Ohio Special Interest Group

Submitted by GFSjulia@aol.com

The Ohio Chat gathers Wednesdays at 9pmEST in ROOT CELLAR (They did). GFS Sandi, GFS Julia and GFS Laurie are the hosts.

Most evenings we offer a lecture on one of Ohio's 88 counties. Our lectures are taken from the 1850 and 1886 editions of Historical Collections of Ohio: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to Its General and Local History; With Descriptions of Its Counties, Principal Towns and Villages, by Henry Howe LL.D. (Try reading that in one breath;) We have presented this collection in alphabetical order, so we offer our attendees copies of earlier lectures by email, too. In case you're interested, we currently have available:

ADAMS, ALLEN, ASHLAND, ASHTABULA, ATHENS, BELMONT, BROWN, BUTLER, CARROLL, CHAMPAIGN, CLARK, CLERMONT, CLINTON, COLUMBIANA, COSHOCTON, CRAWFORD, CUYAHOGA, DARKE, DEFIANCE, DELAWARE, ERIE, FAIRFIELD, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, GALLIA, GREENE, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HARDIN, HOCKING, HOLMES, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, KNOX, LAKE, LAWRENCE and LICKING.

If you want one, drop GFS Julia an email. :) They are also available in the Genealogy Lectures 2.

The Ohio hosts compile and occasionally send out emailings of Ohio resources, as well as interesting odd bits of Ohio miscellany. And we try to keep fairly current lists of resources available on a county basis. GenWeb sites, regional archives, snail mail addresses, etc.

Sandi, Julia and Laurie invite you to bring your face to our place on Wednesday nights!!