Jun 13
After writing about Eli Plants’ Mercer County Probate Case File, several people asked if this information is on-line. And if it is, how to find it. So, this is a how-to blog post, explaining how to search and find the old Mercer County Probate Case Files on FamilySearch.org…
Jun 13
Back in the 1800s wandering livestock was a problem that was caused primarily from the lack of fencing. This was such a problem that rules and regulations were made to deal with the stray livestock. In Ohio the first act regulating estrays was created 7 February 1804. [1] What is an estray? The definition, according …
Jul 08
DEVASTATING HURRICANE VISITS WILLSHIRE VICINITY—That was the headline of the Friday, April 2, 1920 edition of The Willshire Herald. It was published less than a week after one of worst tornadoes swept through this part of the country. Why do I have an interest in tornadoes? A while back my mom gave me some old …
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