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/Ci.2ADE/4456 Message Board Post: I am searching for records regarding members of my family. I am the granddaughter of Virgil Leroy Talley, the daughter of his don, Eric Edwin "Joe" Talley who was born in Worthington, but grew up in Vincennes. My dad had 4 brothers- Mike, Steve, Kenny and John. Virgil was married to Betty Jean Cullison of Linton. I would appreciated any information regarding my family members. i also am searching for a half brother, Eric Edwin "Fireball" Talley II. The last time I knew he lived in the Terre Haute area. I now live in North Carolina and it is difficult to find information wothout being in the area. Any information appreciated.

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/Ci.2ADE/4455 Message Board Post: Does anyone have marriages for Greene Co after 1920? I am in need of the marriage date for Mina M Foster Emery to Joseph J Frayser. Joseph b 10 Jun 1895 France. First child I find is John Wm Frayser born 20 Feb 1925 Bk A-6 pg 6 Greene Co In. Can anyone help? Appreciate any help Thanks Lynn

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/Ci.2ADE/3348.1 Message Board Post: Hi Marilyn: I am working on Harriet Taylor Graham.She being mother of Emma Graham who married Oron Foster. If you have anything to share would love to share what little I have so far with you. just started this line 2 days ago. You may email me directly if you like Thanks Lynn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BUTLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ci.2ADE/4454 Message Board Post: All, Thomas Butler died on Dec. 21, 1867 and is buried in the Old Linton Cemetery alongside his wife Mary. Thomas was the Greene Co. Delegate to the 1850-51 Indiana State Constitutional Convention and was also Justice of the Peace, yet there is no listing for he or his wife Mary in "Greene County Indiana Abstract of Wills, 1825-1904". Is this book exhaustive or is there a possiblity that he did indeed leave a will but it just didn't make it into the Abstract? If there is anyone who could do a look-up at the Greene Co. Courthouse in Bloomfield it would be geatly appreciated. Jeff Butler Winchester, VA.

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/Ci.2ADE/2828.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so very much MrJackson.This is most kind of you to post these obituaries.They have helped me greatly.Thanks Keep up Good Work. Lynn

Bloomington (IN) Telephone, Nov 17, 1927, p. 5. WOMAN BADLY BURNED NEAR BLOOMFIELD Bloomfield, Ind., Nov. 17--Mrs. Dennis Grave, living five miles southwest of this city, was seriously burned at her home today when she attempted to start a fire in a kitchen stove with kerosene. She succeeded in putting out the flames but not before she was severely burned on the head and face. This is the third accident from the use of kerosene in the vicinity of Bloomfield in six weekks, the other two proving fatal.

