Switzer Families :: Index to Posts

An Index Post is how I keep track of all of the blog posts that have been written on a family line. It helps keep me organized and allows visitors to easily find information on that family. This post will be updated as new blog posts are written on the family. Please contact me at kinexxions@gmail.com if you are researching this family or have additional information on them.

Jacob and Catharine (Brinker) Switzer are my 4th great grandparents. I am descended through their daughter Elizabeth who married Jacob Yarian. For years I “put off” researching this family, primarily because there was more than one man by the name of Jacob Switzer residing in Columbiana County, Ohio at the same time. In fact there were four men by that name living there at various times in the 1810-1860 time period.

In May 2011 I was fortunate to be able to spend several weeks researching at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It was with what was found there that I began to unravel the threads of the various Switzer families in Columbiana County, Ohio. The four families are:

1. Jacob Switzer, born February 28, 1761 and died October 27, 1841. His wife was named Elizabeth (maiden name possibly Hoke and possibly married February 19, 1786).
2. Jacob Switzer, born January 4, 1788 and died November 2, 1859. He married Catherine “Caty” Brinker on February 26, 1811. [This is my family.]
3. Jacob Switzer, born December 25, 1794 and died August 29, 1849. He married Polly Skelton January 11, 1816. He is in Columbiana County by 1817 and is gone by 1830.
4. Jacob Switzer, born November 8, 1788 and died March 25, 1859. His wife was Catharina Mummert. He appears in Columbiana County in 1830.

Below are the posts that have been written thus far on the Switzer Families of Columbiana County, Ohio. Posts specific to "my" Switzer family will be found below this first section.

• They were Shouting “Hey! What About Me?”  - - June 20, 2011 - - A brief overview of my previous research on the Rupert and Switzer families of Columbiana County, Ohio

• The Three Jacob Switzers - - July 11, 2011 - - Identifies the three men named Jacob Switzer, and their wives, through cemetery records.

• The Ups and Downs of On-Site Research - - July 22, 2011 - - Researching on-location in Columbiana County, Ohio

• Not One, Not Two, Not Three, but Four of Them! - - July 31, 2011 - - A compilation of Land Records, Tax List Records, and Census Records used to “sort out” and distinguish the various Jacob Switzer families in Columbiana County.

• Switzer Family Number 4 :: Jacob G. and Catharina - - August 07, 2011 - - Discusses the Estate File of Jacob G. Switzer and potential members of his family.

• Switzer Family Number 3 :: Jacob and Polly - - August 08, 2011 - - Information on the known children of this Jacob Switzer. Names of heirs obtained from a Deed Record.

• Switzer Family Number 2 :: Jacob and Catharine - - August 11, 2011 - - A compilation of information on the families of the four heirs of Jacob Switzer: Elizabeth Yarian, Barbara Manaweck, Rebecca Buchecker, and Susan Deemer.

• Switzer Family Number 1 :: Jacob and Elizabeth :: Sale of Land - - August 12, 2011 - - In 1832 Jacob and Elizabeth sold their land in the NE ¼ R3 T15 S25 (Salem Twp), which Jacob had received by Patent in 1808. There were specific provisions made in the mortgage that I thought were interesting.

• Switzer Family Number 1 :: Jacob and Elizabeth - - August 12, 2011 - - Discusses the potential children of Jacob and Elizabeth. Jacob left no will and no probate record was found for him creating a bit of a puzzle regarding the makeup of his family.

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Jacob and Catherine (Brinker) Switzer - my 4th great grandparents

• One Switzer Family in Columbiana County – Mine! - - July 10, 2011 - - Analyzes the information from a biography of Jacob Yarian and one of his son Jonathan Yarian to determine its validity.
• The Estate of Jacob Switzer :: Executors Bond - - July 12, 2011
• The Estate of Jacob Switzer :: Widow's Allowance - - July 17, 2011
• The Estate of Jacob Switzer :: Notes Due the Estate - - July 18, 2011
• The Estate of Jacob Switzer :: Sale Bill - - July 19, 2011
• The Estate of Jacob Switzer :: Amounts Paid to the Estate - - July 20, 2011
• The Estate of Jacob Switzer :: Final Account - - July 21, 2011 - - Among other things the final account names the heirs who received a distribution from the estate.
• Switzer Family Number 2 :: Jacob and Catharine - - August 11, 2011 - - A compilation of information on the families of the four heirs of Jacob Switzer: Elizabeth Yarian, Barbara Manaweck, Rebecca Buchecker, and Susan Deemer.

Originally posted on July 30, 2011. Last updated on August 13, 2011.Post date adjusted December 29, 2012 so that when a search for the surname is done on the blog this post will appear first the search list.