Dunkirk lays on the edge of Jay and Blackford Co's. There is a cemetery just north west of Dunkirk at the edge of town but in Blackford Co that is called the Dunkirk IOOF cemetery. I can give you exact directions if you plan to travel there. The Blackford Co Library in Hartford City has a complete listing of burials in the Bl. Co cemeteries. As for Jay Co the records are kept by the genealogical society. They have a great Genealogy society hopefully someone from there will answer the email also. I can't put my hands of the card of the guy that runs it but they are very helpful. They are located in Portland. Hope this help both of you. Connie Brubaker

Hi Jan: According to my map, Dunkirk is located on the county lines of Blackford, Jay, and Delaware counties. You might try to contact the Genealogical society in Muncie. Good Luck in your search! In a message dated 9/2/99 5:52:24 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Bubblecut@aol.com writes: << I had forgotten until recently that Dunkirk is sort of divided among two counties, Jay and Blackford (and maybe three? Randolph?). Are all of the marriage records stored in one county or are they divided up, too? I have located my great-grandparents' marriage license from 1874. But I can't seem to find my grandparents' marriage records. My grandmother has always told me that they were married on April Fools' Day in 1934 in Dunkirk. I've written to all three counties - one even stated (and I think it was Blackford, off the top of my head) that Dunkirk was in Jay County and sent my request back. Any ideas? Thanks, Jan >>

I had forgotten until recently that Dunkirk is sort of divided among two counties, Jay and Blackford (and maybe three? Randolph?). Are all of the marriage records stored in one county or are they divided up, too? I have located my great-grandparents' marriage license from 1874. But I can't seem to find my grandparents' marriage records. My grandmother has always told me that they were married on April Fools' Day in 1934 in Dunkirk. I've written to all three counties - one even stated (and I think it was Blackford, off the top of my head) that Dunkirk was in Jay County and sent my request back. Any ideas? Thanks, Jan

Hello All, I too, would like info on Dunkirks cemeteries. I am looking for James Garfield Hartley my gr grpa who supposedly was living in Dunkirk around 1930-1940. I'm told he worked at a feedmill there. He had remarried but I don't know her name-only that she owned a farm on the outskirts of town. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jacqueline in Ohio

Does anyone have any information on the IOOF cemetery, presumably in Dunkirk (location, size, etc.)? Thanks, Jan

Goodmorning everyone! A new look-up volunteer has joined us..she is Phyliis Franklin and her resource is Dr. J. J. Kidder's baby book, which she has indexed. Dr. Kidder practiced in south eastern Jay County, office in Salamonia, Madison Township, from 1896 to 1954 when he died. He delivered babies in Jay County, Randolph County, Indiana, Darke County, and Mercer County Ohio. Included in his records consistently was the father's name, mother's maidian name, babies name and birthdate, time of birth, place of birth, child's position in the family, i.e. 1st, 3rd etc. Other information included but inconsistently was parent's place of birth, father's occupation, babies weight and length. There were about 1500 entrys. Also up this morning is a listing of cemetary inscpriptions from Winters Cemetary, and a new photo in the album. The photo album is getting quite popular and I may have to "re-jig" it as I expected some of you may find it slow to load! Hope you are all having a wonderful summer! I am looking forward to my first ever trup to Jay County next weekend. I have very limited time but am sure it will be worthwhile! Cheers Amy Jay County Co-ordinator INgenWeb project

Hellp everyone! I am pleased to announce that a new volunteer "looker-upper" has joined the Jay County Genealogy Web Team!!! He is David Taylor, and he is bringing to the research assistance corner some great sources for records which we have been somewhat lacking on the pages. Specifically, David has Index to Marriage Records Jay County 1850-1920 Volume I part 1 A-L >> Volume I part 2 Mc-Z > Index to Birth Records for Jay Co., IN 1882-1920 > > Index to Death Records for Jay Co., IN 1882-1920 > He also has access to the index for the 1840 and 1830 census. David can be contaced through the page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~injay then click on Look up Volunteers! Lets all give David a hand!! Amy Jay County Coordinator USGENWEB

