Hello, While researching my maternal grandfather, Harold Lee BISHOP I came across an elder family member's "recollection" of where grandpa worked in the 1920s, a place called - "Briggs Garage" - which was thought to be in the Union County portion of Plain City. A check with a library found this for me: "Mercer's Garage" was found listed in the Plain City Directory. The owner is listed as "W.E. "Brigg" Mercer. An article for a local book club states that the business started as "Mercer & Carpenter" in 1926. There is no address for the original location but in 1928 the business is listed as being located at 145 East Main St., (Madison County? side of the city?). The Plain City Advocate has been the Plain City newspaper since the 1920s and has been microfilmed. --------------- I posted this information to the Madison County RootsWeb mailing list and have had no replies. I thought I'd try posting to Ohio & Union Co mailing lists in hopes that someone would recognize the business, give me some history and would happen to know if and where old employee records might be located. Thanks so much in advance for any help you might be able to give. Any and all tidbits are most welcome! Jacquie (California) "Still A Buckeye Kid"

Hello, We just wanted to thank everyone for all the great recommendations and advice for research in Marysville, Ohio. We'll be there next Wednesday, armed with a good itinerary. These lists really do work! Thank you all, Rich and Dee Kelly

Rich & Dee, When I wrote you I forgot to mention a trip to the new Marysville High School that moved to the (north?) edge of town. If you have ancestors who attended schools during the time frame you're researching, you may want to make a trip to the elementary and high schools. The OLD records of the 1920s-'40s are kept at the high school. Although I wasn't allowed to "look" at the records of my ancestors, I found that a maternal aunt had transferred to a little school in New Dover that belonged to the bigger district. I'd never known that before. Plus I was given years of attendance and transfer. At the time I forgot to ask about researching the school districts year books. http://www.marysville-ohio.com/ http://www.marysville-ohio.com/government/index.htm http://www.marysville-ohio.com/library/index.htm Good luck! Jacquie (California) "Rich, Dee and Jim Kelly" wrote: > > Hello, > > We just wanted to thank everyone for all the great recommendations and > advice for research in Marysville, Ohio. We'll be there next > Wednesday, armed with a good itinerary. > > These lists really do work! > > Thank you all, > > Rich and Dee Kelly > > ==== OHUNION Mailing List ====

I was searching RootsWeb for something else and came across this listing - http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/oh/oh.html - You can submit your data here - http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/submit.html Perhaps some folks on the list know of other forgotten towns or villages that were once famous? Jacquie

The OHS records begin in 1909 or late 1908 and run thru Dec 1944. The on line index is only for 1913 thru 1937. I contacted OHS about the other years being put in the on line index. They replied that the records are in very bad shape to scan and will not be put on the index, so we are all out of luck. Before 1909, a death was recorded with a one line ledger entry in a book, so you will not find a certificate on a person prior to 1909. The federal government required deaths to be recorded in 1867 and the ledger entries continued until 1909. Even then some deaths were not recorded. You should be able to find a death certificate for 1935 in the Marysville OH, Union co Health Dept (there is a link at my site) at 621 S. Plum Street "IF", and only "IF" they died in union co OH. If they died outside union co OH then the OHS should have one on them or the county health dept where they died might have one on them. If you do not have the info on the person and the OHS has to search for it, it will cost you $5. If you find the on line death certificate reference for them, then they charge $1 for up to 4 pages of info. If they do not have a death certificate, then I suspect your person may have died outside of Ohio. There is always the unusual case senario that the death was not reported, and the person was buried in a pasture or under a tree or where ever. If you would like for me to look for this person, E-mail me directly (<A HREF="Famtreeman@aol.com">Famtreeman@aol.com</A>) with the person's full name, birth and death info, and I will try to help you. Include the name he or she went by most often. Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, genealogy help web site. Visit it soon. Much has been added. I have a little Halloween on it for a short time and it takes a tad bit longer to open. <<In a message dated 10/30/00 6:07:34 AM US Mountain Standard Time, jmchipka@firstenergycorp.com writes: << Subj: Re: [OHUNION-L] Planning a research trip to Marysville OH Date: 10/30/00 6:07:34 AM US Mountain Standard Time From: jmchipka@firstenergycorp.com To: Famtreeman@aol.com I have checked in Marysville for a death certificate for two people, one died in 1902 - NO CERTIFICATE (i guess the 1937 rule applies here) I also have tried to find one for 1935 and neither Marysville nor Columbus has one. ? Thanks >>

