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From: "Dennis W. Wimer" <>
Subject: Re: [OHGREENE-L] Births Book
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:48:04 -0700


Nan,
You don't have any info on a Mary McClelland Born 1754 in PA and Married James
Brown or a Frances McClelland Born 1688.
some of the family move to Ohio.
Janet

Nan Brennan wrote:

> I already have a copy of the Greene County Births book and just wanted to
> let you know that I, too, have found it helpful. The information is keyed
> as to the source where it was found. One source is the various family
> files in the Greene County Room at the library in Xenia. I have been
> trying for years to pin down the parents of Catherine McCLELLAND who
> married Samuel BROMAGEN 10 Sept 1818 in Greene County. When I received my
> copy of the Births book @1988 I found that the birth of their son Thomas
> BROMAGEN 21 Feb 1821 was listed, and the source was the McClellan Family
> File. I was excited, and finangled the return trip on our next family
> vacation to go through Xenia so that I could have an hour or two to look at
> the file. I found the file, and was eagerly anticipating finding the
> reference, when I noticed some familiar handwriting on one of the sheets.
> Well, it was my own, from a group sheet I had sent in with a query
> previously, and it was the source for the information in the Births book.
> I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! But I was very pleased that the
> information had been included in the book, and that anyone else searching
> it out at a later date would have been able to get in touch with me.
>
> Nan Brennan

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