Oglesby Genealogy

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We have established an Oglesby Connections Research site on MyFamily.com. To get access, click on the following link to request an invitation to join.

Oglesby Connections Research Site 

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I have extensive data on the Oglesby family starting with Richard Oglesby and Susannah Ware in Virginia from about 1710 to 1731. Until I get this site organized, see this page for contact information.

For my other surnames of interest, visit: JMO's Genealogy Home Page.

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Oglesby Family Reunions

Visit the OglesbyFamily.net home page for a list of Oglesby-related family reunions.

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Oglesby/Ogilvie Lists

There are two email lists that discuss Oglesby/Ogilvie genealogy. To subscribe, click on one of the links below and place the word "subscribe" in the body of your message. To unsubscribe, do the same and place the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. The subject can be anything you wish.

Oglesby-L List

Ogilvie-L List

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Oglesby Genealogy sites:

• Vic Oglesby's Site with additional links
• Dennis W. Cuppy's Oglesby Site
• Em and Mike's Family Forest Page (Oglesby & Meriwether!)
• Kay Rockett's Ware Lineage Site
• Catherine Monticue's Oglesby Line

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  Gov. Richard Oglesby

  Perhaps the most notable Oglesby was Richard James "Uncle Dick" Oglesby, friend of Abraham Lincoln, governor of Illinois, US Senator. I have some information about his ancestors and descendants but need more details. Also, Oglesby, IL, was named for him. Here are some www sites I have found that relate to Uncle Dick:

• Gov. Richard James Oglesby - biographical info (from late 1880's?).
• Gov. Richard James Oglesby - biographical info.
• Gov. Richard James Oglesby - Civil War information
• A summary of Richard James Oglesby's career.
• Oglesby's involvement with the start of the Stars & Stripes newspaper.
• Oglesby's involvement with the Haymarket Massacre.
• Troop Movements of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, Col. Richard J. Oglesby commanding.

  The chapel at Oglesby's grave site:

  

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  Forfar, Scotland

  Family tradition and some genealogy & heraldry sources state that the Oglesby name came from the Forfar area of Scotland. When I first started playing with the World Wide Web several years ago, I did a search on Oglesby and obtained a cryptically named GIF, 'far_ogl.gif', which seems to depict a castle in a state of disrepair, perhaps near Forfar? Recent attempts to find the WWW page have failed, but I did save the GIF, shown below. If anyone knows the meaning of this castle and why it is related to the Oglesby name, please contact me!

accesses since 11 Feb 1997.