(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) Here's another from the Message Boards Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BYB.2ACE/356 Message Board Post: I think Hannah Dewitt may be the daughter of Peter Dewitt and Margaret. Peter Dewitt dies in Seneca Co. OH 1853 Peter Dewitt is the son of Paul Dewitt and Hannah. Paul Dewitt dies in Lycoming Co. PA 8 April 1809 Hannah his wife dies in Lycoming Co. PA 1804. I have more information on Paul Dewitt and Hannah and there son Peter. Sharon *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) Another from the Message Boards, reply through the URL please if you can help. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/355 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of Samuel and Lydia (Shellhammer) Pontius. Parents of Wilson, Benjamin, Sarah, and Rosa Pontius. Daughter -in-law was Nancy Paine and, later, Flora Elks Cramer. Thank you very much. Janett *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) Am playing "catch-up" and have come across some Message Board posts from several weeks ago. If anyone can help, be sure to reply through the URL in the message itself. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/354 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of James and Maria Ann (Kline) Paine. These people are my gggreatgranparents. They had a daughter, Nancy Paine, who married Wilson Pontius September 23, 1868. Thank you. Jan *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

Mary Thank you so much for your time and help. I will check the websites you suggested. Jeanne --- Mary Ross <mross3@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > Hi Jeanne, > > There is a list of Baden > Ortssippenb�cher/Familienb�cher published as > of 1 Feb 2000, at the following URL, > and there is none listed for Riegel. > > http://home.t-online.de/home/kunert.r/ahnenfob.htm > > Checking the online LDS catalog, I see that there is > a Familienbuch > for the Katholische Kirche in > Riegel that has been microfilmed by the Mormon > church. The dates > are in the late 1700s to mid 1800. > > Mary Ross > > >Hello list, > >I originally posted this on the Baden-Wurttemberg > list > >and got the suggestion of writing here. I am > looking > >for a Ortssippenbuch for the family WAHL. I was > hoping > >maybe someone had some German connections with > Riegel > >that may know of one? I do thank you for any help > you > >can suggest. > >Jeanne Walsh > > -- > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

Hi Jeanne, There is a list of Baden Ortssippenbücher/Familienbücher published as of 1 Feb 2000, at the following URL, and there is none listed for Riegel. http://home.t-online.de/home/kunert.r/ahnenfob.htm Checking the online LDS catalog, I see that there is a Familienbuch for the Katholische Kirche in Riegel that has been microfilmed by the Mormon church. The dates are in the late 1700s to mid 1800. Mary Ross >Hello list, >I originally posted this on the Baden-Wurttemberg list >and got the suggestion of writing here. I am looking >for a Ortssippenbuch for the family WAHL. I was hoping >maybe someone had some German connections with Riegel >that may know of one? I do thank you for any help you >can suggest. >Jeanne Walsh --

Hello list, I originally posted this on the Baden-Wurttemberg list and got the suggestion of writing here. I am looking for a Ortssippenbuch for the family WAHL. I was hoping maybe someone had some German connections with Riegel that may know of one? I do thank you for any help you can suggest. Jeanne Walsh WAHL, Carl/Charles Josefa/Josephine daughters known Theresia born August 30, 1857 Bertha Barbara Rose Anna __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

