Someone sent this address to me. Thought it might be some use to all of you out there. http://wwwhighsone books.com/ They have copies of the Adams Co. books for sale and many others including surname genealogies. Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 10:21 PM Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #35

Steven, I doubt it. I have tried that at the county level, in Indiana, and been shot down. They don't want to take a lot of time searching so you, generally, have to be accurate to within a month or so. Norman Runyon Steven Whitright wrote: > Hi-- > > Will IN's State Dept. of Health search for a death certificate/record > within a 20-year time span, and if so, do one of you out there know how > much it will cost me for the search? If they won't do such a search, > will they let someone come in and look for the information? And might > there be someone reading this who'd be willing to do this, gratis or for > a fee? Thank you for any useful help! > > -- > Steven J. Whitright > Melbourne, Florida > mailto:stevnwil@scci.net > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ====

Hi-- Will IN's State Dept. of Health search for a death certificate/record within a 20-year time span, and if so, do one of you out there know how much it will cost me for the search? If they won't do such a search, will they let someone come in and look for the information? And might there be someone reading this who'd be willing to do this, gratis or for a fee? Thank you for any useful help! -- Steven J. Whitright Melbourne, Florida mailto:stevnwil@scci.net

Hi all, I have a new Runyon family website. It is located at: http://www.norman.runyon.com It has the ancestry of John Runyon, III who settled in Hartford Township in Oct 1841, as well as his children & known grandchildren. More will be added as time permits. It is a rather plain site, right now, but I will jazz it up later. Hope some of you find it useful. Norman Runyon

Another source of death records, if you have a date, and need proofs are the furneal homes. Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 4:21 PM Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #34

Well, seems to me like you almost answered part of your own question. There is no place to "write" for the death record that never existed. But, there, indeed, are other avenues for you. There are newspapers. There are graveyards and records of graveyards. There are mortuary records. There are wills and estate administrations. There are county histories. In short, there are several possibilities to establish death dates before the keeping of official records. Once you get back beyond the 1870s you will need to be enterprising because such things as death records just do not exist. I hope this helps a bit. Louie -----Original Message----- From: snowbird [SMTP:snowbird@sugar-river.net] Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 12:53 PM To: INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INADAMS-L] Some Adams Co. Research Question Hi Rooters, I'm one of these unhappy people who just seems unable to make any progress on my research.....or at least not enough to notice. So here's a question. How does one go about finding a death record when the death probably occurred before the state required all deaths to be recorded? And, in the unlikely event the death actually was recorded, how does one find out about it when one does not know when that death occurred. I mean, I can't write to the.....what is it?.......Health Department?......and ask them to research all of their records between 1891 and 1908. Any hints on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my inquiry about finding death records. You all sent some very good hints. Julie

Richard, That is something that I could use but where do I find them? Norman Runyon Richard Scheimann wrote: > Another avenue are church records of burials. Church registers > often go back to the 1850's in Adams County, and may list the > cause of death as well as some information about survivors. > > Richard Scheimann > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ====

Another avenue are church records of burials. Church registers often go back to the 1850's in Adams County, and may list the cause of death as well as some information about survivors. Richard Scheimann

Hi Rooters, I'm one of these unhappy people who just seems unable to make any progress on my research.....or at least not enough to notice. So here's a question. How does one go about finding a death record when the death probably occurred before the state required all deaths to be recorded? And, in the unlikely event the death actually was recorded, how does one find out about it when one does not know when that death occurred. I mean, I can't write to the.....what is it?.......Health Department?......and ask them to research all of their records between 1891 and 1908. Any hints on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

A great idea! -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Read <MomsterR@usa.net> To: READ-L@rootsweb.com <READ-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: [READ-L] Genealogical Acts of Kindness >Hi everyone, > >The Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness website is back online and >going >strong after a one week hiatus. > >This site was started by two gals with a heart of gold not realizing >how big >it was going to become, and found they had no time to properly take >care of >it. They were considering closing it down, and asked if the two new >administrators would like to take it on to keep it going. The premise >for >this site is too good to just let it die, and we decided to go ahead >and take >it over. We were down for a week, getting the site changed over, but >now we >are back ! > >The site was created as an avenue for genealogists to post their email >address and area in which they live to do legwork for others far away >at >cost. The idea is that many of us do not live in the area that we are >researching and might need to obtain a copy of a record at a county >courthouse, picture of a tombstone, etc., and don't know where to turn >to >obtain this bit of hard data. Most of us can spare one day out of the >month >to do this for others. All of us have been helped by someone with >their act >of kindness, and this is a way of returning the favor. > >Our goal is to have at least one volunteer in each county in the >United >States and with over 1,000 volunteers signed up to date, we are well >on our >way. We also have volunteers from other countries and quite a few in >Canada. >Drop by our site and check us out. If you can spare one day a month to >help >another genealogist, we'd love to have you join our group. > >Looking forward to hearing from you. > >Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness >Administrators >raogk@aol.com > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/ > >______________________________

As with most of these county histories, there was no single author and no named author. Much of the material was submitted. It was published by the Lewis Publishing Co., 113 Adams St. Chicago, IL Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 USGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ Randolph Co., Indiana - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ -----Original Message----- From: JMiller585@aol.com <JMiller585@aol.com> To: INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 3:31 PM Subject: [INADAMS-L] History of Adams Co. >Could someone please tell me who wrote or edited the Biographical Historical >Record of Adams and Wells County published in 1887? >Thank you so much. >Justine Miller JMiller585@aol.com > > >==== INADAMS Mailing List ==== > >

Could someone please tell me who wrote or edited the Biographical Historical Record of Adams and Wells County published in 1887? Thank you so much. Justine Miller JMiller585@aol.com

