Catherine's Corner

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

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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

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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

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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

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