Pastfinder Newsletter Abstracts 1982 – Current Year

Abstracts of Pastfinder contents for each year.

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1982, Volume 1:  1853 Ashland Times death notices; 1879 Richland County Pioneer Reunion; Ashland/Richland Countians in some Eaton County, Illinois deeds; Family information – WARNER, HARNER, SCHORAH, WOODHOUSE; MERKLING, CRONE, ZEITER’s Cemetery, PETERSON, RICHEY, MOYER, SHANABARGER, LOFLAND, POTTER, BRYTE, FERGUSON and BUSHONG.

1983, Volume 2: 1854, 1855 and 1859 Ashland Times death notices; 1819 Richland County Common Pleas Court records; Mansfield’s 175th Birthday; 1846-1849 Ashland County Naturalizations; 1903 Mifflin Township Necrology report; Jefferson Township, Richland County school records; formation of Richland County; Family information: ARNHOLT, RICE, MIDDLEWART, BUSHEY, DEWALT, FAST, TYLER, RIDGEWARY and CASE.

1984, Volume 3: 1860 Ashland Times death notices; 1852-1853 Richland County guardianships; 1890 letter concerning the Copus/Ruffner massacre; 1904 reunion of Close Street school in Sullivan Township.; 1849-1851 Ashland County Naturalizations; Lewis’ Block House, Worthington Township, Richland County; First Families of Richland  and Ashland County members and ancestors; Family information: HART, GARVER, HILL, COULTER, HALE/HOLE, BOWERCIZE and LENTZ. (End of the dual newsletters.)

1985, Volume 4:  (Beginning of separate newsletter from Richland County) 1861-1862 Ashland Times and Ashland Union death notices; 1852 Naturalizations; formation of Ashland County; 1846-1849 Divorce records; The Ohio Globe newspaper in 1836; FFOAC members and ancestors; Hayesville; 1846-1849 Paternity and Insanity records; 1841-1846 Poor Tax and Indentures, Ruggles Township; Polk; 1808-1813 Knox County Marriage Records; Family information: AUSTIN, BUTCHER, SMILEY, ROBINSON/SLOCUM tavern, BEYERMEISTER, FRANK, WILLIAMS, JOURNEYCAKE Indian family.

1986, Volume 5:  Pleasant Ridge area, east Montgomery Township and west Perry Township; 1863-1865 death notices; 1867-1881 Ashland County births recorded in Richland County; 1850-1852 Paternity records Polk; 1849-1852 Divorce records; Ashland Oregon and Wisconsin; 1836 newspaper items; 1849-1850 Insanity records; Family information: LONG, STUDEBAKER, BECHTEL, SOUSER, MARSH, WALLET, KELLOGG, HELMAN, CASTLEMAN, WILLIAMS, STOTT, FRANKS, YOUNG, BUCHANAN, SATTLER; FFOAC members and ancestors.

1987, Volume 6: 1891 Eligible bachelors; 1866 death notices; Ashland County births recorded in Richland County. 1882-1894; Ashland County, Nebraska; 1847 and 1856-1857 newspaper items; Orange Township donations to Civil War soldiers; Ashlanders in Elkhart County, Indiana and Cass County, Missouri; Ashlanders at 2nd Ohio Convention in 1850; east Orange Township families; 1858-1860 Lutheran Church records; 1836-1866 Evangelical death notices; Family information: CHAPPEL, KEETLE, BURWELL, TANNEHILL, SHEARER, PEEBLES, KAHL, KIRKTON, SHOPBELL, ROBINSON, MARVIN, HARVEY, CASTOR, SWASSICK, HEIFFNER, SOLES; FFOAC members and ancestors.

1988, Volume 7: Underground Railroad in Ruggles Township; 1829 Petition for tavern in Hanover Township; Baptismal records of Presbyterian Church in Ashland 1841-1855; Bethel Church of God in Vermillion Township; 1879 Condensed History of County; 1847 newspaper items; Ashlanders in Hamilton and Wright County, Iowa and DuPage County, Illinois; 1857-1858 newspaper items; Trinity Lutheran Church; 1885 and 1887 obituary reports of the Pioneer Historical Society; 1936 GAR members; 1820 Manufacturers census; 1829-1850 Ashlanders in Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; 1846 Guardianships; 1846 Partitions; 1904 Mohicanville; 1853-1854 Jail report; Family information: KANTZER, BECK, WEAVER, SMITH, HOOTMAN, BUNGARD, MILLER, NUSBAUM, TILTON, STONER, LOFT, CULLEY, HATCH, SHORT, NAYLOR, CHANDLER, MCDONALD, PRIEST, CULBERTSON, SWAIN, JONES, CULLER and WHITE; FFOAC members and ancestors.

