Last updated: September 2026
Brick Walls & Buckeyes ("we," "us," "this site") respects your privacy. This page explains what information is collected when you visit brickwallsbuckeyes.com, how it's used, and the choices you have.
Information You Provide Directly
The Contact page includes a form that opens your own email client and sends a message directly to us at brickwallsbuckeyes@mail.com. We do not store, sell, or share the contents of that message beyond responding to you. If you email us directly, the same applies: your message is used only to respond to your question or request.
Comments and the Ohio Brick Walls Board
When you post a blog comment, a reply, or a brick wall on the Ohio Brick Walls board, we store what you submit (your name, email address, and the text of your post, including any ancestor name, county, and years you enter) in a database hosted by Cloudflare. Every post is reviewed before it appears. Your name and post are shown publicly once approved; your email address is never displayed and is used only if we need to contact you about your post. To help block spam, we also keep a one-way scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address, not the address itself. We do not sell or share this information. To have a post removed, email brickwallsbuckeyes@mail.com.
Please post information about deceased ancestors only, and do not include details about living people.
Cookies and Advertising
This site displays ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. This may include personalized advertising unless you opt out.
- You can learn more about how Google uses this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings, or through aboutads.info/choices if you're outside the U.S.
- Most browsers let you block or clear cookies directly in your browser settings, which will also limit ad personalization on this site.
Embedded YouTube Video
Many pages on this site embed videos hosted on YouTube. When you play an embedded video, YouTube (operated by Google) may set its own cookies and collect data according to its own privacy policy, separate from this site. We do not control that data collection. You can review Google's policy at policies.google.com/privacy.
Links to Other Websites
Our county research guides and Resources page link out to third-party sites — county government offices, libraries, historical and genealogical societies, and services like FamilySearch, Find A Grave, and Chronicling America. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content or privacy practices. Please review the privacy policy of any site before sharing personal information with it.
Children's Privacy
This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time as the site grows. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date at the top.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to brickwallsbuckeyes@mail.com.