John P. Canter, age 78, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born February 19, 1934 in Jackson, to the late William C. and Leona (Woods) Canter. He was a member of the operating engineers, a member of the Masonic Portland Lodge 366. He is survived… Read More »
Virla “Marie” McDaniel, age 91, of Jackson, joined her husband Earl and son Gary Robert in heaven on Friday, Nov. 1, 2012. Born in West Liberty, KY on January 24, 1921, she married fellow Kentucky native, Earl McDaniel March 29, 1938 and moved to Fairborn, Ohio where she raised her family and was a successful… Read More »
So it goes for many of us genealogists. We’re fascinated by cemeteries and death records; other people think that’s creepy. But in the spirit of genealogy and Halloween, here are some tips on finding your ancestors’ death records: Death records are generally available after the state passed a law that counties or towns had to… Read More »
Here is some interesting tidbits going on in the genealogy world: The Chronicling America free, searchable database of historic US newspapers, has posted its 5 millionth newspaper page. Launched by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2007 as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program, the site digitizes newspapers published between… Read More »
Arlington National Cemetery has unveiled a public database of the 400,000 burials there. Called ANC Explorer, the database is available online and as a Mobile app. You can search it to locate gravesites on a map; get details including birth, death and interment dates, and branch of service; generate front and back photos of a headstone or… Read More »
FamilySearch has added more than 70 million indexed genealogy records to the free FamilySearch.org over the past couple of weeks. The indexed records come from the United States and 20 other countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean. Updated or new US records are from more than 20 states, plus New England passenger lists.… Read More »
Michelle Dawn Sciacca, beloved daughter of Patricia and David Coon of Oak Hill, passed away Monday evening, Oct. 29, 2012 at 6 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio. She was 47 years old. She is preceded in death by brother Frankie Sciacca, grandparents James and Patsy Gearheart and Floyd and Helen Reese. Survived by her parents, her… Read More »
Robert F. “Bob” Saunders, 74, of Londonderry, passed away surrounded by his family, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born September 7, 1938 in Dundas, to the late Albert F. and Sally Lee Saunders. Bob was married for 54 years to Patty Hensler Saunders, who survives. He was a… Read More »
The long string of beautiful autumn days ended just one day too soon this past Saturday, October 27, for the best interests of the Annual Buckeye Furnace Fall Festival. The Friends of Buckeye Furnace conduct the event each year on the final Saturday in October to raise funds to benefit the local historic site as… Read More »