Help is needed. The Indiana Geological Survey wants to know the locations of grave markers made from Indiana whetstone. They are easy to recognize. Even though they were made 150-170 years ago, they are still very easy to read. I found one the other day in the Weeping Willow Cemetery in Beanblossom in Brown County. Where else in Brown County were they used? And where else in the area? The stone was shipped around the mid-west and even down to Louisiana. For more information see the Survey's web page: http://adamite.igs.indiana.edu/indsurv/research/index.htm When you get there click on "wherstone gravestone". No one know how far the stone was shipped from southern Indiana. Thanks for your help and spread the word. Sarah Clevenger

There is a new page that has been added to the Brown County Genealogical Society web site. Remeber that the new URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inbcgs Please let me know if you find any errors. Be sure to bookmark this new URL. Thanks Sarah Clevenger

There is a new Brown county web site being developed that many of you will be interested in. The URL is http://genroots.com/in/brownin/index.html One of the items that will be on it is the comprehensive index for the 265 Family Studies done by Ken and Helen Reeve. This index is described on the Brown County Genealogical Soceity site on the following new URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~inbcgs/ Please remember that this is a comprehensive index and for some of the people there may be considerable information in a study, but another person might be listed merely as a spouse. This index is also available in book form. Click on Family Studies in the second URL for information about the book. The new web site does not yet have the link established for the new URL for the Brown County Genealogical Society, but it should be added soon. Be sure to book mark this new URL for the Society. Sarah Clevenger

We now have a new location for the web site for the Brwon County Genealogical Society. It is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inbcgs If you find any thing that doesn't link correctly or any misspellings, please let me know. Thanks Sarah Clevenger, Web Apprentice

Hello everyone, I saw a book at my local genealogy library "Index to History of the Counties of Morgan, Monroe, Brown Indiana" Well if you guessed that the library only had the index and not the book, you are right. I found many ELKINS listed, which is my husbands line. If anyone has this book, would they be willing to look up the following. These are all last name of Elkins, David page 164 Drury 748 Francis 748 Henry 358 Joseph 164, 448, 752 Mary (Polly) 753 Richard 164, 715, 752 Sarah (Davis) 358 Thomas 685 Wart 693 William 685, 751, 752, 753 Thank you in advance. Debra Hittlet Jones

Sorry, but my internet server shut down public acces to web page files stored at my address on their server because there was too much throughput. For you computer challenged people that means too much business. They think that it acts like a commercial site and I should pay another $35 per month. So we are stuck until April 1 when I will be able to shift some of the files to another server or two. I may be able to work out womething before then. If so, I will send out a notice. Sorry about the inconvenience. Just growing pains. Sarah Clevenger, web host Brwon County Genealogical Society

In a message dated 3/22/2000 10:23:42 PM, [email protected] writes: >Does anyone know of a Jacob M. NEELY? He was born in1840 and >died 1921. Married Sarah Prosser about 1864 in Brown or Morgan >County, Indiana. He was my great grandfather. I have a Prosser file (not authored by me) which shows Jacob Myer NEELY, b Dec 1840 IN d 1921, married on 31 Jan 1864 Sarah Ann PROSSER, b 2 Mar 1846 Brown Co, IN d 1896. Don't have anything on Jacob's parents. Ahnentafel of Sarah Ann's Ancestry: 1 Sarah Ann PROSSER. Born on 2 Mar 1846 in Brown Cnty., IN. Sarah Ann died in 1896; she was 49. On 31 Jan 1864 when Sarah Ann was 17, she married Jacob Myer NEELY, in Brown Co. IN. 2 James PROSSER. Born on 5 Apr 1821 in OH or MI? James died in Nashville, Brown Co, IN on 1 Mar 1885; he was 63. On 15 Apr 1841 when James was 20, he married Margaret Jane KELLEY, in Brown Co., IN. 3 Margaret Jane KELLEY. Born on 29 Aug 1821 in KY. Margaret Jane died in Brown Co, IN on 15 Jan 1876; she was 54. 4 John PROSSER. Born on 21 Mar 1797 in Westmoreland Cnty, PA. John died in Brown Co., IN on 10 Apr 1887; he was 90. On 3 Sep 1818 when John was 21, he married Sarah SCOTT, in Richland Cnty., OH. 5 Sarah SCOTT. Born abt 1801 in PA. Sarah died aft 7 Jul 1882; she was 81. 8 Daniel PROSSER. Born abt 1744. Daniel died in Richland Co., OH (Plymouth Township) on 11 Aug 1829; he was 85. Aboutt 1779 when Daniel was 35, he married Margaret MICKEY. 9 Margaret MICKEY. Born abt 1763. 10 ?Joseph SCOTT. ?Joseph married ?Elizabeth BROWN. 11 ?Elizabeth BROWN. John PROSSER & Sarah SCOTT are my GGgrandparents. Don Zimmerman

I cannot get anything to come up on the screen on any books on the E mail you gave. Please help. Ila

I have seen the name spelled both ways. Does anyone know of a Jacob M. NEELY? He was born in1840 and died 1921. Married Sarah Prosser about 1864 in Brown or Morgan County, Indiana. He was my great grandfather.

