A way for our visitors to help ACHS

Since many of our pages here have been the same for many years we have decided to ask our visitors to help with any stories or other information about the history (NOT genealogy please) of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Please make sure that anything you wish to send us is about something more than 100 years old, particularly from the 1800's or before.

This has already happened, since a visitor living in Rome Township emailed me to say that his mother (or grandmother?) had written a book about the township she lives in and is so proud of. This was put into the Rome Township page as soon as it was ready. I'd be glad to get any other articles about YOUR township, village or city to consider! Please email any different information you have from the Contact page. It may take some time for us to review it and place it in the right place on the website. We will be glad to notify contributors when their item(s) are published to the ACHS website, and which page it is on.

Thank you, Ted Quick  ACHS Webmaster

Ashtabula County History Book 

​We were given a PDF file of scans made of the book "History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, by Williams, W. W." (printed in 1878) by our friends at the Platt R Spencer Historical Society in Geneva. This has been redone so that it is possible to do word searches on your computer, phone or tablet. That will help people find just the exact thing they are looking for in Ashtabula County history between it's founding and 1878. Most computers now have PDF readers on them, which may be built into your Chrome, Firefox or Edge browser. If not you can download a free Adobe Acrobat Reader program from.

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This was a HUGE PDF file, since it contained 415 pages, it has been split into 2 parts. Downloading both will take a fairly long time. Please click BELOW to download it.

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Once you have it there you can search for any word or phrase by holding down the CTRL key and hitting the F key to Find what you need. You may get any number of items which you can then scroll through until you find what you need. You can also use Ctrl C to copy them to use in an editor to collect all that you want. Once there use Ctrl V to place them where needed.

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Become a member and support local history

Join the society and become a member of the team of volunteers and history lovers who are helping us save the stories and historic properties of Ohio's largest county. Memberships start at just $18 a year for individuals. They make great gifts and members receive our newsletters. The form can be downloaded and mailed, along with payment, to: 

Ashtabula County Historical Society

P.O. Box 36 

Jefferson, Ohio 44047

Phone number: 866-533-3277

Bliss and Tragedy Books now available again

On a bitter cold night in late December, 1876, a passenger train fell into the Ashtabula River gulf, killing nearly 100 passengers and crew and injuring dozens more. It was the worst American rail disaster up to that time.

The second printing of the book "Bliss and Tragedy, The Ashtabula Railway Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P.Bliss" tells the story of this tragedy through a series of essays. The book is edited by the late Dr. Thomas Corts. Cost of this soft cover book (second edition) is $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping. 

Purchase in the gift shop of The Lodge and Conference Center at GOTL, pick up at the Jennie Munger Gregory Memorial Museum in GOTL or send a check to: 

ACHS

P.O. box 36, 

Jefferson, OH 44047

ACHS Collection Management

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ACHS Collection Management

Norma Waters

Barrie Bottorf

Judy Pallutch

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Giddings Law Office

Norma Waters (Chairman)

Kari Roberts

Blakeslee Log Cabin

Barrie Bottorf (Chairman)

Dan Hill

Susan Hill

Nominating Committee

Judy Pallutch  (Chairman) ​

Barrie Bottorf

​Newsletter​

Susan Hill

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ACHS Headquarters 

Judy Pallutch (Chairman/Research)

Cameron Hartly

Dan Hill

Susan Hill

John Hnath​

Margie Millikan

Jennie Munger Gregory and

Officers for the Ashtabula County Historical Society for 2020:

President Greg Kocjancic

Vice Presidents

Susan Hill, Al Slater or John Johnson 

Past President David Lepard

Secretary Amanda Briggs de Lavini

Treasurer & Membership

Courtney Johnson

Museum Chairpersons:

Giddings law Office: Dave Martin

Blakeslee Log Cabin: Allen Slater

Jennie Munger Museum: 

Lynn Cummings, Rhonda, Judy Pallutch 

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Committee Chairmen

Library Helper: Susan Hill

Events/Facebook: Courtney and John Johnson

Blakeslee: Barrie Bottorf , Allen Slater, Dan Hill

Jennie Munger: Judy Pallutch, Dan and 

Susan Hill

UELN Partnership: Bob and Bonnie Thompson

Long Range Planning/Financial Stabilization: John Johnson, Susan Hill, Norma Waters

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Trustees:

Barrie Bottorf         Courtney Johnson

​John Johnson                      Dan Hill

Susan Hill                      John Hnath

Dave Lepard                 Judy Pallutch

Allen Slater                Bob Thompson

Norma Waters                Keri Wetzel

 Bob Thompson

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Trustees' meetings are now the third Tuesday of each month at

Jefferson Healthcare at 6pm.

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Email: ashcohs@gmail.com

Website: http://www.ashtcohs.com

​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashtcoh

Century Home Program

  John Johnson,

  Courtney Johnson, 

  Amanda Briggs de Laviini,

  David Martin 

  and Susan Hill

Curators 

Giddings: Dave Martin; 

Jennie: Lynn Cummings

Blakeslee: Al Slater

Advisory Committee: 

    Judy Pallutch, 

    Barrie Bottorf, 

    Sandy John, 

    Ted Quick

Inventory  

    Olivia Beeb and Susan Hill    

Erosion/$75,000 Capital Budget Grant:

    Greg Kocjancic, 

    Susan Hill and Committee