Does anyone here know how the town of Claypool got it's name. Thanks in advance, Jean Taylor [email protected]

Pat, The transcription of a census primarily involves the reading of a copy of the National Archive microfilm and inputting each piece of information into a computer. I will be sending out to volunteers the copies of the census for a township at a time. We will be working our way through the 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 census. Quite a major task. But broken down by year, by township, the task becomes less overwhelming for each volunteer. The copies of the census I will be sending are of pretty good quality for the most part. The trick is in deciphering the handwriting. I would like the census entered into a spreadsheet. Preferably Microsoft Excel, but Microsoft works spreadsheet files and Appleworks spreadsheet files are also ok. I will send each volunteer a template file to begin the census transcription. I can send the file on floppy disk or via the internet, whichever you are most comfortable with. I already have the 1900 and 1870 copies made, but I'm waiting to start the project with the 1860, since this would flow with the 1840 and 1850 we already have on-line. If you are interested in participating, please send an email directly to me. And if there are others of you out there who would also like to participate in this project, please let me know. Thx... Gene Andert >What is involved in transcribing a census? I'd like to help but I work >full-time so I'd like to find out how involved this is. > >Pat > >-----Original Message----- >From: sera <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:55 PM >Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] CENSUS > > > >At 11:48 PM 12/07/1999 -0600, you wrote: > >> > >>Hello, > >>I am the new State Coordinator for the Indiana Census Project and would >like > >>to urge each of you to consider transcribing a Census. > >> > >>I along with about a million other Genealogists would Thank you. > >> > >>Our Project was started by volunteers of The USGenWeb > >>Project, to transcribe all of the US Federal Census' and upload them to >the > >>Internet where they will be available in a searchable archive for > >>all, for FREE. > >> > >> We provide our volunteer transcribers with either a database > >>Program, for census years 1850 and 1860, that has been written > >>exclusively for this Project, or a spreadsheet template for all other > >>years. Our programmer is writing updates that will eventually include > >>all other years. For MAC users we have a Coordinator who specializes in > >>MAC's and she will get you the templates you need. > >> > >>At this time we are unable to provide our transcribers with a > >>copy of the census for the county they wish to transcribe. Each of you > >>must obtain your own copy of the census you sign up for. You will be > >>volunteering your time to transcribe and you will be volunteering the > >>acquisition of the census information. > >>This information can be acquired on CD or in book form. > >> > >>Please consider helping this worthwhile project. > >>Best wishes > >> > >>Sandra > >>USGENWEB Census Project > >>Maryland State Coordinator > >>Indiana State Coordinator > >>Traces of the Past > >>http//www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7259 > >> > >> > >> > >>==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or > >[email protected] if you receive the digest) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>I'll be glad to help. Put me on the list and send me whatever you need >done. > > > >Kay Stager > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or >[email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to >[email protected] (or [email protected] >if you receive the digest) Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm Listowner: [email protected] email: [email protected]

PAT - Transcribing a census means reading information on cursive-written pages that were microfilmed. The information is organized by census districts, meaning counties and regions and towns within the counties. The data include at least a head of household's name, the names of other residents and their ages. The other information for each person can be: for an older census, a couple more items, like where they were born, where their parents were born, etc; for a more recent census, many more items, adding up to over two dozen. You can get an idea of what is included, and therefore the scope of the work, for each census, by looking at a blank census form for the year you are interested in. These forms are available online at family history or genealogy library web sites I believe, or perhaps it was Cindy's web site - not sure. As an example, in a 1910 census of Kosciusko Cnty, there are 32 columns of data for each person, with perhaps 3/4 of them filled out. Each page has 47 rows (people listed). There are approximately (I'm guessing from my viewing of the census) a couple hundred of these pages - perhaps less. The older census are less populated, of course. All of this data is written in oldy handwriting, some very well done, some lousy. Some microfilms were photographed well, some not so well. Some original census pages were fine when microfilmed, some were smudged, or stained, or written in light ink, etc, etc. It is fun, regardless. Kerry Butler [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Pat <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] CENSUS >What is involved in transcribing a census? I'd like to help but I work >full-time so I'd like to find out how involved this is. > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > >

What is involved in transcribing a census? I'd like to help but I work full-time so I'd like to find out how involved this is. Pat -----Original Message----- From: sera <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] CENSUS >At 11:48 PM 12/07/1999 -0600, you wrote: >> >>Hello, >>I am the new State Coordinator for the Indiana Census Project and would like >>to urge each of you to consider transcribing a Census. >> >>I along with about a million other Genealogists would Thank you. >> >>Our Project was started by volunteers of The USGenWeb >>Project, to transcribe all of the US Federal Census' and upload them to the >>Internet where they will be available in a searchable archive for >>all, for FREE. >> >> We provide our volunteer transcribers with either a database >>Program, for census years 1850 and 1860, that has been written >>exclusively for this Project, or a spreadsheet template for all other >>years. Our programmer is writing updates that will eventually include >>all other years. For MAC users we have a Coordinator who specializes in >>MAC's and she will get you the templates you need. >> >>At this time we are unable to provide our transcribers with a >>copy of the census for the county they wish to transcribe. Each of you >>must obtain your own copy of the census you sign up for. You will be >>volunteering your time to transcribe and you will be volunteering the >>acquisition of the census information. >>This information can be acquired on CD or in book form. >> >>Please consider helping this worthwhile project. >>Best wishes >> >>Sandra >>USGENWEB Census Project >>Maryland State Coordinator >>Indiana State Coordinator >>Traces of the Past >>http//www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7259 >> >> >> >>==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or >[email protected] if you receive the digest) >> >> >> >> >>I'll be glad to help. Put me on the list and send me whatever you need done. > >Kay Stager >> >> >> > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > >

Could the McVey that you are researching come from Boston? I have a good friend whose maiden name is McVey. Pat -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, December 11, 1999 9:42 PM Subject: [INKOSCIU] new genealogy e-zine >Hi all- >want to let you know about a free genealogy e-zine I'm launching next month, >"Climbing Your Hoosier Famiyl Tree". This monthly publication will provide >you with some new angles for researching your Hoosier ancestors. For more >info, or to sign up, please visit >http://members.tripod.com/~Cathleen_H/signup.html > >Cathy Hawkins >Researching: Hawkins, Perkins, Powell, Small, Shulse, Davis, Rudicil, Manion, >McBride, Scully, Jackson, McVey > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > >

>From the book: CHRONICLE OF THE 20th CENTURY.(page10) . the lead article for 1900 begins with the headline: 20th Century Begins Optimistically Jan. 1. New York entered the 20th Century with a sense of euphoria and self-satisfaction. Wall Street was said to be undergoing a "prosperity panic: And banker James T. Woodward declared that America was "the envy of the world." London reported that 1899 was a year of progress everywhere. Even the Boer War had a silver lining: the longer it lasted the more trade it would promote for America. In Europe, only Emperor William of Germany sounded a belligerent note. He vowed his navy would become as strong as his army. Socially, the beginning of the century was fairly dull in New York, but in Washington, 2,000 stood in line to shake hands with President and Mrs. McKinley at a reception at the White House. Holiday dinners were served in prisons and other institutions to those who had no other reason to celebrate. In India, hundreds of thousands are dying of famine. Amid California's bountiful farmlands, 50,000 turned out for Pasadena's 11th annual Tournament of Roses. Every train and electric car was jammed. Those seeking stimulation for the occasion could buy a bottle of Plantation Whiskey for 75 cents. Havana staged a torchlight procession, in which almost the only tune heard was the "Cuban National Hymn." Cuba, formerly ruled by Spain, was agitating for freedom. marge http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kosco

We are looking for Eckert, Dorsey, Gates, Lash, Goodman. Thanks ahead of time. Don and Mary in Wyoming >I have received the 2, 1870 Kosciusko Cnty IN Census films. > >I remember the offers for everyman index checks of page numbers and I'll be >in touch with those people soon for the ones I might need. You know who you >are. > >I have a slew of in-laws and side-family to look up in Kosciusko, but I'll >try to get to other surnames as well, just like I did in Wabash and Noble >Counties. So far I have the following surnames, from requestor's email, on >my Kosciusko lookup list: > >Riggins >Riley, et al >Berkheiser, et al >Daniel >Hatfield >Eckhart, et al > >If you want a brief lookup, of one or two surnames, please respond to my >private email addr with the surname, any given names you might know of, and >if possible, the township location of the household(s). Shorter lists get >faster responses. My price for finding a name is a picture postcard from the >requestor, of a landscape or historical scene of the requestor's hometown, >or the area being researched. I'll give my addr at the time I post names. > >I will be getting to these films in the next two weeks. > >I have the 1910 Kosciusko Cnty and Noble County Census films on order, they >will be here in around 3 weeks. > >Kerry Butler >[email protected] > > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > > >

Aren't we lucky to have so much volunteer work for this site? I am continually amazed. Thank you Marge and all the others who work so hard. June Byrne [email protected]

Have added 3 articles to the YesterYear in Print page. 1) the second installment of Gen. Reub Williams REMINISCENCES OF THE REBELLION 2) Yesteryear in our Town by E. C. Aborn - lots of info about the railroads and pictures. 3) The Suffering Papas Club of Warsaw Indiana - a tongue-in-cheek humorous piece from the Indianapolis Star with pictures about a local organization. Have also added a new link to a ROOTSWEB website of newspaper abstracts. Merry Christmas to all! marge http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kosco

I am trying to get a handle on Electa Jane Lowell who m. Jacob Fairchild in 1851. Prior to her marriage she seems to have been living with my Manwaring family and her birth was NY. I can't find anything on this family after their marriage. Does anyone have anything on them? Thanks, Christina searching: MANWARING, DULANY, BOWSER, THOMPSON http://pw1.netcom.com/~ninah/ninah.htm

No new bios for Kosciusko Co., this week

I have added 4 more articles to the YesterYear in Print webpage. 1) The entire emergency edition of the Warsaw Daily Times Jan. 30 1947 after a terrible ice storm wiped out the electricity in northern Indiana for a considerable length of time. 2) An article about a fire at the Rochelle Furniture company on North Detroit Street in Warsaw May 30, 1948. 3)Billy Sunday death announcement on Nov. 7, 1935 4) and the first installment of a long series of articles that Reub Williams wrote in 1866 called Reminiscences of the Rebellion. Enjoy! Marge Priser http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kosco

Just looked at my eboard, and for some unknown reason it requests a password when you try to get to it www.eboard.com/margesboard For those of you who want to make a second try at it, type in "clunette" without the quotes of course, as the password and you will be able to view it. OR, go to www.eboard.com and where it says "enter an eboard" type in "margesboard" without the quotes. That will get you to it, as well. I tried taking the password off of it and apparently that function is the program is not working right. Sorry for any inconvenience. marge http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kosco

At least one county in Indiana is doing better than Marion Co. did last year. Finding & restoring lost cemeteries, as this man is doing, would help genealogists. Kudos to Fayette Co. for hiring him. <A HREF="http://starnews.com/extra/features/99/dec/1207st_cemetery.html#top"> StarNews.com : Resurrecting cemeteries</A> Brenda Reeg Robison Indianapolis, IN

I am attempting to locate any information whatsoever about family members of William Sylvester Emerick, born 1879 near Warsaw, IN, his father, Andrew Jackson Emerick, born 1841, or his mother, Caroline Dirrim Emerick, birthdate unknown. Thanks for any leads.

.... let's try this again. with the word ... "research" spelled right. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marjorie Priser <[email protected]> To: INKOSCIU-L <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 6:30 PM Subject: Fw: ANN: Civil War Map Collection | As many of you know, I have a special place in my heart for Civil War research. This message is from another list. Be sure to take a look at this | web site, as it is truly remarkable what is available now!! For | researchers this will certainly prove to be a popular site. | marge | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Ray Boomhower <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 7:28 AM | Subject: ANN: Civil War Map Collection | | | | From: Ray Boomhower <[email protected]> | | Sent: Fri, 17 Dec 99 | | Subject: ANN: Civil War Map Collection | | | | | | Announcement of Civil War Maps Collection to be Added to American Memory | | | | Maps documenting battles, troop movements, reconnaissance efforts and | | locations of fortifications are a part of the most recent addition to | | the American Memory historical collections. The Civil War Maps | | collection contains approximately 2240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 | | atlases and sketchbooks that are held within the Library=92s Geography and | | Map Division. A selection of these maps, based on Civil War Maps: An | | Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress, will be | | made available through American Memory. Updates will be made to this | | collection on a monthly basis. | | | | Though the large majority of these maps were created during the time of | | the Civil War, a number were created afterwards to illustrate or explain | | certain events or battles. Publishers in the North and South created | | maps included in this collection by both Union and Confederate forces. | | An introductory essay provides a discussion of mapping during the Civil | | War highlighting materials that are within the Geography and Map | | Division of the Library. | | | | Of special interest are maps created by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss, a | | topographical engineer for the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss=92s | | granddaughter donated these maps to the Library of Congress in 1948. | | Generals Lee and Jackson used a number of his maps as they planned | | strategy for various battles. Future updates will include images from | | his notebooks, which contain detailed notes about his various map | | projects. Also included are maps that were owned by General William | | Tecumseh Sherman. Some of these maps, which were donated by members of | | his family, document Sherman=92s military campaigns in Tennessee, | | Mississippi, Georgia and the Carolinas. Users may also be interested in | | maps that were created as propaganda items to encourage support of one | | side or the other during wartime and maps that were published in various | | newspapers. Panoramic maps and city plans are included within the | | collection. | | | | The Civil War Maps collection compliments many of the American Memory | | collections currently online including the Selected Civil War | | Photographs, Pioneering the Upper Midwest, California as I Saw It, | | Historic American Sheet Music and the WPA Life Histories. Images from | | these and other collections are used to highlight the material within | | the Civil War Maps collection and to provide links to these related | | collections. | | | | The Civil War Maps collection can be found at | | | http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html | | For questions please send email to [email protected] | | | | | Danna C. Bell-Russel | | National Digital Library Learning Center | | 202-707-4159 | | [email protected] | | | | ********************************************************* | | This announcement has been posted by H-ANNOUNCE, | | a service of H-Net, Michigan State University. | | | For an archive of announcements and information about how | | to post, visit: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce | | ********************************************************* | | |

