Elisha, Would you check for the Edmund Hays/Hayes family. They lived in Barlow Twp. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elisa Tobia" <etobia@stny.rr.com> To: <OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: RE: [OHWASH] Research Assistance > Hello Debbie and Others: > > I own the following resources and will do look-ups from: "Early Ohioans' > Residences from the Land Grant Records", Compiled by Mayburt Stephenson > Riegel, and Published by The Ohio Genealogical Society, 454 Park Ave. West, > P.O. Box 2625, Mansfield, Ohio 44906, 1976. > > Table of Contents: > > Introduction (included below) > Land Grant Map > Codes for Names > Codes for Residences > Cincinnati Land Office > Refugee Tract > Steubenville Land Office > Chillicothe Land Office > Canton - Wooster Land Offices > Zanesville Land Office > Marietta Land Office > Donation Tract Lands > > To add to your interest I include the introduction here: > > "The Ohio Land Grant records are in the custody of the Auditor of the State > of Ohio and are available in that office in Columbus. However, some are in > the Archives of the Ohio Historical Society. This publication is a > collection of some of these original records. > Written primarily to aid genealogists, this book may give a clue about > where ancestors lived before coming to Ohio. The place of residence was > usually given in the old registers, and herein a code is used for the > residence. > Twenty-four volumes of records have been searched. These books are not > indexed individually; however, the volumes in the Ohio Land Office may be > found indexed in the General Card Index File there. > The first mention of each name, in each place of residence and in each Land > Office is listed. In cases where additional information seemed needed; > location of land is also given, such as section, township and range. The > information is listed according to land Office. > The Zanesville Land Office records from 1812 to 1820 are included. Now in > the Ohio Historical building, these are a collection of old sheets of > paper - faded and worn. > Also included is a rare list of the Donation Tract (land given to any man > willing to carry a gun, reside on his farm and be ready to protect the > approaches to Marietta). The land location is coded and covers from 1790 to > 1820. > The faded ink, the old style hand-writing and the hours of work made some > errors inevitable. This is presented as accurate as possible. It is hoped > that your ancestor is included. > > Mayburt Stephenson Riegel > Columbus, Ohio" > > Feel free to e-mail me directly, Elisa > > > Elisa Tobia > etobia@stny.rr.com > 401 W. First St. > Corning, NY 14830-2331 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Debbie Noland Nitsche [mailto:Diamonddeb@comcast.net] > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:42 PM > To: OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHWASH] Research Assistance > > Hi Everyone; > I am in the process of collecting data to add to the Washington Co. > Historical & Genealogy "LINKS" page. One of the sections that I would like > to add is: "Research and Look-up Assistance" > If any of you who have ANY Washington Co., Ohio resource materials, > such as census, marriages, deaths, probate records, family history, > cemeteries, etc.... that you would be able to assist others in their > research, please send me the titles of your materials, along with your email > address, for me to put on the site. > An example would be: > HISTORY OF WASHINGTON CO. 1788-1881, by Williams (your name). The person > viewing the page would click on your name, and it would bring up your email > address. > The resource materials that I am going to add for myself is. History > of Wash. Co., 1788-1888, HIstory of Belpre, Wash. Co., to 1980, Early Ohio > Settlers, Ohio Builds a Nation, along with cemeteries. etc..... If you also > have these send them to me. The more, the merrier. > Thanks; > DEBBIE > > > > Debbie Noland Nitsche > Philadelphia, PA. > Diamonddeb@comcast.net > > Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, > McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// > > PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" > http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html > > MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO > http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html > > WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS > http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html > > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > > ============================== > 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 >