The Puskarich Public Library System in Harrison County, Ohio recently digitized it's local historical newspapers, creating the Community History Archive which is free, online, and searchable. I was so excited to delve into this new resource and see if any of my relatives are mentioned in the news. Most of my Holloways lived in Belmont and Guernsey Counties, but Harrison County borders both, and my relatives lived near the borders, so I was hopeful. So far I've found a number of articles related to collateral relatives (siblings of my direct-line ancestors, for instance). The only mention I found of my 4th great grandfather, Robert Holloway, was also my most amusing find: an advertisement from 1844: The Democratic Whig Standard And Public Advertiser, page 4. Published in Cadiz, Ohio on Saturday, November 9th, 1844. Courtesy of the Puskarich Public Library, Community History Archive. Available here: https://puskarich.advantage-preservation.com/ These advertisements appeared reg
Hello! I'm trying to catch up on weekly ancestor posts for the 52 Ancestors genealogy challenge. ( www.amyjohnsoncrow.com ). Week 8: I Can Identify My Oma, Ernilore Marianne Wirth, was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1929. Her parents were Friedrich Wilhelm "Willi" Wirth and Annemarie Vera Helene "Vera" Eckhardt. When I was in high school, my family traveled to Frankfurt with my Oma to visit her sister, my great-aunt Ursula, and other family and friends. We saw the home where she grew up, at 72 Grunebergweg, and other landmarks of her childhood. Many years later, I was looking through some of the heirloom items from my Dad's side of the family. This book of photos looked interesting, so I took it with me to my daughter's Tae Kwon Do class, to page through while watching her practice. Cover of the small book, "Frankfurt am Main in alten Ansichten." By Franz Schaub, published in 1979, Europ ä ische Bibliothek - Zaltbommel/Niederlande. Much