Sorry, let's try it again. I am not a typist and never will be http://members.iquest.net/~sclevenger/page1.htm Maybe that will work. Sarah Clevenger

A new page has been added to the web page of the Brown County Genealogical Society. It has to do with a couple of books that may be of interest to Brown County researchers. http://members.iquest.com/~sclevenger/page1.htm That should get you there. Sarah Clevenger, President Brown County Genealogical Society

Brown County Listers: In the "Family Studies of Brown County, issue #143 Family of William McCoy, (compiled by Kenneth J. and Helen Reeve), on page 38 is listed the family of Mary McCoy and Pleasant Robertson. There is a note following the entry "CHILDREN" stating "Lawrence McCoy's data carry the Robertson descendants down for several more generations. Is this "Lawrence McCoy" data available anywhere? I sure would like to get a copy of it if it is! Pleasant Robertson is the son of Stephen Robertson who settled in Brown Co. ca. 1828, in the present area of Trevlac. These are my gg grandfather and ggg grandfather respectively. I am researching the McCoy's also. Does the Brown County Genie Society have an email address...I could not find it anywhere on any of their sites. Thanks in advance! BTW - I have found several of the Family Studies of Brown County, available from the Brown County Genealogical Society to be excellent. Ron Robertson Atlantic Beach, Fl Researching: ROBERTSON, McCOY, RICHARDSON,YOUNG, THOMPSON, DAVID, WEDDLE - In Brown and Monroe Counties. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I thought some of you might want these addresses. It is hard to get the list from one place. They came from my Monroe Co. Indiana List. group by way of some other List. Diana in Rushville Indiana Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Handy list of Addresses Hereditary, Fraternal, & Patriotic Organizations Hereditary Organizations ******* Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR Daughters of the Republic of Texas http://www.drtl.org/~drtl/index.html Descendents of Mexican WarVeterans http://member.aol.com/dmwv/home.htm Descendents of Washington's Army at Valley Forge http://www.execpc.com/~drg/widwavf.html Founders of the New Haven Colony http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/NEWHAVEN.HTM General Society of Mayflower Descendents http://user.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html General Society of the War of 1812 http://LanClio.org/1812.htm General Society Sons of the Revolution http://www.execpc.com/~drg/gssro.html Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm for male descendents and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic http://suvcw.org/lgar.htm and the Women's Relief Corps http://suvcw.org/wrc.htm for female descendents of Union soldiers of the Civil ar. Huguenot Society http://www.startext.net/homes/huguenot/ International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/d/DAUGHTERSUTPIO.html Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States http://suvcw.org/mollus.htmMilitary Order of the Stars and Bars http://scv.org/mosbhome.htmMilitary Order of the World Wars http://www.cais.com/dc/moww/ Order of Daedalians http://www.daedalians.org/ Order of Indian Wars of the United States http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/INDIAN.HTM Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization http://barbados.cc.odu.edu/~bkb300z/plpow/plpow.html for descendents of POWs at the Point Lookout, Maryland prison during the American Civil War. Society of the Cincinnati http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/CINCINNA.HTM Sons of the American Legion http://www.legion.org/salinfo.htm Sons of the American Revolution http://www.sar.org/ Sons of Confederate Veterans http://scv.org/ Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://SUVCW.org/ Link to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil ar. http://suvcw.org/duv.htm *********************************************** Fraternal/Social Organizations Follow this link for a good discussion about Fraternal Organizations and insurance. This isn't about college Greek fraternities, but rather organizations formed for mutual benefit such as Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Heptasophs, and the like. http://www.wvu.edu/~socialwk/faculty/RAL/E/fraternities.html Benevolent & Protective Organization of Elks (BPOE) http://rtpnet.org/~nec/ Free Masons http://www.freemasonry.org/index.html Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) http://www.avd.nl/ioof/e_index.htm Kiwanis Club http://www.kiwanis.com/ Knights of Columbus http://www.netreach.net/~kofc4215/knights.htm Lion's Club International http://www.lions.org/ National Exchange Club http://rtpnet.org/~nec/ Optimists International http://www.optimist.org/ Order Knights of Pythias http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html Rotary International http://www.rotary.org/ Shriners of North America http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html Woodmen of the World http://members.aol.com/markcase/page3.htm Patriotic and Military Organizations Air Force Association (AFA) http://www.afa.org/ The American Legion http://www.legion.org/ Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts http://www.tiac.net/users/ltcdon/ Ancient and Honorable Order of the Jersey Blues http://www.innerlight.com/genepool/njblues.htm Association of the United States Army (AUSA) http://www.ausa.org/ Disabled American Veterans (DAV) http://www.dav.org/contents/ Legion of Valor of the United States http://members.aol.com/LValor1890/index.html Marine Corps League http://www.mcleague.org/Military Order of the Purple Heart http://www.purpleheart.org/index.ssi National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers http://www.uvol.com/sup/homepage.html The Navy League http://www.navyleague.org/ Retired Officers Association (TROA) http://www.troa.org/ United Daughters of the Confederacy http://www.hsv.tis.net/~maxs/UDC/ Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) http://www.vfw.org/

