Family Tree History - Ohio Ancestors and relatives in the Adams, Arnett, Bolin, Browne, Haybron, Lydick, Jones, Johnson, Robinson, Smith, and Wooley families
My mother's family ancestors came from Virginia and traveled to Ohio in the early 1800s and then scattered over all the United States from Alaska to Florida to Washington, D.C., while my father's family came from Lynchburg, Virginia and some members moved to Central Ohio in the early 1900s. My family tree and ancestor list is online at Ancestry.com, and also wc.rootsweb.com, containing over 15,300 ancestor names and relatives. The most common names of my ancestors are: Adams, Arnett, Bolin, Browne, Haybron, Lydick, Jones, Johnson, Robinson, Smith, and Wooley
How To Find Your Ancestors and Relatives:
First, Determine as many dates and names as you can from your family records and family members
Then, using the names and dates, confirm your information from census and death records and find new ancestors using web searches.
To search for ancestors and relatives try a simple search engine first. You may hit upon some distant relative who has already started a family tree. Next, try more specialized genealogy sites..
Here are some of the best family search web sites for ancestors and genealogy family roots, including family history found in the family name census information for 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. Your ancestors from about 1930 to present can also be often found in Social Security record searches.
If you have any of these family names in your family, try looking at the family index at my ancestry files including historic photos and audio located on Ancestry.com under the family tree called "Bolin From Ohio - Browne From Virginia" (You must have a subscription to search) or for free searching click here WorldConnect or put a name directly in the search box below to see a free search for any of the names on my tree. I have 15,300 names from the families of Adams, Arnett, Bolin, Bolen, Browne, Haybron, Jones, Johnson, Lydick, Robinson, Smith, and Wooley; these are the most common names of my ancestors, mostly from Central and Southeast Ohio, Washington D.C. and Lynchburg, Virginia areas.
These are some of the places where you may find some links to your family:
