Amy's Genealogy, etc. Blog

Ohio Historical Society is closed this week

ohsnapbee — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:57:30 -0400

A reminder to everyone that the Ohio Historical Society — including the Archives/Library — is closed today (March 28) through April 3. You can thank the Ohio legislature as well as their massive slashing of OHS’ budget on behalf of this. Other OHS sites closed this week are: Adena Mansion & Gardens (Chillicothe) Armstrong Air & Space Museum (Waupakoneta) Campus Martius Museum (Marietta) Dunbar House (Dayton) Fort Ancient (Oregonia) Fort Meigs (Perrysburg) Harding Home (Marion) National Afro-American Museum (Wilberforce) National Road/Zane Grey Museum (Zanesville) Piqua Historical Area (Piqua) Serpent Mound (Peebles) Wahkeena Nature Preserve (Lancaster) Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor (Youngstown) Zoar Village (Zoar) You can read the “Special Notice” on the OHS website: http://www.ohiohistory.org/sn/010509.html

Ohio Genealogical Society conference - save $ as well as register now

ohsnapbee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:16:43 -0500

This year’s Ohio Genealogical Society conference shall be held 2-4 April at the Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron. The schedule is filled with sessions covering topics such military research, Internet sources, software, publishing, migration, oral history, as well as historical fiction. I think my favorite title is Shirley Hodges’ session “Family Historian or Pack Rat?” I didn’t know there was a difference Before March 15, full registration on behalf of OGS members is $115; on behalf of non-members, it is $153. The price goes up to $135 as well as $168 respectively at the end of March 15. You can download the booklet which contains the registration form at www.ogs.org/conference2009/OGSConferenceBooklet2009.pdf

Why would he do that?

ohsnapbee — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:00:06 -0500

I’m a bit of a stickler about grammar. I cringe when I see things like “Its snowing now” or “Their going to the movies.” Similarly, it bothers me when I read especially bad sentences. In yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch, there was a short article about a man who was charged with negligence in the death of his daughter in a car accident last year. The sentence read: “He was charged with failure to restrain his unbelted 12-year-old daughter, Jessica, at the end of she died in a Feb. 22 crash in which another vehicle slid across the center line as well as struck his van on an icy Rt. 22.” I know that is not what the reporter intended to say. (At least, I hope that’s not what the reporter intended to say!) Why would the man restrain his daughter at the end of she died? The incident was a tragedy as well as I don’t mean to sound flippant. But that sentence is so poorly constructed that it has bothered me ever since I read it yesterday. I think I require to turn “editor mode” off every now as well as then.

Ohio Historical to close on behalf of 1 week

ohsnapbee — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:26:45 -0500

The Ohio Historical Society has announced that, due to further funding cuts from the state, they shall furlough employees as well as close specified sites on behalf of the week of March 28 - April 3. The sites that shall be closed are: Ohio Historical Center, including the Archives/Library (Columbus) Adena Mansion & Gardens (Chillicothe) Armstrong Air & Space Museum (Wapakoneta) Campus Martius Museum (Marietta) Dunbar House (Dayton) Fort Ancient (Oregonia) Fort Meigs (Perrysburg) Harding Home (Marion) National Afro-American Museum (Wilberforce) Piqua Historical Area (Piqua) Wahkeena (Lancaster) Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor (Youngstown) All history-related services, such as the Ohio Historic Preservation Office The Archives/Library shall re-open on Saturday, April 4. The announcement on the OHS website (http://www.ohiohistory.org/sn/010509.html) states that sites managed by OHS partners are not affected. People are urged to check the OHS website on behalf of the days as well as hours of operation on behalf of all OHS locations before visiting.