1989, Volume 8:  FFOAC members and ancestors; Nova; 1886 Pioneer Society’s death notices; 1847 newspaper items; 1852 Jail Report; some Civil War soldiers; Hayesville; World War I Ashland soldiers buried in Europe; 1853 Jail Reports; Guardianships and Partitions 1847; Presbyterian records; Ashland Deaf and Dumb 1856; Blacks in Ashland County 1861; Montgomery Township Trustees Minutes 1820-1844; Mifflin Township Seymour’s Run Church records 1837-1845; Widowsville; Family information: GALLOWAY, STOTT, FENN, HOLBROOK, SLOAN, PARKER, JACOBY, McMAHAN, COFFIN, GREGG, ROOP , LAVENGOOD, POOL AND MAUK.

1990, Volume 9: FFOAC members and ancestors; Original lot owners of Uniontown/Ashland 1815-1824; Montgomery Township Trustees Minutes 1820-1844; Guardianships and Partitions 1847-1849; 1850-1851 newspaper items; Pioneer Historical Society’s obituary report for Jackson, Milton, Lake, Orange, Clear Creek, Perry, Hanover, Mohican, Mifflin, Vermillion, Green and Montgomery Townships 1885; Ashland’s 175th Birthday; Original Lot Owners in Markley’s Addition to Uniontown/Ashland 1819-1824; Old Hopewell Graveyard; Presbyterian dismissals 1841- 1855; Perote Post Office; Oldest couples in Troy Township 1882; Ashland in 1846; some Common Pleas Court records from Wayne County 1819-1837; Ashlanders in Charlotte, Michigan; Sullivan Township Soldiers dead by 1886; Montgomery Township School District #3; Ashlanders in Bates County, Missouri and Branch County, Michigan; Troy Township GAR; some Underground Railroad stories of Savannah; Ruggles Township autograph book 1884; 1811 Knox County Tax List; Donations to Civil War soldiers from District #1, Vermillion Township; 1859 letters at Post Office; Family information: FAST, WALKER, HARRIS, SHOTT, MARSH, CURRY, VANSCOY, FENN, SIMONTON, HUTCHISON, BENNETT, VAIL, COPUS, POTTER, HEFFNER, METCALF AND EAGLE.

1991, Volume 10: Honey Creek; Perrysville store account book 1817; Ashland Union 1866-1867 items; 1847 Ruggles Township Chattel Tax List; Guardianships 1849; 1819 Military School Lands delinquent tax; Wayne County Apprentice Indentures 1825-1831; 1838 Hanover Township Chattel Tax List; Clear Creek Township tavern petition 1827; Savannah Academy 1880 and 1858; Mifflin Township tavern petition 1831; Ashland Union 1867-1868 items; Vermillion Township Justice of the Peace registry of marriages 1859-1860; 1846 Births; Common Pleas Court records 1846-1850; 1850 Lake Township Chattel tax list; Sullivan Township school records 1848; Meng Church records 1846-1876; Jeromesville Presbyterian Church records 1854-1884; Aged Folks born 1815-1829; Nankin Presbyterian Church records 1843; Stray notices from Troy, Milton and Perry Townships; Perry Township tavern licenses 1851; Montgomery Township tavern licenses 1822 and 1829; Family information: DOTY, METCALF, CARTER, ANDERSON, MASON, BECHTEL, LASH, RALSTON, BRUBAKER, WYLER, SHANER, COOK, ANDREWS, HEIFNER, PRIEST, NEWMAN (black), COULTER AND KOSHT.

1992, Volume 11:  Aged Folks (births 1828-1835); Common Pleas Court Records 1850; 1837 newspaper; Clear Creek Presbyterian Church Records, 1841-1860; First Congregational Church Records, Sullivan; Mifflin tavern license; Loudonville early schools; 1889 obituary/necrology for Milton, Perry, Ruggles, Troy, Green, Mohican, Jackson, Orange and Montgomery townships; Marriages 1830-1832; Hayesville Baptist Church membership 1841-1859; Defective marriage records, 1870-1883; Family information: GEBHART, CLAY, KISER/STARN, HUNTSMAN, LONG, OVER, HILL AND SHUTT.

