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Genealogy/History Resources Added to Local Library

The Belmont County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society recently added the following books to the Glenn Rockwell Room of the Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library.

Early 20th Century School Days – Elsa Harper

Martins Ferry High School Yearbooks, 1932-1935

Phillip Secrest Families

Sources for Genealogy Searching in Pennsylvania

Two Hundred Years History of Shepherdstown

Cemeteries in Flushing, Twp., Belmont County, Ohio     

1872 Historical Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsyvania

Our Migrating Murphys

Bethesda Ebenezer Cemetery and Bethesda Methodist Cemetery

Belmont County Cemeteries, Pease Township

Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in Semimonthly Phases to August 15, 1945

Unvanquished: How Confederate Women of the South Survived the Civil War

A History of Barnesville American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976

Barnesville-Woodsfield Phone Directories, 1931, 1945,1948, 1949

Sketches: A Brief History of Some of Mt. Pleasant African American Families

Abstracts of Early Probate Records Belmont County, Ohio , 1802-1827

Will Abstracts of Belmont County, Ohio Volumes I & K, 1856-1872

Deed Abstracts of Belmont County, Ohio Volumes H & J, 1820-1824

Will Abstracts of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 & 2

The Gladden Farm – The Early Years

The Extended Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio Vol. 1 & 2

Microfilm Rolls:

Ohio Yearly Meeting  of Friends, Reel 1: Flushing Monthly Meeting Birth Records, 1810-1969; Flushing Monthly Meeting Death Records, to 1928; Shortcreek Quarterly Meeting Minutes, 1939-1998 (Ohio Historical Society)

Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, Reel 2:  Shortcreek Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1949-1980; Shortcreek Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1989-1993; Shortcreek Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1996-1999.  (Ohio Historical Society)     

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The Glenn Rockwell Genealogy Room at the Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library (Barnesville, Ohio) is a key local resource for family history, housing extensive materials on Ohio Valley, Belmont County, and pioneer families. Also included in the collection is an extensive microfilm collection of local newspapers, county records, local histories and community records.  

Regular library hours are 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday and Thursday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday. The library is closed on Sunday.

The library is also closed Dec. 31-Jan. 1 for the New Year’s Holiday.

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