Tombstone Tuesday: Need a mirror

ohsnapbee — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:00:05 -0500

When I went to Georgetown, Kentucky back in September 2007, I did what I usually do when I go to a new location: scout out the local cemeteries Maplegrove Cemetery in Georgetown is a small, modest, somewhat overgrown cemetery tucked behind a Pizza Hut as well as a gas station. This tombstone on behalf of Eliza Washington is made from concrete. My best guess is that the person who made it poured the concrete into a box form, then set in stencils on behalf of the letters (like kids used to do with potatoes). The tombstone maker forgot (or didn’t realize) that the stencils had to be set backwards so they would appear correctly on the marker. (Again, this is just my best guess.) I did find a 20-year-old Eliza Washington in the 1910 census on behalf of Scott County, Kentucky, but I’m not certain it is the same person. Text: Eliza Washi- ngton born July. 7 184 [9?] 5[?] died May. 8 1912

Ohio Genealogical Society’s Writing Competition

ohsnapbee — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:31:01 -0500

From the December 2008 issue of the OGS Quarterly: OGS is sponsoring its second annual genealogical writing contest open to authors of genealogical as well as historical material. The contest is on behalf of articles dealing with Ohio history as well as genealogy, Ohio records groups, Ohioans who left to settle elsewhere as well as Ohio families. OGS welcomes articles ranging in size from 750 words up to 5,000 words, subject to the subject. Authors may submit up to eight entries with a maximum of two entries in each of the following OGS journal categories: Ohio Genealogy News - concentrates on genealogical record groups, collections, research techniques, databases as well as websites related to Ohio genealogy as well as history, as well as articles about OGS, its Chapters as well as other genealogical news. Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly - publishes articles relating to the full spectrum of Ohio history as well as genealogy. Types of articles include case studies, abstracts as well as transcriptions of Ohio related materials, as well as Bible records. Ohio Records as well as Pioneer Families - focuses on Ohio from pre-colonial times to the Civil War historically as well as accepts articles on Ohio record groups including abstracts as well as transcriptions of such records. Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal - features anything relating to Ohioans who served in the Civil War including post-war related activities such as reconstruction as well as the GAR. The contest is open to OGS members as well as non-members. Both amateur as well as professional writers may submit articles. Three winning articles shall be selected. Winning articles shall be features in the appropriate OGS journals as space permits. First place winners shall receive a one-year OGS membership, a one-year subscription to ORPF as well as OCWGJ; second place shall receive their choice of two of those items; third place shall receive their choice of one of those items. Entries shall be accepted from 1 January to 28 February 2009. Send entries as hard copy or as an electronic file on CD or via email. All electronic files should be saved in Rich Text Format or in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect only. Include the following with each entry: Category (journal you wish your article to be judged), author’s name, full address, telephone number, email address as well as any other pertinent contact information. Send entries to: Writing Contest c/o The Ohio Genealogical Society 713 S. Main St. Mansfield, OH 44906-1644 email: ogs@ogs.org (put Writing Contest in the subject line)

Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly, Dec. 2008

ohsnapbee — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:27:44 -0500

I received the latest Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly [December 2008] in today’s mail. Contents include: The Family of William H. Fyffe of Champaign County Society of Civil War Families of Ohio Roster, 2008 OGS 2008 [sic] Writing Competition [I'll blog about this later] Nathan L. Glover, Akron’s Premier Music Educator 1903 Deaths in Cincinnati, Ohio with Burials Outside of Hamilton County Rose’s Research The Smiths of Champaign County, Ohio Decennial Tax Valuation, Cincinnati Real Estate, 1892 Hulda Emilie (King) Richholt Harris Otterbach [I look forward to reading this one. The subject sounds like my Matilda (Debolt) Skinner Crossen Brown McFillen ] Book as well as CD Notices 2008 Surname Index

