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More hours at the Ohio Historical Society
The Ohio Historical Society has just announced that the Historical Center and the Archives/Library will be open more hours! Beginning July 1, the hours will be: Thursdays 10am – 7pm Fridays and Saturdays 10am – 5pm This is fantastic news, … Continue reading
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Tricking a Database into Giving Me What I Want
Tonight while I was on Flickr, I came across this photo of Leon L. Devall’s tombstone with the title “135 years old?” According to the tombstone, he died in 1934. Since he’s buried in Ohio, I decided to look for … Continue reading
OhioCivilWar150.org
The Ohio Historical Society has just launched a new website to raise awareness of Ohio’s role in the Civil War: OhioCivilWar150.org. The site features: Digital collections, such as Ohio regimental battle flags A timeline of Civil War events News about … Continue reading
Ohio Historical Society is closed this week
A reminder to everyone that the Ohio Historical Society — including the Archives/Library — is closed today (March 28) through April 3. You can thank the Ohio legislature and their massive slashing of OHS’ budget for this. Other OHS sites … Continue reading
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Ohio Historical to close for 1 week
The Ohio Historical Society has announced that, due to further funding cuts from the state, they will furlough employees and close specified sites for the week of March 28 – April 3. The sites that will be closed are: Ohio … Continue reading
New Collections at the Ohio Historical Society
The Ohio Historical Society‘s Manuscripts & Audiovisual team has processed and catalogued several new collections. Some of them sound quite exciting, such as VFM 5699 “Civil War Muster Rolls, Payments and Enlistments” and VFM 5755 “30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry … Continue reading
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More Cuts at the Ohio Historical Society
The Columbus Dispatch today has a story (front page of the local section, above the fold) about yet more cuts at the Ohio Historical Society. “The latest round of budget reductions ordered by Gov. Ted Strickland to make up a … Continue reading
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Ohio Historical Society during the State Fair
The Ohio State Fair started yesterday. The Ohio Historical Society is located next to the state fairgrounds and is used for parking during the run of the fair. If you are going to visit the Historical Center or the Library/Archives … Continue reading
Cemetery Lecture
The Ohio Historical Society has invited me to present Cemetery Records and the Family Historian on Saturday, June 28 from 10:00am-noon at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus. I will be speaking on the value of cemetery research, how to … Continue reading
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Ohio Research 101
When I started tracing my family tree (more years ago than I care to admit to), I found myself lucky that I was living so close to where several generations of my ancestors lived. I was happy as a lark … Continue reading