Hello, This posting is off-topic to some extent, but not in all ways. For those of you who do not know me my name is Marla. I am currently employed by the state of Ohio as an Interpreter at a historical site. Our site has a house and outbuildings, circa 1815, as well as a museum and working canal boat. We offer, throughout our seven month season, tours to literally thousands of school children and adults. At Johnston Farm you can experience what life was like in the early 1800's in Ohio, find out about the clash of cultures - Native and European - that formed our nation and the ways that clash was resolved, as well as ride a canal boat pulled by mules just as it would have been in 1825 or so. Why am I mentioning all of this? Because in Ohio - as well as other states facing a budget crisis - all of these things are in jeopardy. Our budget has been cut by a third and many of the wonderful events we had planned for the coming summer have been axed. As of now, our site is safe! from closing, but there are many other wonderful sites in the state of Ohio that may have to close their doors, perhaps never to reopen. I decided to write this letter and send it out to as many geneology and other lists with an interest in history as I could for several reasons. One is to move you to action. The other is to simply make you more aware of the living history programs in your own area. Whether you are in Ohio or Kentucky or some other state, their are living history sites at stake. If we do not support them, some will vanish. Can you imagine our country without a Williamsburg or Mount Vernon? I do not know that these major sites are in any jeopardy - though all historic sites struggle constantly to find enough money to keep operating - but the 'Mount Vernon' or 'Williamsburg' of your own smaller area may be in jeopardy. I am writing to ask you to check it out. Find out if they are in danger and write your legislators if they are, and tell them how important you think these sites are. And then get out and visit them! Unfortunately in this country most often money is the bottom line. It! is true with our history. It is being held hostage to a bottom line of attendance and profit. If your site numbers are down and the site does not turn a profit, then you may not survive - no matter how important the history you represent. I was talking about this with a friend of mine a few days ago. I said to her, "I never paid attention to any of this legislative stuff before." She answered me, "That's because it didn't effect you directly." I thought about that. It DID effect me directly before, I just never felt the need to do anything about it. I assumed the state would be wise enough to protect our heritage without my input. I was wrong. Because of this, I wanted to make those of you who care about the historic sites in your own town and state aware and to spur you to action. Please take a minute to email or write your congressmen and senators. Please visit your local historic sites. When you think about it, most of us will pay at least $8 each to go to a popular movie, and another $5 - 20 for popcorn and drinks while there. Compared to that, paying $6 dollars to take a day and visit a historic site is nothing. And if you cannot visit, please consider a single donation to a local site in you! r area. They would be grateful and have a great use for it. I know. For those of you on genealogy lists, you know how important history is since you 'live' in it everyday. And for those of you on the other lists I am sending this too, most likely your love of history began with your favorite TV show, say 'Bonanza' or 'Daniel Boone'. "Did those people really live like that?", we asked ourselves when we were very little. "I wish I had lived then." Through your living history sites, you still can. Let us hope our children and theirs have the same opportunity. Blessings, and thanks for listening, Marla Fair Interpreter Johnston Farm, Piqua Historical Area, Piqua Ohio http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/piqua/

Here's some information that might prove helpful: Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 Name: Lew W. Miller Serial Number: 1523557 Race: W Residence: Bucyrus, O. Enlistment Division: National Guard Enlistment Location: Bucyrus, O. Enlistment Date: 21 Apr 1914 Birth Place: Dunkirk, O. Birth Date / Age: 19 1/12 Years Assigns Comment: Co A 8 Infantry ONG to 31 July 1917; Headquarters Company 8 Infantry ONG (Headquarters Company 146 Infantry) to death. Private 21 Apr 1914; Jr Musician, third class; Corporal 8 Aug 1917; Band Sergeant 7 Feb 1918. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 15 June 1918 to death. Died of pneumonia 1 Nov 1918. Notified John F. Miller, father, 243 W. High St., Fostoria, O. Volume #: 12 U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 Surname: Miller Given Name: Mrs Marie Address: 243 W High St City: Fostoria County: Seneca State: OH Relationship: Mother Surname Deceased: Miller Given Name Deceased: Lew W Rank: Sgt Organization: Hq Co, 146th Inf Cemetery: Flanders Field Desires Pilgrimage 1930: Yes Desires Pilgrimage Later:

