Genealogy discussion

Hi everyone. I'm a true genealogy addict. I have been shaking my tree for 28 years now, and have been hit by several branches through the years. I have 67 surnames of interest but my favorite families to research are my southeastern Ohio ancestors. I feel as if I 'know' them and their neighbors just by researching in the same area for so long. I'm interested in what's going on in the world and their community during the time frame that I'm researching. What's so funny about this was that I hated history in school and now I wished I had paid more attention! Happy searching!

South Eastern Ohio, eh? Name names. Name places. Name time periods. And if you'd rather send me this in a private message through my profile -- please.

I have South Eastern and South Western OH both and several lines in each and some in both areas.
Have little time for genie right now but am chomping at the bit to get back at it after too long away from it. LOVE the history aspect of it as you point out.

Okay, but remember you asked for it! I stomp around in Vinton, Athens, Gallia, Morgan and Guernsey counties. Surnames are Zinn, Blore, Pierce, McDaniel, Malone, Wiseman. I have many affiliated families as well. Can't get enough information to satisfy. As you know one answer leads to 10 more questions! Time period back to before statehood. Who/what/when/why and how are you looking????

Smith -- two different ones on the maternal lines and one on my paternal lines -- Gardner, Hoppess, Hysell, Hubbell, Caldwell, Little, and Bellows. Mercer, Perkins, Sells and Barrett.

Counties -- Meigs, Gallia, Washington, Vinton. Belmont. Guernsey.

My Smith and Hubbell lines go back to the Blockhouse at Marietta and then to New England but there's a scramble in the lines and I've yet to find the way to untangle things. I did however see their names on the list of people living there when we visited the site and the museum there in 2004 -- that was quite an experience.

Paternal lines I have some back into New Jersey in the 1790's with births there as early as 1730's and back to Mainz, Germany. But as yet I've not been able to locate documentation for each step.

Then there's the other corner with Brown, Clermont and Darke and Butler. Names there include Thompson, Berger, Ingle, Gardner, Little and a bunch more that I've lost track of in the time I've been away from my research.

I also am researching g. mother Caldwell in or around Vinton. I have not had much luck with this line. I'm pretty sure I have a g. mother in the Perkins line as well. I'll check on the particulars and let you know. My husband has Smith line that someone in his family has done extensive work on, but it is out of Michigan.