bertley King 1534 SE 41 Portland, OR 97214-5230 (503) 239-0209 kingfamilyhistory@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== ** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, holiday, a business trip? ** Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject & Message area to: OHPORTAG-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? Change "L" to a "D". ============================== 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 > ohgenfla@earthlink.net