Bloomington (IN) Telephone, Nov 17, 1927, p. 5. DESPONDENT MOTHER ENDS LIFE WITH POISON Bloomfield, Ind., Nov 17--Lydia Slymm, 32 years old, died yesterday two hours after she had taken poison at her home 8 miles east of Bloomfield. She had been despondent for some time on account of ill health but seemed to be improved in the moring when her husband left for his work at the Mohawk Mine near Jasonville. She is survived by the husband, Claude Slymm, and three children who (were) attending school only a short distance from the home at the time of the suicide. A note was left for the husband asking him to continue living in the same home and to be good to the children. The note also contained one paragraph addressed to a brother of the husband asking that he aid in rearing the children.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAKER, FANNING, PITMAN, WALKER Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/4453 Message Board Post: WILL RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Office of the Clerk, Court House, Bloomfield, Indiana, Will Book 1, Pages 66--68, “Nathan Bakers Will” 66. Filed and Recorded November 13th 1851 in the words and figures following towit In the name of God Amen, Know ye that I, Nathan BAKER of the County of Greene and State of Indiana being in a low state of health and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory, and knowing that it is once appointed unto all men to die, and knowing also that it is desirable that such worldly goods and chattels as we may be the indulgence of kind providence be blessed with in this world, be transmitted to our posterity, with as little expense and litigation as possible, and to insure therein the quiet and feasible enjoyment of the same. Therefore, and to the end that I secure to my children these blessings. I do hereby and by those presents make, publish, ordain and establish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills and codicils by me at anytime heretofore made or executed. Item. First I do will, give, grant and bequeath unto my beloved wife Prudence BAKER the one third part of all my lands and tenements situate in the County of Greene and State of Indiana To Have and to Hold the same during the Term of her natural life, And also that after the payment of my just debts and legal liabilities which I desire to be paid out of the proceeds of my personal estate, that the said Prudence shall also have the one third part of Net proceeds of the said personal estate. Item 2.d I do hereby give grant, devise, and bequeath unto my three oldest children, Towit James S. BAKER of Navario, Wisconsin, Mary Ann FANNING wife of Rufus FANNING of Tonawada, N.Y. and Hannah Francis PITMAN of Michigan; the sum of one thousand thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents being two-thirds of the amount of the valuation of all my real estate, to be paid to the said James S. BAKER, Mary Ann FANNING and Francis PITMAN upon the arrival of full age of my youngest son Francis Carter BAKER now in his fourteenth year of age. The same to be paid to them by my Executor hereinafter appointed that is the sum of three hundred and forty four dollars and forty four cents each, but in no event is the said — Page 67. land to be sold for the purpose of the payment of the bequests herein mentioned if the said bequests can be realized from the proceeds of my personal estate. Item 3rd. I do hereby give grant, and devise to my following children, Towit. Hiram W. BAKER, John BAKER, George BAKER, Henry BAKER, Horatio W. BAKER, and Francis C. BAKER, in common the following lands and tenements situate and being in the County of Greene and State of Indiana and known and designated by the description following towit The NW qr of NE qr of S 5 in Township 6N of R4 west containing fifty-eight acres and 78/100. The SE qr of the SE qr of S 32 in T 7 N of R 4 west containing forty acres. The SW qr of the SE qr of S32 in Town 7 N of R 4 west containing forty acres. Part of the E ½ of the SE qr of S32 in Town 7 North of Range 4 West containing forty acres making in the whole one hundred and seventy eight acres and 75/100 To have and to Hold the tenements and hired tenements aforesaid to them the said Hiram W. BAKER, John BAKER, George BAKER, Henry BAKER, Horatio W. BAKER and Francis C. BAKER and their assigns forever in fee simple. Said land however ! to be subjected to the payment of the Legacies herein provided in the 2d Item of this my last will and testament to be paid to the said James S. BAKER, Mary Ann FANNING and Hannah Francis PITMAN as therein Provided Item 3d. I do hereby give grant and bequeath unto my said children towit Hiram W. BAKER, John BAKER, George BAKER, Henry BAKER, Horatio W. BAKER and Francis C. BAKER all and singular all my personal estate consisting of all my horses, Waggons, carriages, cattle, hogs and sheep as all worries, dues and demands due me and all causes inaction, except the one third part thereof which is hereby and in the 1st Item of this will bequeath unto my wife the said Prudence BAKER. Item 4th. I do hereby nominate ordain constitute and appoint my sons James S. BAKER and Hiram W. BAKER my Executors of this my last will and Testament investing them with full power and authority to carry into full effect all and singular the provisions herein contained. And I hereby especially enjoin it my said executor James S. BAKER that he shall see to the payment of the Legacies herein bequeathed to the said Mary Ann FANNING and Hannah Francis PITMAN hereby confirming this as my last will and Testament. This the 6th day of September 1851. Given under my hand and seal this 6th day of September 1851. Nathan BAKER (Seal) — 68 Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of the testator and of each other, and at his request. H. L. LIVINGSTON Chas D. PEARSON Lewis B. EDWARDS I Samuel R. CAVINS Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the county of Greene in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the last will and testament of Nathan BAKER, late of said County, deceased, was this day brought before me in my office and was duly proven by the oath of H. L. LIVINGSTON and Lewis B. EDWARDS the subscribing witness thereto, whose criminations were reduced to writing and by them subscribed and sworn to in the words and figures following to=wit We do solemnly swear that we saw Nathan BAKER sign, seal publish and declare the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be his last will and testament, and that we signed our names thereto as subscribing witnesses in the presence of the said Nathan BAKER, at his request, and in the presence of each other. That the said Nathan BAKER was of full age to devise his property, and of sound mind and memory at the time of his making and signing his said last will and testament, and not under coercion or restraint and that of his own free will and accord, he signed his said last will and testament. That we are of lawful age, and in no wise interested in either the real or personal estate of the deceased. H. L. LIVINGSTON Lewis B. EDWARDS In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Bloomfield this 3rd day of November Anno Domini, 1851 S.R. CAVINS, Clerk (LS)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collins, Martindale Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/4438.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, I would very much like whatever information you may have on the Martindales. Thank you.

