Women’s Occupations Just Before the Civil War
They weren’t all teachers or washerwomen or servants. There were farmers and tavern keepers and even a couple of carpenters. Some women worked outside the home during the 19th century, […]
Researching Your Home’s History
[An earlier version was published in Leaves of Greene, Greene County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society newsletter, vol 23 no 5 (2002).] Xenia Herald, 10 Nov 1921 – “Xenia is without […]
Ohio Soldiers & Sailors Orphans Home 1869-1995
The American Civil War (1861-1865) left many men disabled in body and mind, or dead from wounds or disease, their widows with little to no support. Before the Ohio Soldiers […]
Black Soldiers from Greene County in the Civil War, 1863-1865
Catherine (Kidd) Wilson Originally published as “The 54th and 55th Regiments of Massachusetts Infantry” [Ohio Genealogical Society Report 34, no. 3 (1994): 139-149] and “History of the 127th O.V.I./5th U.S.C.T. […]
Swiss Families in Xenia, Ohio
Earlier version published in Ohio Genealogical Society Report 37:2 (1997) written and revised by Catherine Wilson, GCHS Sometime during the 1860s, a man named Pierre Pachoud and his wife Josephine […]
Research is All
The best part of my job is the research. There, I said it. Having visitors to tour the complex is fine, paying bills or performing custodial tasks is necessary, but […]
New Website!
Welcome to the new website of Greene County Ohio Historical Society. Located at 74 West Church St in Xenia, the museum consists of three buildings open to the public, plus […]