Hi, I was looking for something else and this marvelous piece of history showed up. Just had to pass it along. Some items also include Canada. Labor History Chronology http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/student/subtex/.web/Groups/crossborder/historybib.html - The list goes from 1636 Maine Indentured Servants' and Fishermen's Mutiny [to] 1991 Twenty five workers die in a fire at the nonunion Imperial Food plant in Hamlet, North Carolina , which had never been inspected by federal or state agencies. Jacquie (USA, California)

Dee Kelly Nov 8th is Wed, the day after elections. Maybe you mean 6 Nov, Mon. Someone else addressed accessing the courthouse for you. Each copy they make for you will cost 50 cents. A complete estate record of 14 pages will cost you $7 for them to copy. At the deed office, each copy will cost you $1 a page, but a deed is usually one to two pages. There are usually two clerks on duty at the courthouse probate court office, excepting lunch. It is located on the second floor. When you go to the library, ask for the genealogy section. In it you will find a row of red books. These are the Bouic collection. Make sure you look at them. They are in alpha order by surname and may contain names of persons you dont have in your tree. The library has two copiers and one copy is 10 cents. Make sure to copy the Bouic pages and take with you. Also there is a file cabinet with folders by alpha that others have made copies of their family info and put in here. Also, there are at least two notebooks with 5-generation charts in them. Look thru them to see if any of your family connects to them. There are many books in the genealogy section. There are copies of the newspaper on microfilm if you know a date that an article is contained in. There is a microfilm copier that you can make a copy of something you find on the microfilm. Unless you have been in the deed office before, ask for help right away to save you time. The books are listed by seller and buyer, so you have to look at the right book, including the index books. The index books tell you in what book and on what page to find what you found in the index books. These books are big and heavy, and you will need help making a copy. If you can e-mail me directly and tell me who you are looking for in which cemetery, I can tell you where in the cemetery they are located, to save you time. Oakdale cemetery is maintained by the park service and has a building on location. Employees can help you find your ancestors and will give you a map of the cemetery and mark on the map where to find them. If you are wanting a map of how to get to a cemetery, go to my site, click on Search, then on the drop down menu under type, select cemetery, under county enter union, under state enter ohio. Then click on go or select or search. up will come a map and show the US in the upper half, and the location of the cemetery in the lower half. Click on zoom in until you see the roads. At any time you can select print, and you will have a map on how to get to the cemetery. Sometimes when this site is busy it takes some time to get in to it. If you are looking for death certificates or birth certificates, go to the union co health dept at 621 S. Plum St. If your ancestor was born or died in union co, they probably have the certificate and will make a copy of the certificate for you for 25 cents. I have found they do not have some of the older death certs., and they have to be ordered from the OHS in Col, OH. Good Luck, and hope this helps. Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, help web site. Visit it soon. Much has been added.

Dee, I was at the courthouse this summer and the probate office staff was very helpful. I also went to the recorder's office across the street from the courthouse. It was a much busier place, but I found a ton of information and the staff was happy to make copies for me. I went looking for land records but I also found my GGrandfather's civil war discharge! Maelle

Dee, I have been to probate court in Marysville several times and find it a useful resource. All case files are now indexed on a PC. You can search by name for all years back to the origin of the county. When you find a case number, the clerk will pull the file for you to review. They will also make copies for a nominal fee (There is no self-service copier). Generally, the service is good, but the staff is minimal around the lunch period. Of course, genealogists have lower priority than attorneys and court personnel. You might also want to check out the Treasurer's Office (tax records) and land deeds. These are in another building located accross the street from the courthouse. Paul Huffman > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich, Dee and Jim Kelly [SMTP:KELLY.FAMILY@prodigy.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 10:16 PM > To: OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHUNION-L] Planning a research trip to Marysville > > Hi, > > We're planning to be in Ohio in early November and will have 1 day, which > will be Monday, November 8, to travel to Marysville to do > some genealogical research. > > We have addresses for the library and the probate office, as well as > locations of some cemeteries. > > We'll have to race to get as much done in such a short time. Can anyone > give > us some advice on accessing probate records at the courthouse? Will the > staff be able to make multiple copies or are they typically a busy and > harried staff? Do they have a simple index > we could use? > > Will the courthouse be open that day? > > Any recommendations for getting the most out of a short stay would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Dee Kelly > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8164 > > > > > > ==== OHUNION Mailing List ==== > OHUNION is a forum for the discussion of genealogical and historical > research in Union County, Ohio, affliated with the Union County > OHGenWeb Project, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohunion/index.html >