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/Ci.2ADE/1753.1792.1.2 Message Board Post: Andrea's History of Kansas, 1883; Neosho County section; page 832: "J. T. Harshfield, grocer, native of Greene County, Indiana., born in 1845. He anad his brothers came to Kansas in 1865, locating on a farm, where they made a living by breaking sod for themselves and their neighbors; at this business, he continued until 1876, when he came to Osage Mission, and clerked for J. Koenig in the grocer. In 1878 he opened an establisment under the firm name of Harshfield Bros. until 1880, when it became J. T. Harshfield. He carries a stock of $1,400, and does a business of $4,500. Mr. H. married Miss Shoptaw, who is now dead, leaving him three boys. She died in January, 1982"

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/Ci.2ADE/299.1 Message Board Post: Pam, I am also a descendent of Thomas and Hattie Dover...my grandfather was their sons Leslie Elijah Dover...I am new to the genealogy search maybe we could share information... Denise Dover

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Humphreys, Truitt, Butler, Hannah, Laird ,Turner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/4436.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi. George Elmer Humphreys was my Great uncle. He moved to OR. I have been trying to find the connection between the TN Humphreys and my Humprheys for a while. It always seemed so odd that they wound up In Linton at the same time. My GGrandparents William and Clarissa Lotz Humphreys originated in VA. moved to OH, and then on to IN. I know that the TN Humprheys also came from VA. There is a story in the family, "two brothers came to the Ohio River, and one went north, the other went south" However, no proof. I have some history of land transactions in TN for the Humprheys, along with some relationship discussions, and also the info regarding the ancestors of a Robert Elllis. In this, they have Martha Ellis married to Hawkins Humpreys and listed Hawkins as a son of my William and Clarissa. Of course, not true. By the way, do you know that the Rectors are descendants of the first German colony (1714) in VA......called Germanna?

Census secrets rule lifted for '30 count Personal records opened by U.S. Associated Press WASHINGTON June Hall moved her finger down the page, found her grandmother's name and smiled. After a half-hour of scrolling through microfilm of personal records from the 1930 census, Hall had hit pay dirt: the line that showed her grandmother's house, the home where Hall was born. Hall joined dozens of people Monday at the National Archives looking to fill in the blanks of their family histories as privacy protection for individual 1930 census records expired. The expiration, 72 years after each census, allows people to see information beyond the dry statistics typically available after the once-a-decade count. "It's a real high. You get into this and you just get hooked," said Hall, of Baltimore. While Hall was not yet born in 1930, she read that her grandmother lived on what was then a dirt road, while her father worked as a salesman and lived at home. Historians billed it as the largest release of such personal records by the federal government, providing a gold mine of genealogical data for family researchers. "We get a picture more revealing than any previous census," John Carlin, archivist of the United States, said before cutting the ribbon to the census research room. "The census is still the most complete record we have in our country at any single point in time," he said. Original 1930 forms have been destroyed, but not before copies were put on 2,667 rolls of microfilm in the 1940s. Those copies were made available at archives headquarters in Washington, and at 13 other offices around the country. The regional facilities are in Anchorage, Alaska; Laguna Niguel and San Bruno, Calif.; Denver; East Point, Ga.; Chicago; Waltham and Pittsfield, Mass.; Kansas City, Mo.; New York City; Philadelphia; Fort Worth; and Seattle. The National Archives' 1930 census site is at http://1930census.ar-chives.gov/. The Census Bureau is at www.census.gov/. Historians said the records would provide a more detailed look at life in America at the dawn of the Depression. The 1930 census date of April 1 came more than five months after the October 1929 stock market crash. "I'm trying to learn more about my father's house and any other things I didn't know about him," said Hunter Alexander, who was scouring records for Baltimore County. All Americans answered the same 32 questions. Some typified the times, such as "Does this household have a radio set?" No forms were mailed. Census-takers visited homes and recorded answers on an answer grid that looked like a giant report card. "I'm trying to finish a family tree," Reggie Green, of Washington, said as he scrolled through Orangeburg County in South Carolina. "This might help fill in some of the branches." http://1930census.archives.gov/ http://www.census.gov/

