I’m looking forward to the April meeting of the Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society, chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. At that meeting, Carla Cegielski, asks and answers the question, “What Happens to Your Genealogical Estate?” I’ve thought about this situation, but haven’t put anything definite into action. I hope to learn more about what my options
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Ohio Genealogical Society Elects New Officers, Trustees
On Saturday, March 22, I participated in my last Board of Trustees meeting at the Ohio Genealogical Society Library in Bellville. My term ends with the OGS Conference next month at Kalahari Resort in Sandusky. I have been involved with OGS as a trustee for about a dozen years now, and I finally decided it
Read on »52 Ancestors–#10: Alonzo Green, Cheese-making Entrepreneur
This report is another in my 2014 series of postings about ancestors and relatives (see end for details). Alonzo was my great grand uncle. In the 1870s, Alonzo was a major owner of an important cheese factory in Amboy, a populated place in Conneaut Township in Ashtabula County, Ohio. He obviously prospered as a farmer
Read on »52 Ancestors – #7: Jared Green, Civil War Veteran from Conneaut, Ohio
Jared R. Green was the youngest of eleven children of Joab and Rebecca (Johnson) Green. When Jared was born in 1832 in Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio, his father was 47 and his mother was 43. Jared married Mary L. Drake and they had three children together between 1856 and 1863. He then married Mary
Read on »52 Ancestors – #6: Joab Green, Early Settler in Conneaut Twp, Ohio
Joab Green was born on 15 Nov 1782 in Vermont, one of eleven children of Josiah and Sarah Green. He had seven sons and four daughters with Rebecca (Johnson) between 1808 and 1832. He died on 11 Jun 1849, in Conneaut Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Joab was an early settler in the northeastern corner of
Read on »Judy Russell is Keynoter for 2015 Ohio Genealogical Society Conference
Even as the Ohio Genealogical Society is putting the finishing touches on its 2014 Annual Conference — 30 Apr-3 May, 2014, at Kalahari Resorts, Sandusky, Ohio — it is announcing the keynoter and venue for the 2015 Annual Conference. The following news release was issued yesterday by the event’s co-chairs Deb Deal and Kay Hudson:
Read on »Genealogy Guys Laud OGS in Oct Podcast
The Genealogy Guys, Drew Smith and George Morgan, were the featured presenters at the Ohio Genealogical Fall Seminar, held in Bellville, on October 8. I have just caught up with their very favorable comments about their visit to OGS at the beginning of their October 8, 2013, podcast (No. 256). I thought others might like
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