A group for anyone with connections to the "almost Michigan / almost Indiana" area of the Buckeye state. Namely - Williams, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Lucas and Allen Counties. (And others as well!)
Just wanting to put the word out there that I recently became the county coordinator for Paulding County through the USGenWeb site. I'm in the process of (slowly) reorganizing and reworking the site a bit, but if anyone has any Paulding County goodies that they would like to have added to the site, please let me know!!!
Comment by S. J. Cruse on January 14, 2010 at 3:05pm
My maternal grandmother was Lulu Maude Smith. She was from Columbus Grove, Putnam County, a daughter of Jackson Smith and Hannah Elizabeth Wood Smith. The information I have is that both of them were born in Franklin Co., Ohio--possibly Groveport. My mother, Sue Irene Reynolds was the only child of Lulu Smith Reynolds, and was born and raised in Lima. William Smith,b. 1781 in Licking Co, Ohio was Jackson's father. His mother was Jane Hanover, William's 2nd wife. His 1st wife was Christener Tusing.
Comment by Dean Wickes on December 14, 2009 at 2:52pm
I have ancestors who came from Williams County to Michigan. They are Gilbert, Calvin, Luke and Darling families.
Coming up here on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 I will be speaking to the Fulton Co., OH OGS group on Military research. Please contact me if you need more information.
I have family all over Northwest OH. Primarily in Lucas and Putnam. Have been doing my family research now for over thirty years. Speak and do professional research in Northwest Ohio area. Currently tend a blog on Northwest Ohio research sources. Enjoy the opportunity that Genealogy Wise offers to communicate with others that are interested in Genealogy.
In Williams County I am researching Meyer/Meyers, and in Fulton County I'm researching Spengler, and Yhalkee. Yhalkee has a variety of spellings. On one gravestone it's spelled Ya-Chalke. The Yhalkee line also lived in Williams County. I can't get back beyond the immigrant ancestor with Yhalkee. Mathias and Julia Yhalkee immigrated sometime prior to 1855. Their eldest child, George, was born in Ohio in 1855 according to the 1870 census. I can't find any record of them any earlier. Mathias and Julia both state they were born in Prussia. They both died before the 1880 census. Also, in the 1870 census Mathias is recorded as Martin.
Comment by Laurie Smith on July 11, 2009 at 5:57am
Searching in this area for Grisier/Greisier and Bourquin. Associated names of Vernier, Louys. These families out various areas of France. Will share info.
My husband's family, one side anyway, came from Ohio back in the mid-1800's, but it was the other side of the state-Coshocton Co. On the other side, his g-granddad was supposedly from the Bucyrus area. He and his parents and siblings lived in Fostoria for about 5 years in the early '70s. His daughter's husband and his family are from Williams Co, I believe.
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