Hello everyone! wanted to let you know that there have been a number of new photos submitted. In the next few months, we shall have some searchable cemetary transcriptions as well. Hopefully sometime in the fall, all the data bases currently on the site will be linked into a single search engine. The site is experiencing a lot of traffic lately, and I am so happy to see that people are finding it useful and worth returning to. If any one has data to donate at this time, or concerns/suggestions about the format, just let me know. While I am awfully busy in the coming months, suggestions will be taken into consideration as I begin the site overhaul sometime in September. I am hoping to get to Jay County sometime in August. Not for sure yet, but begining to think about it. Anyone know where I should stay? Hope you are all having a great summer! Amy

I am passing this all on to you in case you rubn accross information on the surname JOHNSON on any sites etc. What some people won't do!! Amy Jay County Coordinator USGENWEB -----Original Message----- From: Lori [SMTP:lori@myself.com] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:55 PM To: INGENWEB-L@usgennet.org Subject: INGenWeb: Bogus queries Passed on to you all as requested: Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Bogus Queries Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 12:03:18 -0700 From: Linda Russell Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Apparently someone is posting queries to various counties using mine and other volunteers' names and e-mail addresses. So far, the queries are for the surname JOHNSON. Would you please ask your cc's to remove any query that "looks" like it came from me since July 21, 1999? I have not posted a query in over almost a year. This person, Jesse K. Moore, after threatening to launch a campaign against personal genealogical research, has already started. He is attempting to dilute online genealogy with bogus information, according to his claim. We asked RW to block him from posting to the GenConnect boards, and they complied. RW also reported the offenses to his ISP, but it looks like he is using various yahoo and AOL accounts, too. Thanks, Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~ Lori SC INGW

Hi Beth I was looking for a Sutton last year and was told that Opal Lord knows a lot about the Sutton family as she is related. Opal lives at Hartford City Indiana, Blackford Co. and is the Mayor there. Jim Johnson Dunkirk IN

Beth, I don't live in Jay County but I can recommend a great place to go and that's the Genealogy Society's research center. Hopefully someone will be able to give you the address, I just know how to get there, no street names. I am also interested in the Sutton family. Which ones are you looking for? Connie Brubaker

Hello, I am new to the list and I will soon be heading to Jay county to do some research. I am searching for HALL, MANN, SUTTON, MATCHETT, WALTERS, EHRHART, PFEIFER all from Jay County. I know this is a little off topic, but if anyone on the list lives in jay County, I would love some "tips" on searching in Jay County. Thanks in advance. Beth

I descend from William Felton Denney who was one of the first settlers of Jay County, IN and who is buried at the Pisquah Cemetery outside Fort Recovery, Ohio. He was my great great grandfather and he left many descendants around the Jay County, IN/Mercer County, Ohio areas. My great grandfather was Harrel Felton Denney. My query concerns Harrel and his wife Caroline, his wife was Caroline Graves, daughter of Henderson Graves, the first Sheriff of Jay County. Harrel's DOB Aug 4, 1827 and DOD Jun 20, 1908 and Carolines DOB Oct 16, 1834 and DOD Unk. My problem is, I can not determine where Harrel and Caroline died and where they are buried. I have a obituary for Harrel which left some hints but they do not seem to pan out, it stated he died on the land his father (William) had pioneered as a grant in Jay County Indiana, if this was so, that means he died in Jay County and should have been recorded there . I have checked with the Jay County Health Dept and there is no Harrel Denney recorded there which means either he was not recorded as a death or died elsewhere. Caroline was still alive in 1907. She may have died in Grant County, near Marion, IN as there are indications she was living with a son there. Can anyone help me here! If anyone is interested in data on this line please contact me Richard Denney rdenney@prodigy.net

