Hi, List - I was wondering if anyone familiar with land records could give me a clue as to what this series of events might mean. I have found land records from the 1840's that have me puzzled. First, Christiana Kitson purchases land from Malachi Concklin in March 1846, for $150......Kosciousko Co., NE quarter of the SW quarter of Section 36, twsp 32, Range 6 East 44 acres. Her husband is never mentioned in the transaction. Then in March 1847, she sells the same exact land to John Bennett for the same amount, her husband Stephen still not mentioned. In August, 1847, there is a deed where Stephen sells the same exact parcel of land to John Bennet for $150. In most land transactions, the husband is listed with his wife secondary. I could understand it if Stephen was dead, and she sold land as his widow. But Stephen is alive til 1871. I am missing something here, evidently, as I have don't understand why she is the only purchaser listed in 1846, even tho she is married, and she is the only seller listed in 1847; yet her husband also has a deed that seems to be separate from hers for the same parcel of land......but there is no record of him ever purchasing the land. Sound strange to anyone else???? Cynthia

re: Little Crow Foods is still in existence on the southeast corner of Detroit Street and Market Street, Warsaw. Their address is listed in the telephone directory as: 201 South Detroit Street and their telephone number is 219-267-7141. Hope this helps. My wife once worked for them and to our knowledge they still make the pancake mix your friend desires. Doug Mayer. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Andert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 8:06 PM Subject: [INKOSCIU] Fwd: Little Crow Milling Co. >If any of you might help Pat with her question, please respond directly to her. > >Thank you...Gene Andert > > >>Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 11:21:19 -0500 >>From: Pat Smith <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Little Crow Milling Co. >> >>I have been asked by an older lady who lives in my village to see if I >>could find an address for the Little Crow Milling Co. I have tried >>Bigfoot and the Yellow pages, and have not been successful. The only >>information she had was that she used to make pancakes made from their >>pancake mix, and that they were located somewhere in Indiana. Your >>website did come up, and I gather this company was at one time located >>in your county. Could you please tell me if this company is still in >>existence, or if they have merged with another company? This lady wants >>her pancakes(!!!) and I promised her I'd do my best to find them. >>Thanks for any information you can give me. >> >>Pat Smith >>[email protected] > >Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator >http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm >Listowner: [email protected] >email: [email protected] > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm > > > > > >

If any of you might help Pat with her question, please respond directly to her. Thank you...Gene Andert >Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 11:21:19 -0500 >From: Pat Smith <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Little Crow Milling Co. > >I have been asked by an older lady who lives in my village to see if I >could find an address for the Little Crow Milling Co. I have tried >Bigfoot and the Yellow pages, and have not been successful. The only >information she had was that she used to make pancakes made from their >pancake mix, and that they were located somewhere in Indiana. Your >website did come up, and I gather this company was at one time located >in your county. Could you please tell me if this company is still in >existence, or if they have merged with another company? This lady wants >her pancakes(!!!) and I promised her I'd do my best to find them. >Thanks for any information you can give me. > >Pat Smith >[email protected] Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm Listowner: [email protected] email: [email protected]

If anybody can help Dick, please respond directly to him. Thank you...Gene Andert >From: [email protected] >Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:54:26 EDT >Subject: Salem Cem lookup >To: [email protected] > >Gene, two things: >1. Charles and Gertrude Wiley are buried in (old) lots 6&7 in Salem Cemetery, >there are no markers discernible. (I have been there twice.) The plots have >been renumbered, and the old gravesites are not listed. Ch d 1935, Gertrude >ca 1952. Any help in site location? >2. Can you direct me to someone who would know if the Milford High Class of >1960 is holding a 40th reunion. I was a member, but moved before graduating. >Thanks for your assistance, the genweb site is one of the better I have >looked at. > >Dick Warfel >[email protected] Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm Listowner: [email protected] email: [email protected]

Dear Bev Elmshauser, According to Binnie, "EEL RIVER CHURCH CEMETERY, located two and a half miles west of the intersection of State Roads 13 & 14 in Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. The cemetery is in two sections, the largest and older section being south of the church. Additional note: A fairly complete map of the cemetery is located inside the Eel River Brethren Church in a framed hanging on the wall in the lower level. I saw it about two years ago when one of the church trustee's saw that I was interested in locating my wife's ancestors' gravesites. Doug Mayer. -----Original Message----- From: Bev elmshauser <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 6:35 PM Subject: [INKOSCIU] Eel Cemetery >Theodore A Penn was Buried in Eel River Church Cemetery, Row 1 # 1 in >1938. Any one have any knowledge of this cemetery, where it is? >nearby major roads or towns? > Bev > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > > >

Theodore A Penn was Buried in Eel River Church Cemetery, Row 1 # 1 in 1938. Any one have any knowledge of this cemetery, where it is? nearby major roads or towns? Bev

>From another list (edited to delete personal statements) Hey everybody, I just wanted to say that I found a great source for old names of post offices, a great way to identify various settlements in your county's history. The Making of America has two early lists of United States post offices: http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AHJ3101b http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AHJ3101a One's from the 1850s, the other the 1870s, and I found places in my county that I'd never heard of before.