As many of you know, I have a special place in my heart for Civil War reseat. This message is from another list. Be sure to take a look at this web site, as it is truly remarkable what is available now!! For researchers this will certainly prove to be a popular site. marge ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Boomhower <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 7:28 AM Subject: ANN: Civil War Map Collection | From: Ray Boomhower <[email protected]> | Sent: Fri, 17 Dec 99 | Subject: ANN: Civil War Map Collection | | | Announcement of Civil War Maps Collection to be Added to American Memory | | Maps documenting battles, troop movements, reconnaissance efforts and | locations of fortifications are a part of the most recent addition to | the American Memory historical collections. The Civil War Maps | collection contains approximately 2240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 | atlases and sketchbooks that are held within the Library=92s Geography and | Map Division. A selection of these maps, based on Civil War Maps: An | Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress, will be | made available through American Memory. Updates will be made to this | collection on a monthly basis. | | Though the large majority of these maps were created during the time of | the Civil War, a number were created afterwards to illustrate or explain | certain events or battles. Publishers in the North and South created | maps included in this collection by both Union and Confederate forces. | An introductory essay provides a discussion of mapping during the Civil | War highlighting materials that are within the Geography and Map | Division of the Library. | | Of special interest are maps created by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss, a | topographical engineer for the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss=92s | granddaughter donated these maps to the Library of Congress in 1948. | Generals Lee and Jackson used a number of his maps as they planned | strategy for various battles. Future updates will include images from | his notebooks, which contain detailed notes about his various map | projects. Also included are maps that were owned by General William | Tecumseh Sherman. Some of these maps, which were donated by members of | his family, document Sherman=92s military campaigns in Tennessee, | Mississippi, Georgia and the Carolinas. Users may also be interested in | maps that were created as propaganda items to encourage support of one | side or the other during wartime and maps that were published in various | newspapers. Panoramic maps and city plans are included within the | collection. | | The Civil War Maps collection compliments many of the American Memory | collections currently online including the Selected Civil War | Photographs, Pioneering the Upper Midwest, California as I Saw It, | Historic American Sheet Music and the WPA Life Histories. Images from | these and other collections are used to highlight the material within | the Civil War Maps collection and to provide links to these related | collections. | | The Civil War Maps collection can be found at | | http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html | For questions please send email to [email protected] | | | Danna C. Bell-Russel | National Digital Library Learning Center | 202-707-4159 | [email protected] | | ********************************************************* | This announcement has been posted by H-ANNOUNCE, | a service of H-Net, Michigan State University. | | For an archive of announcements and information about how | to post, visit: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce | ********************************************************* |

HI I see a reply of mine to a lookup requester went to the mail list. Please send any census lookup requests to my private email, not the mail list. Thanks. Kerry Butler [email protected]

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Kerry: Would you please look to see if there is a Samuel Riggens and wife Ellen Hester, or Ellen's father William Butler and Perminda Skeels his wife in the 1870 Kosiusko Census Films. Thanking you in advance Gleynafa Bernard email [email protected]