Searching for info. on Andrew Morricle who married Mary "Polly" Dulaey April 2, 1835 in Floyd Co, Va.They moved to Jay Co...their children were... Daniel..B. 1836 Floyd Co. lived in Ford Co, Ill. Mahlon Morrical B. Oct 30, 1840 in New Castle In. Married (1) Susannah Nixon Married (2) on 9-23-1877 to Jenny Clines Adeline Morrical..B. 1842 in Indiana Married William Sutton...lived in Union City, In. Floyd Morrical,..B.1844 in Indiana died 1904 Lived in Winchester , In. Levi Morrical...b. 1845 in Indiana..lived in Worth Co, Mo. John Morrical...b.1849 in Indiana..Killed on railroad at Clifton, Ill. I need to find some of the descendants of these folks to tie in a missing link in thye family tree...I have a picture of Polly Morrical who was B. 4-12-1812. Can ANYONE help this Ol' Virginia boy??? Thanks, Paul Collins...Floyd Co, Va.

Seeking information on James M. SACKMAN and Catherine BARRACK who were married 1848 in Jay Co., IN. Mildred Prather Columbia, MO mprather@mail.coin.missouri.edu

I am looking for Central State Hospital. Does anyone know where it is and if it's possible to check on records of someone who died there? Connie Brubaker

Hi Group, I just recently added a genealogy web site for the <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Kmaymay/Reid.html">THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM REID </A> at http://members.aol.com/Kmaymay/Reid.html. These include the descendants of Andrew b. 1801, and Anna (Boswell) REID b. 1807, who settled in Portland, Jay Co., IN. If you, or anyone you know, descends from these REIDs, please have them get in touch with me because I would love to meet more of my cousins! Related surnames: COLE, ERISMAN, SCHENEMAN Thanks, Jonni Sue

ITS HERE! A brand new searchable WW1 data base of soldiers, nurses, and national guard draftees! Please note there is some duplication in search results which we will correct over time.. better more than less info! The database can be reached from the main page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~injay COMING NEXT! SEARCHABLE CEMETARY TRANSCRIPTIONS!!! If any one out there has any information pretaining to Jay County that they wish to donate, please contact me! Amy