1993, Volume 12: Common Pleas Court records; 1889 obituary and necrology report for Montgomery and Clear Creek; Montgomery Township School District No.2 1827 households; Nankin in 1884; 1829 tavern petition for Vermillion (now Savannah); Vermillion Township 1837 store accounts; 1817 Green Township road tax; Hanover Township 1889 Obituary and Necrology report; 1829 and 1831 tavern petitions for Loudonville; 1849 and 1853 Sullivan Township school register; Mohican Township and Lake Township one-room schools; 1838 Milton Township chattels; Mifflin Township 1889 necrology report; a brief history of Mifflin; Perry Township 1890 Veterans census; Troy Township 1890 Veterans census; 1853 list of letters remaining at Post Office; Family information: BERRY, ZEMORE, ROUGHNER, SHISLER, COCHENNOUR/SMALLEY, MORRIS, KREBS, SMITH and AMBROSE.

1994, Volume 13: Common Pleas Court records (cont’d); 1888 obituary and necrology for Vermillion township.; First Families; Lake Township 1850 Agriculture Census; SMALLEY Family History; Troy Township 1850 Agriculture Census; Orange Township 1890 Special Census of Sailors, Marines, and Widows; St. Johns Congregation, Albion; Robert NEWELL History; Sullivan Township 1850 Agriculture Census; 1839 Mohican Township Chattel Tax Records; WERTMAN/KILLGORE biographies; Clear Creek Township 1890 Special Census; BURNS and VANTILBURG families; Montgomery Township School District #4; Milton Township and Green Township 1838 Chattel Property Tax Records.

1995, Volume 14: First Families; Common Pleas Court records (cont’d); Troy Township, 1850 Special Census; 1839 Lake Township Chattel Tax Records; STONER Family in Civil War; Montgomery Township School District #5; Orange Township Murray School; John HAMMOND Account Book; 1839 Perry Township Chattel Tax Records; First Congregational Church Ruggles Township; 1840 Mohican Township Chattel Tax records; 1842 Green Township Chattel Tax records; TREDWAY-VANGILDER-EIGHINGER Families; Widowville; 1839 Chattel Tax Jackson Township; Mifflin Township Justice of the Peace book; RICHEY family history.

1996, Volume 15:  First Family Inductees and Ancestors; Miscellaneous Common Pleas Court Manuscripts; CHARLES family history; PRIEST family day journal, Cleo Redd Fisher Museum; Samuel HAZLETT mystery; Cottage Street, including 1861 ownership map; 18 Ashlanders go to Oregon and Washington under the Homestead Law; Peter VANTILBURG Mystery; McKay Cemetery, Green Township reading.

1997, Volume 16:  1996 First Family Inductees and Ancestors; Ashland Press newspaper abstracts 1883; Sullivan township Close Street School 1899 Reunion; Common Pleas Court Chancery 1846-1850; Ashlanders in Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri and Kosciusko County, Indiana; Loudonville Reminiscent; County Infirmary and Jail report; some 1910 Death Certificate information; How to Inter-library Loan from Ohio Historical Society; COLE, MATTHEWS, and KIPLINGER family; ARMENTROUT, BRYTE, BRUBAKER, TOPPING/GRAHAM, KREHBIEL, BOOTS, LATSCHER, RHINEHART, WORKMAN, HELBERT, LYONS, BEAM, and KOPP.

1998, Volume 17:  Common Pleas Court Chancery 1850-mid 1851; Early Sandusky Street History; Markley’s Graveyard; Ashland Press abstracts Nov and Dec 1883; Ashland Times and States and Union abstracts 1868-1869; Obituaries of Ashlanders from Methodist newspaper The Northwestern Christian Advocate; 1st Company of 1st Regiment, 11th Division of Ohio Militia; some street name changes in Ashland; 1831 Clear Creek township Publick House of Intertainment petition; some 1910 Death Certificate info; Steam Town; An 1819/20 Estate listing many Mohican township area residents; Chapter By-laws; Family Information: RUTH, SMITH, FENTON, ANDERSON, CHAPEL/COULTER/COVERT MARTIN, BOYERS, COPUS, BONEBRIGHT, WILSON/Query and STRAW.

