Randy: I could help you in the evenings. Contact me with details. I think what you have done here so far is very good-thank you! Bonnie

Hi there, My surnames are; SCHMIDT,BROCKMAN,VONDERHEIDE,MOORMAN. Does anyone have any early Moorman family members in there data base? Thanks, Janet j.r.shade@worldnet.att.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/a/Janet-R-Shade HAVE A HAPPY DAY : - )

I'm looking for surnames: Stewart, Godwin, Heasom, Frank, and Cameron. Most all in Brookville, although Godwins and John Stewart moved to Connersville around 1900. Would really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks Dinah Delta3xs@aol.com

I'm just starting on my lines in Indiana. Any help appreciated. BESS, PHENIS, and HOPPAS are names I'm interested in. Debi Kendrick

Looking for Samuel GOODWIN(there in l840 as teacher and farmer) daughter Mary Goodwin was born in St. Mary's. His first wife died and next he married SUSANNA BENGE. Looking for Goodwins and Benges!!! Please help!!! Sincerely, Susan L KLudw77777@aol.com

Su;ggest "scanning" the book to disk; then it can be printed out and bound into those inexpensive folders. As long as it is not being 'sold' there probable isn't a problem with the printing. As an attorney, just to make sure. Cleo HAPPYDI@aol.com wrote: > I have a copy of the small book written, by David S. Dreyer, called > > _A History of Immigration to the Batesville Vicinity_ > > I would like to get a second copy to send to someone in Germany. > If There is a way I can purchase one I would like to know. If it gets on line > it would then be easier to send to Germany. > Regards to all > Phil > Searching: SELLMEYER, WAECHTER, DAHMUS

I am looking for the citizenship of Sellmeyer, Dahmus/Lukedamnus/Damnus Waechter Any help will be appreciated. Phil Di Matteo Santa Barbara, CA

I am taking down the obituaries off the webpage and also the naturalization records. I am having difficulty finding time of late keeping the obituaries up to date and I am not sure whether it was being used or not. As for the naturalization records, I will soon be getting some help finishing that project up shortly and will re-post. If anyone would like to give any feedback it would be appreciated. By the way...we have gone over the 150 mark in subscriptions on our discussion list. It might be good to post surnames again.... I am researching... KLEMME, HILDEBRAND, LYNN, HILKENE, GARRISON, NUNIER, AND FRANZMAN... Thanks to everyone... Randy Klemme Franklin County Genealogy Coordinator

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B8E48A7F52842108FE34E49F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------B8E48A7F52842108FE34E49F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from enterprise.fuse.net (ns2.fuse.net [206.230.21.10]) by si-net.com (8.9.0/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA12406 for <randyk@si-net.com>; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:04:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from infinia (excelsior-204.fuse.net [208.23.201.204]) by enterprise.fuse.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA05360 for <randyk@si-net.com>; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 01:02:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35FC9ECC.4E85@mail.fuse.net> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:42:52 -0400 From: rkjohnso <rkjohnso@fuse.net> Reply-To: rkjohnso@fuse.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-KIT (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: randyk@si-net.com Subject: Lydia Hutchings Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Would like information concerning Lydia Hutchings who supposedly died in Franklin County sometime after 1831. Need to know her place of death and where she is buried. The only info I have states that she died in Franklin County. Her husband, Gabriel died in Fayette County and is buried in Alquina. Since he died in 1831 and she is mentioned in probate court records as refusing to be the administrator of his estate, her death would naturally have occured sometime thereafter. She was a Baptist so I would assume that she might have been buried in a Baptist Church cemetery. She would have been elderly, partially crippled by a stroke so she probably did not live alone. Several years ago, I searched through available records in Franklin County, but found no re- cord of her death or burial, but I understand attempts have been made there to restore some old cemeteries. I would appreciate any help you could give me or any insight into the matter that you could provide. Many people have searched for this information for years, unsuccessfully. Jean --------------B8E48A7F52842108FE34E49F--

I have a copy of the small book written, by David S. Dreyer, called _A History of Immigration to the Batesville Vicinity_ I would like to get a second copy to send to someone in Germany. If There is a way I can purchase one I would like to know. If it gets on line it would then be easier to send to Germany. Regards to all Phil Searching: SELLMEYER, WAECHTER, DAHMUS

Thanks, Norma for the tip about Dr. Averdick's bio. My great uncle Dr. R.A. RULMANN studied under Dr. Averdick of Oldenburg in the fall of 1876, while attending Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. In March 1881, Dr. Rulmann set up his own practice in Minster,OH., later becoming Health Commissioner of Auglaize Co., OH. Lucy Weaver north@defnet.com -----Original Message----- From: Norma Adams <njadams@erinet.com> To: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com <INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 9:17 AM Subject: [INFRANKLI-L] James Andrew Averdick bio >Good Morning, >I found this biography of James Andrew Averdick in the Ky. Biographies. >He has ties to Oldenburn, Franklin Co., In. He married Clara J. Ertel. > >Here's where it can be found: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios?read=528 > >Norma - Middletown, OH >

Good Morning, I found this biography of James Andrew Averdick in the Ky. Biographies. He has ties to Oldenburn, Franklin Co., In. He married Clara J. Ertel. Here's where it can be found: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios?read=528 Norma - Middletown, OH

