Karen
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.
Karen Miller Bennett, Certified Genealogist®, Retired 2024
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Karen’s Chatt’s Latest Posts
- Tombstone Tuesday-Wreaths Across America
- Rededication of Lima DAR Historic Marker
- Tombstone Tuesday-Fall Trees
- Veterans Buried at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday-William P. & Alma I. (Brown) Linn
- 1950 Census Enumerator Notes
- Census Taker-A Job You Can Count On
- Tombstone Tuesday-Old Union Township Cemetery, Kalida, Ohio
- Food Preferences and a Swedish Tea Ring
- Tombstone Tuesday-Henry & Margaret (Deitsch) Linn
- The Chatt Area in the 1950 Census
- Tombstone Tuesday-Urban P. Linn
- Tombstone Tuesday-Dolan & Donald Linn
- Family Cars & Trucks
- Tombstone Tuesday-Otto & Norah (Stover) Linn
- Remembering Uncle Kenny
- Safe Keeping
- Tombstone Tuesday-Philip Linn
- Church Cookbook Recipes
- Tombstone Tuesday-Knights of Pythias Flag Staff
- Headlines from the Past (1926 & 1930)
- Tombstone Tuesday-Caroline Linn
- Improved Order of Red Men Area Tribes
- Tombstone Tuesday-Improved Order of Red Men
- 45th Schumm Reunion Memories
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Son of J & E Linn
- Family Tales-Fact or Fiction?
- Tombstone Tuesday–Carl J. Linn
- Family Reunion Time Once Again
- Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob Jr & Elizabeth Linn
- North to Alaska
- Finding a Spouse Close to Home
- Happy Independence Day!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob & Katharine (Mueller) Linn
- Who Do? 1916 Mount Carmel Bible Class
- A WWII Paratrooper in the Family
- Tombstone Tuesday-Wilhelm & Peter Linn
- Flag Day
- Tombstone Tuesday-Some Cemetery Terms
- 80th Anniversary of D-Day
- Some Bennett Photos
- Tombstone Tuesday-Memorial Day 2024
- Memorial Day 2024
- Tombstone Tuesday–Footstones
- More Chattanooga Residents
- Tombstone Tuesday-Chi Rho Symbol
- Mothers and Daughters
- Tombstone Tuesday-Dogwood Flower
- Chatt Grocery for Sale, 1903
- Tombstone Tuesday-Luetta L. Baker
- Goldsby Alaska Bennett, Center Public School Teacher, 1905
- Tombstone Tuesday-Forrest M. & Elvira L. (Baker) Ripley
- Some Chattanooga Residents
- Tombstone Tuesday-J.R. “Rudy” & Henrietta (Warrick) Strabel
- Merkles and Heffners of Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday–Peter & Louisa W (Fisher) Strabel
- Total Eclipse of the Sun 2024
- Tombstone Tuesday-J Homer & Leona L (Baker) Carr
- Good Friday 2024
- Tombstone Tuesday-David J & Ida C (Sielschott) Schaadt
- The Merkles from Chattanooga
- Tombstone Tuesday–James M & Florence M (Reynolds) Wilson
- Wedding Announcements
- Tombstone Tuesday-Stanton Sr, Margaret M (Brandt), Stanton Jr Dailey
- March-Women’s History Month
- Tombstone Tuesday–Fred & Mary A. (Wendel) Kable
- Men’s Nicknames
- Tombstone Tuesday-Viola L. (Baumgartner) Kable
- Women’s Nicknames
- Tombstone Tuesday-Walter E. Kable & Viola Laurina Kable
- The First Schumm Reunion, 1924
- Tombstone Tuesday-John Henry Kable
- Wives Without First Names
- Tombstone Tuesday-Katharina Kable
- Happy Groundhog Day!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Christian Kable
- Willshire Neon Sign Shines Once Again
- Tombstone Tuesday-John A. Baumgartner
- Lunchtime!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Christina (Kable) Baumgartner
- The Tenth Schumm Reunion, 1949
- Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob Kable
- 1950 Census Test Form P11, Pleasant Township, Van Wert County
- Tombstone Tuesday-Herbert D. & Paulena K. (Allmandinger) Merkle
- Happy New Year!
- The Day After Christmas
- Merry Christmas!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Grange Symbol
- Advent-Countdown to Christmas
- Tombstone Tuesday-Frederick & Catharine (Koch) Kable
- J Jacob Loehr Theological Book, 1865
- Tombstone Tuesday-Christian & Henriette (Kable) Merkle
- 1911 Postcard with Chattanooga Connection
- Tombstone Tuesday-Wreaths across America
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Katherine C. Kable
- More About the Otterbein Sixteen
- Tombstone Tuesday-Louisa M. Kable
- One Day in My Life-A Story of WWII, by Paul & Lowell Sell
- Tombstone Tuesday-Infant Son of Adam & Katy Kable (1898)
- Golden Wedding Anniversary
- Happy Halloween!