1999, Volume 18:  St Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Hanover Township baptisms 1848-1861; Vermillion Township 1838 Chattel Tax; Ashland’s early saw mills; Early history of Disciples in Ashland and area; States & Union and Ashland Times newspaper abstracts 1869-70/71; Naturalization records 1860-1867; some 1910 Death Certificate abstracts; 1860 Troy Township Poll Book; 1877 Savannah Academy; 1908 Law of Registering Births and Deaths; Ashland Montgomery Township Birth/Deaths mid 1907-mid 1908; Cemetery Deeds 1847-1887; Markley Cemetery; Smalley One-Room School; Family Information: CRONINGER, KILGORE, STOFER, GANTZ, NELSON, ROBINSON, and ATEN.

2000, Volume 19: States & Union and Ashland Times abstracts 1871; Naturalization Records 1866-1881; some records of Hayesville Presbyterian Church 1833-1871; Imhoff Cemetery; Smalley One-Room School; Seymour Valley Church; Shipp’s School students 1845; The Ohio Union newspaper abstracts June 1852-May 1853; Hope Evangelical Church in Lake Township; Marsh Cemetery; Wiggle Town; The Ashland Standard newspaper 8 July 1847; Obituaries from the Evangelical Messenger church newspaper 1866-1879 for Ashlanders; some Kaylor Ridge Lutheran Church baptisms 1837-1844; some Loudonville newspaper abstracts; Family information: WALKER, HAYES, DILLIER and KINNEY.

2001, Volume 20:  FFOAC inductees and their ancestors for 2000; obituaries from Evangelical Church Messenger 1866-1899 (various issues); Records of the Church of Hopewell and early Presbyterian Church – Olivesburg, 1807-1857 (various issues); Rowsburg residents age 75 and over, 1872-1873; History of United Brethren Church, Nova 1918; Ashland Democrat Newspaper abstracts 1846 (various issues); Loudonville Democrat list of County Registrations 1917; Henry FAULK article 1931.

2002, Volume 21: FFOAC inductees and their ancestors for 2001; 1840 Voters from Ashland; Ashland High School Alumni 1915 and 1916; Ashland Democrat Newspaper abstracts 1846 (various issues); Henry FULK family picture identification; Mrs. Jane RUSSELL obituary article and picture for 1898 newspaper; Civil War Scouts from Ashland County; The Ohio Globe Newspaper 1836 abstracts; Samuel HARNER letter 1839, including lineage notes; tidbit articles from Loudonville Democrat (various issues; various 1910 death records; Abstracts from Standard Atlas of Holmes County, 1907; 1907 Death Index. Loudonville Democrat (various issues); State of Ohio vs. Lamartine GREENWALD, Henry A.L. MARKEL, George SNOOK (Reason B. GLASS Will).

2003, Volume 22: FFOAC inductees and ancestors for 2002; State of Ohio vs. Lamartine GREENWALD, Henry A.L. MARKEL, George SNOOK (Reason B. GLASS Will); Marion and Sylvia GREGG EDDY photograph; Loudonville Democrat 1907 Death Index; Mifflin area news abstracts, 1882-1887; Ashland articles Ohio Globe, 1836; 1887 Ashland High School Commencement program; Eva MILLER HOWALT obituary, Loudonville 1896; Rev. Zed COPP, Wayne County Democrat newspaper 1900; Lewis CHESRON family feud, 1888; Mifflin news items, 1887-1889 (various issues); Scottish families of Savannah, mid 1800’s; Jackson BAUGHEY indenture of 1832; Old Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 1818-1819; Deaths of 1887-1888 from Ashland Newspaper 1888; Ashland County World War II Missing or Killed in Action abstracts.

2004, Volume 23: 2003 FFOAC members and ancestors; Mifflin area news abstracts, 1889-1890; Ashland County World War II Missing or Killed in Action abstracts; various 1906 obituaries including John HINKLE; Orange Lutheran Church; 1870 marriages from Ashland Times newspaper; 1922 Sullivan Centennial Homecoming (various issues); Weston Photo Album, pictures and mini biographies (various issues); Mifflin area news abstracts, 1890s (various issues); Andrews Post GAR #132 (various issues); John BRYTE family; automobiles owners 1912 (various issues).

