HOW CAN I HELP THE OHIO ALHN?

Become a lookup volunteer. . .

• If you own or have access to:
  • State, county, or local histories
  • Township records (Often the following and more were kept at the township level):
    • Abstract of taxable property
    • Assessor records
    • Board of Education, including school records and teaching certificates
    • Board of Health (1893-1919)
    • Cemetery records, including list of lot owners, date of burial, etc.
    • Civil suits and criminal cases (minor crimes)
    • Marks & brands
    • Militia & paymaster records
    • Overseer of the Poor
    • Township Clerk (keeps records of township meetings and allocated funds)
  • Published genealogies
  • Historic newspapers
  • Vital records
  • Probate, tax, land, and/or court records
  • Anything that I haven't thought of.

NOTE: It is vital that copyright laws be respected.  If you have any questions regarding copyright, please see U.S. Copyright Office


• Share historic photos and/or post cards:
  • Contribute scanned or duplicated (not photocopies) historic photos of family or places.
    • Photos of people should be accompanied by a note naming each person.  Or, if the person/people in the photo are unknown it should be accompanied by a brief explanation of where it came from and how it was obtained by the contributor.  No photos of living people will be accepted.
    • Photos of places should be accompanied by a brief description of the location and, when possible a brief history of the photo/location.
  
  
NOTE: If you have a Web site with historic photographs or post cards, please, send the URL so that I can link to them.


• Walk a nearby cemetery--transcribe the inscriptions, or take photographs.
• Interview the oldest person in your family or community and contribute the results.  Remember to get answers to the big four questions--Who?  What?  When?  Where?--and try to include answers to a fifth question--How?

These are just a few of the ways that you can help.  If you think about it I'm sure that you will find additional ways to make the Ohio ALHN an interesting and (dare I say it?) educational place to visit.  And you might even have fun, both as a volunteer and a visitor to these pages.

If you want to volunteer, make suggestions, ask questions, or contact me about the Ohio ALHN please email me at