Hi Steven, No. Divorces would normally have been filed in the county where the parties were living at the time of the divorce - or in a county close by. Norman Runyon Steven Whitright wrote: > Hello Fellow 'Rooters! > > I'm searching for an Indiana divorce record for someone that falls > somewhere between 1874 and 1880. Does anyone know if a divorce back > then had to be filed in the same county where the marriage took place? > > -- > Steven J. Whitright > Melbourne, Florida > mailto:stevnwil@scci.net > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ====

Margie Here are some of your answers: Eleanor Roop's (m. Henry Lawrence Bieberich) parents were Harley Jay Roop and Goldie A.J. Butcher m. Jan 2 1917. Her paternal grandparents were Frank and Anna(Barth) Roop m. Feb 19 1882. Harley had a brother Charley John Roop. Other children of Harley and Goldie were Harley Jr (m. Norma R. Smith 1940), Pauline, and Lawrence. Frank Roop came to Decatur IN from Dixon OH. Harley's wife Goldie died early and he remarried Nettie Smith and had 3 children: Sarah, Lawrence and Orville. I didn't see a Nettie Hart listed anywhere. Sorry - no other dates given. This is from the 1979 History of Adams County IN Valerie

Hello Fellow 'Rooters! I'm searching for an Indiana divorce record for someone that falls somewhere between 1874 and 1880. Does anyone know if a divorce back then had to be filed in the same county where the marriage took place? -- Steven J. Whitright Melbourne, Florida mailto:stevnwil@scci.net

I recently received some information from the 1998 Adams Co, IN Death Index and wondered if anyone recognized the names and could tell me who their parents were. I'm pretty sure they are all kin to the Roop family that lived in Van Wert Co, OH and/or Adams Co, IN, but I would like to find the connection. Darrell Roop b. 26 Feb 1960 d. 18 Jan 1977, Decatur, IN Eleanor (Roop) Bieberich b. 29 May 1919 d. 17 Nov 1989, Ft. Wayne, IN Goldie Agusta Jane (Butcher) Roop b. 29 Aug 1896 d. 3 Mar 1971 (w/o Harley J. Roop) Harley J. Roop b. 17 Mar 1886 d. 2 Apr 1950, Adams Co, IN Harley Roop b. 1 Sep 1921 d. 12 Jun 1993, Berne, IN Infant female Roop (Henry) d. 24 Nov 1907, Decatur James Roop d. 31 Jul 1916, Union Ridge, MD John Lawrence Roop b. 3 Jul 1857 d. 27 Jan 1923, Root Twp, Adams Co, IN Lawrence Roop b. 2 May 1891 d. 13 Jan 191, Decatur, IN Mary Roop b. 24 Sep 1910 d. 11 Jun 1989, Decatur, IN (wife of Evert Rich) Nettie (Hart) Roop b. 15 Nov 1866 d. 27 Aug 1955, Decatur, IN (who was her husband?) Orval Roop b. 18 Apr 1906 d. 14 Nov 1966, Ft. Wayne, IN Rosemarie Roop b. 1 Apr 1936 d. 27 May 1981, Ligonier, IN Samantha Ellen Roop b. 30 May 1856 d. 5 jan 1942, Decatur, IN (w/o John Barnett) Thanks a bunch! Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors

Hi All, I am going to Decatur next weekend to do some research (only have 2 days). Was wondering what type of records they have in the Sheriff's basement? And, would the sheriff's dept. be the place to go to find arrest records, etc. on someone who was always being arrested? Yes, yes, he was described as the baddest man in town (Decatur Democrat) and he belongs to me<G>... Thanks, Leslie

Looking for information on my gggrandmother, Elizabeth KEMP(T) ROOP. b. 24 Jul 1816, OH m. 10 May 1836, OH? to Joseph ROOP d. 22 Dec 1891, Decatur, IN The couple were living in Adams Co by 1850, according to the census. After living in the area for forty years, there should be an obit or something on Elizabeth that might help me discover her parents. Would someone mind looking in the Decatur Library's Obit Index for Elizabeth Kemp(t) Roop? Elizabeth and Joseph had the following children: 1. Sarah Ann Roop (1836, Adams Co, IN-1897, DeWitt, AR) m. William N. SMITH, then John W. ANDREW, then Isaih FELLERS 2. Andrew Jackson Roop (1837, ?-1909, Kosciusko Co, IN) m. Ruth BOWEN 3. Rachel Roop (b. 1840, OH) m. John TEEPLE 4. Amos Roop (1841, OH-1865, AL) killed in action during Civil War 5. William Dickie Roop (1844, Wayne Co, OH-1916, Grant Co, IN) 6. John Wesley Roop (1847, St. Mary's Twp, Adams Co, IN-1854, Adams Co, IN) 7. George Washington Roop (1847, St. Mary's Twp, Adams Co, IN-1916, Decatur, IN) m. Sarah E. HOWER 8. Daniel Boone Roop (1849, Adams Co, IN-1928, Decatur, IN) m. Rebecca A. HOWER 9. Hannah Jane Roop (b. 1856, Adams Co, IN) m. William M. WINANS Thank you!! Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors

Just a note to let you Adams County residents of the efforts of one of your local residents. I was born and raised in Adams Co. Most of my family branches are from that area. I moved away some time ago and it is hard to do any local research at the libraries and courthouses. A local lady, Gloria Schindler, has been making copies, collecting data for me and has refused any compensation, even for postage. She does this, evidently, out of the goodness of her heart. Gloria, I don't know if you are a member of this list......but you are a real "angel" and have restored my faith in humanity......thanks... john peterson, ozona, florida