Thank you so very much for this list. I, for one, appreciate the work you put into it and the information it offers. Cookie, in Florida

I thought you all might like to see this. Some of you have most likely heard already, but for those that have not here is the information about the NEW LAW to protect Indiana old cemeteries. I hope it will be followed and maybe some help can be given to these sites. It still has some things not in it but It goes a long way toward getting something started. Some of you are far away but I know have contacted the law makers here with your concerns for the sites you have family in Indiana. Hope you know that it all helped. Diana in Rushville ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Mauk of the Preservating of Old cemeteries Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 12:34 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Technical correction made to HB 1184 Dear Friends: General Assembly acted on HB 1184: 2000-03-01 Third reading (in SENATE): passed; Roll Call 261: Yeas 50 and Nays 0 2000-03-01 Returned to the House with amendments 2000-03-01 Senate Rule 33(c) technical correction adopted 2000-03-03 House concurred in Senate amendments Roll Call 391: Yeas 89 and Nays 1 This means HB 1184 (with its attendant amendments, omissions and corrections) has passed both the House and the Senate. The full text of the bill as passed and amended on 3/3/2000 will soon be available at: http://www.state.in.us/serv/lsa_billinfo?year=2000&request=getBill&docno=118 4 (It wasn't there at the time of the writing of this message.) It appears that HB 1184 now goes to the Governor for execution. That will probably happen in April or May. The new legislation will go into effect on July 1, 2000. While HB 1184 does not solve all of our problems with respect to protecting, preserving and maintaining pioneer cemeteries, this in conjunction by HB 1522 (Public Law 100) and what we hope to accomplish in the future will go a LONG way to extending some measure of protection to these historic sites by: Providing that the department of natural resources (DNR) alone or with the assistance of certain entities may survey and register all cemeteries and burial grounds in Indiana in a registry that the DNR establishes and maintains. Allowing the DNR to accept donations and establish a trust fund for the cemetery survey. Requiring a person who wishes to disturb the ground within 100 feet of a recorded cemetery or burial ground for erecting, altering, or repairing a structure to submit a development plan to the DNR for approval according to standards established by rule. Making certain exceptions. Requiring the DNR to review the development plan not later than 60 days after the plan is submitted. Providing a separate approval procedure for plans of governmental entities. Requiring a person who records any interest in property where a burial ground or cemetery is known to be located to record the deed to the property with the appropriate county recorder. Requiring that the deed must indicate that the deed pertains to property on which a burial ground or cemetery is known to be located. Requiring the county recorder to send a copy of the deed to: (1) the department of natural resources; and (2) the local cemetery board, or if no local cemetery board exists, to the county commissioners; not later than thirty (30) days after the deed is recorded. [From the official synopsis of the bill at http://www.state.in.us/legislative/bills/2000/EH/EH1184.1.html.] The Representatives and Senators who sponsored HB 1184: Representatives Lytle, Bischoff, Dillon , & Stevenson Senators Wheeler, Merritt, Lewis and Craycraft ____________________________________________ For more information about this law and the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project: Contacte------ http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living?

All though the GED com was started by the LDS program (Personal Austral File) It is now on several other Family History programs. It will make it possible for someone to send information to another person who has the GED com on their computer program. It will also let you down load from the LDS records at their family history centers. The main purpose was to make it possible to exchange information without having to copy it off a computer and then to have to retype it into another.