2005, Volume 24:  John STREETER Bible; Mason Cemetery, Orange Township; Andrews Post GAR No. 132 (various issues); First Families for 2004; Daniel FISHER Family; Jacob GEBHART 1799-1866; Ashland County Deaths 1938-39 (various issues); Green Township Trustee Minutes, 1843-1845; Green Township Militia, 1844; Pre-1850 Ashland County Newspapers in print; BOFFENMYER Family Bible of Perry Township; Mormon Church in New London and Ruggles; Ashland County Civil War Pension Affidavits; Gold Rush Diary of G.W. KING (various issues); Ashlanders in Cleveland Newspapers; Recollections of Vermillion Institute; 1939 Ashland County Death Index; Weston Photo Album, pictures and mini biographies (various issues); David GORDON Family Bible; United Brethren Church at Lafayette, 1873; MATHEWS/MATTHEWS Family of Richland and Ashland Counties.

2006, Volume 25: BROWN Family Bible; Gold Rush Diary; Green Township School No. 8 students; Andrews Post GAR No. 132 (various issues); 1909 Ashland County Death Index; Spanish-American War Pensioners 1939; Rebekah Lodge Past Noble Grands, 1891-1968; Ruggles Pioneers, Troy Township pictures; Ashland County Home (Heartland Home) Cemetery burials; Samuel SHANNON Family; Lepley School, Green Township, 1902; Early Auditor’s Land Records (various issues); Ashland’s Disabled Veterans 1930; Agnes HARTMANN letter 1856; Elliott Post GAR, No. 255; WILES Family Bible; 1901 Loudonville Fire; 1910 Ashland County Deaths; Lemuel HATCH 1768-1852; 1908 Perrysville Graduation; Rachel WAGNER MILLAR, 1798-1864; Ruggles and Troy Township news articles; Sullivan and Mifflin Pioneers from Ashland’s Past (includes pictures); 1910 Ashland County Birth and Death Index.

2007, Volume 26:  First Family of Ashland County Banquet news and pictures; Hanover Township Tax Duplicates, 1829; United Brethren Church, Lafayette; Perry Township. Bastardy Case-Susan LITTLE; Mowery Funeral Home and Photographer Family; KREB’s Grocery-Nova; Rachel GARVER WERTMAN article, with pictures;  Spanish Flu epidemic in Ashland Press; Frederick SELSER, Revolutionary War Soldier; Underground Railroad in Ashland, A.R.PAXTON; Missing in Action and Dead in World War II (various issues); survives fire  of steamer R. Campbell  in Louisiana, staying in Ashland; Quadrennial Enumerations Mohican Township 1815; Savannah Academy;  Draft Registration cards; Necrology for 1885; Enumeration Lake Township-1815, 1819, 1823; STUCKEY-STUDEBAKER Family Bible.

2008, Volume 27:  FFOAC Banquet and 2007 Lineage inductees; Necrology 1887; John MARKLEY’s experiences during the California Gold Rush of 1849; Mansfield Blockhouse Restoration-2008; History of Troy Township Schools-1910; Ashland Mayors;  1819 Quadrennial Enumeration-Mohican Township; Family Record of John and Anna Mary HARTMAN; John COULTER, Henry HARTMAN, Levi HARTMAN, and Dr. James Huston WILLIAMS Bible records; Hayesville Fire of 1901; Jackson Township Quadrennial Enumeration 1819-1823; Darby Ann SWIGART Obituary 1887; Nankin in 1884; Perry Township and Rowsburg remembrance of Dr. W. E. EMERY; Polk High School Class of 1931; 1815 Perry Township Quadrennial; Mohican Township Quadrennial Enumeration 1823; Mohican Township Births and Deaths for 1923; Petition to Incorporate Polk 1874; Ludwig SCHERFF( Age 94) Obituary 1924.

2009, Volume 28:  New First Families of Ashland County members (including pictures); seven RADER brothers; Ashlanders in Ohio Penitentiary; Ruggles Township  area scrapbook clippings by Anna DENHAM RICHARDS; PARMELY Letters-Sullivan, Ohio; 1763 Christopher SAUER Bible for BUCHER/BAKER family in Jackson Township;  McZena’s arrest of Mrs. Mary Jane LEITER (abortionist); 1874 Ashland County births;  June 1924 Births and Deaths; Savannah Academy Alumni 1913; John MARKLEY Obituary 1924; A. J. FINLEY of  San Diego; Emmanuel United Methodist Church Sunday School Convention 1914; 1907 Ruggles Centralized School photo); John ECHELBERGER’s Deed 1837; PATTERSON Family of Mifflin Township; 1823 Perry Township Quadrennial Enumeration; Sullivan Township Students 1848; Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Ashland County; Ashland County Pioneers; Vital Records Jan 1928; Ashland County World War II Killed and Missing.

