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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Rockford’s Historic Bicentennial Mural

This part of west central Ohio has a rich history that goes back well over 250 years. To memorialize some of our local history, some area towns have beautiful hand painted historical murals on their buildings.

Tombstone Tuesday-Christian & Dorothea (Maurer) Kable

This is the tombstone of Christian and Dorothea (Maurer) Kable, located in row 5 of St. Paul Lutheran Liberty Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio…

Tombstone Tuesday-Henry Jacob Grapner

This is the tombstone of Henry Jacob Grapner, located in row 9 of St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio…

Beating the Heat

This has been a rather uncomfortable summer, weather-wise. How did our ancestors tolerate the heat?

Captain James Riley Chapter, NSDAR, Celina, Ohio

Mercer County once had a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) chapter, the Captain James Riley Chapter, in Celina…