interested On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:30:54 -0500 Kristina Stearley <kstearley@yahoo.com> writes: >Hi, > It looks as though many are interested in the Cemetery Books >published >by the Clay County Genealogical Society so I will offer some >information >here that may be helpful. > Laura, the book that you used at the Brazil Public Library is the >Master Cemetery Index. Indeed, that does not give any more >information >than the cemetery code. We have, however, published 3 complete >Township >cemetery books to date and the 4th one is at the printer's now and >will >be available in a couple of weeks. Two more Townships have been >finished and are being proofed and corrected and will be available >very >soon. These books contain the following information (if available) >for >EACH person: Surname, Given Name, Birth, Death, Age (at death), >Cemetery, and Remarks, which includes any other helpful information >from >the stone, such as parents' names, Military info, husband or wife's >name, marriage date, etc. > If you are interested in ordering, these are the Townships that are >presently available: > >Posey Township $15.00 + $3.00 shipping >Sugar Ridge Township $12.50 + $3.00 shipping >Perry Township $10.00 + $3.00 shipping > >Cass Township is currently being printed but I am not sure of the cost >yet. > >Next to be published are Harrison and Van Buren Townships. If you are >interested in buying any of the above available publications, you may >send payment and order to: > >Clay County Genealogical Society, Inc >PO Box 56 >Center Point, IN 47840-0056 > >If you have questions about Cass Twp. Cemetery book cost or what >cemeteries are included in each book, you may e-mail me or the society >at: ccgslib@ticz.com or call us during our business hours Mon., Wed, >or Sat 1-4 p.m. Phone: 812-835-5005 > >Hope this helps clear up any questions, but I will be glad to answer >any >others. > >Kristina Stearley >CCGSI Volunteer > > > >Laura Ellen Mitchell wrote: >> >> The Brazil Public Library annex (1-812-446-1331) building containing >the >> Genealogy Dept. has this book. I have used it. You look up a name, >and it >> gives a code for the cemetery name. Nothing else. Some, if not all, > of the >> cemeteries have had tombstone inscriptions published, some years >back, which >> is how I have found a few ancestors. I'm sure Brazil Public has >these too, >> which might be more helpful to you because they are open more hours >a week >> than the Genealogical Society Library. Vigo County Public Library >in Terre >> Haute has the tombstone inscription books, but not (at this point) >the >> master list of names and what cemetery they are buried in. One of >the >> problems I ran in to initially was that the books listed my >> great-grandparents as buried in the Catholic Cemetery, but I didn't >find out >> for a long time time it was now owned by the city and called >Restlawn. >> Probably locals knew that, but we out-of-towners didn't! >> >> The woman who has been very helpful the times I have visited the >Brazil >> Public Library annex is Penny Shad. She knows her material well. >> >> At 08:47 AM 2/10/00 EST, you wrote: >> >Hi all >> >Does anyone know if Clay County has a Cemetery book with all >Cemeteries with >> >the graves listed?, >> >If so where could it be purchased and what would the cost be? >> > >> >Norma Ooley Herman > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > ________________________________________________________________ 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.