Sue, from your bio, you sound like a great addition to INGenWeb Project and a wonderful resource for Rush Co., In researchers. I like your sense of humor. Welcome to INGenWeb! JGW, A Tri-Coordinator, Vanderburgh Co., InGenWeb At 01:28 PM 10/14/98 -0500, Sue Prifogle Otte wrote: >Hi, Rush County & Indiana Mailers! > >I'm Sue Otte and I guess (okay, I *know*) I have taken over the Rush >County Gen Page. If you only knew me personally, you would know how >scary this is! > >Anyway, I'm the Director at the Rushville Public Library. I thought >since I answer so many genealogy queries (via phone, US mail, & email) >each week here at the Library, I was sort of a natural for the page. > >Just a bit about me... I was born here in Rushville 38 years ago (my >parents are Fayette County natives). I have been researching my own >family history (which is full of Quakers mostly) since I was a junior in >high school. I graduated from Rushville High in '78, from Indiana >University (majored in history) in '82, and from Ball State U (masters >in library science) in '84. >After doing stints in the libraries in Wells County, Indiana, and Perry >Co, Ohio, I returned to Rushville in 1989 and was crowned Director of >the Library (Sue the 1st!). >By the way, you'll probably notice I have a strange sense of humor. >I recently got married for the first time... my hubby's name is Ernie. >We have two ornery cats (Cy & Izzy) who are trying to adjust to the new >intruder (Ernie) in the house. > >Here in Rush Co, we seem to have a hard time finding people to do >research. If you send me a note here at the Library, we can do searches >in our Indiana Room (which, by the way if you haven't visited, is well >worth a looksee). However, researching at the courthouse is another >story. We used to have a couple of ladies who did researching. One is >an elderly lady who is up to her neck in research and, unfortunately, >under the weather... The other lady just sorta pooped out on us and left >us high & dry. If anyone knows someone in or around Rushville who would >be willing to do research outside the Library, please let me know. > >If you would like to visit the Rushville Public Library, you can do so >on the web. Our address is http://comsys.net/rushlib/index.html >On our webpage, we have a list of some of the items you can find in our >Indiana Room. You can also find out our hours and things like that. > >You can reach me here at the Library at rushlib@comsys.net or personally >at my home account which is spri@rush.cnz.com. > >Anyway, I hope I do a good job for you Rush Co researchers. I'll do my >best! > >Let the wild rumpus begin! > >Sue Prifogle Otte > > >