A Couple More "Golden Gems" from Google Books

I came across this lovely 1940 description of Sandusky while I was on a search for something else! The view in the engraving pictured above is from the Marblehead Lighthouse, facing south towards the city of Sandusky. The article about Sandusky from the book entitled Ohio: The Ohio Guide, by the Federal Writers' Project,(available at Google Books) continues with this paragraph:








Another item that I accessed via Google Books is this partial listing of Revolutionary War soldiers who are buried in Erie County. This listing comes from A STANDARD HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY, by Hewson L. Peeke.





















Go to Google Books to read the article in its entirety. Check Google Books for full text articles about the history of the counties in the states where your ancestors resided.

Searching for Julius House at Google Books

Julius House is an ancestor on my great grandfather's maternal line. He was an early settler in Erie County, Ohio, and he is buried in Perkins Cemetery. I accidentally stumbled upon more details about his life when I was researching someone else in Google Books.

In the book A WESTERN PIONEER, OR, INCIDENTS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REV. ALFRED BRUNSON, available full text online, I came across this vivid description of my ancestor’s faith and devotion as a leading layman in the Perkins Methodist Church in the early years of the nineteenth century in the Firelands.



(Note: The last name House is misspelled Houre in this passage, but the name of Julius House is correctly spelled in the listing of topics for Chapter 10.)

In a report of Ohio Supreme Court Decisions, I read about a court case in which Julius House disagreed with John Beatty over a land contract. Names of the lawyers, the judge, neighbors of the House family, and details giving key dates and a description of improvements made on my ancestor’s land were all given in this case. A portion of the case summary appears below:


I encourage you to go to Google Books and search for your ancestors. You may be pleasantly surprised!