Fellow Listers: This was on the Query page, thought I would forward this to the list to see if anyone can help Patrick in his endeavors. I don't believe he is a member of our list, so any replies should be directed to him at patrick.lernout@pandora.be Thanks, Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 4/22/2003 at 12:59 PM patrick.lernout@pandora.be <patrick.lernout@pandora.be> wrote: Surnames: MILLER Submitter: Patrick Lernout patrick.lernout@pandora.be Date: 22 Apr 2003 Sir, Mrs My name is Patrick Lernout. I live in Belgium in the city of Waregem. In our city is the US Military Cemetery �Flanders Field�. This is a cemetery with soldiers of World War 1. As I am interested in the history of World War 1, I got the idea of writing a book about those soldiers, who gave their lives for our freedom. I think that would be a nice tribute to them. Of course I need a lot of searching work to do about their lives and I am also looking for (copies of) photos of them . So, why am I writing this letter to you ? One of the soldiers buried here is Lew Miller. His mother lived in 243 W High Street, Fostoria. Lew died of pneumonia November 1, 1918, ten days before the end of the war. Could you help me with some information/picture about him or addresses of relatives? Perhaps his dead was announced in the newspapers of November or December 1918 or sometimes a Roll of Honour book of the county with pictures of the soldiers has been made. Thank you very much in advance Patrick Lernout Drafstraat 15 8790 waregem Belgium patrick.lernout@pandora.be *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) If anyone can help, be sure a reply goes to the "poster," who apparently is not a member of this list. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** Hi, I am looking for any connections and information on the following surnames in Seneca and surrounding counties: Witz, Bristle, Brandeberry, Fornwalt and various misspellings of each. I'm stuck... and searching for a foot-hold on a sheer rock faced block...ANY information would be appreciated. Many members of these families moved west to Ohio together from somewhere in Pennsylvania, then moved north to into Michigan and west into Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Help!!! Thank you, Patrick Witz Please respond to: webwitz@pacbell.net *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) If anyone can help with this, be sure to reply through the URL in the message, as it's a Message Board post and the poster may not see the reply otherwise. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoffman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BYB.2ACE/353 Message Board Post: I am trying to obtain a copy of an obit. The womans name was Margaret Duffing. She was a nun at the Ursuline Convent in Tiffin OH.. She passed away December 27, 1993. Any help in how to get a copy would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Amy *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) >From the Message Boards, be sure to reply using the URL in the message if you can help. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/352 Message Board Post: My husband's g-grandfather, Dennis STACK (or possibly O'STACK) was born in Ireland, probably in the 1820's and is said to have been one of seven brothers who immigrated to Ohio in the 1840's or 1850's. Dennis Stack married Catharine Francis in Bascom or Tiffin, Seneca Co., in about 1851 and he died before 1857. I have been unable to find any record of his life other than the baptism of his son Garrett D. Stack in 1852 in Tiffin (witnessed by one Peter Stack). Does anyone have information on a large clan of Stack brothers in Seneca Co. in the 1850's? I would be most grateful for any clues. *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

I am interested in any information on Jacob Keller who married Charlotte Hoffman in 1811 Frederick County, Maryland. Apparently they moved to Ohio. Is there anyone on this list with information on this couple or their descendants? Cindy Hoffman smoketownuniv@aol.com also researching Hoffman/Huffman families of Seneca County, OH

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) >From the Message Board: *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skeels Tabor Scott Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/351 Message Board Post: I Silas Skeels of the county of Seneca in the state of Ohio do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner from following (?) that is to say. First I give and devise to my oldest son Nelson D. Skeels two hundred dollars. Second I give and devise to my eldest daughter Nancy Jennett Tabor one hundred and twenty five dollars. Third I give and devise to my daughter Jane Caroline Scott one hundred and twenty five dollars. Fourth I give and devise to my daughter Hepsey Skeels four hundred and fifty dollars and one ... (?) to have her choice. Fifth I give and devise to my daughter Sally Sarah two hundred and twenty five dollars. Sixth I give and devise to my daughter Samantha two hundred dollars. Seveneth I give and devise to my daughter Amelia two hundred and fifty dollars. [page 2] Ninth (?) I give and devise to my grandson Burton Skeels fourty acres of land that I own in Fulton County. Tenth it is my will that my executors sell my s...able (?) property and pay my just debts and expenses and the aforesaid sums of money and if my my s...able (?) property will not pay the aforesaid sums then the balance must be paid out of my real estate. Eleventh I give and devise the balance of my estate to my four sons Benjamin, Orace, Silas B., George P. Skeels. And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint Benjamin Skeels and John Hall executors of this my last will and testament and do hereby revoke all former wills by me made. In testimony .... (?) I have .....(?) set my hand and seal this eighth day of October AD 1860. Signed and acknowledged. [page 3] [first lines unreadable] and testament in our presence and Silas Skeels signed by us in [signed and sealed] his presence. David W. Hall [signed] John Potes [signed] *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) Another Message Board post. *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/350 Message Board Post: Looking for any further information on my g-ggrandmother, Nancy Paine Pontius, married Wilson Pontius. Children were Schuyler Pontius, et al. Schuyler was my great-grandfather, married Edith Baker, daughter of Daniel Baker (wife, Sarah J. Drinkwater). Who was her family and where was she born, etc? Who were her grandparents, etc. Thanks so much. Janett *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) >From the message boards, please reply using the URL in the message so that the original poster will see it. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/349 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants and/or archival info for former Farrier Henry A. Libe of the Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company I. Thank you. Jan *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) Message Board post, be sure to reply through the URL in the message if you have more information. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/348 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of former Third oHio Volunteer Cavalry Sgt. Benjamin F. Kirtz, Company K. Thank you. Jan *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********