2010, Volume 29: 1892 Sullivan Homecoming; Barbara HORN life in Ashland County; First Family Inductees for 2009; VANTILBURG photo; KNOWLTON of Herford Crossing; Ashland Necrology 1886-1889; Mohican Township Births and Deaths 1924; 1915 Ruggles High School picture; Troy Township History;  Nova of Troy Township History, HOOVER Family Bible contents; 1903 Mifflin Township Necrology register; James GRAY obituary (1886); 1926 Ashland Births and Deaths; Savannah Academy (1903-1904) including biography of Alexander SCOTT, founder of Savannah Academy; 1931 biographies and obituaries of various Ashlanders; Jeromesville Blockhouse; death of Portia MANSFIELD;  Apr 1926 Deaths; Feb-Mar 1928 Births and Deaths; 1932 Historical Society Picnic; 1834 First Ashland Newspaper;  1922 Ashland first lighted by gas; Early history of Savannah; Mar, Jun-July 1926 Death and Jun 1926 Births;  John BAILY Obituary 1907; Dr. John ROBINSON, pastor of Ashland Presbyterian Church; various societies of Savannah; Surviving soldiers in 1908 Loudonville area; Tom NEEL Ashland County connections.

2011, Volume 30: David DEVOR biography (with picture); 1928 Births and Deaths; Henry FULK dies 1917; PICKING Nut & Candy Store; Dickey Brethren Church; Ashland Will Book #2 abstracts; Robert SMILE dies 1934; A.C. FOX of Hayesville (82 in 1934); Deaths of 1889 by township; SWITZER-LEISTER 1934 60th Anniversary; Pulaski (Dick) HOLBEN obituary; Civil War soldiers in Ashland, Ohio 1908; Hannah BUZZARD obituary; 1906 listing of marriages 25 years prior; Rowsburg, Ohio 101-year Anniversary (1936); SCHNEIDER 1925 reunion (including picture); Aug 1925 births and deaths; singing mouse.

2012, Volume 31:  2011 First Families Banquet and Chapter members (with pictures); Surviving Civil War soldiers of Ashland County 1908; Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery Journal and listing of 40 members; 1926-May Deaths;  Ashland Will Book #2 abstracts; Vermillion Institute (Hayesville Academy) purchase and renovation (including some students names); 1922 Arthur Street school picture; Miscellaneous obituaries of 1911; 1925 Old Sixteen School picture (w/names); marriage of BRIGGS-McGUIRE (1919); SHEARER obituary 1881, Minnie MARKS SEWARDS Lucas burial;  1934 Corn Hog Production Program (by township, listing names and acreage); War of 1812 review and listing of those buried in Ashland County; 1906 Lake Township Civil War veterans; J P FREDERICK 1906 obituary.

2013, Volume 32:   2012 Lineage Banquet and inductees (including ancestors); Chapter Officers; New Lineage Pins; Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery Journal (continued from previous year);  1934 Corn Hog Production Program by township, listing names and acreage (continued from previous year); War of 1812 listing of those buried in Ashland County (continued from previous year); CHEESEMAN-PARKER biography; Numerous local obituaries-CONN, DITCH, GOON, HELBERT, SLOAN, MUHLEIN, STELZER, and more; Electra HALL, first woman in Ashland to vote (1922); Susan DEVORE biography; Who is Uncle Sam?; Local Railroad employees listing; Private ARNHOLT, first Ashland County soldier to die in World War I.

2014, Volume 33:  2013 Lineage Society Banquet and pictures; new Lineage inductees including their ancestors; Local Railroad employees listings (continued from previous year); Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery Journal (continued from previous year);  Obituaries for SHEDLER, BLOOS, KELLOG, WILER, MATZINGER; GAULT; HELMAN; Edmond ROSS biography; Osborn School picture from 1934; Levi ROBISON, early years; Oliver RUMBAUGH 1904 wedding anniversary; Dogs used for searching cemetery graves; William DUFF, local historian; 1891 local news for Savannah and Jeromesville; search for A.T. McKELVEY; Loudonville 200th Birthday; 1888 News for Milton, Olivesburg, West Orange Township, and Hayesville; Perrysville High School grades 1890-1961.

