I have one thing that I have been looking for for about 6 years and that is the names of my ggggrandparents. I know that my gggrandfather Abraham Moody died in Richland Co. on October 18, 1895. He was born January 14, 1818 in Columbiana Co, Ohio. He married Melissa Ann Shafer there November 18, 1852 and had three children there. They all moved to Richland Co. in 1862 along with Melissa's parents and some of their 10 or more children. Abraham and Melissa lived around Bloom and there is a record of where they are buried, I think it's Pine River Cemetery. Melissa died October 02, 1900. She was living with her son George Scott in Richland Center at the time. George was the owner and editor of the "Richland Rustic" for a time. I have seen and have a copy of Melissa's obituary and a copy of the death cert. for Abraham. I haven't found an obit for him. So far I have found no mention of his parents and so I am stuck. The only thing that I need to know at this point is the names of his parents or one of them at least. I need to get beyond him. Do you think that you might help? There may be an obituary for him there but I haven't found one yet and I am in California so most of what I have learned has been through the Internet. Larry

> I have one thing that I have been looking for for about 6 years and that is > the names of my ggggrandparents. I know that my gggrandfather Abraham Moody > died in Richland Co. on October 18, 1895. He was born January 14, 1818 in > Columbiana Co, Ohio. He married Melissa Ann Shafer there November 18, 1852 > and had three children there. They all moved to Richland Co. in 1862 along > with Melissa's parents and some of their 10 or more children. Abraham and > Melissa lived around Bloom and there is a record of where they are buried, I > think it's Pine River Cemetery. Melissa died October 02, 1900. She was living > with her son George Scott in Richland Center at the time. George was the > owner and editor of the "Richland Rustic" for a time. I have seen and have a > copy of Melissa's obituary and a copy of the death cert. for Abraham. I > haven't found an obit for him. So far I have found no mention of his parents > and so I am stuck. The only thing that I need to know at this point is the > names of his parents or one of them at least. I need to get beyond him. Do > you think that you might help? There may be an obituary for him there but I > haven't found one yet and I am in California so most of what I have learned > has been through the Internet. > Larry > If I were you, I'd check out the 1850 Columbiana Co, Ohio, census... Abraham would be living with his parents (maybe?) then before marrying Melissa in 1852. If you are near a decent-sized library, you should be able to get your hands on the microfilm. Or, your library can order the film in for you (rent the film) and you can look at it at your local library. We do this for people at our library. Maybe a local library has an 1850 Ohio census index and you can look for the Moodys that way. That's my tip for the day. Sue Otte Indiana