This bounced to me due to not being written in plain text. Sounds like Kris had a very fruitful trip. Alice USGenWeb CC for Seneca Co. OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Listmom for OHSENECA-L ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:13 AM Subject: Re: Kris Kuhn visits Van Wert... <snippage of technical jargon> > > Kris visits Van Wert for a Four-day weekend, GENEALOGY of Baldauf's and > > Brickner/Sendelbach clan. My great grandmother was Frances Baldauf who > > married John Nicholaus Brickner. John and Frances' children lived mostly in > > Seneca county. I made the trip Thursday night, staying at my cousin Vernon > > Brickner's for two days and then two days at my cousin Ron Brickner. Ron > > lives on the Baldauf Home place. Well I got home fine and dandy. I have TONS > > of old pictures. BALDAUF BRICKNER and SENDELBACH. Many with no ID so that is > > a new "project" as if I need one! I spent all the time in Van Wert at the > > library and courthouse. Did not get to Delphos at all. I was buried in the > > county recorders office for 2 full days (Friday and Monday) I spent one full > > day at Van Wert Library. The library was not all that great for me. But it > > did help me know what is NOT there. Such as no obituaries! Apparently Van > > Wert only had a bi-weekly "bulletin" and I found only one obituary there. . > > I learned that the original Baldauf from Germany settled in Elyria, Lorain > > County, OH area and had about nine children. ONE of them (John Baldauf) came > > to Van Wert and my family came from him. I did get copies of all the Van > > Wert township maps in 1872 and in 1886. I got copies ($1.00 each!) of the > > history of the Section of lands in Washington twp where my Brickner's and > > Baldauf's lived, as well as copy of the deed when they first bought the > > land. I actually looked up every single deed listed under Baldauf or > > Brickner in the grantee index books 1-4. I spent 2 hours in the Birth > > records and they closed before I could get into deaths or will packets. I > > took a tablet of paper and filled all the pages with notes! NOW I am going > > to be busy entering those goodies. I spent many hours sitting and scanning > > in photographs that were found in my Grand Aunt Agnes Steyer Brickner's hope > > chest. I have the files here now so anyone who wants copies I can make them > > for you. I went to visit my OLD cousin Mary Wiechart Steyer with the old > > photos; she helped ID some of them. Her mom was Dorothy Baldauf Wiechart. > > Mary Steyer gave me the name and address of a woman that wrote to her in > > 1998, she was an elderly woman that "called and bugged everyone to death for > > info. We wondered what her long distance bills were!" I got a kick out of > > that remark. She is from the Cleveland area. Now I must write or call and > > find out if she croaked or what. I have heard of that happening and all the > > info getting pitched by the survivors in other families. Mary said she > > sounded like to be in her 70-80's. This means she probably did not have a > > puter and it is all on paper in boxes inaccessible! Whaaa! The weather was > > typical winter while there, snow blowing and the main roads clear, but the > > old Converse-Roselm rd was all slippery and the edges barely visible with > > the new snow. By my second day there, the "warm" sun melted a lot of the > > snow, but then the Cold rain arrived turning all to mush. The trip home in > > the dark and rain was a bit hazardous, but uneventful. I am posting all the > > pictures on the web. You be sure to visit the site! I will be getting more > > added each day. I scanned in 150+ photos I have about 40 or so uploaded so > > far! > > The address is: > > http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293244781&code=894933&mode=invite > > <http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293244781&code=894933&mode=invite> > > > > Kristina L Kuhn > > Columbus, OH > > My Web Site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ohio/links2.shtml > > <snipping some more "useless computerspeak">