I've read that a light colored (yellow) transparancy film on top of a document will improve the quality of faint writing on a copy. I would think this would also work on a microfilm if you cut a piece the right size to fit. Let us know if it works. Marianne --- On Fri 02/15, Laverne Piatt wrote: > It's so very rare to find brand new information on Piatts that I have to > say > that I'm quite pleased at running across these tidbits, no matter how > small, > Wednesday at the Ohio Genalogical Society. > > OGS has a bound photocopy from microfilm of the record the original of > which > is housed at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus in their manuscript > collection. > > Sturges Family Papers, Mss539, Box 1, Folder 15 > Sherwood and Sturges Daybook, October 1815-July 1817, Mansfield OH > > The records found in the daybook of this early store in Mansfield are > believed > to pertain to Thomas Piatt, b 1767, Path Valley PA, d 1850 Grant Co IN and > to > his son John, b 1800, Belmont Co OH, 1867, Grant Co PA. Thomas Piatt > married > Catherine Bell daughter of Robert Bell who founded Bellville in the > southern > part of Richland Co OH. For a time between 1812 and 1820, Thomas Piatt > was an > owner of land on (present day) Linn Road north of Mansfield. > > The photocopy, made from microfilm of the original, does not enhance the > handwriting which was already difficult to read. The best interpretation > is a follows. > The entries: > > p 108 1 June 1816, Thomas Piatt, [unreadable], 4 [...] 10 oz butter 59 > [cents] > [ditto] [ditto] 1 oz snuff scotch 4 [cents] > > p 115 10 June 1816, John Piatt, due on [unreadable] 24 [cents] > > p 122 22 June 1816 John Piatt pr cotton socks 75 [cents] > [ditto] [ditto] [unreadable] 25 [cents] > > Most notable is the additional entry indicating that a famous Richland > County > resident, visited the store just a few weeks before: > > p 100 18 May 1816 John Chapman or as some say Appleseed 2 (plugs?) > tobacco 1.00 > > The librarian at OGS told me that this record is the only one known to be > in > existance that was made about Johnny Appleseed, by that name, while he > was > living. Do you suppose that the Piatts and Johnny........? > > -- > Laverne Ingram Piatt > Ontario, OH > > > ==== PIATT Mailing List ==== > The PIATT GenConnect Board is our place to post records > such as wills, bios, deeds, and Bible records. Find it at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/p/i/PIATT/ > > ============================== > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------