Wedding Wednesday

Gospel Messenger,  20 JAN 1934, Pg. 27

Eichhorn – Early  - Dec. 28, 1933, at the Bride’s home, the home of the undersigned, Gaylord Eichhorn of Troy, Ohio and Genevieve Early.
 --S.P. Early, Roaring Spring, Pa

  The week between Christmas & New Years Mr. Brown Eyes always takes me away for a few days of research.  This year we spent some time researching in three different locales in the area of Dayton, Ohio.  

  Thursday we spent at the Dayton Public Library getting obituaries using their obituary index for some of my "wants", others we had to search for.  Friday we worked at the Montgomery County Records & Archive Center.  Saturday we spent at the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville.

I enjoy using all of these places to research the families I have in the Montgomery County area.  Today's wedding entry I found in the Brethren Heritage Center.  The Heritage center has a very large collection of Brethren periodicals, mainly newspapers.  They are indexed and the staff there is very knowledgeable regarding the indexes and the collection in general.  I had about 48-50 items on my to do list and the only items I didn't get were items that were in three issues that they did not have of The Gospel Messenger.  

Most of the entries that day were obituaries I was seeking on the Early family out of Rockingham County, Virginia.  While looking for the obituary of one of that family I just happened to notice the above under "Matrimonial".  I couldn't leave it there. 

 Genevieve Early is the daughter of Simon P. Early (1874-1948) and his wife, Emma Wine.  

 You'll be seeing more of the Early family in weeks to come as I have plenty of items I want to share.  They were in Rockingham County, Virginia and then migrated thru Pennsylvania (where some remained) into parts of southwestern Ohio and then into Illinois and Missouri.  

Happy Researching!

What A Wednesday!

Those of you following my blog know that I'm researching this week with fellow researchers who have joined me from several other states & counties.  We're all part of the Darke County mail list online, most of us have chatted & talked on line but most have never met face to face until this past Tuesday.

On Tuesday we terrorized the wonderful staff at the Garst Library in Greenville, researching & introducing ourselves.  Yesterday (Wednesday) we spent the day at the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville.  What a day we had. 

Gale Honeyman and the staff of the Brethren Heritage Center did a fabulous job keeping us on track with the genealogy research and putting up with our chatter.  The constant chatter of surnames and family stories made for a most awesome day!  Everyday it seems someone finds yet another cousin.  One of today's highlights for me was seeing my cousin Lee Behnken stop in for a visit.  It was great fun to see Lee and have him have dinner with us tonight.  Lee is a Boomershine & Kreitzer cousin. We also discovered over dinner that Mike Reck is cousin twice with Lee, and Jane Jewel is cousins with Bev Petty.  Its so good to see so many people making these connections. 

Personally my prep paid off and I came away with alll but three of the obits from the Gospel Messenger that I had hoped to find.  So 103 out of 106 works for me!  Thanks to the awesome staff who helped me with getting those! 

Today (Thursday) we will be working at the Montgomery County Records & Archives Center aka the Reibold Bldg., in downtown Dayton.  I've got tons of stuff to follow up on there, and some copies to get to complete my first families of Montgomery County application. 

I don't think I've laughed as much as I did today in such a long time.  Its great making new friends and sharing laughs with the new & old friends.  Anyone who thinks genealogy is a boring hobby needs to come along and research with us!

After all Michael Reck, who could spill a glass of water and shrink a full size Toshiba to the size of a Toshiba Netbook???   hhhhmmmmmmm???

Happy Researching!
Karen