Hi listers, Just ran across this source for "stray" obituaries. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/StrayObits Simply replace the 2 letter state abbrev. in the link with your choice. Not all states are available, but I tried others. Mn, Il, NJ, Wi and Ky for example. If you get an error message try capitalizing both initials.. Regards, Vic

This snippet from Rootsweb Review may be of general interest, even though it will be a few years before we can access the 1930 records. Karen --------------------- >From Rootsweb Review 1930 FEDERAL POPULATION CENSUS -- Information about this census which will be released on 1 April 2002 along with the Soundex indexes for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, part of Kentucky (Bell, Floyd, Harlen, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry, and Pike counties), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and part of West Virginia (Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh counties). <http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html> CLUES IN CENSUS RECORDS, 1790-1840 <http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/oldclues.html>

The purpose of this list is to discuss matters relating to historical and genealogical research in Kosciusko County, IN. Please use private email and other methods to post jokes or discuss other matters. Thank you. Gene Andert Kosciusko County, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm [email protected] Listowner [email protected]

Jackson Long, daughter, Dicy Long , born 1853, died 1880, in Leesburg, Kosciuscko County; married Egbert Gawthrop, 7 Dec 1875, had two children, Jackson and Sarah. If this is connecting to anyone, I have more.

Hi, What Long's do you have information on? My grandmother was Anna Elmira Long Bishop, b. 11 August, 1885. My great grandfather was Cyrus Long, b. 6 October, 1853 in Kosciusko County, IN. His father was Jonathon Long, b. 1823 in Ohio. Sara -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 6:04 PM Subject: [INKOSCIU] Kosciusco Co: Gawthrop, Dubbs, Crites, Khun, Doty, Jones, (More) >Greider/Grider, Stephenson, Egbert, Woods, Geyer, Long, Self, Plew, Martin, >Griffith, Pratt, Kline, Gibson, Taps, Clark, Foster, Cates, Templeton, >Phillips, Plummer, Bennett, Price, Appenzeller, Goshorn. > >I have these people in Kosciusko County 1800 - 1900s; If you need info, >e.mail me and I'll give you what I have. Bill Gawthrop, Maryland. > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > > >

>From: "ddgx2" <[email protected]> >To: "David & Debbie Geis" <[email protected]> >Subject: Fw: WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:35:16 -0700 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] ><[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] ><[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] ><[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; j&[email protected] ><j&[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] ><[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; >[email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] ><[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, August 29, 1999 3:52 PM >Subject: WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? > > >> >>This is just TOO good! >> >>WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? >> >>PAT BUCHANAN: To steal a job from a decent, hardworking American. >> >>THE BIBLE: And God came down from the heavens, and He said unto the >>chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road." And the chicken crossed the road, >>and there was much rejoicing. >> >>COLONEL SANDERS: I missed one? >> >>L.A. POLICE DEPARTMENT: Give us five minutes with the chicken and we'll >>find out. >> >>RONALD REAGAN: What chicken? >> >>RICHARD M. NIXON: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the >>chicken did not cross the road. I don't know any chickens. I never have >>known any chickens. >> >>DR. SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? >>Yes, the chicken crossed the road, But why it crossed, I've not been >>told! >> >>ERNEST HEMMINGWAY: To die. In the rain. >> >>MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I envision a world where all chickens will be >>free to cross roads without having their motives called into question. >> >>GRANDPA: In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. >>Someone told us that the chicken crossed the road, and that was good >>enough >>for us. >> >>ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. >> >>KARL MARX: It was a historical inevitability. >> >>SADDAM HUSSEIN: This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were >>quite >>justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it. >> >>RONALD REAGAN: What chicken? >> >>CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK: To go boldly where no chicken was gone before. >> >>FOX MULDER: You saw it cross the road with your own eyes. How many more >>chickens have to cross before you believe it? >> >>FREUD: The fact that you are at all concerned with a chicken crossing a >>road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity. >> >>BILL GATES: I have just released Chicken Coop 99, which will not only >>cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and >>balance >>your checkbook --- and Explorer is an inextricable part of the operating >>system. >> >>EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move >>beneath the chicken? >> >>BILL CLINTON: By your definition, I did not cross the road with ANY >>chicken, for to be chicken would mean to NOT cross, so you see, because a >>chicken did cross, it was not a chicken and that means I have nothing to >>hide whatsoever. However, I did ask Vernon Jordan to find the chicken a >>job in New York. >> >> > >Attachment Converted: C:\INTERNET\EUDORA\David&D4.vcf >