- Willshire Advertisers In the 1952 Willow Yearbook
- Tombstone Tuesday-Infant Son of Adam & Katy Kable (1896)
- Chatt Advertisers in Willshire’s 1952 Willow
- Tombstone Tuesday-Infant Son of Adam & Katy Kable
- Darrel “Pete” Brewster’s 1954 Browns Football Contract
- Tombstone Tuesday-Theobald & Caroline (Kable) Leininger
- Goldsby Alaska Bennett, Black Creek Teacher in 1900
- Tombstone Tuesday-Catharine (Huffmann) Kable
- Truck Farmers in Willshire Township, 1910
- Tombstone Tuesday-Adam Kable
- Willshire Milling Company
- Tombstone Tuesday-Ferdinand & Catharine (Bollenbacher) Kable
- Philip Schumm Farm, 1913
- Tombstone Tuesday-Marriage Symbol
- Schumm Pike
- Tombstone Tuesday-John G. Kable
- Philip Schumm Home, 1913
- Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob Kable
- Local Connections to the Sultana
- Tombstone Tuesday-Good Shepherd Engraving
- Postmarked Willshire, 1911, from D.W.H.
- Tombstone Tuesday-John George Albright
- 1918-Reichard Rescued from Torpedoed Boat
- Tombstone Tuesday-Daffodil Symbol
- The Albright & Ehrman Orphans
- Tombstone Tuesday-Edward T. & Martha A. (Dirkson) Gunsett
- Life Was Hard in the 1850s-The Ehrmans, Albrights & Bollenbachers
- Tombstone Tuesday-African Violet Symbol
- Downtown Willshire, c1940-50
- Tombstone Tuesday-Anna Whiteman
- Real Daughters
- Tombstone Tuesday-Harold P. & Leahline P. (Case) Schumm
- Two Liberty Township Bands, 1923-35
- Happy Independence Day!
- Fly the Flag on the Fourth of July
- Tombstone Tuesday-Another Knights of Pythias Symbol
- 1879 Willshire Postmark
- Tombstone Tuesday-Coins Left on a Tombstone
- Area News, April-May 1911
- Tombstone Tuesday-FNDOZBTKC/MRAY Masonic Inscription
- Willshire High School Class of 1938
- Tombstone Tuesday-Maria E. Sundemacher
- Area Patterson Grads, 1915 & 1916
- Memorial Day 2023
- Happy Memorial Day
- Tombstone Tuesday-Rebecka Sundemacher
- Area Patterson Exam Grads, 1912-1914
- Tombstone Tuesday-John Hancock
- 1911 Patterson Exams in Mercer and Van Wert Counties
- Tombstone Tuesday-Carl P. Bollenbacher
- It’s a Long Way From Shipshewana
- Tombstone Tuesday-Walther League Symbol
- A Bienz-Ross Photo Mystery
- Tombstone Tuesday-Luther Rose Symbol
- 3 Old Schumm, Schueler, Bienz-related Documents
- Tombstone Tuesday-Walter & Helen (Backus) Krueckeberg
- School Children at Schumm, 1847
- Tombstone Tuesday-Hugo F. Krueckeberg
- Happy Easter!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Carl H. & Vilenna M. (Bienz) Krueckeberg
- Two Schumm Soldiers in WWI
- Tombstone Tuesday-Occupation Symbols
- Soldiers Depart Van Wert, 22 July 1918
- Tombstone Tuesday-Exedra Monument
- March 1911 Blackcreek & Liberty News
- Tombstone Tuesday-Log Cabin Monument
- Johann Georg Schumm II Family in Ruppertshofen
- Tombstone Tuesday-Harold G. & Mildred L. (Giessler) Merkle
- Fischer Family, Wife of JG Schumm
- Tombstone Tuesday-Music Symbols
- Adding to the Schumm History
- Tombstone Tuesday-Charles & Clara (Schumm) Merkle
- Chatt-area News, February 1911
- Tombstone Tuesday-Knights Templar Symbol
- Black Creek & Liberty News, 1911
- Tombstone Tuesday-Masonic Tombstone Art
- 1911 Postcard to J.S. Egger
- Tombstone Tuesday-J.W. Smith WOW Monument Unveiled, 1910
- Chattanooga-One of the Best Towns on Earth
- Tombstone Tuesday-Frederick N. & Anna M. (Sochor) Allmandinger
- Wets and Drys
- Tombstone Tuesday-Epitaphs
- Chatt-area News, 1910
- Tombstone Tuesday-Martin W. & Beatrice C. (Eschbach) Allmandinger
- Soldier & Foxhole Buddy
- Tombstone Tuesday-Parakeet Inscription
- Happy New Year!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Aaron L. & Glendora (Stump) Allmandinger
- Merry Christmas!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Dash Meaning
- 1909 Christmas Greeting to Effie Morrison
- Tombstone Tuesday-Lighthouse Symbol
- 1910 Christmas Greetings to Adam Dietrich
- Tombstone Tuesday-George F. Allmandinger
- 1907: Traction Line Planned for Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday-Frederick & Anna K. (Kallenberger) Allmandinger
- Happy Thanksgiving
- Tombstone Tuesday-Hands