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I've hit a wall. . . . My Great grampa, Samuel Aulger, K63Z-8PV, was born 1 Feb 1834 in Mc Cutchenvi

User15899271832038640602
User15899271832038640602
May 20, 2020 edited August 16, 2024 in Search
I've hit a wall. . . . My Great grampa, Samuel Aulger, K63Z-8PV, was born 1 Feb 1834 in Mc Cutchenville, Wyandot, Ohio, United States. How do I find his birth record and names of parents in Wyandot county when the county was not even founded until 1845?

Samuel's 1902 death record and his Civil War records do not give names of her parents.

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  • AS B
    AS B ✭
    May 20, 2020

    I don't think you will find any type of "official" birth record by a government entity. Ohio and its existing counties were not recording births in 1834. Church records, marriage records, census records, land/property records, family bibles, wills/probate etc. could all lead to his parents' names however.

     

    Did Samuel Aulger have any siblings? If so, researching them may lead to more info as well.

     

    Maybe the Wyandot County Historical Society could help, too:

    https://www.wyandothistory.org/?page_id=4

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  • X24 MOM
    X24 MOM ✭✭✭
    May 20, 2020

    @Jackson Bo​ perhaps this place Mc Cutchenville was officially located in a different different county at the time of his birth? I don’t know the exact dates for the Ohio births and Christening index on familysearch.org but I’ve had lots of luck finding my ancestors Ohio family with that (by searching images). I’m curious, how do you know that was his birthplace? What are your sources? I’d be happy to help you research, if you’re comfortable sharing the vital info.

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  • User15899271832038640602
    User15899271832038640602
    May 24, 2020

    X24mom. . . . You are so kind. Thank you so much for your feedback. You are right about there being different Ohio County boundaries in 1834. I do not believe I looked at that fact for 20 years until now. Crawford county was south of Seneca county in 1834. There was no Wyandot county until 1845. You can see for yourself. Here's the link from a Google search:

    https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4070.fi000004/?r=0.66,0.276,0.17,0.082,0

    McCutchenville as his place of birth is listed on Samuel's 1902 Death record, attached as a source. You are welcome to look at his sources and to do some research in Ohio birth's and christening index records. I am not familiar with that resource. Samuel's vital informatin can be found in his Family Search ID --- K63Z-8PV.

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  • User15899271832038640602
    User15899271832038640602
    May 24, 2020

    Thank you for the quick reply. those are some great ideas. Yes, it appears he had several siblings who indicate being born in New York. I'll dive into those suggested areas and get more documents on the Aulger family. Thank you for your encouragement

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  • JeffWiseman
    JeffWiseman ✭✭✭
    May 24, 2020

    Jackson Bo, regarding the county boundary histories, here's a great site if you haven't seen it yet:

    https://www.mapofus.org/ohio/

     

    Go down to the Interactive Map of Ohio County Formation History Section and select the year you are interested in. It shows all of the boundary changes that year in both graphic and text. You can step forward or backward a "change year" at a time, or even set it to automatically play through all the changes.

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