I just received the book, History of St. Luke's Church (details below). Boy, does it ever have a lot of surnames. Seems like everyone in town belonged to this church. ha ha Anyway, the book was written in 1884, and it's pages are really fragile, and tear easy, and the binding of the book is not in the greatest of shape. Because of the age and the condition of the book, I decided to copy about 45 pages, which gives a lot of historical and genealogy information. The book is NOT indexed, which is kind of disappointing, but I'm not complaining. Last month I transcribed the Burials of the St. Luke's Church. And by the way....it is the EPISCOPAL church. When I did the transcription, I used the Early Ohio Settlers CD, and all the names and dates are confirmed to be correct as it is stated in the book. However the CD only gave the burial dates from 1833-1883. More baptisms were added to the Supplementary (written in 1911) of the book for the dates of 1884-1910. I will be adding the 1884-1910 to the transcribed list shortly. This will be the first thing that I transcribe. I feel that it's important to have a complete list before I go on to do more transcriptions. Next I will work on getting the MARRIAGES transcribed. BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS "NOT" INDEXED, I CAN ONLY DO THE LOOK-UPS OF THE PEOPLE LISTED BELOW. I will be using the pages that I have copied, and have highlighted them for easy finding. The MARRIAGES, BAPTISMS, AND CONFIRMATIONS are "NOT" in ABC order, so it is impossible to do look-ups for these. I will get these transcribed in this order, as soon as possible and let you all know when it is completed by sending an email to the Wash. Co. LIST. I will also let everyone know who subscribes to the Washington Co. Historical and Genealogy NEWSLETTER. (If you don't subscribe, click the link below, and fill out the MAILFORM). THE HISTORY OF ST. LUKE'S CHURCH MARIETTA, OHIO By. Wilson WALTERS, M. A. With Illistrations by: Harry EGGLESTON Printed for the Author by J. Mueller & Son, Marietta, Ohio 1884 and..... PAGAGRAPHS, PORTRAITS & PICTURES 1911 Suppementary to The History of St. Luke's Church, Marietta, Ohio By Wilson WALTERS, M. A. Some info includes: 1. 1850 Staff and Pupils of St. John Female College, Marietta, Ohio (Mr. Tolford's School) 2. 1835 Register of Parochial School of St. Luke's Church (Male & Female Departments) 3. WILLARD & WILLIAMS Families 4. Principle Men of the Early History of The Episcopal Church 5. Short Sketches about the following people: * Rev. Christian Frederick POST * Mohawk Chief Thayendanegea (Joseph BRANT) * Letter from Solomon DROWNE, M.D. to Mrs. Elizabeth (RUSSEL) DROWNE (Intresting account of the first Christmas at Marietta * Alexander HENDERSON * Stephen WILSON * Cajoe Mechajah PHILIPS * Dudley WWOODBRIDGE * Jared MANSFIELD * Arius NYE * Timothy RICHARDS * Billy TODD * Sally RANSOM * Enoch RECTOR * John K. JOLINE * Mrs. C. Jane CLARK * Charles RUSSELL * Col. E. S. McINTOSH * Miss Mary C. NYE * BAPTISMS: 1831-1883 More baptisms were added to the Supplementary (written in 1911) of the book 1884-1910 NOTE: I have already transcribed the Baptisms (Parrish Register) 1831-1883 and have it online. I will be adding the 1884-1910 to the transcribed list shortly. * CONFIRMATIONS: 1821-1883 More confirmations were added to the Supplementary (written in 1911) of the book 1884-1908 * MARRIAGES: 1834-1883 More marriages were added to the Supplementary (written in 1911) of the book 1884-1910 * BURIALS: 1833-1883 More burials were added to the Supplementary (written in 1911) of the book 1884-1902 _____________________________________________________________ I am currently waiting to recieve the book, 1826 - 1926 CENTENNIAL HISTORICAL MEMORIAL ST.LUKE'S EPISOPAL CHURCH MARIETTA OHIO By Mary Ramsey Turner Book was published by Hyde Brothers (in Marietta) in 1926 and has 107 pages with illustrations.Nice history, also includes a list of every baptism, funeral and marriage in the church by year and month. I can't wait to see what "GOODIES" I find in this book. After I finish doing the transcriptions on the book, by Wilson, I will begin with this one. Debbie Noland Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net Washington Co., Ohio (A History and Genealogy Website) http://home.comcast.net/~diamonddeb/Index.html