Jim, Monroeville is in the country and a long way from where the Wayne Street Church was located. I did check the membership list 1859-1873 and there are no Barnharts listed. Pat ThumperMan@aol.com wrote: > > What a generous offer. I'll try not to complicate your life, but if while > you're searching for others with more specific dates and names, if ya run > across any BARNHARTs would ya let me know. My BARNHARTS lived in Monroeville > Indiana, as a matter of fact, Monroeville was platted by John & Jacob > BARNHART, sons of Peter BARNHART, around 1850. I also know they were > Methodists. So..., anything ya find will be appreciated. > > Thanks > Jim Worthington

Hi Pat...they were French Huguenots...Terry -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Bogel <pbogel@fwi.com> To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 16, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] WAYNE STREET M.E. CHURCH RECORDS >Terry, I do not find the La Roux name in the books. I would suggest that >they probably were Catholics. La Roux sounds like a French name and the >current Poinsettes in town are Catholic. You might try some of the >Catholic records in Allen County. > >Pat > >Terry Spear wrote: >> >> Hi Pat... >> I really have a brick wall with my La Roux family in Fort Wayne, IN >> Maybe you'll have something on them....Irene was born, June 10, >> 1897......but don't know her parent's names. Her husband, Leo J. Poinsette, >> was also born in Fort Wayne, but don't know the date. Thanks, Terry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Patricia Bogel <pbogel@fwi.com> >> To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:36 AM >> Subject: [INALLEN-L] WAYNE STREET M.E. CHURCH RECORDS >> >> >I have in my possession records from the Wayne Street Methodist >> >Episcopal Church in Fort Wayne (Allen County). If you had an ancestor >> >who was baptized or married in this church I will make an attempt to >> >find those records for you. >> > >> >The books I have contain these dates: >> > >> >Baptisms: >> > >> >1859 - 1873 >> >1888-1894 >> >Aug. 1898 - March 1908 >> > >> >Marriages >> > >> >1863 - 1870 >> >May 1873 - July 1877 >> >1888 - 1894 >> >May 1898 - October 1907 >> > >> >These records are not in alpha order, so an approximate date would be >> >very helpful. >> > >> >All known records have been copied by the Allen County Library and the >> >books are available at that location. >> > >> >Patricia >> > >

Hi Pat... I really have a brick wall with my La Roux family in Fort Wayne, IN Maybe you'll have something on them....Irene was born, June 10, 1897......but don't know her parent's names. Her husband, Leo J. Poinsette, was also born in Fort Wayne, but don't know the date. Thanks, Terry -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Bogel <pbogel@fwi.com> To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:36 AM Subject: [INALLEN-L] WAYNE STREET M.E. CHURCH RECORDS >I have in my possession records from the Wayne Street Methodist >Episcopal Church in Fort Wayne (Allen County). If you had an ancestor >who was baptized or married in this church I will make an attempt to >find those records for you. > >The books I have contain these dates: > >Baptisms: > >1859 - 1873 >1888-1894 >Aug. 1898 - March 1908 > >Marriages > >1863 - 1870 >May 1873 - July 1877 >1888 - 1894 >May 1898 - October 1907 > >These records are not in alpha order, so an approximate date would be >very helpful. > >All known records have been copied by the Allen County Library and the >books are available at that location. > >Patricia >

I have in my possession records from the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Wayne (Allen County). If you had an ancestor who was baptized or married in this church I will make an attempt to find those records for you. The books I have contain these dates: Baptisms: 1859 - 1873 1888-1894 Aug. 1898 - March 1908 Marriages 1863 - 1870 May 1873 - July 1877 1888 - 1894 May 1898 - October 1907 These records are not in alpha order, so an approximate date would be very helpful. All known records have been copied by the Allen County Library and the books are available at that location. Patricia

