This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cornelia Memorial Home for Children Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/142.202.627.3 Message Board Post: There are some records for the Cornelia Memorial Home for Children (a New Albany, Indiana orphane home), in the New Albany-Floyd County Public LIbrary in New Albany, IN.

SWEET CHARIOT SWINGS LOW FOR 'RINDA JOHNSON--FORMER SLAVE DIES BEFORE REACHING 101; RITES HELD FOR OTHERS.--Miss Marinda Johnson, who could remember her childhood as a slave died Friday at the home of a niece, Mrs. Lottie Wright in New Albany.--She would have observed her 101st birthday anniversary April 15.--Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Tankard funeral home and burial was in the West Street Cemetery [now known as West Haven Cemetery] in New Albany.--"Aunt 'Rinda" was born in slavery April 15, 1850. She had 15 brothers and sisters, some younger and some older than she. Her parents were slaves of a Meade County, Ky., plantation owner named Norman Johnson. She could remember the whippings the young Negro boys received when they became unruly. She could remember that the master came to her parents' cabin and took away her baby sister wrapped in a shawl. The baby was never seen again. She also remembered when her sister Betty and brother Jim were sold to a neighbor. She liked to talk about her mistress who was kind but would reprove the slaves for wrong doing. One expression that her mistress used made her a "better girl." The expression was, "By the great powers, some of these days you might be drinking Mississippi water." The expression was a warning that slaves could be sold down the river where "things were not so nice and happy for slaves." Marinda could remember and talked of the times during the Civil War. When Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves most of the slaves on the plantation, including some of her brothers and sisters went to Louisville to work. She said she, her parents and her brother Ben stayed on the farm. Later they left the plantation and moved to Laconia taking the name of their master. Her father died in 1880. Later she and her brother Ben moved to Corydon where they lived for many years. She cared for some of Ben's children and grandchildren. Many people in Harrison County remember Ben because of his skill in handling log teams.Two of Marinda's brothers, John and Floyd saw service in the Spanish-American War and John was killed in action. Marinda had lived in Floyd County since 1939. She has been bedfast for a number of years. Source: -Harrison County Republican 1951 [West Haven Cemetery Records she died 2 Feb 1951, buried 5 Feb 51, age 100 years, buried on Range 23 Plat 2 Single grave #9] S Carpenter ___________________________ Did you know: The Southern Indiana Genealogical Society meets on the first Thursday of each month at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library 180 W. Spring Street New Albany, IN 47150

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOGSDON, CATHCART, RENFROW, COOMBS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/1864 Message Board Post: I am wondering if some kind, dear genealogist soul would be willing to do a lookup for me? I live in NC and do not have any relatives in the area anymore. I am trying to locate judges orders that relieved my great grandmother, Octavia Renfrow, of her parental rights regarding her three children. This would have occured around 1892/1893 or so. The children's names were Oscar Logsdon, Ardella Logsdon. Their father was Elisha Logsdon. He was deceased by this time. There was a third little , half-sister. THANKS very much for considering this request. Bonny Logsdon Burns Wilmington, NC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOGSDON, CATHCART, RENFRO, COOMBS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/142.202.627.2 Message Board Post: I too have a grandparent who spent time in a Louisville orphanage. I've done a lot of research into this. If your relative was adopted after her parents were killed it will be nearly impossible to get the legal paperwork. They consider the right to privacy regarding adoptions that was passed in the 50's to be retroactive. However, since it occured in 1903 records were not sealed yet. Go to the county archives where it occured and see if you can dig anything up in the probate/circuit court records. Sometimes the judges orders for the orphaned children are there. I haven't been that lucky, unfortunately. I realize your posting is more than a year old. Maybe you've made progress since then.

I would like to submit the following names: Ecabert aka Acobert Durant Jordan aka Jourdan Thanks, Mary Lou

I am going to do a surname page update and would like to have more submissions so that I can add them all at one time instead of individually. Please give me the Floyd County, Indiana Surnames you are researching, along with your preferred e-mail address. Thanks S Carpenter ___________________________ Did you know: The Southern Indiana Genealogical Society meets on the first Thursday of each month at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library 180 W. Spring Street New Albany, IN 47150