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/Ci.2ADE/4436.2.1 Message Board Post: I will send you a separate email. Yes, I would appreciate the info you have on the William Ellis family. Regarding the Humphreys connections - I have found three diffferent connections with the William Ellis family and the Humphreys. First, William's sister Mary married Hanson Humphreys. Their children included "the" Andrew Hymphreys born March 30, 1821. Second, William's daughter Martha married Hawkins Humphreys. And, third probably the one of which you speak William's son George Washinton Ellis married Mary Janet Denton whos mother was Margaret Rector, aunt Jeanette Rector, and grand father Joseph Rector. Janet's cousin/Joseph's grand daughter/Jeanette's daughter Julia Rector Moss married George Elmer Humphreys. I am not sure what the connections, if any, are between the three different Humphreys lines. I am not aware of any Humphreys in my direct ancestors. William was my ggg grand father and his son Stephen was my gg grand father.

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/Ci.2ADE/4452.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi; How gracious of you to be so kind as to look up all this wonderful info for me. Thanks you so much.Have a great day Lynn

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/Ci.2ADE/4452.1 Message Board Post: Not researching this family, but did some looking for you. Cemeteries of Western Greene County, Indiana Vol II, Pg. 219 Lebanon Cemetery Joseph J. Frayser, 1895-1969 Could not find a marriage for Frayser and Foster. But the following might offer you a clue. Index to Marriage Record Greene County, Indiana Vol 1, A-F. Mina M. Foster born 24 Feb 1893, married Roscoe N. Emery 30 November 1918. Bk. 13, Pg. 20. Index to Birth Record 1895-1920 Greene County, Indiana Mina Foster and Ross Emery had an unnamed male child born 3 Feb 1920. Bk R-12, Pgf. 28. Cemeteries of Western Greene County, Indiana Vol 1, Pg. 219 Prairie Chapel Cemetery Row 7 Emery, Roscoe N. 1892-1962 Looks like he might be buried with his parents Eliza E., 1868-1951 and Harvey N., 1869-1944 All of the above kinda makes a person believe that Mina divorced Roscoe. If, in fact, Mina is the one and same person you are searching. Hope this helps. Judy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collins Martindale Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/4438.1 Message Board Post: My gg-grandmother was Barbara Elizabeth Martindale Collins Uland, she was the sister to your Martha, I believe they married brothers, Barbara mar George Collins on 4-10-1859 and Martha mar William on 5-1-1859. I have a lot on the Martindales if you are still interested.

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/Ci.2ADE/2006.1 Message Board Post: Hi: Saw your posting on Foster family of Greene Co Ind. Was hoping you might know of Mina Marie Foster b 22 Jun 1898 married John Joe Frayser.Lived Jasonville area when Joe died in Apr 1969.Any help greatly appreciated Thanks Lynn

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/Ci.2ADE/4452 Message Board Post: Joe Frayser b 10 Jun 1895 where? died Apr 1969 per Social Security death index lived Jasonville Indiana.Wife was Mina Marie Foster. Does anyone have an obituary? or working on family?Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Lynn

Hi all, :) It's said that "April showers bring May flowers." Well, ships and planes bring immigrants, no matter what month/year it is or what the weather was like. There's one thing to be said about humans ~ we're a mobile species. It doesn't matter what country they came from or what country they ended up in. It also doesn't matter what the reason for emigration was. Your April challenge is to find an immigrant or an immigrant family to the area and post him/her/them to the list, whether it's your immigrant or not is irrelevant. As long as the person/family is not sitting in their country of birth during any census or a death, etc. ~ that's what we're after. Name ONLY the immigrant or immigrant family and tell where they came from and when. You can name the ancestors, but no descendants. And since two months were mentioned ('April showers/May flowers'), this challenge will involve April and May. The second half of this challenge will be disclosed of course, in May! :) But for April, you just might want to open a new folder labeled "April challenge" and keep all the challenge messages from April in it. I can give you an advance notice that you're going to be using them in May. Have fun! :) Colleen