For what it's worth I can contribute the following information from the Franklin County Atlas of 1882 concerning my ggrandfather, Andrew J. Heasom. "In 1847, when only four years old, he left his native soil in company with his parents, who located in Brookville. Two years after their advent to this place, the parents both died, being carried away by the cholera in 1850. Thus was Mr. Heasom, at a very tender age, thrown on the world. Unfortunately for him, he was bound out in 1850 by Messers Francis Grassnook and Daniel St. John, to a man named George Metzger, who during four years cruelly mistreated him; finally he was taken from the man on February 22, 1854 and bound to a farmer named Thomas Johnson by Messers Enoch McCarty, Simpson Calfee and John Wynn, remaining with him until his eighteenth or nineteenth year. In the agreement made with Johnson, the latter was obliged to furnish young Heasom with one year's schooling, which he faithfully discharged. ......" Evidently the placing of children was handled by members of the community, possibly appointed by the court. Andrew Heasom was born in Bavaria. After being wounded in the Civil War, he returned to Brookville, became a merchant, Brookville Twp. Trustee and finally Franklin County Treasurer. He married Anna Frank, who was born in Cologne, in Brookville 10-1-1868. So here are two more immigrants from two more parts of Germany, to add to the group. Dinah Pascal

Pat , I found the bonds of indenture for my great-grandfather and his siblings in the probate files which the administrator of the estate turned over to the Johnson County, Iowa, court when the estate was closed. These were not the recorded wills, inventories, etc., but loose files of receipts and papers having to do with the estate which were stored in file boxes. Fortunately, these records were microfilmed before they were destroyed. I don't know what the practice may have been in Franklin Cty, IN, but hope this may be of some help. dan_cambridge@cmfz.com

Cleo, Thanks for the inquiry. My great-grandfather's name was Asbury Cambridge, b. 10/20/1832 in Franklin Cty, IN. He was the son of John F. Cambridge and Catherine Cox. The family had been in Franklin Cty since 1811, living between Brookville and Blooming Grove. John F. Cambridge married Susannah Petty after his first wife died. They emigrated to Johnson Cty, Iowa in 1843. Any additional information on this family would be welcome. dan_cambridge@cmfz.com.

Dr. Wack: Not sure you can find this any where outside of Batesville, but there was a small book written, by David S. Dreyer, called _A History of Immigration to the Batesville Vicinity_. He goes into what brought the immigrants to Franklin County and how they were all neighbors back in Germany centuries before immigrating. I think he is a member of the Tri-County Genealogical Society. You might want to check the local library in Franklin County to see if they have a copy. Mr. Dreyer specifically focuses on the immigrants from the Bramsche area, which is where most of the German Catholics and Lutherans came from. There were earlier settlers from England, Southern Germany and PA. Most of the Niedersachen immigrants came after 1837 and the highest percentage came during the potato blight. Someone should speak with Mr. Dreyer about getting his permission to reprint this book on the Franklin County Site. It's a very small book and it would provide valuable information to the site's visitors. My fax is not working and I live in the Persian Gulf, so it would take several weeks for it to arrive, if I mailed it. I'd be more than happy to scan, transfer it into word and post it, if I had Mr. Dreyer's permission, to do so. Hope this helps out. Eppie Litmer http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/i/t/Epathea-D-Litmer/index.html

My gr-gr-grandfather, Richard Nichols (1785-1860), was an early settler of Franklin County. He is listed in the 1820 census. A couple of notes written by family members many years ago indicated that Richard was orphaned at an early age was was "bound out" to learn the trade of coverlet weaving. Richard was definitely a weaver. A picture of one of his works appear in a book about Indiana weavers. The 1850 census indicated that Richard was born in Delaware. I did search come Delaware court records looking for a "bounding out" document but found nothing. I wonder if a young person who was bound-out took the surname of his mentor. Could this have been common practice also? ---------- > From: Cambridge, Dan <dan_cambridge@cmfz.com> > To: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [INFRANKLI-L] Definition of "bond boys"??? > Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 5:24 PM > > Pat, > I have always heard the term as "bound boy." It applied to girls as well. > Before there were orphanages or social service agencies, children who were > orphaned or whose parents or relatives were otherwise unable to take care of > them were usually "bound out." A court-appointed guardian would sign bonds > of indenture (hence the term "bound" or "bond") with an individual who > agreed to care for the child until his or her majority (18 for girls, 21 for > boys). The bonds that I have seen were all pretty much the same formula > language: the individual signing the bond agreed to educate the child, teach > him or her farming, housewifery or a trade and give him or her something > upon reaching majority: usually a suit of clothes and a little money; > sometimes for girls a featherbed or other household furnishings for a dowry; > sometimes for boys a horse. What they got in return, of course, was cheap > labor. "Bound" children were often treated as servants, got very little > education and often didn't get what had been promised them at their > majority. I think the practice started to die out after about the middle > of the 19th century, when government bodies began to take more > responsibility for orphans and destitute children. > My great-grandfather, who was born in Franklin County, was bound out along > with his four siblings and seven cousins when their parents died shortly > after moving to Iowa in 1843. > I would be interested in hearing any information others might have on this > practice. > dan_cambridge@cmfz

Hi, St. Mary's is in Butler Township Paula

My ancestors the Wendels (who m. Klemmes and Heebs) came here during the 1840's. They came because they didn't want their sons to have to serve in the German armies that were constantly making war and drafting the young men. The Wendels came from Gilsa, Germany and were farmers. They also had a harness shop in Ohio across the state line from Franklin Co. , In. for a few years before moving onto a farm in Franklin Co. Judy

PWeber3402@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 9/6/98 7:23:50 PM Central Daylight Time, > dan_cambridge@cmfz.com writes: > > << > I have always heard the term as "bound boy." It applied to girls as well. > Before there were orphanages or social service agencies, children who were > orphaned or whose parents or relatives were otherwise unable to take care of > them were usually "bound out." >> > Dan, > Thank you for the reply and explanation of Bound Boys. I had not heard of it > before. I wonder if any paper was recorded or anything or if there are records > that were kept of such transactions. Probably not. > Thanks again. Really appreciate it. > Pat W Pat, there should be court records of them if it happened after Franklin Co. had a court. Pat O'Connor