Welcome!  I'm Leona Gustafson, your hostess.  I'm proud to be affiliated with the Ohio American Local History Network  To learn more about this organization click on the logo below.  Many visitors might already be familiar with my earlier sites.  This site is the result of my continuing and growing interest in Franklin County, its history and genealogy.

The engraving of the old Franklin County Courthouse used as a border for this page is from the 1880 Williams Bros. History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio. I will do my best to build this site into one that is both useful and informative.  I welcome suggestions for items to include on these pages -- if you have any (suggestions or items to be included), please email me at .

Have you been helped in your quest for answers by others both on-line and off?  Do you sometimes wish that you could help others, too?  YOU CAN HELP!  You really don't need any special talents; all you need is the desire and willingness to help.  All you have to do is and allow me to list you as a lookup volunteer, or as someone willing to take photos or make videos.  You can submit a biography of your Franklin County ancestors (original or in public domain--see U. S. Copyright Office if you have any copyright questions).  I'm sure that you can come up with ways to help.  If you're worried that SPAM will increase if you volunteer--I encode all email addresses so that they can't be "harvested" by SPAM "robots."

I would like to invite all visitors to help me build a Franklin County Photo Album by submitting old family photographs that were taken in Franklin County, or of family members who resided in the county.  Please do not submit photos of living people.  Before sending the photos to me, please, read carefully How to Contribute to the Franklin County Photo Album.

(Updated 2 Jun 2008)

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