THANKS TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR HELPING MAKE THE LAWRENCE REGISTER WHAT IT IS!!!!
This page is dedicated to the great people who make this website possible. I would like to say a big “THANK YOU” to all the wonderful volunteers who help me keep this site updated and fresh.
If you have helped me and your name is not listed, PLEASE let me know, I DON’T want to exclude anyone from the recognition they deserve. I have a lot of great things planned in the future! Remember this is YOUR site and if you want to help, please contact us. I would be GLAD to have you. I will send you material to type, along with instructions, there is no cost involved nor any pressure. I want this to be fun!
MEET THE VOLUNTEERS
- Don Ort, has spent countless hours typing wills, marriages, and census indexes and has given us lots of moral support.
- Norm Nussbaum, has been so great in keeping up the enormous task of updating the cemetery indexes. THANKS, NORM.
- Roy Haas, has helped us with formatting and lots of support. Be sure and check out his website.
- Bill Doughty, has helped by typing up census records and is a wonderful friend! What a wealth of information he has shared with me!!
- Tom Clutters, (deceased) has been our right-hand man with the cemeteries; answering emails and helping people find their ancestors!
- Barbara Madden, has typed up Narrow Escape stories for those who are interested in the Civil War. We met Barbara this past year-what a lovely person!!
- Joyce Knoch, has typed up several Narrow Escape stories of the Civil War!
- Jimmie Epling, has donated several wonderful articles on the Civil War page.
- Diane Sparling, who is helping us type numerous Narrow Escape Stories.
- Herma Deal, is working with misc. articles.
- Shirley Reed, has been transcribing several articles for the website.
- Elizabeth Burns, transcribed the 1867 births for the website.
- Henry S. Dillon, who has given us a wealth of information on the Dillon family and is never too busy to chat with us and encourages us to keep going! He is now working on the 1850 census index!
- Karen Carlyle, from Canada, is helping type narrow escape stories and anything else we can find!
- Debbie Meinhart, is helping with the narrow escape stories and several other info to help us out!
- Linda Adkins, is also helping with the narrow escape stories and other stories.
- Maxine Marshall, who has helped with the court indexes and census records!!
- Dan Norgard , who is helping type several cemeteries for us, working with Norm Nussbaum.
- Debbie Wedder is helping Norm Nussbaum type our cemetery files
- Jeanette Johnson , who is helping us type up misc. articles.
- Pam Huchison, [the “love my Cincinnati Reds” gal].
- Ethel Haines, has offered to submit some information she has.
- Lesli Christian, is transcribing various persons’ wills from Lawrence County, Ohio!
- Ken Clark, (deceased) from Texas, is a volunteer who has willingly shared several of his family files with us, and other material!
- Charlie Berry, has just joined our team and will be helping us with more census indexes!
- Mary Tighe, is helping us type up more court indexes from the journals.
- Jeff Hayes, submitted the Massie murder file!
- Frank Pratt, submitted Pratt family material!
- Heather Bowers is helping us with queries and working with us with USGenWeb!
- Rob Bower, alphabetized the 1830 census index for us so I could compile it into one page!
- James Burcham, has offered to help with numerous tasks!
- Lowell Pankake, has generously typed and coded some of his own family’s wills!
- Jim Earles, has also generously typed and sent us several of his family’s wills!
- Peggy Wells, is helping us type many interesting articles–Thanks Peg!!
- Tricia G. Lynch , submitted her Ballard family file.
- John Smith, submitted Bethel UM Church History.
- Lorna Marks, has volunteered to type misc. materials from numerous articles.
- Paul and Linda Lawrence , typed up the Union Township article.
- Brenda Wilson, is assisting us with typing articles.
- Mary Hill, who submitted info on James Ditty’s Civil War pension.
- Beverly Jones, who submitted Samuel Handley’s will and is typing up Will Books 12-14 Indexes.
- Michael Pearcy
- Ted Pack
- Don Compston, who submitted several photos of tombstones from W.D. Kelley Cemetery.
- Mack Gore, who submitted several pictures of the Kelley family.
- Kevin Pinson, has submitted the Wessel and Willis family articles.
- Clarence Lee, submitted Descendants of David Reed and Richard Clark from Lawrence County Ohio
- Kevin Pinson submitted several Willis obits and other articles.
- Beverly Jones typing various newspaper stories.
- Minnie Anderson submitted the Sultana story.
- Priscilla Newman also submitted the Sultana story.
- Emmett Conway submitted the Castleman stories.
- Carl T. Murdock submitted some of his family and many photos.
- Carol Wolf has helped with several stories.
- Kay Brown, submitted several military stories.
- Jill M. “Shattuck” Stafford, submitted the Shattuck family file.
- Betty Webb is our newest volunteer, typing numerous newspaper articles.
- Susan, who submitted the Adam Friel Will
- Larry & Mary Ann Corder, for submitting their Work on Martha Willis descendants.
- Ellen Gammon is typing the Health Dept. Indexes for us.
- Michael L. Brown, for submitting many pages to the Families, and for all of his hard work and dedication submitted: Cumpston, Filkins, Jenkins, Lambert, Martin, Miller, Nance, Platt.
- Sharon Kouns who helped with a lot of misc. files.
- Thelma J. Cooper submitted the McCoy murders.
- Mary E. Coss Staley sent in Gillett Family files.
- Christos Christou, Jr. for sending some of his family’s obituaries.
- Tom Keys submitted Keys Family Files.
- Sherry sent in Newton Family Bible.
- Annie Marie typed in many obituaries and submitted them.
- Cindy A. Friley sent in Friley Civil War material.
- Teresa Scott Scoggins sent in tombstone photos.
- Earl Shockley submitted Shockley files.
- Linda Cunningham Fluharty, sent in several obits.
- Brenda Rambacher Slone, also sent in several obits.
- Nancy Marks Baumgarner submitted several Gillett obits.
- Robert Kingery submitted St. Mary’s Baptism Records and more
- Richard Skinner sent Samuel Hunter Family
- Kurt Hibler typed the Lawrence Mill Explosion story
- Stephen H. Martin (deceased) helped with cemetery information.
- Ann Hunt sent misc. obits
- Jim Fathbruckner helped with marriage indexes
- Irene (Rose) Warner sent obits
- Gary C. Robertson added Hankins marriages
- Barbara Shea
- Ann Hunt
- Susan Alexander
- Melissa Girardot
- Dave Milem (deceased)
- Jean Grieson
- Tom Adkins
- Roberta Brumfield
- Sandra Nobles
- Ray Honaker
- Clarke Ketter
- Minnie Anderson
- Joyce Bradley
- Carolyn Hess
- Martha Sisler
- John Schweickart
- Vicki McCraken
- Larry McGuire
- Diane Gould Hall – She works tirelessly on our facebook group as an administrator in order to keep the community connected in a safe and friendly way. She also owns a website called The Michigan Trails that is a gold mind of genealogical information.