Historical News
THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE MORMON
CHURCH has micro-
filmed all military records of the
division of soldiers' claims of the Ohio
adjutant general's office. The
microfilmed records include grave regis-
tration data on Ohio veterans of all
wars in which Ohioans partici-
pated, rosters of Ohio soldiers in these
wars and indexes to the
rosters, original (hand-written) muster
rolls of the Ohio units in the
Civil War, records of payment to
"Squirrel Hunters," rosters of Ohio
National Guard organizations, 1875-1903,
and World War I service
record cards.
The microfilm may be viewed in the
office of the division of soldiers'
claims in the State House, and copies
may be purchased at $5.00 a
100-foot reel from Mr. Harold Jacobsen,
Coordinator, Microfilm Divi-
sion, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, 80 North Main,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Richmond D. Williams, formerly director
of the Wyoming Historical
and Geological Society in Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania, has been named
assistant director of the American
Association for State and Local His-
tory, which has its central office in
Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Williams
assumed his new post on May 1.
The Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion is offering
a research fellowship in American Jewish
history to a qualified graduate
student who wishes to pursue a
three-year program of study leading to
the Ph.D. degree in American Jewish
history. The fellowship carries
an annual stipend of three thousand
dollars. Inquiries should be ad-
dressed to Dr. Jacob R. Marcus,
Director, American Jewish Archives,
Cincinnati 20, Ohio.
The Franklin County Historical Society
has begun publication of a
four-page, illustrated History News
Letter. The News Letter will be
published in March, May, August, and
November. The society also
publishes Landmarks, a new
quarterly magazine devoted principally
to historical articles on Franklin
County.