What's New at This Site

Here is a log of the latest additions and changes to Jefferson County OHGenWeb

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June 2025	The Jefferson County OHGenWeb site is availble for adoption.
June 2025	New Header and footer on Home-Page. Added a "Contact" Page.
March 2025	Completed work on re-writing Home-Page to repair resources. (fixed or removed broken links)
July 2024	Jefferson County page relocated to OHGenWeb Server
June 2024	Jefferson County Coordinator, Danice Ryan retired after more than 20 years of keeping Jefferson up-to-date!
May 2017	Jefferson County page relocated to new server at www.usgenwebsites.org

Many thanks to long time former County Coordinator Danice Ryan and all of those that went before, Jan Cortez, Stephanie Ebel & Terri Menzel, for creating and maintaining this Jefferson County OHGenWeb Site 1996-2024.

I have decided to add this page to let you know what I have been doing.
If you look here first, you will know what I have updated since your last visit. - Danice Ryan

03-30-08 Added many 1811; 1812; and 1813 Marriage Certificates.

04-27-08 Added many new links; Marriage certificates; Added an 1850 Name Index to the Steubenville Female Seminary in the new school directory; Added surnames for those wanting to get in contact with others in their lines; Added new library links, Added Martha Young Obituary

07-15-08 Added many surnames: Vesperman, Rische, Stephens, Stevens, Barnhouse and Boger to the Surnmae lists; There have also been added new websites for searching: Added announcement for the Family Reunion Page.

08-08-08 Added a new community announcement to the Family Reunion and Announcemt board

08-12-08 Added Brays Cemetery photos to the Jefferson County Cemeteries page

08-13-08 Added Old Schools in Ohio for Jefferson County, Ohio website. Thanks Aaron!!

10-05-08 Added website for 1877 maps of Counties in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Thanks Mr. Moyer!

12-06-08 Added new page of old schools in and around Jefferson County, Ohio; Added submitted photo for New Town School. Thank you Martha

03-13-07 - Added the complete 1890 Special Census of Jefferson County, Ohio of Veterans/Widows.

03-04-07 - Added a Photo Page for photographs of people and places in and around Jefferson County.

03-03-07 - COmpleted the 1890 Biographies for Jefferson County, which completes the Brant & Fuller bios.

02-18-07 - Added links to the 1890 Biographies for Belmont County; Marshall and Ohio Counties: Many thanks to www.lindapages.com for the links and permission. This completes the Bios except for Jefferson County to which I am still working on.

01-20-07 - Added many sites for researching to the website.

11-07-06 - Completed the later Naturalization page; Added new bios tot he 1890 page.

10-29-06 - Added many biographies to the Jefferson County page of the 1890 bios.

10-16-06 - Added many more biographies to the 1890 Jefferson County page; Added many off-site links to great research pages and websites.

10-14-06 - Added many more bios to the 1890 Jefferson County page.

10-05-06 - Added many 1890 Jefferson COunty bios; Added new obituaries; Added 1871 Maps; Added offsite links for research; Added names to the later Naturalizations; Added tribute to Company K Jefferson County Soldiers of WWI; Began work on the Farm Directory; Added more information to the 1856-57 Directory.

09-16-16 - Added the Morans Raid page which will be updated as time permits; Added and completed the tribute to the Company K men of WWI; updated pages as well as added new links to pages for research.

08-01-06 - Added new page for the 1933-35 Farm Directory of Jefferson County, Ohio which will be added to as time permits.

07-31-06 - Added obits for Bowers; Hening; Johnson; Abraham; Hazlet; Blackburn; Mossgrove to the random obituary page.

07-29-06 - Created a new page under the Tidbits of Odds and Ends of the U. S. Presidents from Ohio and their wives. Great biographies on them!

07-26-06 - Added K; Ma; Mi - My; Pa - Pe; Ph - Pr; T to the 1856 Steubenville Directory Page.

07-25-06 - Added Jessie L. Erwin obit to the D.A.R. page; Added E, F, G, I, J, N, O, Q, U, V, XYZ to the 1856 Directory; Added 1910 bios to the Doyle Page.

07-23-06 - Added a new Brick Wall to the Brick Wall page; Added information to the D.A.R. page on Jessie L. Erwin; Added more bios to the 1890 Bio page for Jefferson County.

07-19-06 - Added more 1890 bios to the pages. Added the Bo - By to the 1857 Steubenville Directory page.

07-12-06 - Added many obituaries to the Random Obituary page.

07-11-06 - Added links to the Birth Records of Jefferson County, Ohio--offsite links 07-09-06 - Added the 1856-'57 Steubenville Directory which will be a long work in progress.

07-07-06 - Completed the GAR bios of Richmond; Added more 1890 Jefferson County bios.

07-03-06 - Created a new page of the G. A. R. Harry Hale Post of Richmond, Ohio to which I will be adding to as time permits; Added more bios to the 1890 Jefferson County page.

06-21-06 - Completed Marshall County 1890 bios; Added more to Jefferson County; Added new search sites; Added a posting to the Brick Wall page on the McCollam family.

06-11-06 - Completed the 1890 biographies of Ohio County.

05-27-06 - Completed Brooke and Hancock County 1890 bios; Added some to the Jefferson and Marshall counties; Added many obituaries to the Random Obituary Page; Added a few new websites to the page.

05-05-06 - Added numerous obituaries for the Meinzen and Hendricks family.

05-04-06 - Added the Small Town Newspaper website.

05-03-06 - Added a fabulous World War I website of pictures, letters, papers and newspaper articles from the war briefcase of Weldon McCoy Barr.

05-03-06 - Added the O'Dell family request to the Brick Walls page; added bios to the 1890's pages; Added more random obits to the page. Added the Maxwell Family bios to Doyle's Page.

04-29-06 - Added an excellent website titled "Ancient Faces Family Treasurers" in the Newspapers and Other items of Interest web page. This site copntains over 36,000 family photos, family stories and other various genealogy material and its FREE!

04-28-06 - Added Mrs. Mabel Ferguson Boyd's obit on the Tribute to DAR page.

04-25-06 - Added new posting on the Brick Wall page. Revamped the Toronto Tribune pages.

04-22-06 - Created seperate pages for the Death and Military Information and the Newspapers and Other items of Interest; This was done in order to add more helpful information to reaserchers.

04-21-06 - Added more bios to the Brook County page of the 1890 bios.

04-13-06 - Added many bios to the Hancock County page of the 1890 History of the Upper Ohio Valley.

04-12-06 - Added the 1890 history of the Upper Ohio Valley biographies. A long work in progress to get all added. Added many new search sites.

04-08-06 - Added more obits to the random obituary page.

04-05-06 - Added many new obits to the random Obituary page.

04-01-06 - Added many obituaries to the random Obituary page.

03-28-06 - Added many, many new research sites; added the Jefferson County Trading Post to where you can post want ads and trade family info with others; revamped the family reunion page for family reunion announcemnts; added a page for various obituaries that are extracted from the newspapers; added a few Doyle bios; added a new brick wall post.

03-09-06 - Added more bios to Doyle's Page; updated the Cemetery pages.

03-07-06 - Added 1817 and 1819 Marriages to the Index; Added Pine Run Cemetery photos; Added many new searchable sites; Added link to free download of family tree chart.

03-05-06 - Added the years 1811; 1812; 1813; 1814; 1815 and 1816 to the Marriages.

02-23-06 - Added the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; added more Doyle bios. 02-20-06 - Added links for marriage certificates for all years of 1797 thru 1810.

02-11-06 - Added an inquiry to the brick wall page.

02-09-06 - Updated and added marriage records for the years 1797; 1798; 1799; 1800; 1801; 1802 and 1803.

02-06-06 - Added Jefferson County Inventors to the Tidbits Odds and Ends page; Updated the Cemetery page for Jefferson County. Added the DAR official website link.

02-02-06 - Added the Allen Family Reunion announcement to the new Community News Page. Added the surnames Bell and Farmer to the Surname list.

01-31-06 - Added 1807; 1808; 1809; 1810 Marriages to the Marriage page. Added link to the Brick Wall page. Added the Tidbits of Odds and Ends Page.

01-29-06 - Added the 1805 and 1806 Marriages to the Marriage page.

01-28-06 - Added links to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the National Organization Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Added more bios to Doyles page. Added the 1804 Marriage page.

01-25-06 - Added more obituaries for the DAR Tribute; added bios to Doyles page.

01-20-06 - Added more Toronto Tribune Articles. Added a Wanted ad to the community news page

01-19-06 - Added more obituaries to the Tribute to DAR Women.

01-15-06 - Added a Community Announcement Page and more obituaries to the DAR Page.

01-12-06 - Added more obituaries to the DAR tribute page.

01-06-06 - Added many more bios to Doyle's page and created a Tribute page to the Steubenville chapter, D. A. R.

01-03-06 - Added many bios to Doyle's page.

01-02-06 - Added many bios to Doyle's page.

12-30-05 - Added more bios to Doyle's page and added obituaries for Charles, David and Sarah Conway.

12-28-05 - Added more bios to the 20th Century bios by Doyle.

12-14-05 - Added obits for Mrs. Mary L. Hooper and Mrs. Minnie Taylor.

12-10-05 - Added obits for Addie Taylor; Mary Taylor; Thomas Taylor and Carl E. Scamahorn.

12-09-05 - Added obits for Edgar Brindley; William Alexander Briggs; James & William Fellows.

12-04-05 - Added a new page with blank census forms from 1790-1930 along with miscellaneous forms.

12-02-05 - Added offsite link to the Genealogy Pit Stop Website--Great research tool for Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

12-01-05 - Added surname Revenaugh to the surname page. Added more info to the Toronto Tribune Pages.

11-27-05 - Added more paged to the Toronto Tribune section.

11-22-05 - Added a second page to the Horner family pages; Added more Toronto Tribune records.

11-20-05 - Added 2 more pages to the Toronto Tribune with many more intersting facts

11-19-05 - Added the Horner family page; added excerpts from the Toronto Tribune newspaper.

11-13-05 - Added 3 new offlink sites on the main page for obits and surnames.

11-12-05 - Added the Stories of and Around Jefferson County page.

11-8-05 - Added offsite link to local researcher

11-7-05 - Added many Doyle bios.

11-5-05 - Added links to the Social Security death Index and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War grave database.

10-30-05 - Added a new Map page of the Jefferson County 1856 map.

10-28-05 - Added the website for Pa Civil War Indexes and Find a Grave websites. Added websites for the U.S. National Archives

10-23-05 - Added Arthurs, Bailey, Bates, Beany, Castner, Crew, Cunningham, Hoffman, Kendall, Moore, Morgan, Neal, Quinn, Redding and Warth to the Surname Queries pages. Also added more bios to the 20th Century Doyle page.

10-15-05 - Added Surname Unger to Surname list. Added more info to the Purviance Family Page 5 and the Maxwell Family Pages.

10-9-05 - Added more information to the Maxwell Homepages. Added a link to the California Death Index for 1940 - 1997.

9-24-05 - Added Cain, Linn/Lynn to the Surname pages; Added Jesse Page obit.

9-20-05 - Added many obits to the Obituary pages.

9-17-05 - Created new Jefferson County Tombstone of Soldiers page.

9-16-05 - Added George F. Cable obituary. Maxwell family page posted. Death and Military records added. offsite website for West Virginia vital statistics added.

9-15-05 - Added the Maxwell Family Web Page. Added the West Virginia vital statistics page for birth, death and marriage records.

9-08-05 - Added the 1851 marriages and added more Doyle bios.

03-13-07 - Added the complete 1890 Special Census of Jefferson County, Ohio of Veterans/Widows.

03-04-07 - Added a Photo Page for photographs of people and places in and around Jefferson County.

03-03-07 - COmpleted the 1890 Biographies for Jefferson County, which completes the Brant & Fuller bios.

02-18-07 - Added links to the 1890 Biographies for Belmont County; Marshall and Ohio Counties: Many thanks to www.lindapages.com for the links and permission. This completes the Bios except for Jefferson County to which I am still working on.

01-20-07 - Added many sites for researching to the website.

11-07-06 - Completed the later Naturalization page; Added new bios tot he 1890 page.

10-29-06 - Added many biographies to the Jefferson County page of the 1890 bios.

10-16-06 - Added many more biographies to the 1890 Jefferson County page; Added many off-site links to great research pages and websites.

10-14-06 - Added many more bios to the 1890 Jefferson County page.

10-05-06 - Added many 1890 Jefferson COunty bios; Added new obituaries; Added 1871 Maps; Added offsite links for research; Added names to the later Naturalizations; Added tribute to Company K Jefferson County Soldiers of WWI; Began work on the Farm Directory; Added more information to the 1856-57 Directory.

09-16-16 - Added the Morans Raid page which will be updated as time permits; Added and completed the tribute to the Company K men of WWI; updated pages as well as added new links to pages for research.

08-01-06 - Added new page for the 1933-35 Farm Directory of Jefferson County, Ohio which will be added to as time permits.

07-31-06 - Added obits for Bowers; Hening; Johnson; Abraham; Hazlet; Blackburn; Mossgrove to the random obituary page.

07-29-06 - Created a new page under the Tidbits of Odds and Ends of the U. S. Presidents from Ohio and their wives. Great biographies on them!

07-26-06 - Added K; Ma; Mi - My; Pa - Pe; Ph - Pr; T to the 1856 Steubenville Directory Page.

07-25-06 - Added Jessie L. Erwin obit to the D.A.R. page; Added E, F, G, I, J, N, O, Q, U, V, XYZ to the 1856 Directory; Added 1910 bios to the Doyle Page.

07-23-06 - Added a new Brick Wall to the Brick Wall page; Added information to the D.A.R. page on Jessie L. Erwin; Added more bios to the 1890 Bio page for Jefferson County.

07-19-06 - Added more 1890 bios to the pages. Added the Bo - By to the 1857 Steubenville Directory page.

07-12-06 - Added many obituaries to the Random Obituary page.

07-11-06 - Added links to the Birth Records of Jefferson County, Ohio--offsite links 07-09-06 - Added the 1856-'57 Steubenville Directory which will be a long work in progress.

07-07-06 - Completed the GAR bios of Richmond; Added more 1890 Jefferson County bios.

07-03-06 - Created a new page of the G. A. R. Harry Hale Post of Richmond, Ohio to which I will be adding to as time permits; Added more bios to the 1890 Jefferson County page.

06-21-06 - Completed Marshall County 1890 bios; Added more to Jefferson County; Added new search sites; Added a posting to the Brick Wall page on the McCollam family.

06-11-06 - Completed the 1890 biographies of Ohio County.

05-27-06 - Completed Brooke and Hancock County 1890 bios; Added some to the Jefferson and Marshall counties; Added many obituaries to the Random Obituary Page; Added a few new websites to the page.

05-05-06 - Added numerous obituaries for the Meinzen and Hendricks family.

05-04-06 - Added the Small Town Newspaper website.

05-03-06 - Added a fabulous World War I website of pictures, letters, papers and newspaper articles from the war briefcase of Weldon McCoy Barr.

05-03-06 - Added the O'Dell family request to the Brick Walls page; added bios to the 1890's pages; Added more random obits to the page. Added the Maxwell Family bios to Doyle's Page.

04-29-06 - Added an excellent website titled "Ancient Faces Family Treasurers" in the Newspapers and Other items of Interest web page. This site copntains over 36,000 family photos, family stories and other various genealogy material and its FREE!

04-28-06 - Added Mrs. Mabel Ferguson Boyd's obit on the Tribute to DAR page.

04-25-06 - Added new posting on the Brick Wall page. Revamped the Toronto Tribune pages.

04-22-06 - Created seperate pages for the Death and Military Information and the Newspapers and Other items of Interest; This was done in order to add more helpful information to reaserchers.

04-21-06 - Added more bios to the Brook County page of the 1890 bios.

04-13-06 - Added many bios to the Hancock County page of the 1890 History of the Upper Ohio Valley.

04-12-06 - Added the 1890 history of the Upper Ohio Valley biographies. A long work in progress to get all added. Added many new search sites.

04-08-06 - Added more obits to the random obituary page.

04-05-06 - Added many new obits to the random Obituary page.

04-01-06 - Added many obituaries to the random Obituary page.

03-28-06 - Added many, many new research sites; added the Jefferson County Trading Post to where you can post want ads and trade family info with others; revamped the family reunion page for family reunion announcemnts; added a page for various obituaries that are extracted from the newspapers; added a few Doyle bios; added a new brick wall post.

03-09-06 - Added more bios to Doyle's Page; updated the Cemetery pages.

03-07-06 - Added 1817 and 1819 Marriages to the Index; Added Pine Run Cemetery photos; Added many new searchable sites; Added link to free download of family tree chart.

03-05-06 - Added the years 1811; 1812; 1813; 1814; 1815 and 1816 to the Marriages.

02-23-06 - Added the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; added more Doyle bios. 02-20-06 - Added links for marriage certificates for all years of 1797 thru 1810.

02-11-06 - Added an inquiry to the brick wall page.

02-09-06 - Updated and added marriage records for the years 1797; 1798; 1799; 1800; 1801; 1802 and 1803.

02-06-06 - Added Jefferson County Inventors to the Tidbits Odds and Ends page; Updated the Cemetery page for Jefferson County. Added the DAR official website link.

02-02-06 - Added the Allen Family Reunion announcement to the new Community News Page. Added the surnames Bell and Farmer to the Surname list.

01-31-06 - Added 1807; 1808; 1809; 1810 Marriages to the Marriage page. Added link to the Brick Wall page. Added the Tidbits of Odds and Ends Page.

01-29-06 - Added the 1805 and 1806 Marriages to the Marriage page.

01-28-06 - Added links to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the National Organization Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Added more bios to Doyles page. Added the 1804 Marriage page.

01-25-06 - Added more obituaries for the DAR Tribute; added bios to Doyles page.

01-20-06 - Added more Toronto Tribune Articles. Added a Wanted ad to the community news page

01-19-06 - Added more obituaries to the Tribute to DAR Women.

01-15-06 - Added a Community Announcement Page and more obituaries to the DAR Page.

01-12-06 - Added more obituaries to the DAR tribute page.

01-06-06 - Added many more bios to Doyle's page and created a Tribute page to the Steubenville chapter, D. A. R.

01-03-06 - Added many bios to Doyle's page.

01-02-06 - Added many bios to Doyle's page.

12-30-05 - Added more bios to Doyle's page and added obituaries for Charles, David and Sarah Conway.

12-28-05 - Added more bios to the 20th Century bios by Doyle.

12-14-05 - Added obits for Mrs. Mary L. Hooper and Mrs. Minnie Taylor.

12-10-05 - Added obits for Addie Taylor; Mary Taylor; Thomas Taylor and Carl E. Scamahorn.

12-09-05 - Added obits for Edgar Brindley; William Alexander Briggs; James & William Fellows.

12-04-05 - Added a new page with blank census forms from 1790-1930 along with miscellaneous forms.

12-02-05 - Added offsite link to the Genealogy Pit Stop Website--Great research tool for Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

12-01-05 - Added surname Revenaugh to the surname page. Added more info to the Toronto Tribune Pages.

11-27-05 - Added more paged to the Toronto Tribune section.

11-22-05 - Added a second page to the Horner family pages; Added more Toronto Tribune records.

11-20-05 - Added 2 more pages to the Toronto Tribune with many more intersting facts

11-19-05 - Added the Horner family page; added excerpts from the Toronto Tribune newspaper.

11-13-05 - Added 3 new offlink sites on the main page for obits and surnames.

11-12-05 - Added the Stories of and Around Jefferson County page.

11-8-05 - Added offsite link to local researcher

11-7-05 - Added many Doyle bios.

11-5-05 - Added links to the Social Security death Index and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War grave database.

10-30-05 - Added a new Map page of the Jefferson County 1856 map.

10-28-05 - Added the website for Pa Civil War Indexes and Find a Grave websites. Added websites for the U.S. National Archives

10-23-05 - Added Arthurs, Bailey, Bates, Beany, Castner, Crew, Cunningham, Hoffman, Kendall, Moore, Morgan, Neal, Quinn, Redding and Warth to the Surname Queries pages. Also added more bios to the 20th Century Doyle page.

10-15-05 - Added Surname Unger to Surname list. Added more info to the Purviance Family Page 5 and the Maxwell Family Pages.

10-9-05 - Added more information to the Maxwell Homepages. Added a link to the California Death Index for 1940 - 1997.

9-24-05 - Added Cain, Linn/Lynn to the Surname pages; Added Jesse Page obit.

9-20-05 - Added many obits to the Obituary pages.

9-17-05 - Created new Jefferson County Tombstone of Soldiers page.

9-16-05 - Added George F. Cable obituary. Maxwell family page posted. Death and Military records added. offsite website for West Virginia vital statistics added.

9-15-05 - Added the Maxwell Family Web Page. Added the West Virginia vital statistics page for birth, death and marriage records.

9-08-05 - Added the 1851 marriages and added more Doyle bios.

02-07-05 - Obits added for Leamon and Sarah Martin
02-07-05 - Added obituary for Jane Nelson.

02-03-05 - Added a post card page with early 1900 post cards. You find it linked on the photos category.

01-30-05 - Added a new page under Family Links, called Maxwell Memories, contributed by Joseph Maxwell, with his memories of Jefferson Co., OH.
01-30-05 - Also wanted to note here that Danice is doing the Bios for the 20th Century Bio Book by Joseph Doyle. Stop in and take a look. She has an awesome amount online already.

01-25-05 - A couple of photos adding showing New Alexandria Cemetery on the Cemetery pages.

01-25-05 - Numerous obits added to the Obituary page.

01-24-05 - Added to The Railroads of Jefferson Co.

01-24-05 - Civil War discharge papers added for David Wakeman Maxwell. You'll find them on the military page.

01-21-05 - Photo added to the Jefferson County Military page of Howard Maxwell and Don Roberts.

01-12-05 - Added more surnames, an obit for Edward Fisher and several bios to the Jefferson Co. bios book.

11-11-04 - Obituary added for Michael Welton.

10-15-04 - Various updates and tweaks. Also added information fo Hiram Cope on the Jefferson Co. Military Page.

August 27, 2004

1. Two Bracken Obits added.

August 24, 2004

1. Another Purviance Family Webpage added under the Family pages.

June 26, 2004

1. Finally took the time to add a search engine to the website. Hope that will be helpful in your search.

June 13, 2004

1. Added a new page called trains of Jefferson County. Right now, all we have are a few train pictures. Do you have any photos to add or any pieces of information regarding the railroad or trains in Jefferson County?
2. Bios from the 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle, added for George P. Harden, Henry Gerke, Jr., William D. Fell and Davison Filson.
3. Updates to both surname pages.
4. Two more photos and an obituary added to Purviance Page 3.

May 9, 2004

1. Added a link to Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountians, which you will find under history links.
2. Will be offline until the 3rd of June. PLease hold all email until then. Thanks.

April 27, 2004

1. Updates to the Photo Album and to the queries pages.

April 23, 2004

1. Added 4 obits to the obit pages.
2. Two additional photos were added to the Purviance page 3, a couple of days ago. Sorry, I forget to update this half the itme.
3. New Query added.

April 16, 2004

1. Additions to the surname and query pages.
2. Added a photo to the bio of P.D. Baker.
3. Two more photos added to the Purviance pages on Page 3.

February 19, 2004

1. Updates to the obits pages.

February 17, 2004

1. Added another Purviance Family page of pics, obits, directory, tombstone photos.
2. Update to the query page

February 3, 2004

1. Added another Purviance Family page of pics, obits, death records, and the Holy Name Orchestra.
2. Reworking the Obits pages. More of them coming.
3. To the two gals who are going to help type bios, I will be mailing them soon. Between work and the constant snow here, I haven't made it to the library yet to make copies.

January 31, 2004

1. Added a new webpage for the Purviance family, which you will find under family links. Pics, tombstones, documents, etc.
2. Updated the surname page.

January 29, 2004

1. New Photo added to the Photo Page of the St. Andrew's Russian Orthodox Church Choir in 1934.

January 26, 2004

1. New Photo added to the Photo Page of the a Railroad Roundhouse.

January 17, 2004

1. New photo added to the photo page. Can anyone identify the store or where it was located?

January 14, 2004

1. Updates to the surname page and query page.
2. Had a few problems and lost some email. I did hav e a gal willing to do bios for me and I lost the email with her address. If that is you, would you please write back and I'll get them sent to you. Sorry

January 1, 2004

1. Updated surname page.

December 12, 2003

1. Added Hutchinson and Jarvis obits to the obituary pages.

October 22, 2003

1. Added a bio for James Newell to the Family Tales page.

October 11, 2003

1. Two more bios added to the 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, for Ford D. George and James George, with an add on for Thomas George on the James George bio, contributed by, Ingrid Flinn.

September 25, 2003

1. Back from computer problems and vacation and trying to get things updated. Adding queries and surnames and backed up email.

June 28, 2003

1. Added a bio for John T. Daniels, with photo contributed by Kitty Kutchmark, to the 20th Century bio page.
2. Just an FYI - I am unable to access my email due to some ISP problems and probably won't be functional until Monday evening. So I can't answer mail until then, but, can access the internet, so I am trying to catch up on my backlog.

May 22, 2003

1. Two more bios added to the 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County.

May 20, 2003

1. A new index of the 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County has finally been added along with three bios. I will be working on the bios as time permits.

April 17, 2003

1. Sorry I forget to update this half the time.
2. Link added for the Quillin family on the Family Links page.
3. Additions to the surname page.

April 2, 2003

1. Photos of the Patterson family monuments, and cemetery photos at the Short Creek Cemetery.

March 24, 2003

1. Well High School Football Team about 1919 contributed by Jane are now online in the Photo Index.

March 22, 2003

1. Four obits added, contributed by Donna Huff.

March 17, 2003

1. Two Dunbar obits added.

February 22, 2003

1. Updates to the query page.

February 14, 2003

1. Well here I am behind again. Work has been hectic - but plan to work this weekend on some of the backlog.
2. Updates this evening on the query and surname pages.

February 12, 2003

1. Images added to the East Springfield Cemetery of the Dotts/Barnhouse Family, contributed by Richard Dotts.

January 26, 2003

1. Added Roster of War of 1812 contributed by Karen Ermutlu. For some reason some of the names have slid on me and I'm not sure why - but after two days of playing with it - I'm putting it up anyway. Sometimes, after I work on things too long I can't see the woods for the trees, so will leave it alone. [grin]Maybe another day I will figure out what it is. Never the lkess - want to get it up there as its good information.

January 21, 20023

1. Updated surname page.

January 18, 2003

1. New queries and surnames added.
2. Link fixed on Mt. Tabor Cemetery, plus adding many more images to the different cemeteries from Jean Scarlott.

January 02, 2003

1. Rehoboth Cemetery was added to the cemetery page. You will find many photos taken by Janice Griffin, along with some informational material. Stop in and take a look.
2. Update to queries.

December 28, 2002

1. Update to query page.

December 22, 2002

1. Updated surname pages.

December 19, 2002

1. Updates to queries and surnames pages.

December 18, 2002

1. Updates to both the surname and query page.
2. Please remember to email me and let me know if you have an email change. I'm starting to remove queries and surnames when the email is bouncing.
3. Updates to obituaries.

November 27, 2002

1. Updates to both the surname and query pages.

November 24, 2002

1. Update to the Query page.

November 23, 2002

1. Surname and Query page updated.

November 19, 2002

1. New Query Added.

November 3, 2002

1. Five obituaries added to the Obits pages.

October 31, 2002

Updates to the query page

October 21, 2002

1. Update to the query page.

October 10, 2002

1. Updates to the Surname page, requiring an addition of another page.

October 4, 2002

1. New query page added with a few new queries, also updated the surname page.

October 2, 2002

1. Update to the Cemetery page adding Piney Fork Cemetery, and some info on it. No burials.

2. I am back from three weeks vacation and a death in the family. Now having computer problems. Darn computer isn't a year old and needs a new motherboard. About two weeks and I shall be up and running. Right now am limping along the best I can on my laptop. So if you have sent something - I probably have it but am soooooo backlogged - it is going to take me a while to catch up.

August 19, 2002

1. sheesh - I forget to update this half the time. LOL
2. Just uploaded another Jefferson County soldier, Oliver C. Kinsey to the Military pages.
3. Thanks to Marilyn Lundquist for her great directions to the Holmes Church Cemetery. she has just visited and sent them.

August 7, 2002

1. Addition to the quesry page and also a new link added to the Cemetery page for Coleman Cemetery.

June 26, 2002

1. Ahnentafel Chart for the descendants of James Workman.

2. Update to the query page, surname page, and a few other little tweeks here and there.

June 7, 2002

1. Additions to the surname page and the query page.

June 4, 2002

1. Map page redone and a new offsite link of Jefferson County Townships added. Thanks to Eric Olson for sending the link.

May 31, 2002

1. Uploaded two Haysler Obits.

2. Added to the photo album - Haysler Family Photos

May 30, 2002

1. Updates to the surname page.

2. New lookup volunteer for the 1880 Census.

May 25, 2002

1. Updates to the Bloomingdale page, contributed by David Koester. Did this one a long time ago and just realized I never uploaded it.
2. Uploaded an ahnentafel on Jonas Rex, contributed by Sharen Williams.

May 9, 2002

1. Updates to the Family Page.

May 7, 2002

1. A map of Harrisville and the location of its cemeteries contributed by Bruce Matson. You'll find this on the cemetery page.
2. Also contributed by Bruce Matson, some photos of cemetery stones of his family and also cemetery photos of the Mt. Pleasant Quaker Cemetery, Olive Branch Cemetery and Wilson Hicksite Quaker Cemetery. Now I am beginning to wonder - I have a Hicksite and a Wilson Hicksite Cemetery listed - maybe they are the same cemetery? Anyone know for sure?

May 4, 2002

1. Sorry to be so behind. Hubby has been having medical problems and will be going for surgery. Keep the faith - I'll get there. 2. Updated the military links page.
3. Query page updated.

April 20, 2002

1. Updated surname page.
2. On the family page - I have added the Rex family deed and a page from the Jonas Rex family Bible, contributed by Sharen Williams. 3. On the Photo page 4 photos of the Rex family and the Rex Family Home have been added and contributed by Sharen Williams.
4. Next project is cemetery photos sent by Bruce Matson. Real nice. Hope to have them done either by Monday or Tuesday evening.

April 18, 2002

1. Updates to surname and lookup pages.

2. And yes, I am way behind. Preparing for an audit at work. Sorry!!

April 10, 2002

1. Updated the query and surname pages.
2. Updated the cemetery page. A history of the land for the Abel Crawford Cemetery was sent in by Marge Gish.
3. April 5, 2002

1. Updates to surname page.
2. An East Springfield plat map added to the Jefferson county Resources page. Access the Towns page. this very nice item was contributed by David Koester. Thanks!!!! It's very much appreciated.

April 2, 2002

1. Updates to the query, surname, obits and cemetery page.

March 31, 2002

1. HAPPY EASTER morning to all of you!!
2. Uploaded the new and hopefully improved cemetery page. Stop in and take a look and if you see things that need to be changed or added, please let me know. Tried to compile everything into one page.

March 29, 2002

1. Added a photo of Martha Smith as Miss Steubenville, contributed by Debbie Moors.
2. Eighteen new surnames added.
3. Added a photo of Bunny Bates christmas Party for dance classes, contributed by the Wamsley Family.
4. Query page updated.
5. Marriage of Mr. Walter Brownlee and Miss Ann Eliza Murphy, added to the marriage page. contributed by Ron Osburn.

March 28, 2002

1. Added seven new obituaries to the Obits page contributed by Denise Murphy.

March 16, 2002

1. Added a query to that page and also a photo of a tombstone to the obituaries page of Mary Jane and Thomas Holmes.

March 13, 2002

1. Several new obits were added to the site and the surname page has been updated.

March 7, 2002

1. Updated the query and surname pages
2. Resolution of Respect for Christian Schneider was added to the Obits page.
3. Hope to do some catching up this weekend.

February 22, 2002

1. Updated the query and surname pages.
2. Updated the Military page adding Solomon Milliron.
3. Added the obituary of Dr. Thomas H. Purviance

February 18, 2002

1. Uploaded a new query to that page.
2. A new link has been added on the cemetery page to the Amsterdam Cemetery. It is located in Carroll County but Amsterdam is in Jefferson County. Some real nice photos taken here. Stop in and take a look.

February 17, 2002

1. Just uploaded a new query and a few new surnames. Hopefully more this evening.

February 16, 2002

1. Added two new obits to the Obituary page.
2. Sorry - I'm a bit behind - its been a horrid week at work. Just didn't have the time - been coming home burned out. But, working this weekend to try and catch up email and then back to some site work.
3. Added a new link to Penny Postcards for Ohio. New offsite Archives link.
4. Ahnentafel of George McCance uploaded

February 11, 2002

1. Updates to the surname page.
2. Goodwin Family contributed by Jacqueline Wilson

February 10, 2002

1. I have completed and moved the Ahnentafels to their own page and loaded a Kinkaid Ahnentafel.

February 9, 2002

1. Uploaded three new obituaries this evening.

February 4, 2002

1. Query page updated.

February 1, 2002

1. Updated the new query page
2. Updated the surnames page
3. Uploaded the will of John Loyd Senior - to be found for now on the family pages.

January 27, 2002

1. Added a note on main page for the Wheeling County Genealogical Society trip to Allen County Library
2. Updated the query page
3. Updated the surname page

January 23, 2002

1. Added a new query to the query page.
2. Added more surnames to the surname page
3. Still moving things around to their individual pages.

January 21, 2002

1. Added a new query to the query page.

January 18, 2002

1. Surname pages were updated.
2. Photos of Della and Ella Jarvis added to the site. these were contributed by Donna Tivener
3. Class of 1879??? - School photos contributed by Mike Bentley. Take a look and see if you can help on these.

January 13, 2002

1. Updated the URL on Land of Osz, a personal page which you will find on the Genealogy Links page.
2. Homepage of Janet Dutcher has been added to the Genealogy Links page. It includes the surnames of ALBAUGH, HESS, SIMMONS, THOMPSON, SNYDER/SNIDER, DENBOW, STRIKER
3. Ahnentafel of the Kline/Maxwell Family - contributed by Donna Tivener.
4. Three new obituaries contributed by Donna Tivener. They are the start of a new system for obituaries. The others will be moved soon to that area and put in alpha order. You'll find them on the new obituary page.
5. More to come - still working on the new additions.

January 12, 2002

1. History of Smithfield Township has been added - thanks to Patricia Burger.
2. The surname page has been updated with numerous surnames.
3. Just to let you know that I plan to take apart a few of the pages. Our family page has to much on it. I'm going to have an obituary page, marriage page, ahnentafel page, etc. So pardon the dust while I work on them.

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