Genealogy News Bytes

The February issue of "Genealogy News Bytes" from the Mid-Continent Library lists this blog as a site to check in their newsletter. The current four page issue is online at : www.mcpl.lib.mo/us/gen/h/news/200702.pdf

A variety of helps, research tips, websites and announcements are posted there for genealogists of all levels. The networking possibilities continue to expand as the genealogical community digitizes, volunteers, researches and publishes more and more material! What an amazing array of help we have in the 21 st century!

Grandma's Passing

Last night, a remarkable 101 year woman died in southern Wisconsin, her family with her and having justly earned her reward! She raised five children and outlived two of them and two husbands, as well as outliving some of her own grandchildren and all of her contemporary friends. She survived having four sons serving in the Korean conflict at once, and "prayed them all home safely".

She loved all who came in contact with her and always had kind and encouraging words for all of us. Her eyes twinkled as she would reminsence about times gone by, whether decades ago or hours ago at the annual family reunions. She fed the thirst for more historical knowledge with her own unique perspective on simple inventions, like saltine crackers, or modern marvels, like airplanes and submarines.

She was always amazing and always will be!!!! VIRSC 1905-2007

Ohio Name Index

Another online index is the Ohio Name Index, with over 88,000 entries covering the time frame of 1796-1850. The site is at: http://libraryworld.net/cgi-bin/opac.pl?command=clear. Females, as well as male names are included, with the bulk of the entries from school directories and city directories. As I checked on my McMillen line, which spends a fair amount of time on Ohio before emigrating to Wisconsin, I didn't find my ancestors but a doctor and some school girls showed up, substantiating the claim.

The site could be especially helpful to gather children's names from families before the 1850 census listing everyone individually by name in the household, and to track children who often died at young ages, if they attended school.