Washington County Chapter
Ohio Genealogical Society

PO Box 2174

Marietta, OH  45750-7174

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Washington County, Ohio

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25 Years of the Washington County Chapter 1983-2008

NOW AVAILABLE
SCARCE BOOK

Illustrated Historical and Business Review of Washington County, Ohio for the year 1891, by L. G. Austin,
a pioneer history of Washington County, Ohio,
301 pages, reprinted, indexed,
available for $25.00 plus $4.00 for postage & handling, Ohio residents add $1.63 sales tax

New Washington County, OH, resource!
Marietta Daily Leader 1896-1901 now online


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Time to renew for 2010..  See Membership page.
Upcoming meetings:


Dec 2010, date to be announced, Christmas party
13 Nov 2010
(note change from usual date)
16 Oct 2010
18 Sep 2010
21 Aug 2010, annual picnic
17 Jul 2010
19 Jun 2010
15 May 2010
First Families, 12 noon
17 Apr 2010, at Coburn Reading Room, Legacy Library, Marietta College, Linda Showalter, Special Collections, a presentation about MC Special Collections
    7 Apr 2010, Marietta's birthday, Pioneer Day
    4 Apr 2010, at Campus Martius Museum, Patriots and Pioneers Conference
20 Mar 2010, Todd Durm and Tony Durm, Marietta's Old Burying Ground
20 Feb 2010

Note time change for meeting:
16 Jan 2010, 1 p.m.,
Dan Benson on the Marietta Fire Department.  He is the author of "Alarm Log: MFD" about the history of firefighting and the firefighters of Marietta through the years.  He will bring copies of his book for sale.

5 Dec 2009, 12 noon, Christmas party at the Gardner residence, 1645 Millers Lane, Marietta.  Drink, eating utensils, and rolls will be provided.  Come and enjoy the holiday fun.
21 Nov 2009, 2 p.m., Marilyn Horton, The Leedham Letters (the author speaks about her new book on the Leedham family that lived in Washington County, Ohio)
17 Oct 2009, Harley Dakin, The Cline/Klein Family Lineage Society

Latest updates:

1 Feb 2010, added link to Drown(e) book on Families page
29 Jan 2010, updated upcoming events on home page, Meetings page
24 Jan 2010, updated upcoming events on home page, added link to interactive county boundary map on Geography page, link to Ohio Civil War database from OGS on Civil War Fallen page, link ro Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center on Links page
13 Jan 2010, updated Officers page to reflect 2010 officers
9 Jan 2010, added link to 1817 petition to Congress for road from Marietta to Chillicothe on Articles page, links to 1785 map of Northwest Territory and 1858 Lorey map of Washington County, Ohio, to Geography page, link to 7th edition of Cramer's The Navigator on Books page, link to old Washington County, Ohio, school photos on Schools page
7 Jan 2010, placed link to new digitized Marietta Daily Leader newspaper on home page
6 Jan 2010, added reminder about membership renewal to home page and link to new digitized Marietta Daily Leader newspaper 1896-1901 from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America site.
5 Jan 2010, added time change for January meeting on home page and Meetings page
19 Dec 2009, added speaker for January meeting
9 Dec 2009, added History of the Second Regiment of West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers to Books page
(many Washington County, Ohio, soldiers were in this unit)
2 Dec 2009, updated Research page
1 Dec 2009, added "Early Physicians of Marietta, Ohio," to Articles page, The Expansion of New England link to Books page, Buell link to Families page
30 Nov 2009, added list of officers for 2010
9 Oct 2009, added link for Western Washington County (Ohio) Area Historical Society and updated Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums to reflect new management by Friends of the Museums, Inc.
2 Oct 2009, added link to Historical Marietta blog.
19 Sep 2009, added notice of October and November meetings.
6 Sep 2009, added notice of September meeting.
31 Aug 2009, added link on Books page to Report of the Centennial Commission of the Northwest Territory.
19 Aug 2009, added link on Obituaries page to 1956 Marietta Times obituary index,
12 Aug 2009, added notice of August picnic.

9 Aug 2009, back adding and updating this site. testing by adding an 1830 article, "History of Methodism in Washington County, Ohio" under Articles.