HI Im a Fort Wayne Fire Fighter, My name is Jeff Berning. I have seen some OLD rosters, but I think it only went back to 1915. DId your GGGrandfather join in 1905? retire then? or was he in between at that time? Send his FULL name, if I can find those rosters again I'll check. Do you have ANY other info about him? Ft. Wayne was a BIG railroad town at that time, theres probably a 50 / 50 shot beween FIRE DEPT fireman and RAILROAD fireman. Have you tried looking in the RAILROAD pension list for his name? Jeff Bening -----Original Message----- From: BeTheBull@aol.com <BeTheBull@aol.com> To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:49 PM Subject: [INALLEN-L] Firefighters in Allen County >Does anyone know if there are any "rosters" of firefighters in Allen County >from the early 1900's? My great-great-grandfather, Israel, was allegedly a >fireman in 1905. I don't know if he was a firefighter or whether he was a >fireman on a railroad. > >Thanks, > >Karen > >