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LIBRARY:
The LCGS library is currently located at:
Newark Public Library (2nd floor)
101 W. Main Street
Newark, Ohio 43055-5054
(740) 349-5510
The library is open:
Tuesday and Thursday from 12 p.m.-4 p.m
Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 1-4 p.m.
See the LCGS Calendar of Events for library closings during Thanksgiving, Christmas and
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The library is open to the public. Additional information is available - click Here
CONTACT LCGS:
You can contact the LCGS by email by clicking on the email button: 
There are no original birth, death or will records prior to 1875 due to a court house fire. There are some marriages
and wills that were re-recorded, and we do have other records to check.
Members of the Library staff will answer all genealogical letters received, searching the library resources
at a fee of not less than $20.00 per surname and $0.25 per page (after 12) for research copy work, plus postage
or a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE).
Quick Look-up - A fee of $5.00 will be charged for a quick look-up (birth records, marriage records, obituaries,
probate records and historical books)
including up to 5 pages. $1.00 per page after 5.
Contact LCGS by email, postal mail or phone for more details. NOTE: L.C.G.S. is unable to return Long distance
calls.
Please indicate the extent of your own research (census, Cemetery records, etc.) and your descent from the person
you want us to research so your work will not be duplicated.
The staff is available only one day a week to do research and letter writing so response to requests cannot
be immediate.
Address inquiries to:
Licking County Genealogical Society
101 W. Main St.
Newark, Ohio
43055-5054
CONTACT LCGS OFFICERS, COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND LICKING LANTERN
STAFF:
You can contact any LCGS Officer, Committee Chairman or Licking Lantern Staff member listed below by email simply
by clicking on their name.
The person's name will show as the subject of the email - this will direct your email to the correct person.
Officers - Term from Feb., 2013 to Jan., 2015
President: Eydie Keim
Vice-President: William
Milbrandt
Treasurer:
Secretary: Vicki Henry
Immediate Past President:
Committee Chairmen
Cemetery Committee Chairman: Tanya
Myers
Court House / Records and Archives Liaison: Eydie
Keim
Education/Computer Committee Chairman: Ronna
Eagle
First Families of Licking County Committee Chairman: Marilyn
Norris
Historian: Lois Crouse
Librarian: Ruth Osborn
Membership Chairman: Bonnalee
Greenwald
Memorial Fund Chairman: Barbara
Urban
Pioneer Families of Licking County, Ohio Committee Chairman: Norma
Francis
Program Committee Chairman: William
Milbrandt
Publication Committee Chairman: Ella
Mae Bard
Records Room Committee Chairman: Don
Clary
Society of Civil War Families of Licking County Chairman: Kathy
Harty
Web Page Committee Chairman: Bill
Johns
Licking Lantern Staff
Lantern Committee:
Our Volunteers
Some of our present
Volunteers of the
Licking County Genealogical Society
(The Life Blood of our Society)
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Ron Bagent
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Vera Bagent
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Ella Mae Bard
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Vince Becker
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Larry Bicking
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Elizabeth Bicking
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Steve Carlson
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Doris Cerron
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Don Clary
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Shirley Cooperrider
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Terry Cooperrider
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Lois Crouse
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Ronna Eagle
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Norma Francis
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Bonnie Greenwald
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Melinda Greewald
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Kathy Harty
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Vicki Henry
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Carol Holdbrook
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Bill Johns
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Eydie Keim
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Lena Kent
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Sherry King
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Bill Milbrandt
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Tanya Myers
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Marilyn Norris
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Sarah Orr
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Dan Osborn
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Ruth Osborn
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Cindy Prince
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Robert Rauch
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Betty Rose
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Pat Rubeck
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Wilma Todd
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Barb Urban
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Carol Van Deest
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Marsha Watson
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Thank You for Volunteering.
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Your Name Could Be Here!
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HOLDINGS - A BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
For a more detailed list of holdings see the LCGS Library on the Licking County Research
web page by CLICKING HERE
Licking County, Ohio - We have County and Family Histories, Bible Records, Court Records, Cemetery Records,
Surname cards, 1820 Pioneer, Birth Record files, plus an extensive Obituary file. Many microfilms including 1820
thru 1920 Federal Census, Newspapers, Churches, Deed Index and more. Also Naturalization petitions and Declarations
of Intent.
State of Ohio - We have many Federal censuses, the index to Roster of Ohio Civil War Veterans on microfilm
and County Histories.
The Migration Routes of Our Licking County Pioneers - We have some material from the New England States,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and others including some Federal Census on Microfilm.
All Other Areas - We have access to the I.G.I. (International Genealogical Index File) through our Internet
Computer System. We have Quarterly Exchanges from many areas of the United States and books on Genealogical Research,
Immigration, Patriotic/Lineage Societies, Religion, and Wars to name a few.
