Research Queries

PRIVATE/EXTENSIVE RESEARCH

If you are interested in private, extensive research within Jefferson County, Ohio, you may contact the Jefferson County Chapter, OGS at the following:

P O Box 2367
100 Fernwood Road
Wintersville, Ohio 43953

Email: jeffersoncounty1@att.net

Phone: 740-346-2820

Please put Attn: Kitty Kutchmark - Research Queries.

Note: EXTENSIVE RESEARCH would include many various sources and records within Jefferson County and may include neighboring counties/states as well for more in-depth research.

CHAPTER RESEARCH
There is a $25.00 Query Research Fee for each surname searched.

HOW TO - Researchers will not conduct searches over a wide range of time that include many family members and/or generations. The researcher may contact you in regards to conducting a more extensive research, at which time you may be asked to submit an additional fee. The query person has the choice if they would like the researcher to conduct a more extensive search.

Click here to fill out your Research Query Form

HELPING HINTS - RECOMMENDED READING:

1. STICK to a specific family (surname) in a specific time period.
2. BE SPECIFIC when requesting a search, which would include known information such as: full names, dates, locations, and other pertinent information, when known.
3. RESULTS - Include what specific results you are seeking. For example select from this list:
   • Seeking death date
   • Seeking marriage date
   • Seeking family relationship
   • Seeking parents
   • Seeking land & deed records
   • Seeking church affiliation
   • Seeking birth date, etc.
   
   SOURCES FOR PRIVATE CHAPTER QUERIES - The sources researchers use come from ALL of the Chapter publications and may also include various Schiappa Public Library (Ohio Genealogy Research Dept.) and also the Jefferson County Historical (Vivian Snyder) Library sources. Please be aware of the fact that when you request the Schiappa Library or Historical Library to do a search, you may be limiting your results to just the records they have available. We seek out from all of these various repositories in Jefferson County, Ohio.