>From: INPCRP-D-request@rootsweb.com >Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:22:17 -0700 (PDT) >Subject: INPCRP-D Digest V99 #125 >X-Loop: INPCRP-D@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <INPCRP-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume99/125 >Precedence: list >To: INPCRP-D@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >X-UIDL: 8357125bd630d4c92fe56d12991cf342 > > >Content-Type: text/plain > >INPCRP-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 125 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [INPCRP-L] Gov. O'Bannon and HB 15 ["Lois Mauk" <LawOfficeInformationS] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from INPCRP-D, send a message to > > INPCRP-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 00:14:56 -0400 >From: "Lois Mauk" <LawOfficeInformationSystem@worldnet.att.net> >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <009401be9b65$4b4b97c0$2b08fea9@lois> >Subject: [INPCRP-L] Gov. O'Bannon and HB 1522 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Just wanted to let you know that Gov. O'Bannon will be formally signing >House Bill 1522 into law tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11th, at 1:00 (Indy time). > >I have been invited to be present for this ceremony and was told I could >bring TWO guests. I worried for quite a while over who to ask. My first >instinct was to invite U.S. District Court Judge Hugh Dillin, whose >ancestors were disinterred last summer from Wilhoit Cemetery >(http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/HallofShame/wilhoitcem.html) to make way >for a subdivision and which remains are STILL in a laboratory at the >University of Indianapolis. Unfortunately, Judge Dillin has a trial >tomorrow and can't join us. > >Our dear friend and veteran cemetery restorer Ron Baldwin from Monroe County >will be attending with me, as will little Ashley Loweth, the 8-year-old who >testified with us before the Indiana House of Representatives earlier this >year. (Ashley's moving speech to the House is on the INPCRP website.) >Ashley's family cemetery was blacktopped a number of years ago to build a >strip shopping center. Her great-grandfather and other ancestors are today >buried under several inches of blacktop in the parking lot >(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881/halemcbridecem.html). > >Bill Shaw, the Indianapolis Star reporter who wrote so poignantly about the >obliteration of Rhoads Cemetery (see INPCRP Hall of Shame, Marion Co.) and >of Wilhoit Cemetery, will be meeting us at the Capitol tomorrow, where we >will also be joined by Ron Baldwin's wife Mary Jane, their friend Dave >Foster, Ashley's mother and her paternal grandparents. Though they won't be >able to join us in the Governor's office for the ceremony itself, they'll be >there to share our collective sense of accomplishment in getting at least >one Bill safely through the 1999 General Assembly. > >I wish I could take every one of you with us tomorrow to impress upon the >Governor and the Legislators the fact that House Bill 1522 is an important >FIRST STEP in protecting our pioneer cemeteries in this state. There is >still a LOT to be done. The sad truth is that nothing in HB 1522 would >prevent the travesties at Rhoads, Wilhoit or Hale-McBride Cemeteries from >happening today because both were "legally" destroyed. > >What WILL House Bill 1522 do? > >(1) It will REMOVE the long-standing exemption granted to those involved in >agricultural activities which permitted them to legally obliterate all >visible signs of a cemetery's existence on private property. Most of us are >familiar with one of more cemeteries that "vanished" when the stones were >destroyed or used for fill and the cemetery cultivated or turned into >pasture. (See Tucker Cemetery in Shelby Co., IN ><http://www.shelbynews.com/insideNewsstand.asp?ID=3783>.) > >(2) It will make it illegal to traffic in stolen cemetery art. This has >been a sporadic problem in Indiana to date, but as the demand for such "yard >art" continues (see Omaha World Herald article at >http://omaha.com/OWH/StoryView/1,1344,139990,00.html and the recent Internet >brouhaha over Ebay listing "used" grave markers for sale), it will doubtless >become a greater problem here. With this new statutory language, the >authorities will have a mechanism for prosecuting the possession and sale of >stolen cemetery art in Indiana. > >(3) It will make "disturbing, defacing or damaging" gravestones, markers, >etc. a prosecutable crime. If the damage exceeds $2,500, the crime will be >a Class D felony. Lesser damage will be a Class A misdemeanor. Those of us >who have been intimately involved in repairing stones know full well that it >won't take a lot of damage to exceed $2,500 if the repairs are done by a >commercial enterprise such as a monument company. (Here in Jeffersonville, >it recently cost $300 to have a monument company come in with a wench to put >a single three-piece monument back together and none of the pieces in that >instance were broken.) > >(4) It will require anyone lawfully removing (or moving) a grave memorial to >file a detailed report with the County Recorder. > >Admittedly, HB 1522 makes no strides toward solving the problem of >maintaining or restoring pioneer cemeteries that have been abandoned and >neglected. This will be the main focus of our attention for the Year 2000 >session of the General Assembly. > >If you haven't done so lately, take a look at the "Needed Legislation" page >on the INPCRP website and see if you have any additions to suggest. These >ideas will be important when we next meet with our Legislators as they begin >their 1999 Summer Study Program on the subject of protecting pioneer >cemeteries. > >I've said it before, but it can't be said often enough: "Thank you for all >your support in this effort." Your petition signatures, telephone calls, >e-mails and letters were all very important in persuading the Legislators >that this situation could not be ignored any longer. We're making progress, >though these things never happen fast enough to suit most of us. > >With thanks and best regards, > >Lois >- ------------------------------- >Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp >

Hello fellow researchers: Hoping someone can help me find my ggrandparents. Thomas Newton Parks, B. Oct. 28, 1891 Ansonio, Darke,Ohio Married Lola Ellen Watts May 17, 1913 Portland,Jay, Indiana, Died March 18, 1962, I believe in Portland also, but not sure. Thomas's parents were Henry Zee Parks B. Dec. 15, 1865 Married ElVora May Kunce, don't know when or where, also do not know when or where Henry died. ElVora died June 4, 1937 but again don't know where. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Crystal Johnston dodge383@cncnet.com