EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society.

October is Family History Month — a time when exploring personal ancestry is encouraged.

Records that tie a person to previous generations have never been more accessible, thanks in part to the numerous online genealogy databases that are available to the public.

This was not always the case. It was once necessary for genealogists to travel to the land where their ancestors lived or hire a professional genealogist to complete research for them.

In Trumbull County, one woman delved extensively not only into her own past but into the pasts of hundreds of other people with familial ties to the area.

Grace Winnagle was a dedicated genealogist. She not only compiled

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