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This collection of Ohio genealogical records refers to approximately 165,000 individuals and contains everything from vital records to the biographies that help bring your Ohio research to life. Based on marriage records, cemetery inscriptions, genealogies, censuses, biographical sketches, tax lists, newspaper abstracts, and vital records, it is the epitome of traditional genealogical source records. Not surprisingly, many of these records date from as early as 1787, when the Northwest Territory was opened to settlement, or from 1803, when Ohio became a state. It contains genealogies of families that migrated across the Ohio River and established the first settlements in the Northwest Territory, and it features, among a great many other records, the 1810 Ohio tax list, marriage records from parish and courthouse registers, cemetery inscriptions published originally in The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, and a roster of all Ohio soldiers in the War of 1812.

The CD consists of seven books originally published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, all of which can be searched by a single electronic name index. Pages from the various books are reproduced as images and they can be accessed in a number of convenient ways. The following are the books included on the CD:

*Ohio Valley Genealogies, by Charles A. Hanna
*Ohio Marriages, Extracted from The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, by Marjorie Smith
*Ohio Cemetery Records, Extracted from The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly
*Ohio Source Records, from The Ohio Genealogical Quarterly
*Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812
*Ohio County, Kentucky, in the Olden Days, by Harrison D. Taylor
*Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, by S. P. Hildreth

"EARLY OHIO SETTLERS, 1700s - 1900s is an excellent resource for anyone researching ancestors in that state. The software is easy to use and the information contained is first-rate."--Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. For Eastman's complete review, see his January 21, 2002 Newsletter.

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.