Hi, We're planning to be in Ohio in early November and will have 1 day, which will be Monday, November 8, to travel to Marysville to do some genealogical research. We have addresses for the library and the probate office, as well as locations of some cemeteries. We'll have to race to get as much done in such a short time. Can anyone give us some advice on accessing probate records at the courthouse? Will the staff be able to make multiple copies or are they typically a busy and harried staff? Do they have a simple index we could use? Will the courthouse be open that day? Any recommendations for getting the most out of a short stay would be appreciated. Thanks, Dee Kelly http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8164

Hi, I had a phone call today from a relative in Ohio (that's been helping me with recollections) that there was a business called "BRIGGS-MERCER" in Plain City in the 1920s-19??. Since I can't find the business listed in the AT&T Online Directory, I was wondering if anyone could give me some history on it and it's owner(s). I'm really interested in finding out if someone could find names of their employees....one employee was most likely my maternal grandfather, Harold Lee BISHOP who's listed on his children's BCs as a "garageman". Any tidbit is greatly appreciated! Jacquie (California) "OHROOTS-L@rootsweb.com" <OHROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> "OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com" <OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com>

<< X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:08:39 EDT From: "shlirley wellman" <swell1937@hotmail.com> To: OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F2537bieLYCT4aJ6pkN0000bb02@hotmail.com> Subject: [OHUNION-L] BROOKS Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hi, I am looking for a Sarah Susanna BROOKS. She was b. in Raymond Ohio in 1836 and d. there in 1900. She m. John Hartshorn and is buried in Baughman cemetery. I would like to know who her parents were. She had a daughter Kitty who m. Chester Evans, a daughter Bessie who m. Carman Wilson, a daughter Zora who m. Joe Titus and a son John who m. Minnie ? She was my ggrandmother and would be very interested in anything I can learn about her. Thanks Shirley Wellman>> Shirley BROOKS, Nathaniel, 5 Jul 1779 - 25 Mar 1836 buried in the old section of York Center ceme. The info came from the Sexton's records and he is in row 7, lot 112. The lot has 10 Brooks buried in it, one DAVIS, and two SOUTHARDS. There was no record of a female close to his age, buried in any union co ceme. He is the oldest one buried in any union co oH cemetery that I found. He might be a possibility. You might want to look for wills and probates on him. or tax records, or property deeds. It would appear that he died around or before Sarah's birth. If so, then her mother may have remarried, as times were tough on a widow. You might find her married under her married name of HARTSHORN which was common back then. I do not show any marriage for her in union co OH. So you might want to look in marion co, or another county bordering union co. To fill in the maiden name of the female John married -- I show a John C Hartshorn married CROWDER, Minna on 28 Nov 1889, reference book E, page 59, Marysville courthouse. Good luck, Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, help web site. Visit it soon. Much has been added. My picture is now on my page.

Hi, I am looking for a Sarah Susanna BROOKS. She was b. in Raymond Ohio in 1836 and d. there in 1900. She m. John Hartshorn and is buried in Baughman cemetery. I would like to know who her parents were. She had a daughter Kitty who m. Chester Evans, a daughter Bessie who m. Carman Wilson, a daughter Zora who m. Joe Titus and a son John who m. Minnie ? She was my ggrandmother and would be very interested in anything I can learn about her. Thanks Shirley Wellman _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Hello I am new to the list and hve just found a ancestor in the USA. the Name is Sarah FERMEADOW and she is on the 1900 census Union - Richwood - Roll 1328 Pgs 29 If anyone has access to this record I would very much appreciate the details. Many thanks Yvonne Hughes (Australia)

Hi, This site will be of great interest to a lot of people. It's taken a while to just get the ROSTER and photos posted, which were the most important parts. Please visit the site even though it's not completed. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/military/ww1/12th-infantry/index.html |Index|Index 2|Index 3|Index 4|Index 5|Index 6| Many THANKS to Mary Ann and Linda for asking me if I wanted to do such a large project. I think we've accomplished a whole lot in a week. I hope you enjoy what you see - and sure hope you find an ancestor or two. Best regards, Jacquie (California)

Sandy - There were Mader in union co OH. I am not searching for them but help others who are searching in union co OH. Try my help site below and submit specific info to me that you are looking for. Larry <A HREF="http://unioncoohio.homestead.com">http://unioncoohio.homestead.com </A> My Union County, OH, help web site. Visit it soon. Much has been added. My picture is now on my page.