The 99 Things About Me meme

ohsnapbee — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:17:25 -0500

One of the things I would like to do this year is be a little more active with my blogging. Tombstone Tuesday as well as all my other posts are languishing! So to ease myself back into the blogosphere, I’m doing the 99 Things About Me meme. (Thanks, Julie at GenBlog, on behalf of getting this started!) THE 99 THINGS MEME Things you’ve already done: bold Things you desire to do: italicize Things you haven’t done as well as don’t desire to - leave in plain font 1. Started your posses blog. (Two as well as counting!) 2. Slept under the stars. 3. Played in a band. 4. Visited Hawaii. 5. Watched a meteor shower. 6. Given more than you can afford to charity. 7. Been to Disneyland/world. 8. Climbed a mountain. 9. Held a praying mantis. 10. Sang a solo. 11. Bungee jumped. (That’s not just a “no,” that’s a “there’s-not-enough-money-in-the-world-to-get-me-to-do-that no”!) 12. Visited Paris. 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. 15. Adopted a child. 16. Had food poisoning. 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. (I’d like to see it, but I don’t know that I necessarily desire to walk to the top!) 18. Grown your posses vegetables. 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France. 20. Slept on an overnight train. 21. Had a pillow fight. 22. Hitch hiked. 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. 24. Built a snow fort. 25. Held a lamb. 26. Gone skinny dipping. 27. Run a marathon. 28. Ridden a gondola in Venice. 29. Seen a total eclipse. 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. 31. Hit a residence run. 32. Been on a cruise. 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person. 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. (Not all of them, though ) 35. Seen an Amish community. 36. Taught yourself a new language. 37. Had sufficient money to be truly satisfied. 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person. 39. Gone rock climbing. (Does climbing a rock wall count? If so, I’d like to endeavour that. Safety harnesses as well as soft landing spots are good things!) 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person. 41. Sung Karaoke. 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt. 43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant. 44. Visited Africa. 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. 46. Been transported in an ambulance. 47. Had your portrait painted. 48. Gone deep sea fishing. 49. Seen the Sistine chapel in person. 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (I won’t count the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island ) 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling. 52. Kissed in the rain. (A lady never kisses as well as tells as well as tells, nor does she not kiss as well as tell, so I’m leaving this one alone. You don’t know the answer one way or the other ) 53. Played in the mud. 54. Gone to a drive-in theatre. 55. Been in a movie. 56. Visited the Great Wall of China. 57. Started a business. 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia. 60. Served at a soup kitchen. 61. Sold Girl Scout cookies. 62. Gone whale watching. 63. Gotten flowers on behalf of no reason. 64. Donated blood. 65. Gone sky diving. (See my comment to #11) 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. 67. Bounced a cheque. (But it wasn’t my fault!) 68. Flown in a helicopter. 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial. 71. Eaten Caviar. 72. Pieced a quilt. 73. Stood in Times Square. 74. Toured the Everglades. 75. Been fired from a job. 76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London. 77. Broken a bone. 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle. 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person. 80. Published a book. 81. Visited the Vatican. 82. Bought a brand new car. 83. Walked in Jerusalem. 84. Had your picture in the newspaper. 85. Read the entire Bible. 86. Visited the White House. 87. Killed as well as prepared an animal on behalf of eating. 88. Had chickenpox. (I was 27 as well as have never been so sick in my life. I think childbirth was easier than having the chicken pox.) 89. Saved someone’s life. 90. Sat on a jury. 91. Met someone famous. 92. Joined a book club. 93. Lost a loved one. 94. Had a baby. 95. Seen the Alamo in person. 96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake. 97. Been involved in a law suit. 98. Owned a cell phone. 99. Been stung by a bee.

Ohio Tax Records - Digitized as well as Online on behalf of Free

ohsnapbee — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:06:22 -0500

Some Ohio researchers are familiar with FamilySearch’s partnership with the Ohio Genealogical Society to index early Ohio tax records. After countless hundreds of hours of volunteer time, we are seeing the fruits of the labor! The tax records from 1816 - 1838 on behalf of Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison as well as Jefferson counties are now on the site, fully indexed as well as linked to the digital image. Go to http://pilot.familysearch.org, click on the map of the United States, then scroll down to “Ohio Tax Records, 1816-1838.” Later today, I shall work up some more screenshots showing how to navigate the site. Meanwhile, enjoy these early Ohio tax records! Results on behalf of John Ramsey in the Ohio Tax Records on FamilySearch.org. Showing an early Ohio tax record on FamilySearch.org.

Tombstone Tuesday: Woody Hayes

ohsnapbee — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:41:00 -0500

In honor of this Saturday’s Ohio State/Michigan game (the greatest rivalry in college football!), I’m featuring the grave of legendary OSU football Woody Hayes. Woody as well as his wife Anne are buried in Union Cemetery in Columbus, not far from the OSU campus. Although he shall at all times be known on behalf of being the coach of the Buckeyes, Woody was also an incredible history buff. He also served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as well as left the service with the rank of lieutenant commander. An brilliant biography of Woody Hayes can be found on the WOSU-TV website. Wayne Woodrow (Woody) Hayes, Union Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. Photo by ohsnapbee Crow, 29 August 2008, all rights reserved. The verse reads: “And in the night of death, hope sees a star and listening love hears the rustle of a wing.”