Looking for any information on Ancestry of Albert Moorehouse Coffman .Albert was the son of John and Margaret Baker Coffman of Pennsylvania.He Married twice. First Mary Ellen Kem, Then Adrienne McCan,His siblings were - Henry 1824 PA- George 1825 PAElizabeth 1827 PAJohn Baker 1829 PACatherine 1832 PAMary Ann 1834 PAWilliam 1837 OHSarah Jane 1839 OHEphraim 1841 OHMargaret Seneth OHAlbert Moorehouse 1849 IN Any information would be appreciatedRichard --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

Important message for you to read! *************************************** --- "Karen S. Smith" <chapter-channel@ogs.org> wrote: >From Karen S. Smith Wed Apr 30 17:09:39 2003 >From: "Karen S. Smith" <chapter-channel@ogs.org> >To: ccogw@yahoo.com >Subject: Ohio Genealogical Society Chapter Channel >Special Edition - 4/30/03 >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:09:39 -0400 > >Recently, the Ohio House of Representatives passed >House Bill 95 (the state budget bill). Included in >sections 3705.23 and 3705.24 is language that would: > >-- eliminate uncertified copies of vital records > >-- add a $5 surcharge to what is already charged for >a certified copy (raising the total cost of a single >document to anywhere between $12 and $17, depending >on the agency) > >-- creates a "certification of birth," which does >not require the parents' names to be listed > >In addition, the certified copy is not required to >be a photocopy of the record. Unlike other states >where the threat to vital records access is based on >fears about identity theft and homeland security, >the Ohio legislature is doing this under the guise >of "fiscal responsibility." Although nobody has been >able to get someone to speak on the record, my >sources at the Ohio Historical Society tell me that >they have heard from the State Vital Statistics >officials, who say that they cannot afford to >process uncertified copies. (Because the way the >open records law is written, agencies must charge >"at cost," which cannot include the cost of labor or >any overhead, such as maintenance and preservation >of the record.) > >Ohio has had a long tradition of open records. The >Ohio Revised Code section 149.43 requires that >"...all public records shall be promptly prepared >and made available for inspection to any person at >all reasonable times during regular business hours. >Subject to division (B)(4) of this section, upon >request, a public office or person responsible for >public records shall make copies available at cost, >within a reasonable period of time. In order to >facilitate broader access to public records, public >offices shall maintain public records in a manner >that they can be made available for inspection in >accordance with this division." > >House Bill 95 does not exclude vital records from >what are defined as public records. There are many >other ways to keep uncertified photocopies available >to the public, including setting a statutory fee >(perhaps at $1 per page) or setting the fee at a >percentage of the certified fee. The full text of >Ohio HB95 can be found at: > http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText125/125_HB_95_PH_N.html > >It is a very large page. Use your Internet browser >to find 3705.22 (3705.24 immediately follows.) >The bill has passed the House, and has been >forwarded to the Senate, where the Finance and >Financial Institutions Committee is hearing >testimony. > >Links to contact information for the members of the >Ohio Senate can be found at: >http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/by_name.html > >Members of the Finance and Financial Institutions >Committee are: Bill Harris, Chair Ron Amstutz Louis Blessing John Carey >James Carnes Eric Fingerhut Randy Gardner David Goodman Jay Hottinger Jeff >Jacobson Mark Mallory Ray Miller C.J. Prentiss > >Even if you do not live in Ohio, there is nothing to >say that you cannot contact any member of the Ohio >Senate or the Ohio House and tell them how the >language in sections 3705.23, 3705.24, etc. would >affect you. >If you have any questions at all, please do not >hesitate to contact me. Ohio genealogists need your >support -- and we need it *now* > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

(Redirected by "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com>) Another from the Message Boards, please respond using the URL in the message body. Alice US GenWeb Project County Coordinator for Seneca Co., OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L *********** BEGIN REDIRECTED MESSAGE *********** This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BYB.2ACE/346 Message Board Post: L:ooking for archival info and/or descendants of former Private Niles W. Eichelberry, RFD #2, Republic, OH. Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company G. thank you. Janett Calland, President third OHio Volunteer Cavalry Descendants Association *********** END REDIRECTED MESSAGE ***********