Anyone out there looking for MADER? Anyone out there know a MADER? Or come across one in your research. Sending out a bigger net. Thanks Sandy

Listers: I'm having trouble with my e-mail. So I can't say that I have had feed-back on my changes to my Crossing This Country: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/oregon_trail/crossing.htm Bookmark this page; not the one that follows! It might change. I have moved the files to another subdirectory on Rootsweb, so you might get a file not found. If you use the URL above you WILL get to the goodies. I have made many changes today. I've added links to Yahoo for maps of places you might not know. If you got, "File Not Found" Sorry about that, Cecil -- Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret., AG6I San Diego CA 92154-3654 mailto:cchouk@home.com ANDERSON-BLAKELY-EGGERS-FORD-HOUK-KIMSEY-MONTGOMERY-RULAFORD-SIMPSON Searchable GEDCOM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk See also: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~donhouk My Web page menu: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/menu.htm

Dear Listers: This past Saturday I was antique shopping and discovered the above named book. I thought it was simply a history book until I started looking through it. What a find! The book says "Published by members of the Twelfth U.S. Infantry 1919". It has a photo of Colonel Alfred ALOE, Commanding Twelfth U.S. Infantry. I discovered the most amazing data in the back of the book; besides individual photos, it has about 100 pages full of names & home? states and a "Roster of Officers & Men of Twelfth U.S. Infantry (1918-1919). This back section is also broken down into "Companies" (i.e. Headquarters, Machine Gun, Medical, Supply, Companies A-E-etc.) and gives the names of each person in those divisions. Here's the problem, it notes in small print "Copyright, 1919 by Alfred ALOE. "The Knickerbocker Press, New York" is written in tiny print all by itself. Does anyone know IF this old book is still "covered" by copyright? The photos alone are priceless for (we) researchers. I'd sure welcome ANY HELP with my copyright question! Forgoing the question of copyright right now, here's a single page I discovered: "IN MEMORIAM" Officers and Men Who Have Died Recently In The Service Of The TWELFTH INFANTRY Captain Walter HELLMERS First Lieutenant Eugene B. CARROLL, Chaplain Sergeants Joseph BARTON Fred E. BOSTWICK Cook Arthur C. YOUNG Mechanic William SCHMIDT Corporals George Joseph CULHANE Goerge THOMPSON Privates Johnnie E. BAKER Roy E. CAROTHERS Robert V. COOPER John DANIELS Fred M. DAVIS Guiseppe ELLENA Leon HAAS Oscar HARRINGTON William R. JOHNSON Jack KELLY Stephen D. LITTLE George MCDONALD Alfred MACKERSIE William MORSE John OHM Irving PAULSON Ipolite QUOIDBACH Joseph RODGERS Ernest W. ROOKER Oscar G. SHEFFIELD George E. ST. CLAIR William A. THOMPSON Chester M. WILCOX Ernest N. WILLEY George WOODARD =================== Just to show you what's actually listed in the Roster section, here's what's listed for COMPANY "I" on page 400: BUGLERS BURNETT, William B., Newport, Tenn. CONWELL, Harry H., Tonapah, Nevada =================== Jacquie (California) ps: I've tried to assure proper spelling of all names. This message has been submitted to these lists: <bishop@familysearch.org> <BISHOP-L@rootsweb.com> <BOSTON-STATES-L@rootsweb.com> <CANADA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> <GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com> <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> <NewBrunswick-L@rootsweb.com> <OHROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> <OHSUMMIT-L@rootsweb.com> <OHUNION-L@rootsweb.com>

Passing this URL on. Jacquie myantis@bellsouth.net wrote: > > http://www.headstonehunter.com/ > > You might want to share this site with your lists.