For those of you on the list who live in the area, Austin High School in Scott County will be the site of the Indiana Genealogical Society's annual conference on Saturday, April 1, 2006, featuring Diane VanSkiver Gagel. Austin is off Exit 33 on Interstate 65. The Scott County Genealogical Society will be the local host, and will have a special lock-in at their research rooms from 5 to 8 pm on Friday, March 31. Lecture topics will include land records, orphan trains, and aspects of research in Ohio and Kentucky. For registration forms and information on special hotel rates, visit http://www.indgensoc.org/conference.html ========================================= Meredith Thompson Indiana Genealogical Society Newsletter editor & website manager http://www.indgensoc.org <http://www.indgensoc.org/> =========================================

FYI, the Indiana Genealogical Society ( <http://www.indgensoc.org/> http://www.indgensoc.org) is chartering a bus to take passengers from Indiana to the National Genealogical Society's Conference in the States, to be held June 7-10, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago. The bus will pick up passengers at selected stops going north along Interstate 65, beginning in southern Indiana, at Jeffersonville at 10 am on June 6, and will arrive in Chicago by 6 pm, dropping off passengers at hotels in the O'Hare area. The bus will make the return trip to Indiana on June 11 via the same stops. Reservation forms are available at <http://www.indgensoc.org/bustrip.html> http://www.indgensoc.org/bustrip.html ========================================= Meredith Thompson Indiana Genealogical Society Newsletter editor & website manager http://www.indgensoc.org <http://www.indgensoc.org/> =========================================

Dear Family and/or Friends, I have put together a list of email addresses of some relatives, genealogists, and/or interested people, who have at least one thing in common. They are interested in the family history of the Sears Family, which I consider to be centered around Harrison County, Indiana. My particular branch (and that of several others) went on to the Hindsboro/Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois area. My thinking is that we can all learn about our mutual ancestors by sharing what we have learned. I am excited by the prospect of learning more about these people as I hope you will be too. However, now is the chance to request that your name be deleted from this group email list, if you are not interested. I will not be at all offended and will simply drop you off the list. On-the-other-hand, if you know of other relatives, friends, and genealogists, who want to be included, please let me know and I will add them to the emailing list. Perhaps some day we can finance a website, where we can share data and pictures, etc. I am familiar with similar sites on myfamily.com and really enjoy the interaction we have there. Just let me know. If I don't hear from you, I will continue to mail out what I learn about the Sears Family and will forward other people's data too. My interest in the Sears family started at age 15, in July, 1968, when I was staying with my maternal grandparents in Hindsboro, Douglas County, Illinois. My elderly great-grandmother, Maude Luesta (Sears) Strader (1882-1969) accompanied my grandfather and me out to the farm north of Hindsboro to do the chores. On the way back into town, "Ma Strader" asked my grandfather if we could stop at Van Voorhis "Deer Creek" Cemetery to copy down the dates off the tombstones of her paternal grandparents, Enoch and Margaret Sears (my great-great-great-grandparents.) We stopped and after the three of us located the graves in the old section of the cemetery, I copied the names and dates of the weather-worn tombstones onto an old envelope my great-grandmother had in her purse. (I still have the envelope - framed now and hanging on the wall in my genealogy office.) After returning to town, I was intrigued to find out more about these people and how they were related to me. I started interv! iewing my great-grandmother, who had a very good memory of her family. My descent from the first known Sears in our line, goes like this: (subject to change) Johann Georg Zerr (c.1710-c.1800) John Sears (c.1749-1839) m. c. 1778, Catherine Margaret Conrad (c. 1760-c.1822) George Jacob Sears (1789-1857) m. c. 1811, Catharine "Katie" Hon (1789-1880) Enoch William Sears (1819-1874) m. 1840, Margaret A. Hostetler (1822-1893) Stephen William Sears (1852-1934) m. 1875, Laura Belle Stites (1858-1926) Maude Luesta Sears (1882-1969) m. 1902, Alva Curtis Strader (1880-1960) Clifford Anthony Strader (1906-1997) m. 1927, Thelma Easter Allen (1908-1984) Myra Joy Strader (born 1932) m. 1951, Allan Kent Coy (1931-2002) David Kent Coy (born 1953) Just let me know. Thanks. David Kent Coy 123 North 20th Street Decatur, IL 62521-2114 (217) 420-4378 davidkentcoy@mcleodusa.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Juliot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2092.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello Bette, We are definitely related! Your great-grandfather was a brother to my great-grandmother, Josephine Juliot. She married Francis Brunette and they lived in Pepin,WI. I would like to share what information I have on the Juliots with you. I have hit a brick wall trying to find the passenger ship they came on from Switzerland and the canton in which they were born. Do you have any hints on that? I know that their eldest daughter, Adeline, was born in Switzerland. She married Charles Bradley in Pepin. It is so nice to know that someone else is searching this family also. I am making a trip to New Albany next Wednesday to try to do more research on the Juliots. My mother was Minnie Brunette and may possibly have been named after you great-grandmother. Marcia Rood

