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This blog is a place for me to post items of possible genealogical interest to anyone researching the surname BROWN in Ohio, and particularly in southeastern Ohio.  My second great grandfather was John BROWN, born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1815.  He appears in the 1850 U.S. Census in Washington County, and in later censuses he appears in Noble County.  He is my earliest known BROWN ancestor.  There were quite a few John Browns in Ohio at that time, making it especially difficult to trace the family prior to 1850.

I will be posting items with the surname BROWN as I come across them, whether or not I believe the people are related to me. I'm planning to focus on obituaries and other items I find in newspapers and directories.  The references may help someone sort out their BROWN ancestors.