Gene Andert wrote: > > The Kosciusko County USGenWeb Project is in need of an on-line Biographies > Coordinator. This volunteer would be responsible for transcribing > biographies of Kosciusko County people and taking the transcriptions others > have made and maintaining a web site with these Biographies. > > If you are interested and would like more information on this role, please > contact me at: [email protected] . > > Thank you. > > Gene Andert > Kosciusko County, IN USGenWeb Coordinator > http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm > [email protected] Listowner > [email protected] > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm Dear Gene: After all that your site has done for me, I would be happy to help out with the biographies web page and for updating information if it isn't completely overwhelming. tom b.

Greider/Grider, Stephenson, Egbert, Woods, Geyer, Long, Self, Plew, Martin, Griffith, Pratt, Kline, Gibson, Taps, Clark, Foster, Cates, Templeton, Phillips, Plummer, Bennett, Price, Appenzeller, Goshorn. I have these people in Kosciusko County 1800 - 1900s; If you need info, e.mail me and I'll give you what I have. Bill Gawthrop, Maryland.

Hi; We will be on vacation from August 30th till September 9th. Please resume e-mailing us after September 9, 1999. Thank you.

The Kosciusko County USGenWeb Project is in need of an on-line Biographies Coordinator. This volunteer would be responsible for transcribing biographies of Kosciusko County people and taking the transcriptions others have made and maintaining a web site with these Biographies. If you are interested and would like more information on this role, please contact me at: [email protected] . Thank you. Gene Andert Kosciusko County, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm [email protected] Listowner [email protected]

>From The Pierceton Record: Volume XXI, Number 15, Pierceton, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 2, 1899, page 4, column 3: RUFUS VANTASSEL: Tuesday night at about 10 o'clock at his home in this place occurred the deathof Rufus Vantassel. For several years Mr. Vantassel has been afflicted with a number of diseases incident to old age. He was a man about 70 years of age, and was a resident of this place about 15 years. Funeral will be held at the house today at ten o'clock conducted by Rev. Brown. Hope this helps. Doug Mayer -----Original Message----- From: Gene Andert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] Ashley Funeral Home >>I was excited to learn that there are two books concerning the records of >>the Ashley Funeral Home in Pierceton. >>Will anyone who has book one of these records do a look-up for me? >>Grant Strieby used this funeral home for his mother, Mary Fordyce Strieby >>in Oct 1905. I am hoping that he also used this funeral home for his wife, >>Nellie Vantassel Strieby who died Nov 8, 1900, and is buried in Pierceton. >>I am also looking for Rufus VanTassel, (Nellies Father) who lived in >>Pierceton and died in the 1890's. >> >>Thank-you for your time and effort, >> >>Nancy > >Nancy, I found Rufus Vantassel and Mary Strieby in Ashley Funeral >Home Records beginning May 1890 ending 1924. Did not find a listing >for Nellie Vantassel Strieby. > >Rufus Vantassel age 76 died 31 Jan 1899 buried 2 Feb 1899 > >Mary Strieby age 65 died 16 Oct 1905 buried 18 Oct 1905 > >Hope this helps. > >Gene Andert > >Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator >http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm >Listowner: [email protected] >email: [email protected] > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm > > > > > > >

Marge: I would like to order one of the 1888 Warsaw city Directories. Thanks, Donna Timmons > Marge Priser > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm

>I was excited to learn that there are two books concerning the records of >the Ashley Funeral Home in Pierceton. >Will anyone who has book one of these records do a look-up for me? >Grant Strieby used this funeral home for his mother, Mary Fordyce Strieby >in Oct 1905. I am hoping that he also used this funeral home for his wife, >Nellie Vantassel Strieby who died Nov 8, 1900, and is buried in Pierceton. >I am also looking for Rufus VanTassel, (Nellies Father) who lived in >Pierceton and died in the 1890's. > >Thank-you for your time and effort, > >Nancy Nancy, I found Rufus Vantassel and Mary Strieby in Ashley Funeral Home Records beginning May 1890 ending 1924. Did not find a listing for Nellie Vantassel Strieby. Rufus Vantassel age 76 died 31 Jan 1899 buried 2 Feb 1899 Mary Strieby age 65 died 16 Oct 1905 buried 18 Oct 1905 Hope this helps. Gene Andert Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm Listowner: [email protected] email: [email protected]