--part1_8c.17b35e5.25f29318_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/4/2000 2:13:25 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: [RowanRoots] GEDCOM Date: 3/4/2000 2:13:25 AM EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] In answer to your question about GEDcom files and what it means. GEDcom stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunication (GEDCOM) which is the standard format for transferring genealogical files from one genealogical supported computer program to another. It was developed by the Family History Dept. of the Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Basically, what this means is, that you have to have a genealogy program loaded into your computer to send or receive a gedcom file. This enables you to format all or part of your data files to be sent to any other computer that has a program that can read your file. Or recieve and download a gedcom program, which can be read by your computer genealogy software. The Help window on your genealogy program has step by step instructions on how to export (send) and import (receive) gedcoms files. Hope this helps. >> --part1_8c.17b35e5.25f29318_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yb05.mx.aol.com (rly-yb05.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.5]) by air-yb05.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sat, 04 Mar 2000 02:13:25 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yb05.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sat, 04 Mar 2000 02:12:51 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA16936; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:12:18 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:12:18 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 02:11:52 EST Subject: Re: [RowanRoots] GEDCOM Old-To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 67 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/7245 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] In answer to your question about GEDcom files and what it means. GEDcom stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunication (GEDCOM) which is the standard format for transferring genealogical files from one genealogical supported computer program to another. It was developed by the Family History Dept. of the Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Basically, what this means is, that you have to have a genealogy program loaded into your computer to send or receive a gedcom file. This enables you to format all or part of your data files to be sent to any other computer that has a program that can read your file. Or recieve and download a gedcom program, which can be read by your computer genealogy software. The Help window on your genealogy program has step by step instructions on how to export (send) and import (receive) gedcoms files. Hope this helps. --part1_8c.17b35e5.25f29318_boundary--

I really seem to've stuck a nerve when I asked if some "kind soul" could help me with GEDCOM. Well, there's an awful lot of 'kind souls' out there and I thank each and every one for their time and concern. There were also a few "ignorant souls," such as myself, who were curious to know more about GEDCOM, too. I'm sending this along for anyone who wants it. Here are some URLs for sites to visit: <http://www.gendex.com/gedcom55/55> <http://www.gedx/default.html> <http://www.genealogy.com/201/lesson9/course9_02.html> <http://www.tiac.net/users/pmcbride/gedcom/55gctoc.htm> <http://www.genroots. org> try Bartholomew Co., IN <http://www.familysearch.org> And these kind words from Cary: "You've gotten some great information from others, but I think you need to remember that GEDCOMs "happen" and that like when you use your washimachine you need to know the basic instructions (how much soap, etc.), you don't need to really know how the machine is configured (electrical systems and all that). A long way of saying , relax and enjoy using your software and don't et overwhelmed." I'm not the best typist in the world, in Florida, or even in my own house, so I hope I haven't made any mistakes where they would count in all the above. Hope this helps some of you and serves as a reference. I love this genealogy! Cookie, in Florida

Would some kind soul please explain to me where I can find out the intracacies of GEDCOM? What is it and how does it work? Thanks in advance for any help? I love this genealogy! Cookie, in Florida

Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: Fw: [CLENDINEN] Re: National Archives Fire I received this message on another of the lists that I am on. I thought if true everyone would be interested in this bit of news..... http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0301-131.html National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire U.S. Newswire 1 Mar 15:39 National Archives and Records Administration Statement on Records Center Fire To: National Desk Contact: National Archives Public Affairs, 301-713-6000 WASHINGTON, March 1, /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement from John W. Carlin, archivist of the United States, on the Feb. 29 Records Center Fire: Yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 29), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) reported a fire in its Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Md. The fire was contained by the Center's fire-safety system and extinguished with no reports of harm to staff or visitors, but some records were damaged. The following is an update on that from Archivist of the United States John Carlin. Although much work will be needed before we can be certain, we believe that of the total of more than 3.7 million cubic feet of records at Suitland, approximately 3,000 cubic feet were in the immediate area. Of those, fewer than 300 cubic feet may have been destroyed. Most of the affected records were wet or damp from sprinkler water or in singed boxes. Our staff at Suitland stayed up through last night making valiant efforts to protect records from water damage and otherwise dealing with the fire's effects, working with personnel from the General Services Administration, from which we lease the facility. The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Because the property is Federal, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as well as GSA fire investigators were notified. As the investigation continues, the following is what we know about the fire so far. The sprinkler alarms were activated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and alerted the GSA Control Center that there was a problem. The first fire company arrived sometime between 2:45 and 2:50. A fireman on the scene was overcome with smoke at which point firemen abandoned Stack 15 to open the roof hatches to vent the smoke. This process apparently took approximately one hour to accomplish before the firemen returned to Stack 15 to begin to extinguish the fire. The sprinkler system contained the fire during the period between 2:30 and 3:50 at which point the firemen were able to enter the stack. At 8:13 p.m. the firemen on the scene felt that the fire was sufficiently extinguished to allow the investigation to begin in the stack. Our tracking system enabled us to identify the records on the shelves affected by the fire, and agencies whose records may have been affected have been notified. But we won't be able to identify exactly which records have been affected and how seriously until the investigation of the area is completed and we can examine the materials more closely. I will provide further information as it becomes available. For further information, contact the National Archives public affairs staff at 301-713-6000. /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ 03/01 15:39 Copyright 2000, U.S. Newswire