2015, Volume 34:   Ashland, Ohio 200th Bicentennial; 2014 Lineage Society Banquet Pictures, including names of inductees and ancestors; 2015 Chapter officers and picture; Battery D, First Ohio Light Artillery Journal (continued from previous year), includes burial locations of many members; Quick review of Township beginnings; Births and deaths 1902 (Orange Township); Obituaries for Joe JONES, CORTS, BROWN, MUHLHEIM, HEICHAEL, etc;  Ashland county boy born in 1846; Biography of Abraham MYERS and Oliver STOUGH; Joseph SHOPBELL shotgun from 1812; using State Censuses; Perrysville High School grads 1890-1961 (continued from previous year); Log Cabin found in Mifflin from 1813-1831 (including pictures); Margaret YEATER McMULLEN (MULLER) mystery; Ashland 1915 events in review; McNAUL family book donated to Chapter Library.

2016, Volume 35:   2015 Lineage Society Banquet Picture and inductees and ancestors; 1848 letter to Mrs. Sally SNYDER; Ashland 1915 events (continued from previous year); Marriages and Deaths of 1917; Memorial Day history; DNA mystery; Perrysville High School graduates 1890-1961 (continued from previous year); ECHELBERGER father and son World War II; Sourcing Citations refresher; Obituaries for DANNER, STRINE, McCLURE, DONLEY, MUNDORFF, GETZ, and FREDERICK; Wedding Anniversary for Thomas HIBBARD 1860 and Esq. PORTER 1880; Civil War Headstone mix-up for TOWSLEY-TOWSLEE; D H SLOAN born in log cabin; what is a GEDCOM?; Black Cane Company history in Perrysville; Preserve Your Genealogy Research; McNULTY family and hotels; C F ENGLE obituary 1904; Births and Deaths 1902-1903; Family Reunion of RICE family.

2017, Volume 36:  2016 Lineage Society Banquet Pictures and inductees with ancestors; McNULTY  family and Hotels; Births and Deaths of 1902-1903; GRIBBEN and HORN hanging in Ashland; KOHLER, GOOD, BEEGHLY, HARLAN, ANDERSON Reunions; Mabel BERRA biography; Judge William OSBORN, George KISSEL, McCURDY, ALLISON obituaries as well as other local obituaries; current SELBY and HEIFFNER reunions; Jonas FREER/Mary BRIDGER wedding account; WACHTEL family Bible (1844); G.A.R. history; Ashland County Fairgrounds History; Newspapers-important research tool; Honoring Volunteers – Sally SPRENG and Anne LOCKWOOD DALLAS BUDD; Queries; and local chapter information.

2018, Volume 37:  2018 Chapter Officers; 2017 Banquet pictures; Sullivan High School Commencement Notice 1929; History of Sullivan Township 1932; STUDEBAKER Family in Ashland; May Days in Ashland; Early Community Deaths, etc.; Ashland Common Pleas Court Bible; Reunions: ADDLEMAN, HESS, PLANK, SHIDLER, HOHENSHIL, GINDLESBERGER, WEEDMAN, SPOTTS, VANDERS, YOUNG, WHISLER; 1926 Ashland High School Class Reunion; Gretna Greens; QUONG Family; Court House unfolding project; PLANK Family Reunion; Recollection of Sandusky Street (1904); Honoring Volunteers – Rita KOPP, Shirley BOYD, Tom NEEL; Queries; and local chapter information.

2019, Volume 38:  2019 Officers and 2018 Lineage Banquet with 4 inductees; David and Mary (STEELE) SLOAN Family home in Ashland and reunion; Reunions: BUSHNELL, CARL, MASON, CRAIG, CHANEY, JONES, CONN, HELBERT, BROWN, GREGG, 1928 Ashland High School Class; KAUFFMAN House torn down (1939); Val SHUCK 5 & 10¢ Store ad; John STONER biography; HEIFFNER-PEIGHT connection, Genealogy Proof Standards; Dr. Andrew J. SCOTT obituary (1895); GREGG and BROWN Family; Loudonville Ohio Flour Mill closed in 2019; Early Community Deaths, etc.; FamilySearch turns 20; Orphan Trains (1854-1929); Social Security Application efforts; August IMGARD, Wooster’s first Christmas Tree.