Hi Linda, I don't think that can be the same cemetery, unless the one my mother remembers is on the G.E. property itself. My great aunt also remembers a cemetery on Broadway that's now a park. She's only 90 now, at least will be this May, and has lived near Broadway and Wilt for 65 years. There are a lot of Archers in the Lindenwood Cemetery, and I believe they might of started out at the Archer cemetery, but the one I'm trying to find, Benjamin Archer 1759 - 1833 isn't one of them. Thank You though for the date of move on the Broadway cemetery. Brian E. Smead ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Churchward" <lindachurchward@home.com> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Archer Cemetery > Every grave in the Broadway Cemetery was moved to Lindenwood Cemetery in > 1864. You might want to contact the Lindenwood Cemetery, 2324 W. Main St. > Fort Wayne, IN 46808 219-432-4542. > > Linda Churchward > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <covenant@essex1.com> > To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:09 PM > Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Archer Cemetery > > > > I also would be interested in any details for those originally buried in > > Archer cemetery. > > I had an ancestor reported to have been buried there. Jane Lewis Grant > > > > Larry Gaskill > > > > Brian Smead wrote: > > > > > Hi List, > > > I'm hopeing that someone might be able to help. I'm trying to find the > Archers that were buried in the Archer cemetery. The Archers and others > were moved from the Archer cemetery when Johnny Appleseed park was built. > Johnny Appleseed is the only one that remained there. I've been told that > all the graves were moved to Broadway St. across from the G.E. plant, in > fact, my mother worked at the G.E. plant in the 40's and remembers a > cemetery there, but that is now a small park. I've also been told that they > were moved to where either the jail or a museum now sits. If anyone has any > idea, please let me know. > > > Thank You > > > Brian E. Smead > > > Terre Haute, Indiana > > > > > > > > > > > >

Every grave in the Broadway Cemetery was moved to Lindenwood Cemetery in 1864. You might want to contact the Lindenwood Cemetery, 2324 W. Main St. Fort Wayne, IN 46808 219-432-4542. Linda Churchward ----- Original Message ----- From: <covenant@essex1.com> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Archer Cemetery > I also would be interested in any details for those originally buried in > Archer cemetery. > I had an ancestor reported to have been buried there. Jane Lewis Grant > > Larry Gaskill > > Brian Smead wrote: > > > Hi List, > > I'm hopeing that someone might be able to help. I'm trying to find the Archers that were buried in the Archer cemetery. The Archers and others were moved from the Archer cemetery when Johnny Appleseed park was built. Johnny Appleseed is the only one that remained there. I've been told that all the graves were moved to Broadway St. across from the G.E. plant, in fact, my mother worked at the G.E. plant in the 40's and remembers a cemetery there, but that is now a small park. I've also been told that they were moved to where either the jail or a museum now sits. If anyone has any idea, please let me know. > > Thank You > > Brian E. Smead > > Terre Haute, Indiana > > > > > > >

Brian, Try this page on Allen Co. at INGenWeb. There are volunteeres who do lookups for cemetery books. Perhaps they will have an idea! http://www.rootsweb.com/~inallen/lookups.html Good Luck! Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Smead" <bsmead@gte.net> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: [INALLEN-L] Archer Cemetery > Hi List, > I'm hopeing that someone might be able to help. I'm trying to find the Archers that were buried in the Archer cemetery. The Archers and others were moved from the Archer cemetery when Johnny Appleseed park was built. Johnny Appleseed is the only one that remained there. I've been told that all the graves were moved to Broadway St. across from the G.E. plant, in fact, my mother worked at the G.E. plant in the 40's and remembers a cemetery there, but that is now a small park. I've also been told that they were moved to where either the jail or a museum now sits. If anyone has any idea, please let me know. > Thank You > Brian E. Smead > Terre Haute, Indiana > >