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Juliots Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2092.2 Message Board Post: My great-grandfather was Henry Juliot born Oct 27, 1857 in Floyd City (information that I have), Indiana. He died Feb 6, 1928. He married my great-grandmother, Minnie Boyd July 29, 1890. His father was Henry born 9/11/1811 in Switzerland died Feb 13 1886 in Pepin. His wife was Victoria M. Burkhard born 9/13/1831 in Switzerland and died 7/16/1905. They are buried with Juliot family in West Frankfort Cemetery. My grandmother was Daisy Juliot. I would be interested in any information regarding the Juliot family. thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAMILTON, BRANDS, HAIGHT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2100 Message Board Post: Researching HAMILTON families of Floyd Co. from 1800-1850. Interested in a Polly HAMILTON in 1830 on page 357, who appears to be about age 30-40, with 3 children. Does anyone know who this Polly is? Who was her husband? I am unable to find a marriage record in Floyd Co. for her, so she may have married out of county. (Polly may be a nickname). By 1840 in New Albany, page 124, she is listed as age 50-60, and has two males in the household with her. Also looking for information on a Jesse HAMILTON and a Ferdinand HAMILTON listed in 1840. Elizabeth HAMILTON married Moses HAIGHT in 1835, and I would like to find out who her parents were. Mary HAMILTON married Tobias BRANDS in 1830. And who are her parents? Any HAMILTON helps would be most appreciated! My Reuben HAMILTON who married Sarah FERGUSON in 1833 may be connected to some of these other Hamilton families. Thanks! Tami

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAMILTON, FERGUSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2099 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Reuben HAMILTON who married Sarah FERGUSON in 1833 in Floyd Co. In 1830, Reuben was in Bullitt Co. KY - and both may have family ties in Bullitt Co. Would like to find out when Reuben and Sarah died. Looking for cemeteries with Hamilton and Ferguson burials. I don't find them in 1840. By 1850, their two children, Mary born 1834 and Richard born 1838 are back in Bullitt Co. KY living with Sarah's FERGUSON family. Family tradition says that Mary and Richard were left orphaned at a young age. When Richard married in 1866 in Bullitt Co. KY, the record says he is son of Reuban, but does not say if Reuben was present as a witness. I just wonder if Sarah died when her children were young - and perhaps Reuben was still living in 1866. I am unable to find him anywhere, however. Would also like to find parents of Reuben HAMILTON. Any HAMILTON researchers of Floyd Co out there? Thanks so much! Tami

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keeton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/191.1 Message Board Post: I have that they had another son name Orville "Doc" Keeton born Sept 28, 1910 born in Denver, CO and died Oct 13, 1982 Bakersfield, CA married Helen Olson 1933 Denver, CO. Is this the same Rufus Keeton.. I also have that he married a second time to Mary Katherine Estes 1928 and had 2 children from this marriage..Edna and Alma Keeton... please let me know..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ferguson, Flora Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/2098 Message Board Post: I am researching my Ferguson-Flora family connections in New Albany. Thanks to the wonderful librarians in the Indiana room at the New Albany library, I have photocopies from microfilm of several marriage records. For only one of these records, however, they also copied the "application for marriage license" which has a wealth of information on it. Does any one know if the county clerk's office has these "applications for marriage license" on file? Or was it only a fluke that I got the one I did?

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/2097.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply. I'll check it out.

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/2097.1 Message Board Post: Floyd county is served by the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society. Check out this link for more information. Their holdings are all at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library. I hope this helps. http://www.ka.net/spcarpenter/SIGserve.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fetz, Schappach, Keckler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/1503.2 Message Board Post: Francis Earl Fetz (known as Earl) married Mildred Hunter. I do not have the date of their marriage. Francis Earl Fetz b.10/27/1908 Floyd Co, Indiana d. 12/20/1975 indiana Mildred Hunter b. 09/09/1909 Mildred died I believe last year. I have the obit somewhere here but have not entered into computer as of yet. Earl Fetz and Mildred Hunter were married for 18 years. Mildred divorced him in 1933. On Mar 22 1845 Earl married Merideth J. Woodward in New Albany, Indiana. Children of Francis Earl Fetz and Mildred Hunter: 1. Robert E. Fetz b. Nov. 12, 1928 2. William Fetz b. Jan 03, 1930 d. Oct 31, 1922 3. daughter b. Jun 18, 1933 4. son b. Oct 07,1935 I also have recently discovered the original place that this Fetz family came from in Germany. Several generations in Germany. If interested please email me. A Fetz Family Renunion is in the early stages of being orginized for the fall of 2006 (Sept.) in Bardstown, Ky.

Contact the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society at: http://www.ka.net/spcarpenter/SIGserve.htm They handle Floyd Co. You might also want to check out the Floyd Co., IN GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~infloyd/ Sue carpenter is the Guru at both sites. Jack Ott

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark, Jennings, Tomlinson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/2097 Message Board Post: Is there a Floyd County Genealogy Society? Do they have a website? If not, could someone provide phone and/or snail mail contact information, please?

What years are available for the New Albany City Directories? I have pages copied from 1848, 1859 and 1860 - are the other years available from circa 1800 upward to 1900?? Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

Having just received a copy of the 1913 Old Time Settlers article and in which it states Thomas, John & Brewer Sinex being brothers and early settlers of New Albany, it also states that Thomas Sinex built the first frame house in New Albany and that he had a lumber yard. Would there be a deed available for this, which according to his arrival in New Albany circa 1816 could be anywhere from then until "when" to have had this home built? When was this first frame home built? Is there any record to establish any proof in this? Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

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/2094.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Don Received your two letters in the mail, thank you again. The information filled up alot of gaps. Take care and stay well Joe

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/2094.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Joe. Just following up. Did you receive the two envelopes I sent. Don

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/2094.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Don Thank you so much for all your help and kindness. To you and your family, we wish for you a healthy, happy and proprous Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Joe and Linda Drury

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/2094.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Joe. After mailing the info I said I would send, I went back and looked for your family in the 1860 and 1870 census and surprise I was able to find them. I mailed that info today. When you get it you will see why genealogy is such a tough search. The surname in both censuses was different both times and even Henry's given name changed. Couldn't go back any further as before about 1853 they were in France. Merry Christmas. Don