Climbing Your Hoosier Family Tree
Volume 1, Issue 3 March 2000

Welcome to the 3rd issue of the e-zine, hope you're finding some new angles for researching your Hoosier ancestors. Thanks to all those who have volunteered to help with look-ups; if you'd like to be listed as a look-up volunteer please click on the e-mail link at the bottom of the page and tell me what sources you can do utilize for look-ups. Now, let's get on with learning about our ancestors! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hoosiers in History If I asked you who the "Hoosier Poet" was, would you know? Odds are if you went to grade school in Indiana that term would sound familiar to you. Does the poem "Little Orphant Annie" or "When the Frost is on the Punkin'" ring a bell? No?? Then you need to check out the James Whitcomb Riley site! James Whitcomb Riley is revered as the Hoosier Poet; his birthplace is in Greenfield IN(in Hancock County, the next county east from Indianapolis) and the town celebrates him with an annual celebration of "Riley Days". Please feel free to brush up on your Riley at Tom William's informative site. And...if you're going to central Indiana to do research, you might want to include a visit to Greenfield and visit the old homestead! Note from Cathy- if you would like a book of Riley's poems, I can recommend "The Best of James Whitcomb Riley", edited by Donald C. Manlove, published by Indiana University Press.

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Civil War Site of the Month A site devoted to the 70th Indiana Volunteer Regiment is maintained by Pete Ross, and also has plenty of other Civil War links. To visit, please click http://www.frontier.net/~pmross . Pete has designed a very useful, informative site...if you're working on Civil War veterans, please check it out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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1. I can do look-ups from Wilson's History of Dubois County Please write Byron Brown for assistance.

2. I have a copy of "Early Settlers of Indiana", listing land deeds and War of 1812 muster lists for Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, and parts of Franklin and Wayne Counties, willing to do look-ups. Please write Judie.

3. I can do look-ups from the 1870 IN census index...note that only heads of households, women over 70 and memberes of households with different last names are listed; gives census reel and page# for future research. Please contact Donna.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Online Family Trees DeHority Connections Jacob and Solomon Neukom/Neuchom Brown-Baker Family Genealogy Website McAnally Home Page Foddrill Family Frisz Family Home Page Gill Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

***More helpful sites to check out*** A useful Civil War database is available at Civilwardata.com. Although the full database can only be accesssed by subscription, the basic personnel records can be searched free of charge.

The Indiana State Archives maintains records of Indianapolis and Marion County employees from 1890 to 1926, and they made a list of names available on their web site, ai.org. The list may not be complete, but it's a starting point.

Nancy Hendrickson publishes AncestorNews, a free electronic newsletter for Internet genealogists. For more info, visit Ancestor News.

Kathy Huish would like folks to know about her site with various Indiana genealogy resources...you can visit it here and get some help on your brick wall ancestor!

If you'd like to get some help on maps relating to you families, try Topozone and enjoy getting a feel for where your family lived.

Are you needing to find details on someone buried at Crown Hill in Indianapolis? Here's a site that might be of interest to you: Crown Hill Cemetery

A site that focuses on the early families of Spencer and Warrick Counties can be found here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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"Climbing Your Hoosier Family Tree" © 2000 by Cathy Hawkins