I also would be interested in any details for those originally buried in Archer cemetery. I had an ancestor reported to have been buried there. Jane Lewis Grant Larry Gaskill Brian Smead wrote: > Hi List, > I'm hopeing that someone might be able to help. I'm trying to find the Archers that were buried in the Archer cemetery. The Archers and others were moved from the Archer cemetery when Johnny Appleseed park was built. Johnny Appleseed is the only one that remained there. I've been told that all the graves were moved to Broadway St. across from the G.E. plant, in fact, my mother worked at the G.E. plant in the 40's and remembers a cemetery there, but that is now a small park. I've also been told that they were moved to where either the jail or a museum now sits. If anyone has any idea, please let me know. > Thank You > Brian E. Smead > Terre Haute, Indiana > > >

Hi List, I'm hopeing that someone might be able to help. I'm trying to find the Archers that were buried in the Archer cemetery. The Archers and others were moved from the Archer cemetery when Johnny Appleseed park was built. Johnny Appleseed is the only one that remained there. I've been told that all the graves were moved to Broadway St. across from the G.E. plant, in fact, my mother worked at the G.E. plant in the 40's and remembers a cemetery there, but that is now a small park. I've also been told that they were moved to where either the jail or a museum now sits. If anyone has any idea, please let me know. Thank You Brian E. Smead Terre Haute, Indiana

Hi! I was impressed with you message to the group. I think I have the right person for this request. In 1933 or 34, my ggreat-grandfather G. Clay LEWIS with his new wife Rene Mia SPIVEY moved to Fort Wayne.IN with their new baby Loye Cleavenland LEWIS b8-10-1933. I traced them down to ths address: 1222 W. Washington Blvd 46802 is the zip. They have moved. Can you help me find them? thanks pam

I only have 1850 to 1888 At 08:20 PM 2/7/01 -0500, you wrote: >Would you look for J. Eckmann, C.F. Ackman 34 a Goldsmith, E. Ackman 36, W. >Ackman 6 - they came in 1820 supposedly. > >Marge Kientz >Thanks again > Gene Wengert Professor of Wood Processing, Emeritus Univ of Wisconsin-Madison & President The WoodDoctor's Rx, LLC 2872 Charleston Drive, Madison, WI 53711-6502 608-271-4441 Preferred e-mail: WoodDoc@Badger.Alumni.Wisc.edu

Would you look for J. Eckmann, C.F. Ackman 34 a Goldsmith, E. Ackman 36, W. Ackman 6 - they came in 1820 supposedly. Marge Kientz Thanks again

Trey, Thanks for responding and I will let you know when I am going to the library. Right now I am waiting a couple of days to get all of the requests in. But I will look for you and see what I can find. Thanks! Sincerely, Brandi

I would just like to take a minute to thank Gene for being such a good sport and generous gentleman and looking up all this stuff on German immigrants. Gene you are the greatest! Thanks! Liz

I have had only 12 sets of requests. I have answered all of them already. I did indeed find some good stuff for some poeple. GERMANS TO AMERICA has about 85 volumes--they are adding more all the time. Each volume, listing several thousand passengers by arrival date starting in 1850, has its own index, so it is helpful to have a master index (like I do) so I can search all the volumes at once electronically. In the early dates, the authors only listed ships where the majority of the people were German, so in the 1850s, the volumes are not too thorough. They do get better. If I cannot find your person, try different spellings--the old German farmers didn't spell too well I guess, or maybe it is us??? Some people have sent me only a name (like George Mueller) and there must be 50 people with that name. Another sent me a common name and said he was born in the 1830 to 1840 range, which again is too broad to help find their person. Another sent me some Russiam names, even though one might think that the people had to be German--wouldn't you think? And another sent be a very rare name--spelled the way she spelled it, there was not one of the nearly one million names I have in the index spelled that way. Be creative in your spellings; maybe the ship's captain was French and couldn't spell the German correctly. A good book about all this is THEY CAME IN SHIPS. To repeat--send me first name, surname, dob and date of immigration. It helps if you have names fo others that were traveling together--sometimes a rare first name, like Xavier, is the clue we need to find them. I can only look at 1850-1888 arrivals. If I find the reference, then go to the original manifest (microfilm) to probably find out more. I found that my 3gr grandfather came over with his eventuial bride and her family--maybe there was a budding romance on board? We'll never know, but it is fun to speculate... One of the strangest ones was a rare surname (Dehmer) with a first name of Joe. However, there were no Joe Dehmer's listed, but there was an August and a Franz Dehmer from the correct city. When I went to the microfilm, as the date was in the right time period, I found that the folks at Ellis Island had crossed off the names of two Joe Dehmers from the same city, on the same ship, that arrived together and made them change their name (used their middle names). The "Joe" for both is clearly seen in the record as that was doen by the ship's captain! When I told this to my wife, she recollected the story, but she had not recalled it for many years and it might of been forgotten if..... Anyway--send in more requests if you have some. Gene Gene Wengert Professor of Wood Processing, Emeritus Univ of Wisconsin-Madison & President The WoodDoctor's Rx, LLC 2872 Charleston Drive, Madison, WI 53711-6502 608-271-4441 Preferred e-mail: WoodDoc@Badger.Alumni.Wisc.edu

