We just learned that Oklahoma is the 19th state to be completed and posted on the FamilySearch.org website. It is now fully indexed and searchable. It’s great to see the number of searchable states increase. We have indexed 62.3% of the census and are moving along at a great pace. Let’s keep up the momentum and… Read More »
Douglas Steven Grady, age 61, of Dayton, Ohio, passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 at the Kobacker House in Columbus. He was born May 29, 1951 in Jackson, the son of Jayne Horton and the late Royce Horton. He is survived by daughters, Karen (Rob) Ballinger, of Pataskala, Ohio, Tameron (Mike) Demeter, of Hilliard, Ohio;… Read More »
Carrie F. Patterson, 46, of Newcomerstown, formerly of Wellston, Ohio, died on Sunday, June 10th after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She died in Coshocton Hospital surrounded by her loving children and family. Carrie was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on October 19, 1965, to Mike and Sue Patterson, and grew up in Wellston, Ohio.… Read More »
Elma Christner Tucker, age 86, of Columbus, Ohio, and formerly of Wellston, passed away on Sunday evening, June 10, 2012, at Columbus Alzheimer Care Center. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, on July 23, 1925, daughter of the late Carey Griffith and Elsie Pownall Griffith. She was a graduate of Hillsboro High School. She was… Read More »
Almeda Wallace, age 87, of Oak Hill, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. She was born October 28, 1924 in Oak Hill, to the late Henry and Muriel (Crabtree) Allen. She worked at Chun King and then Pillsbury. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by… Read More »
Bonnie Kay Skeens, age 62, of Waterloo, Ohio, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Cornerstone Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. She was born April 12, 1950 to the late Thomas and Lottie Louise (Canter) Hughes. Bonnie loved flowers, gardening, vacationing at the beach and spending time with her family. She is survived… Read More »
Henry E. Gilliland, 88, of Coalton, Ohio, went home with his Lord on Friday morning, June 8, 2012, at his home. He was born in Lick Township, Jackson, Ohio, on August 9, 1923, son of the late Charles Emerson Gilliland and Murvle Winifred Leach Gilliland. He was a 1941 graduate of Coalton High School and… Read More »
Lois N. Beck, age 77, of Wellston, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at her residence. Arrangements are under the direction of the McWilliams Funeral Home, ph. 384-2424.
Pauline McCoy, age 65, of Oak Hill passed away Wednesday June 6, 2012 at Heartland of Jackson. She was born April 17, 1947 in Wayne County, West Virginia to the late Glenn and June (Ferguson) Webb. Pauline was the owner and operator of the Magic Touch Beauty Salon of Oak Hill for many years and… Read More »
Today we got a clearer picture on how the 1940 U.S. Census index publication horse race might play out. It might not be what you expected. Ancestry.com announced earlier this week that they had completed an index for the state of New York. New York was the largest state in 1940, containing about a tenth… Read More »
Mary Ethel Hilton, age 85, of Thurman, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Holzer Medical Center of Jackson. She was born in Thurman, Ohio, August 10, 1926 to the late Morgan and Mary (Williams) Hilton. She retired from BancOhio after 40 years of service. She was a long-time member of the Scioto Model A… Read More »
Today we celebrate Helen Koehler of 61 David Avenue, Jackson, who died June 3, 2012 at age 100+. Daughter of Hungarian immigrants, she graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Education “in the depth of the depression.” Interacting with Helen, one always learned something. She loved all of nature — animals, plants, the cosmos —… Read More »
FamilySearch Indexing has reached about 50%. FamilySearch has released indexes to six additional states: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Vermont. That brings the total to 14. Because these are smaller states, the index represents just about 9% of the total size of the index. The Ancestry.com index is still at about 1.5%. The MyHeritage… Read More »
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the commencement of the war, Fold3 has made all of its War of 1812 records free to the public during the month of June. To be clear, the majority of these records are always free and the databases are incomplete. According to Ancestry.com spokesperson, Matthew Deighton, “the collection consists… Read More »