NEW - Ohio Federal Census Microfilm
Holdings of L.C.G.S. Now Online
To Search much of the L.C.G.S. holdings and also the catalog of the Licking County Public
Library go to: http://www.lickingcountylibrary.info/
LICKING COUNTY, OHIO FORMATION AND TOWNSHIPS:
| Parent County |
Years |
County Seat |
| Washington |
1788-1798 |
Marietta |
| Ross |
1798-1800 |
Chillicothe |
| Fairfield |
1800-1808 |
Lancaster |
| Licking |
1808 |
Newark |
Township of Licking County, Ohio
| 1. Licking Township (organized 1801) |
14. Bennington Township (organized 1815) |
| 2. Granville Township (organized 1807) |
15. Harrison Township (organized 1816) |
| 3. Hanover Township (organized 1808) |
16. Burlington Township (organized 1817) |
| 4. Bowling Green Township (organized 1808) |
17. Mary Ann Township (organized 1817) |
| 5. Union Township (organized 1808) |
18. McKean Township (organized 1818) |
| 6. Newton Township (organized 1809) |
19. Hartford Township (organized 1819) |
| 7. Newark Township (organized 1810) |
20. Perry Township (organized 1819) |
| 8. Madison Township (organized 1812) |
21. Jersey Township (organized 1820) |
| 9. Monroe Township (organized 1812) |
22. Eden Township (organized 1822) |
| 10. Washington Township (organized 1812) |
23. Fallsbury Township (organized 1826) |
| 11. Franklin Township (organized 1812) |
24. Liberty Township (organized 1827) |
| 12. St. Albans Township (organized 1813) |
25. Lima Township (organized 1827) |
| 13. Hopewell Township (organized 1814) |
26. Etna Township (organized 1833) |
Township Created for Federal Tax purposes only
| Township Name |
Incorporated Area |
Year Created |
| Pataskala |
Pataskala |
1965 |
| Legend |
Newark |
1968 |
| Johnny Clem |
Heath |
1969 |
Licking County Township Map
Licking County Incorporated Cities and Towns - Date Incorporated
| Alexandria - 1839 |
Buckeye Lake - 1981 |
Granville - 1832 |
Gratiot - 1939 |
| Hanover - 1874 |
Hartford - 1866 |
Heath - 1965 |
Hebron - 1835 |
| Johnstown - 1813 |
Kirkersville - 1910 |
Newark - 1826 |
Pataskala - 1892 |
| St. Louisville - 1871 |
Utica - 1930 |
WANTED - VOLUNTEERS:
The Licking County Genealogical Library Staff, Officers and The Licking Lantern Staff
are all VOLUNTEERS. We have many more hard working valuable volunteers not listed above. We can always use MORE
volunteers especially to staff our library on Saturday afternoons. If you can spare a day a week or even a day
a month, please stop in or contact us by email at: LCGS to volunteer.
MEMBERSHIP:
Includes "The Licking Lantern"
Published Quarterly-March, June, September and December
Two free queries. Submit only on 3X5 card, with membership number to be published in "The Licking Lantern"
Please Type or Print Clearly.
For one (1) family (give full name), a free check from:
Ancestor Card File
Pioneer File
Obituary File
Additional Research: $20.00 donation per surname in advance. For more information about research see our Research web page.
We ask all new members to fill out and RETURN to LCGS the ORIGINAL ANCESTOR CHART
provided by LCGS in the new member kit.
Please Type or Print Clearly.
DUES:
January 1 - December 31
Single Membership $14.00
Joint Membership 1 publication $16.00
Delinquent January 1.
TO JOIN - Use the L.C.G.S.
Printable MEMBERSHIP FORM.
MEETINGS:
General Information about LCGS Regular Monthly Meetings.
Meetings are open to the public, you do not have to be a member of L.C.G.S.
Meeting at Newark Public Library are either in LCGS Library or First Floor Meeting Room.
Some meeting are also held at Zerger Hall, Licking County Aging Program facility, 745 East Main Street, Newark,
OH.
Other meetings may also be at remote locations check the L.C.G.S. Calendar.
January, February, March - First Sunday of the Month at 2:00 p.m.
April - Annual
Dinner Meeting - Place & Time To Be Announced.
May, June & July - First Monday of the Month at 6:30 p.m.
August -
Annual Picnic - First Monday of the Month - Place & Time To Be Announced.
September - Second
Sunday of the Month at 2:00 p.m.
October and November - First Sunday of the Month at 2:00 p.m.
December - Annual
Christmas Party - First Monday of the Month - Time and Place To Be Announced.
COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP (CIG):
GENEALOGY COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP
Next meeting: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 6 p.m. in the LCGS Library on the
2nd floor of
the Licking County Library, 101 West Main Street, Newark, OH.
Due to a renewed interest in Genealogy and Computers, we are going to resurrect
the Computer Interest Group.
For more information contact Ronna Eagle at (740) 344-1724 or email Ronna Eagle or Eydie
Keim
at L.C.G.S.
FIRST FAMILIES OF LICKING COUNTY, OHIO:
If you have any ancestor who was in Licking County, Ohio by 31 Dec., 1830 and you are
a member of LCGS, you are eligible (one time fee $20.00) for membership in this honorary group.
Check our list of First Families of Licking County Certified Ancestors.
Application forms available through LCGS
See Application for deadline.
For more information contact: First Families of Licking County Committee Chairman: Marilyn
Norris
SOCIETY OF CIVIL WAR FAMILIES OF LICKING COUNTY, OHIO:
For more information see:
SOCIETY OF CIVIL WAR FAMILIES Of LICKING COUNTY, OHIO
DONATIONS:
LCGS WELCOMES DONATIONS! - We reserve the right to
decide what material is appropriate. All donations are tax deductible!
GENEALOGY CLASSES:
Ronna Eagle,
LCGS Education/Computer Committee Chairman.
PIONEER FAMILIES OF LICKING COUNTY:
Help us find the Pioneer Families of Licking County
For more information CLICK HERE
HISTORY:
The Licking County Genealogical Society was formed 14 March, 1970 and became a Chapter
of The Ohio Genealogical Society, 15 April, 1972. The First Issue (Volume #1) of the Licking Lantern, the quarterly
publication, was published 1976.
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