Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
This State is Available for Adoption
Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for
the free use of all researchers.
We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project
be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim.
(Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data
is required)
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NOTICE:
We regret that our Ohio host Sharon Wick has decided to resign from Genealogy Trails. We also deeply regret that
she chose to remove all the data that you researchers have contributed to these sites.
We'll be rebuilding the sites from our server backups, and hopefully we'll be as good as new again. Unfortunately,
the data that Sharon contributed will not be included on these sites since she has chosen to revoke her permission
to display it.
The rest of our Ohio hosts are continuing to work on their sites and are committed to continuing to make these
sites the best they can be.
If you have data you would like to see displayed on these sites, email Kim.
OHIO was admitted to Statehood on March 1, 1803. It was the first state admitted to the Union under the Northwest
Ordinance.
Ohio's State Flag was adopted in 1902.
The Ohio Burgee, as the swallowtail design is properly called, was designed by John Eisemann. The large blue
triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent the original states of the union; the 4
stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the union. The
white circle with its red center not only represents the "O" in Ohio, but also suggests Ohio's famous
nickname, "The Buckeye State".
The origin of state's name was from the Iroquois Indian word for "good river".
Native Americans in today's Ohio included the Shawnee, Iroquois, Miamis, and Wyandots
Eight U.S. presidents hailed from Ohio at the time of their elections, earning the state the nickname of "Mother
of Presidents". The seven presidents born in Ohio were Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield,
Benjamin Harrison (grandson of William Henry Harrison), William McKinley, William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding
(William Henry Harrison lived most of his life in Ohio, though he was born in VA)
The Capitol of Ohio is COLUMBUS, Franklin Co., Ohio
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