2020, Volume 39:  2020 Officers; Christian VESPER Obituary with picture; old Teachers Exam Ledger; MARKLEY 50th Anniversary; SHREFFLER, BELL-McCLURE, GUTELIUS Reunions; C.F. GRAVES Andersonville Prison Survivor; Philpot COWEN family history and Obituary; Epidemics throughout the world; D.W. KOHLER finds many wells; W.E.MITCHELL Anniversary 1929;  BALLY reunions; W.L. EDWARDS, photographer; GRUBAUGH family; Powell orphans; Ashland and the Spanish Influenza; CLIFFE reunions;  BUCKINGHAM Family; various Women of Ashland County (SHEETS, COUTLER, DWIRE, OSBORN, WERTMAN, etc.); When people change their name; 1831 Petition for Montgomery Township Justice of the Peace; Obituaries from 1889; C. WERTMAN mail carrier; Reunions of BERRY, URBAN, SUMMERS families.

2021, Volume 40:  SCHNEIDER photograph (1873); Ashland County Pioneer Historical Society annual meeting minutes; WELCH Family Reunions (with picture); obituaries for OTTER, KEEN, BRICKER, SPRAGUE, EWING, McKINLEY; Vermillion Institute Reunion 1882; Odessa YOUNG died 1918 Spanish Influenza; some marriages of 1912; Reunions of 42nd, 23rd, and 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI); FREER Home (Ashland Children’s Home) history; ALLENBAUGH, FULK, LATIMER, STONER, SWINEFORD, ZEHNER family reunions; Medical Codes on Death Certificates; Dr. Phebe TABOR COFFIN, ancestor to Chapter President;  Underground Railroad, local historians that wrote about it; Picture of Orlin and William Thaddeus SHEARER and family; Ashland County Sheriffs from 1846-2021.

2022, Volume 41:  2022 Officers, Chapter Volunteers, Underground Railroad “station masters” (Ashlander’s of old); GARMAN-KAUFFMAN article; BITTINGER Reunions; STITZLEIN in Ashland and Knox Counties; Palatines; Joseph JONES Revolutionary War Soldier; History of CAMPBELL Family; 1924 Ashland High School Graduates; KOSHT, LEEDY, MERCER Reunions; ESHELMAN pictures; Preserving old tombstones; Cleo REDD FISHER Museum has Preservation workshop at Perrysville Union Cemetery; Oral History; Local on-line newspapers sites; John SPRAGUE death; THOMAS, ECHELBERGER Reunions; Ashland County Military Fallen Heroes Monument and names inscribed; William KER burial; Uriah EBERHART’s Secretary; Community Obituaries of STITZLEIN, HOUT, SLOAN, BANEY; Reunions for VANTILBURGH, WELCH, BOLLES, BAUM, BEER.

2023, Volume 42: 2023 Officers; 37th Annual Lineage Banquet Pictures; EBERHART Secretary Desk; One-room schools in Ashland County; I’m My Own Grandpa song; Tradition of Leaving a Stone on a Gravestone; Eliza BERLIN book “Earth Angles and Hidden Oppression”; Ashland Chapter wins 4 Awards at OGS April Conference in Sandusky; some Rootstech Genealogy Announcements; Nankin Methodist Church History; Fraktur Pennsylvania Dutch folk art; FIRESTONE, KEEN, LEITER family reunions; Library Gifts and holdings; Local obits for BURNETT, REIFF, BASHFORD, WARNER, CAMPBELL, ROBINSON, McNABB, CRONE, SMALLEY, etc; Life of Charles K KETTERING from Loudonville; Grandma’s Aprons of Yesteryear; Infant Picture of Helen EVANS; Hanover, Green Townships; Old Hopewell Cemetery burials moved to Ashland Cemetery; Ashland village Main Street of 1840’s.

2024, Volume 43: 2024 Officers; 2023 Banquet pics; 1946 Arthur Street School Pic; Artificial Intelligence and Genealogy; Fred BUSHNELL in 1915; Annie MOORE first immigrant arrival at Ellis Island; Hess & Clark Mfg. Co; FEIBER and FULK-Outstanding Volunteers of the year; Thomas DAVIS and his bicycle Adventure; Lake, Mohican, Vermillion Townships; Local Obits-DICK, FABER, DAVAULT, SANER, HUGES, BEER; PARMELY; Reunions for RITTER, McFADDEN, FAST, EKEY, BRUBAKER; Bank Street becomes College Ave.; R.B.HAYES Library Resource; BENNETT Cabin today; 1838 Petition for Vermillion Twp. Justice; HESS & CLARK Bldg. Fire; Ashland Co. Home (Infirmary); 1973 NPRC Fire of Military records; Martin MASON Family, Orange Twp.; Feed Sack Dresses.