Church histories may have information about ancestors (The Norman Transcript) Genealogists who have been actively researching for many years have learned that reading a county history can be an advantage in learning more about the life style of their ancestors.This week I was searching the Internet and found a wonderful site "Heritage Pursuit The Place For Historians And Genealogists.
Remembering Wellington and Oberlin's great escape (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram) White and black, they stood together 150 years ago and freed slave John Price from slave catchers. Carlisle Township residents Janice Brooks and her daughter, Charlotte Sizemore, couldn't be prouder of the efforts of Sizemore's great-great-great-grandfather Matthew Gillett, a white Wellington farmer who took part in the Sept. 13, 1858, Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Some 200 men [...]