I shall comply, gladly. I am not sure whether you have any of these or not, if duplicate, just add which you don't have. Thank you. DANIELS KERNS SELVY/SELVEY SINEX STETSER/STETZER TULEY WEST WINFIELD E-mail ~ waughtel@oz.net Family history ~ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~waughtel/index.htm Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Pearson Carpenter" <spcarpenter@ka.net> To: <INFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:38 AM Subject: [INFLOYD] Surname Updated > I am going to do a surname page update and would like to have more > submissions so that I can add them all at one time instead of individually. > > Please give me the Floyd County, Indiana Surnames you are researching, along > with your preferred e-mail address. > > Thanks > S Carpenter > ___________________________ > Did you know: > The Southern Indiana Genealogical Society > meets on the first Thursday of each month at the > New Albany-Floyd County Public Library > 180 W. Spring Street > New Albany, IN 47150 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Son of former Home Transit/Daisy line bus driver looking to contact bus drivers or relatives from the 40's and 50's. Looking for bus driving stories, pictures, memorbilia.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1825.1 Message Board Post: LuAnn, Please contact me at my e-mail beckycarson@aol.com. I can shed light on Allen Z. Bliss and Susan Jennings and several others on your list.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kaiser, Whiteman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1863 Message Board Post: On the 1850 Floyd Co., IN census Francis Kaiser is 31 b Germany. His wife is Eliza, 22, b England. There is a 3 year old boy in their household named Stephen Whiteman b IN. Can anyone tell me why Stephen Whiteman living with the Kaisers?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1861.1.2 Message Board Post: I could be wrong about there not being Streepeys buried in Leyden Cemetery. The Southern IN Genealogical Society did a survey of the cemetery about 25 years ago and published it in one of their quarterlys. You might contact them for listings.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STOY/STREEPEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1861.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply. I seem to recall that you replied to a query of mine some time ago. I am related to both the Stoys & Streepeys. Several years ago, Bob & Helen Stoy Streepey, took us on a tour of Fairview to see the Stoy graves. I thought Helen told me the Streepeys were buried at Leyden. Sometime ago, I thought I had found them at Fairview. They are listed as buried next to my gggrandmother, Mary Streepey Stoy & her brother & his wife, Samuel & Marybelle Streepey. But there is nothing next to them. With Michael Streepey being a jeweler & clockmaker, I couldn't imagine him not having some kind of stone. I am rather familiar with NA but sometime forget things in between visits! I would appreciate directions. My curiosity is getting the best of me now! Cheryl Kerschner ckersch@yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leyden, Devenish, Figg, Whiteman, Hamilton, Erdman, Stoy, Streepey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1861.1 Message Board Post: Leyden Cemetery is adjacent to the much larger Holy Trinity Cemetery, however, there is no affiliation between the 2 cemeteries. The Leyden Cemetery was originally on the property of the Leyden Family and the property of James Devenish. I do not believe there are any Streepey stones but there are Stoys whom I believe were related to the Streepeys. Some of the other stones in the cemetery include Devenish, Leyden, Whiteman, Figg, Erdman, & Hamilton. (This is just from memory. There are others.) It appears that the Leyden Cemetery was used by several neighboring families. There is an old stone wall with steps in the front of the cemetery facing Green Valley Rd. If you are at all familiar with New Albany I can give you directions. There are some stones back in the woods behind the cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/354.328 Message Board Post: Kim Bell, I notice you have a Frank Kruer in your list of Kruers. I am looking for information on a Frank Kruer b: 1859; d: 10/16/1888. He was married to Sophia Sommerkamp and had two children that I know of, Mayme Kruer and Joseph A. Kruer. He died before Joseph was born (02/28/1889). Joseph A. Kruer m. Mary Ann Scholl and had Albert, Edward, Josephine, Vern, Rosella (?), Cellastine and Frank (not in that order). Frank M. Kruer m. Catherine Woodring (my grandparents) and had Frank and Lawrence. Frank M. Kruer, Jr. m. Cleo Faye Whitaker (my parents) and had Renea (me) and Frank Mr. Kruer, III. Sometime after the eldest Frank Kruer (of those listed) died Sophia Sommerkamp married an Arthur Krack (in case that name has been mentioned in connection with the Kruers). I have been told that my Kruer line settled in the "Knobs" after coming to the states from Germany. I am at a dead end on how to find the eldest Frank's parents and siblings. I know the Frank Kruer that I am looking for was in Louisville by 1886. Any help?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durant, Ecabert, Acobert, Ackelbert, Acebert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1627.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Did you ever find what happened to the funeral home's records. Does the Library have most of the old records from the funeral homes. I am searching for death records for Francoise Durant Ecabert who probably died in l857 or l858. She was Catholic and wife of Joseph Ecabert aka Acobert. May have even been spelled Ackelbert. Also, would I find old divorce records in the library at New Albany. Thank you. Mary Lou Sievers Vincennes, IN 47591

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ARMSTRONG, STREEPEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1862 Message Board Post: I am looking for the family of my 3rd great grandmother, Sarah Jane Armstrong Streepey. According to her death certificate, Sarah was b. in 1815 in IN to George & Jane Irvine Armstrong, originally from Ireland. At one time, Sarah & her husband, Michael Streepey, had a Wesley Armstrong, b. 18 Aug 1813 in Shelby Co. KY, living with them. I presume this is Sarah's brother. Does anyone have any info on this Armstrong family? Thank you. Cheryl Kerschner

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STREEPEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1861 Message Board Post: Could someone please tell me about the Leyden Cemetery? Where is Green Valley Rd.? How large is the cemetery? Would you be likely to find a stone if you had no idea where in the cemetery it was located? I plan to be in New Albany soon & would like to hunt for some of my STREEPEY family there. Thank you. Cheryl Kerschner

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie, Briner, Wood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1860 Message Board Post: Seeking information about Russell M. Gillespie, who died in Floyd county. Also any information about his daughters, Edythe Briner, and Mary Wood. I think Russell died in the 1970's, and the daughters in the 1990's. Any help appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper, Edwards, Crook, Riley, Low, Peter, Hickman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1823.3.2 Message Board Post: I don't have my notes beside me, but I believe the Lemuel Edwards you refer to is brother to Stephen Edwards, born Floyd Co 1838. Their parents werew Henry Edwards and Mary J. "Polly" Crook, married 19 Dec 1827, Floyd Co.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1859 Message Board Post: Searching for information concerning JOhn G. born in Germany abt. 1805, resided in New Albany, Floyd Co, IN. Especially seeking on the death of James, my g,g,grandfather.