Karen Bennett

Greetings from the Chattanooga, Ohio, area. Yes, Ohio has its very own Chattanooga, aka Chatt, a small village in west-central Ohio, near the Indiana border. I have been doing family history research for over 20 years and am a Board-Certified genealogist, certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists®. My main genealogical interests are family research, cemetery research, and historical and genealogical research of the Chatt area, with a focus on two area Lutheran Churches, both named Zion Lutheran, one in Chatt and the other in Schumm, Ohio. Family names I am researching include Miller, Schumm, Brewster, Rueck, Reid, Headington, Huey, Bryan, Whiteman, Schinnerer, Scaer, Breuninger, Bennett, and a few others. I belong to several lineage societies, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. Daughters of 1812, First Families of Ohio, and First Families of Mercer and Van Wert Counties. I am also a retired dental hygienist and our church organist. I hope you enjoy Karen's Chatt.

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Tombstone Tuesday–Elizabeth Pflueger

This is the tombstone of Elizabeth Pflueger, located in row 10 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Elizabeth Ehefrau Von A. Pflueger 1857-1913 PFLUEGER Translation: Elizabeth, wife of A. Pflueger, 1857-1913. According to the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Schumm, Rosina Elisabetha Hofmann was born 23 February 1857 in …

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Karen’s Chatt Begins Its Third Year

January 27th 2013 was the second anniversary of Karen’s Chatt, or as the Geneabloggers say, Blogiversary. I want to thank everyone for the Blogiversary wishes and for reading and supporting Karen’s Chatt the past two years. This past year Karen’s Chatt had nearly 8,000 visits and over 16,000 page views. Visitors were from all around …

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Tombstone Tuesday–Anna R. Pflueger

This is the tombstone of Anna R. Pflueger, located in row 10 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Anna R. Ehefrau Von A. J. Pflueger Geb. 27. Feb. 1871 Gest. 20. Mai 1911 Alter 40 J. 2 M. u. 23 T. PFLUEGER Translation: Anna. R. Wife of A.J. …

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Carl F. Miller WWI Draft Classification

I often find the best things when I am going through and organizing things. Yesterday I was going through some old Miller papers that we found while cleaning out my dad’s garage last summer. Some of the papers are old, barely readable land deeds that I probably would have archived instead of storing in a …

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Tombstone Tuesday–Adam J. Pflueger

This is the tombstone of Adam J. Pflueger, located in row 11 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Adam J. Pflueger 1862-1919 PFLUEGER According to the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Schumm, Adam Jakob Pflüger was born 10 May 1862 to Michael and Catharine [Brandt] Pflüger. Adam was …

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