Climbing Your Hoosier Family Tree Issue #4, April/May 2000

Civil War Site of the Month

Did you have a relative in the 12th Indiana Cavalry? Russell Poole has a site devoted to the history of the 12th Indiana, a unit with ties to the St. Joseph County area. The site can be found http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4957/12thcav.html .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Traveling to Indiana? Do you have any interest in old time railroads? How about shopping for Amish crafts? Metamora, Indiana on Highway 52 has both and a lot more. To see what all is available, please visit http://the-mid-west-web.com/metamora.htm . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Websites Worth Checking Out! For adding some background to a family tree, here's a site that when you enter a year, it will give you major as well as less important events to put things in perspective...AND, it's free! Visit http://www.ourtimelines.com and see what you can use.

Back by popular demand, here's one to bookmark for sure...the genealogy section of the Indiana state library: Indiana genealogy

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're familiar with the Golden Rule, right, where we are encouraged to treat others as we would like to be treated? Here's the genealogical equivalent... Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. These are volunteers who offer to help with look-ups, obtain photographs of tombstones, etc...to volunteer your help or ask for some assistance, please visit here and let the kindness continue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you looking for an alternative to spending time waiting for census films to arrive at your local Family History Center? Here's one option for you then...various census records are online now, with more being added as available. To see if your missing puzzle piece is online, visit here.

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Tombstone Dating Tips This info has made the rounds of various genealogy lists, thanks to the person(unnamed)who it put it together and passed it along. "One way to help find the era your ancestor was buried is to examine the material from which the tombstone is made. If your ancestor has a stone made of slate or common fieldstone(except wood used by pioneers), chances are the stone dates from 1796-1830. If the stone is flat-topped hard marble, dates are about 1830-1849. If the "mystery" stone is round or pointed soft marble with cursive inscriptions, look for a date of 1845-1868. Masonic four-sided stones began in 1850 and are still in use today. Pylons, columns, and all exotic-style monuments are usually dated 1860-1900. Zinc monuments date from 1870 to 1900. Granite, now common, came into use about 1900. If the writing is too faded to read, use a 75 watt black light bulb in any lamp that casts light directly on the written message. The writing will miraculously appear."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Library of the Month If you're planning a research trip to the Hoosier state, on the East side of the state off of Interstate 40, you'll find Richmond, home of Earlham College. Earlham is the home of the Friends Collection at the Lilly Library. Phone #(317) 983-1511 for hours. The Quakers were excellent record keepers, maybe some of your ancestors are included in their information? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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