This site is dedicated to my Grand-ma, Mary Elizabeth VanDeGrift Holeton. She 
was the kindest, most wonderful person I ever knew.
I will have to give credit to my cousin Harold Apple for a lot of the 
information on my VanDeGrifts.
For all intents and purpose, I am using the 
spelling "VanDeGrift" for the  VANDEGRIFT's , as used by my Grandma and her 
immediate 
family.   My uncle John had started on the 
Holeton/Holten/Holton side, but with the children being sent to the orphanage 
at such young ages, there is very little information on them, but I am going to 
keep on trying...........I am following every lead  as they become available to 
me, so be patient.If any one recognizes any of the names I have been able to 
find in my family and you think you may have some information, no matter how 
trivial you think it may be, please contact me....my e-mail address is on the 
site. Have fun, enjoy, and let me know what you think. I welcome any and all 
constructive information and critisism.Also, I will do any look-ups for any one 
if you need help in the ohio area.I will do what I can , as best I can, but 
mostly in the Darke, Shelby, Logan, Champaign and Miami county area.  Happy 
Digging!!!!!!
 Just so there is no confusion, as I get ANY information on the 
HOLETON,HOLTEN,HOLTON names, I will add it to my webpage. This is not to say 
that the people I am adding are my relatives,MOST will be, and so far, all are 
my relatives, but I have an awlful lot of information that I came across, 
during my search that IS NOT my direct line, and rather than waste the 
information, I will share it. I just want this to be a place where any one 
searching the names can come and hopefully find a connection. If you veiw this 
and 
see some one you think may be your connection, and you want to contact the 
person I 
got the information from, I will e-mail asking their permission for the 
contact.I am currently adding all the burials located at Forest Hill,, 
Johnston, and Cedar Hill cemeterys(located in Piqua, Miami county Ohio.and 
phtographing all headstones and markers onto Findagrave.com The link is added 
below. I have a few for the Houston Cemetery(Shelby county)That project will be 
finished at a later date. I am concetrating on the ones in Piqua first. If you 
look at my CAMPBELL's, you may notice a small "m)" or a small "d)" beside some 
of the dates. That is mostly for me. I have CAMPBELLs on both my Father and 
Mothers sidesso the "m" and the "d" are for me so I dont confuse myself.