who do you need.?? I would appreciate knowing the data on Rainey Sturdivant (1818 - ?)and Martha Payne Sturdivant (b. 1820/22 - ?) whom I think died in Clay Co IN. At one time they lived in Cass Twp. Also, what are the hours for the Clay Co Genealogical Society Library? Thank you Helen Pilcher Hall hphall@vt.edu On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:07:42 -0800 (PST) Laura Ellen Mitchell <lmitch@iquest.net> writes: >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.