SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 CURRENT REPORT



                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 4, 1996


                           CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




          DELAWARE                    0-25196                  51-0110823
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File No.)    (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
     of incorporation)




                 814 Wheeling Avenue, Cambridge, Ohio 45725-0708
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (614) 432-5641






Item  2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

     On March 25, 1996,  Camco  Financial  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation
("Camco"),  and First  Ashland  Financial  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation
("First   Ashland"),   entered  into  an  Agreement   and  Plan  of  Merger  and
Reorganization (the "Agreement"), providing for the merger of First Ashland with
and into Camco (the  "Merger").  The  stockholders  of First  Ashland  and Camco
adopted the  Agreement  at Special  Meetings  held on September 20 and 23, 1996,
respectively.  The Merger was  approved by the Office of Thrift  Supervision  on
September 27, 1996, and became effective on October 4, 1996, at 11:59 p.m. Prior
to the  Merger,  First  Ashland  had been the  parent  holding  company of First
Federal Bank for Savings,  a federal  savings bank located in Ashland  Kentucky,
which became a subsidiary of Camco as a result of the Merger.

     In  accordance  with  the  terms  and  subject  to  the  conditions  of the
Agreement,  each of the  outstanding  shares of First Ashland  common stock were
canceled and  extinguished at the effective time of the Merger in  consideration
and exchange for $8.93736 in cash and 0.67492  shares of Camco common stock (the
"Per Share Merger  Consideration") and an appropriate fraction of $18.25 in cash
for any fractional  shares created.  At the effective time of the Merger,  there
were 1,463,039 shares of First Ashland issued and outstanding. The aggregate Per
Share Merger  Consideration  paid by Camco is  $13,170,801.36 in cash (including
payments  for  fractional  shares  created)  and 987,245  shares of Camco common
stock.

     At the effective time of the Merger,  the  outstanding  options for 138,050
shares of First  Ashland  common stock at an exercise  price of $14.25 per share
became  options for 160,772 shares of Camco common stock at an exercise price of
$12.24 per share.


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (a)  Financial  statements  of  First  Ashland  Financial  Corporation  are
incorporated by reference from previous filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as follows:

  *  Consolidated statements of financial condition as of September 30, 1995 and
     1994, and the related  consolidated  statements of  operations,  changes in
     stockholders'  equity  and cash  flows for each of the  three  years in the
     period  ended   September  30,  1995  along  with  related  notes  and  the
     Independent   Auditors  Report  are  incorporated  by  reference  from  the
     pre-effective  amendment  on Form S-4/A filed by Camco with the  Securities
     and Exchange Commission on August 1, 1996, at pages F-51 to F-69.

  *  Consolidated   statements   of  financial   condition  and  of  changes  in
     stockholders'  equity  as of June  30,  1996 and the  related  consolidated
     statements of  operations  and of cash flows for the nine months ended June
     30, 1996 and 1995,  along with related notes are  incorporated by reference
     from  the  Form  10-QSB  filed by First  Ashland  with the  Securities  and
     Exchange Commission on August 14, 1996, at pages 3 to 15.


     (b) Pro forma  financial  information  for the  Merger at, and for the nine
months ended,  September 30, 1996,  and for the year ended  December 31, 1995 is
included in Exhibit 99.2.

     (c) Exhibits - News  release of Camco dated  October 7, 1996 is included in
Exhibit 99.1.


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number          Description
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    99.1                News Release of Camco Financial Corporation dated
                        March 26, 1996

    99.2                Pro forma financial information at, and for the nine
                        months ended, September 30, 1996, and for the year
                        ended December 31, 1995.



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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                    CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION



                                    By:   Larry A. Caldwell
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                                          Larry A. Caldwell, President


Date:  February 5, 1997


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