WOW <>G you did make a haul didn't you <G> Millie did you proud, of course it makes sense, you will make her proud <G> I have been reading the history of the funeral home and what a gem it is with the descriptions of the Working of funerals in the early days. I mean who knew that horses were used in different colors for different departed. I will take a second to envy you having the Wes's marriage book, okay over it <VBG> I am hoping we will see goodies from the goodies <G> So glad you are able to be back. Eliz > without the goodies. lol I actually had to go out and buy another large > bookshelf for all the books, newsletters, databases, etc... that she had > left for me. I felt like a little kid on Christmas Day when I seen it all. > I was so happy. The list of things that Millie gave me would be too long to > go into detail with right now, but at the end of this email, I have listed > just a few of the MANY "goodies" she left for me at Henry's house. > > Anyway..........Now that I'm back....I've been sorting though emails, some > of which I have not had a chance to reply to yet, but I will soon. I also > have several files ready to send to Ernie for him to upload on the > Washington County Chapter of Ohio Genealogy Society (WCCOGS) website. > Before I left, he did put some of it up. http://www.washogs.org/ > > The Marietta, Ohio MySpace has also been updated. > http://www.myspace.com/historicalmariettaohio Several new things have been > added, such as the history of McClure-Shafer-Lankford Funeral Home > (1892-present); info about travel and tourism; book: Escape of Jane; > Biography of Claude Davis; "lots" more photos, and this one photo (and > info) of JOHN WESLEY BOWERS, of the 77th OVI, plus some military info on his > brothers. There are several people & businesses that contribute to the > site. And there are quite a lot of you that subscribe to this List that is > also a friend of the Marietta, Ohio MySpace. > > You don't have to be a member of MySpace to view anything on the site. I > have the privacy settings set to "public". The only things that you can't > see if your not a friend of the Marietta, Ohio MySpace are the bulletins > that I put out, and just a couple of other things, such as in the mood > section of the site, I add some "facts" about Marietta. > > If you don't know much about navigating around MySpace, some of the new > things are posted in the BLOG section on the right hand side of the page. > Under the profile pic there is a link that you can click on View > Pics/Videos. Click on Pics and it will bring up all the various photo > albums that I have online so far. Then all you have to do is click on the > Album of your choice and it will bring up all the pics in the album. To > view a pic up close and to read the comments, click on any photo and it will > enlarge itself. Under the pic is the info about it. > > Oh....and by the way....If you visit the Marietta MySpace, be sure to sign > the GUESTBOOK. Marietta loves it when you come to visit, even if its only > online. ha ha > > Here's just a few things (not all) that I can think of off the top of my > head that Millie gave me.. > > Tallow Light Index and a few magazines > Wes Cochran's transcribed Marriage books with index dating 1789-1918 > 1867-1876 Transcribed Birth Records & Index > "Many" back issues of the WCCOGS Newsletters > A lot of various info on Newport Twp. > Liberty twp. Trustee's Minutes of the 1860's > Various Census Books (most is already on ancestry.com) > Photo copies of actual Civil War Records of Lawrence Twp. > Various Ancestry Charts > Oak Grove Cemetery Transcription Book > East lawn/Valley Cemetery Transcription Book > Harmar Cemetery Transcription Book > Riverview/Riverside/Cook Cemetery in Wood Co., WV > Little Muskingum Congregational Church Records. > > > > > Debbie Noland Nitsche > [email protected] > > Historical Marietta, Ohio on MySpace > http://www.myspace.com/historicalmariettaohio > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the OHWASHIN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] > > To post a message to the OHWASHIN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >