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THE EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF KELLEYS ISLAND

4 volumes: 1810-1861, 1862-1865, 1866-1871 & 1872-1876

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GENEALOGY - FIND YOUR FAMILY CONNECTION
 
Over the years I've put many people in touch with their far-reaching ancestrial families. Who knows, there is probably someone out there connected to your island family. This would be the place to look for them. There are also csome outside links to sites that may be of help to you (at the bottom).
 
Let me know if I can add you to the list. Just drop me an email:  LKorenko@msn.com
 
ISLAND FAMILY NAME             TRY CONTACTING:
                                         To limit spammers - please replace the at with @ in the following email addresses
                                         and your email will work just fime
 
BEATTY                                           Michael Beatty       MichaelatBeattyFam.com        http://www.genealogy.beattyfam.com 
 
BICKLEY                                          Peggy Leyden                           southernusa30019atyahoo.com 
 
BOWSER                                            Richard Martin                        Martin.15atosu.edu
 
BRISTOL                                           Phyllis Kimmel                         p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                    Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
BUESS                                                Charlotte Viets Burge            cburgeatCenturytel.net
 
CARTER                                            Sandra Smith Belkofer           sabelkoferatgmail.com
 
CLAUS                                               Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
COYNE                                              Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
DEAN                                                 Jill Green               jillgreenatmac.com
 
DAILEY                                             Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
DWELLE                                             Phyllis Kimmel              p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                     Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
ERNE/ERNEY                                 Mike Habersack   mike.habersackatgmail.com
                                                 Erne Genealogy Website        http://habersack.net/erne.htm
                                               Mary Alice (Martin) Madden   maryfromkioatsbcglobal.net
 
FANNING                            Christine (Lange) Fanning     Christine.fanningatmotorolasolutions.com
 
Remember to replace the at with @ when sending an email
 
GUERIN                                             Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
FISCHER/FISHER                         Glenn Holzhauser      mrglennhoataol.com
 
GUZI/GUZY                                     Carol                        FamilyPrayeratyahoo.com
 
HAMILTON                                      Lori Hayes             InnKI20atyahoo.com
 
HAUSER                                             Margaret Mary Hauser          bianchimomatbeyondbb.com
 
HECKERMAN                                   Bob Weaver          weaver_draftingatyahoo.com
 
HEISS                                                  Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com 
 
HICKS                                                 Phyllis Kimmel p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                     Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
HIMMELEIN                                    Gary Himmelein   gary.himmeleinatyahoo.com
 
HOLBROOK                                       Susan Clark           SuznWardataol.com 1584 Los Alamos Rd, Santa Rosa CA 95409
 
HUBER                                               Charlotte Viets Burge            cburgeatCenturytel.net
 
                Remember to replace the at with @ when sending an email
 
KASTNING                                       Peggy Leyden     southernusa30019atyahoo.com
                                                              http://genforum.genealogy.com/kastning/
                                                              Dael Wasylenka    wasywasatgmail.com
 
KEATING                                          Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
KELLEY                                             Lori Hayes             InnKI20atyahoo.com
 
KELLEY                                             Phyllis Kimmel       p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                     Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
KOSTER                                             Dave Young           dgydobieatymail.com
 
LANGE                                                Louis Mischler     landfMischleratgmail.com
 
LEYDEN                                             Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
LYNCH                                               Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
MARTIN                                            Sandra Smith Belkofer         sabelkoferatgmail.com
                                                              Mary Alice (Martin) Madden maryfromkioatsbcglobal.net
 
McGUARRIE/McGUASSIE        Peggy Leyden       southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
McMAHON                                       Peggy Leyden      southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
McKILLIPS                                       Jill McKillips        McKill15atyahoo.com
 
MISCHLER                                        Louis Mischler     landfMischleratgmail.com
 
MOORE                                               Phyllis Kimmel     p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                      Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
Remember to replace the at with @ when sending an email
 
MURPHY                                           Glenn Holzhauser      mrglennhoataol.com
 
OHLEMACHER                               Anna Marie Wolff        ambw1atearthlink.net
 
POPIK                                                 Carol                         FamilyPrayeratyahoo.com
 
ROESCH/RUSH                               MaryAnne Ward Laubner              Maryatcros.net
 
SCHAEDLER                                     Dave Young            dgydobieatymail.com
 
SCHWARTZWALTER                    Peggy Leyden        southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
SHEEHAN                                         Peggy Leyden        southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
SLAVIN                                              Tom Slavin             slavin333atgmail.com
 
SMITH                                                 Mary Alice (Martin) Madden        maryfromkioatsbcglobal.net   
 
            Remember to replace the at with @ when sending an email
 
STERNENBERGER                          Carole Ziegler         carole_m_ziegleratyahoo.com 
 
STRASSER/STRAUSSER              Mary Alice (Martin) Madden maryfromkioatsbcglobal.net  
                                                        Carole Ziegler        carole_m_ziegleratyahoo.com
 
TITUS                                                  Susan Clark            SuznWardataol.com 1584 Los Alamos Rd, Santa Rosa CA 95409
                                                               MaryAnne Ward Laubner                   Maryatcros.net
TITUS                                                  Phyllis Kimmel p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                     Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley 
 
UPP                                                      Partick Upp           PatUpp1@yahoo.com 
 
VANKO                                               Carol                         FamilyPrayeratyahoo.com
 
VIETS                                                  Charlotte Viets Burg    cburgeatcenturytel.net
 
WALLACE                                          Glenn Holzhauser      mrglennhoataol.com
 
WALLAND                                         Rosemary Walland, 2214 Westwind Dr., Sandusky OH 44870
 
WARD                                                  Susan Clark              SuznWardataol.com 1584 Los Alamos Rd, Santa Rosa CA 95409
                                                               MaryAnne Ward Laubner                     Maryatcros.net  
 
WAITE                                                Susan Clark               SuznWardataol.com 1584 Los Alamos Rd, Santa Rosa CA 95409
 
WEIDEMAN                                      Peggy Leyden          southernusa30019atyahoo.com
 
WILLIAMS, ASA                             Suanne Tuomi         SortaSimple1ataol.com
 
WOODFORD                                       Brian Woodford     WoodyWoodford11973atyahoo.com 
                                                                      interested in Woodford specifically and as far as they tie in to the families
                                                                      of: Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
WOODFORD                                       Phyllis Kimmel       p2009.genealogyatyahoo.com
                                                                      Woodford, Titus, Moore, Bristol, Dwelle, Hicks, and Kelley
 
WORDEN                                            Susan Clark               SuznWardataol.com 1584 Los Alamos Rd, Santa Rosa CA 95409
 
SOME SITES THAT YOU MIGHT FIND HELPFUL
 
Beatty Family Website                                   http://www.genealogy.beattyfam.com/
          Michael Beatty has a website that is a one-stop genealogical bonanza for people looking for family connections.
          It is an archive of the genealogical history of Kelleys Island. He has pictures, census information, family trees, birth,
          death and marriage info - actually, you could spend an entire day just exploring the options available.
 
Erie County Genealogy Society                  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oheccogs/
        Small membership fee, these people try to help you find your Erie Co. roots.
 
Sandusky Library                                http://www.sandusky.lib.oh.us/
        Downstairs is a great genealogy section. Sandusky Papers are on microfilm back to the 1830's..
 
R B Hayes Museum and Library      http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/
        Clock on Obituaries under the picture and search for death notices that appeared in NW Ohio newspapers.
 
Cleveland Public Library                    http://www.cpl.org/
        Click on Research then Necrology Files - if an obituary appeared in the Cleveland papers, it should be found here.
 
Newspaper Archive                             http://newspaperarchive.com/
        You can search and get newspaper article dates for free, but to read online, there is a subscription fee.
 
Castle Garden                                                     http://www.castlegarden.org/
         A good place to start in searching Immigration Records
 
Find-a-Grave                                                     http://www.findagrave.com/
          Wish you had a picture of your great-great's cemetery monument? This is the place to post your request.
          Dedicated volunteers scour cemeteries to gather pictures. Or you can volunteer to take pictures in your area.
 
Kelleys Island Cemetery Index                  http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/erie/cemetery/kelleys.txt
          You can search for burials (only those with monuments at the time of the survey will show up). Please keep in mind that
          some monuments have long since disappeared. It is, however, a useful tool to find relatives names.
          It was accurate as of 1983.
 
Ancestry.com                                                   http://www.ancestry.com/
        The first genealogy website. While there is a subscription fee, there is also a free trial period.
 
Soldiers & Sailors database                         http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
        From the National Park Service
  

Family Search                                                   https://www.familysearch.org/

        The Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses a collection of genealogical records

        that include names of more than 3 billion deceased people. It’s the largest collection of its kind in the world.

 

Erie County Probate Court                          323 Columbus Avenue (in the Courthouse), downtown Sandusky Ohio

        The State of Ohio did not require birth and death records be recorded as Civil REcords until December 20, 1908.

        Prior to that, recording of these documents was 'encouraged,' which is why locating some are so very difficult.

        Court records include birth and death records from 1867-1908.

        After 1908 these records are housed at the Erie County Health Dept.

        Probate court also has marriages, wills and and probate estate records from 1838 as well as guardianships and some

        miscellaneous records.

 

Google Books                                                    http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp

        Google has digitized loads of old books. Put your relative's name in quotes (to limit the search) and see what comes up. 
        How cool to read a book online that can only be found in a library in California!
 
National Archives                                            http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
        Check more than 50 million hihstorical records from Civil War battles to family immigration files.
 
        Search names and get location and picture of monuments at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky.
 
Homestead records -                                      http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Federal Land Patents offer researchers a source of information on the initial transfer of land titles from the Federal government to individuals. In addition to verifying title transfer, this information will allow the researcher to associate an individual (Patentee, Assignee, Warrantee, Widow, or Heir) with a specific location (Legal Land Description) and time (Issue Date). There is a variety of Land Patents on the site, including Cash Entry, Homestead and Military Warrant patents.