The website is: http://www.gchags.com/ and our email address is: [email protected] . We are currently updating our website so there is very little information on it at this time. We are hoping to get much of our information as to what family histories and various other items of interest on the website in the near future. Marjorie L. Wood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [PABUCKS] Family Histories > What is the web URL for the Gallia County Historical Genealogical Society? > Mel > www.iowaghosttowns.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:22 PM > Subject: [PABUCKS] Family Histories > > > The Gallia County Historical Genealogical Society is working to create a > library that will help researcher whose families migrated along the river. > Many families traveled the Ohio River from Pennsylvania to Missouri and even > farther west. We are trying to make the Gallia County Historical > Genealogical Society the best in Ohio, we continue to grow with new members > ever day and new fresh ideas for everyone, young and old. We are planning > several new projects and publications for after the first of the year. > > We have had several calls at the Gallia County Historical Genealogical > Society office in the last week by members wanting to donate their family > histories so I would like to take this opportunity to ask the list for > family histories. Since many families migrated from Pennsylvania we would > like any family histories you would like to donate. Many of the German > families in Gallia County were from Pennsylvania. > > We do not care if it is a published book, group sheets, or just one page of > genealogy. We know that new genealogists may not have volumes of information > but sometimes a page of information will spark something in a researcher > that could help the submitter and the researchers. > > We have been trying for the last several years to expand our Genealogical > Library and are currently hoping to purchase new shelving for this > expansion. If your family was only in Gallia County for a short period of > time as they were traveling west we would like to have your information, in > other words the family did not have to live in Gallia County for > generations. We received a call today from a lady from Kansas that's family > migrated through Gallia County on their quest for life in the west. She has > promised to send a 50 pound box of her families genealogy for our library. > Now, we know everyone cannot contribute this type of genealogy but we are > always willing to take any genealogy you are willing to give. > > This can be sent to the Gallia County Historical Genealogical Society, 412 > Second Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio, 45631 or if you have a GEDOM file you can > send it to me at [email protected] or you can send a CD or floppy disc of > your information. We will take it anyway you wish to give it. > > Marjorie L. Wood > > If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to > dance. > George Bernard Shaw > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >