A visit to the Muskingum County Genealogical Society Library, the John McIntire Library and the Family History Center in Zanesville will be of help in tracing your ancestors. They have publications, microfilm, microfiche, and CD's of not only local records but of other areas as well. County Histories are a good source of information even though they are not a primary source accepted by lineage organizations such as DAR (Daughters of America Revolution), or First Families for example. Some of the county histories you will find are :
Everhart,1882; Goodspeed 1892;
Sutor
1906; Lewis 1927 (3 Volumes); Y-Bridge City by
Norris
Schneider 1950 and 1983; Muskingum County Annals by Jeff
Carskadden
and Morton; Early History of Zanesville by Jeff Carskadden
1986. This latter publication was originally a series
of newspaper articles by Elijah Hart Church which appeared
in
1874-1880 in the Zanesville Courier. Biographical information is
given
as well as articles of historic interest and photographs.
Also helpful
are:
Muskingum County Footprints by
Hargrove
and Yinger (9 Volumes) 1984-1988 which is a series of
Muskingum
County records, abstracts, and indexes, some of which
have
never been published. Death records, church records,
mortality
schedules, land transfers, census records, cemetery
inscriptions
and Declarations of Intention to name a few subjects
which
are covered.
| 1833 Plat Map - gives property owners |
| 1852
Plat
Map - gives property owners |
| 1866
Beers
Atlas of Muskingum County |
| 1875
Atlas
of Muskingum County |
| Census
records - 1820 thru 1930 Muskingum County, Ohio
counties
and various
states. |
| Newspapers
of Muskingum County area |
| Obituary
file - Began in 1960 but earlier ones are added as they
are
found |