For everyone who has asked Gene for a lookup: I don't know about him, but I'm guessing he is swamped with requests. I thought I would say that the Germans to America comes in book form of several volumes. You might want to try your local library for it. I live in St. Louis and our library has a copy, yours might too. I just thought I'd comment in case you never get reply from Gene because he is to busy being buried under his e-mail! ----- Original Message ----- From: <LizUpatree@aol.com> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 12:57 PM Subject: [INALLEN-L] Re: look ups > > > For the kind person who offered to do look ups of Germans to America: > > Can you search for > > Johanne Georg MAURER (b. 1824 in Schifferstadt, Germany) and wife > Elizabeth (Bullinger) MAURER (b. 1825 in Schifferstadt) and daughter > Eve MAURER (b. 1851 in Schifferstadt) > > ...and any other MAURERs or BULLINGERs that might show up in close proximity? > I think her relatives may have come over at the same time. > > Thanks a million! > > Liz > > >

Hi Brandi, I would gladly pay $15 for a death certificate copy or a copy of divorce papers of William Fuller, born 14 Feb 1831 in Ohio. He is listed in the 1860 census as living in Pleasant Township, Allen County, but I do not know when he died. I believe he may have divorced his wife, Julia Schoonover, because she remarried in 1873 to John Perl. Let me know if you find anything. Thanks, Trey Sweet2Olivia@aol.com wrote: > To anyone interested: > I am 14 years old and I do lookups at the Allen County public library for > a really great price. I know that when most see my age that you think "what > could she know," but my sister has taught me well on genealogy and I do a lot > of lookups at the library. I know they have a lot of information on Allen > County including records of births, deaths, marriages, and obits. I usually > charge about $15 dollars for a lookup depending on what I am looking for, but > you don't have to pay until I know that I can find something. If you are > interested just email me. I know a lot about genealogy and what to look for. > Thanks for your time. > > Sincerely, > Brandi

Ellen, The only records for Allen County for the 1820's is marriages for 1824-1920. Sorry. Sincerely, Brandi

For the kind person who offered to do look ups of Germans to America: Can you search for Johanne Georg MAURER (b. 1824 in Schifferstadt, Germany) and wife Elizabeth (Bullinger) MAURER (b. 1825 in Schifferstadt) and daughter Eve MAURER (b. 1851 in Schifferstadt) ...and any other MAURERs or BULLINGERs that might show up in close proximity? I think her relatives may have come over at the same time. Thanks a million! Liz

You have had so many requests, I am reluctant to add to the work load, but if you have a chance to look up Herman SCHNELKER (b. 1832 in Hannover) and his family who came over together in 1850. And his older brothers came over earlier. Reinhardt, Henry & Bernard SCHNELKER. Thanks. Liz