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

Will send your check back... Haven't mailed any books out yet, so sorry for the mistake. Won't have any problem getting rid of them book. ----- Original Message ----- From: Don and Mary Saban <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] Correction | Marge, we sent a check last week for the probate book. We wanted the book | as I have relatives who died there from 1884 on. If you haven't mailed the | book yet, get a hold of me. If you have, guess that is OK too. Can't stop | it in the mail. | | Mary Thompson Saban | | Subject: [INKOSCIU] Correction | | | >I just realized that on the list of publications I mentioned the | >DATES of the PROBATE COURT RECORDS book (1st book listed) as | >November 1947-December 1850. THAT SHOULD READ November 1847 to | >December 1850. (not 1947). If there is anyone who wanted the | >records from 1947 (arther than 1847) please let me know and I can | >adjust your order. | >Sorry about the mistaken year. Marge P. | > | > | >==== 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) | | | | | |

Marge, we sent a check last week for the probate book. We wanted the book as I have relatives who died there from 1884 on. If you haven't mailed the book yet, get a hold of me. If you have, guess that is OK too. Can't stop it in the mail. Mary Thompson Saban Subject: [INKOSCIU] Correction >I just realized that on the list of publications I mentioned the >DATES of the PROBATE COURT RECORDS book (1st book listed) as >November 1947-December 1850. THAT SHOULD READ November 1847 to >December 1850. (not 1947). If there is anyone who wanted the >records from 1947 (arther than 1847) please let me know and I can >adjust your order. >Sorry about the mistaken year. Marge P. > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > > >

Hi Mary, Sorry to tell you, but the Probate Court Records books are gone. We have available the City Directories, however. Postage would be about $1.50, if you are interested. Mail your check and a copy of this e-mail to: Genealogy Section, KCHS P. O. Box 1078, Warsaw IN 46581-1078 The Ashley Funeral home was in Pierceton. It's not likely that they would be using a Pierceton funeral home. (On the other side of the county) I check my copy of the REED FUNERAL HOME RECORDS that the section publishes and found where Samuel Garrison funeral had been held with them. The info given: "the funeral was ordered by Andrew and Dexter Garrison. Samuel was 69 years 10 months 12 days. Died Nov. 20th 1891, Buried Nov 22, 1891 and buried in Mentone Cemetery. If the GAZETTE was being published when the deaths occurred we have the microfilm of the newspapers at the jail museum. It's likely that Mary Ettinger would be willing to look up and make a copy of the obits if they are published in that newspaper. Be sure to give her specific dates to check for. You can e-mail her at [email protected] if you want her to look for them. I think they charge a $1.00 each or something like that. She does a lot of our research for us. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 12:01 AM Subject: [INKOSCIU] Re: INKOSCIU-D Digest V99 #96 | I would like to purchase the following publications: | Probate Court Records Kos. Co IN, Nov 1947-Dec. 1850 $6.00 | Warsaw City Directory H.D. Seele's 1888 4.00 | | This is probably a dumb question, but if ancestors lived in Township 31 or | were buried in Mentone, IN, what is the probability that the Ashley Funeral | Home was used? | 1878-79 Cyrus Pierce, owned land Township 31, Section 15, Kos. Co. | 1891 Samuel Garrison d 11-20-1891 Mt. Olive, IN; buried in Mentone | Cem. | 1894 Elizabeth Caroline King Garrison d 03-19-1894; buried in | Mentone | 1912 Laura J. Cowie Garrison, d 06-20-1912; buried in Mentone | 1927 Andrew Jackson Garrison d 08-28-1927 Kewant, IL; buried in | Mentone | | Is it possible to get copies of obituaries from the Tri County Gazette of the | ancestors listed above? | | Please let me know how much I owe for the publications + shipping. Thank you | for any formation on death or burial records or obituary information. | | Mary Gall | | | ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== | Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm | | | | | | |

I just realized that on the list of publications I mentioned the DATES of the PROBATE COURT RECORDS book (1st book listed) as November 1947-December 1850. THAT SHOULD READ November 1847 to December 1850. (not 1947). If there is anyone who wanted the records from 1947 (arther than 1847) please let me know and I can adjust your order. Sorry about the mistaken year. Marge P.

I would like to purchase the following publications: Probate Court Records Kos. Co IN, Nov 1947-Dec. 1850 $6.00 Warsaw City Directory H.D. Seele's 1888 4.00 This is probably a dumb question, but if ancestors lived in Township 31 or were buried in Mentone, IN, what is the probability that the Ashley Funeral Home was used? 1878-79 Cyrus Pierce, owned land Township 31, Section 15, Kos. Co. 1891 Samuel Garrison d 11-20-1891 Mt. Olive, IN; buried in Mentone Cem. 1894 Elizabeth Caroline King Garrison d 03-19-1894; buried in Mentone 1912 Laura J. Cowie Garrison, d 06-20-1912; buried in Mentone 1927 Andrew Jackson Garrison d 08-28-1927 Kewant, IL; buried in Mentone Is it possible to get copies of obituaries from the Tri County Gazette of the ancestors listed above? Please let me know how much I owe for the publications + shipping. Thank you for any formation on death or burial records or obituary information. Mary Gall

Barb, I took a quick look at the Tippecanoe cemetery book and found some of your people, but no William. Mock Cemetery Section IV, Row 8 stone 6; LAUGHLIN, Sarah wife of William died 20 Dec 1887, 62-8-22 8. LAUGHLIN, Rozetta dau of Wm & Sarah died 21 Nov 1859 aged 3-6-18 9. " , David, died 22 Oct 1859 Row 9. 20. LAUGHLIN, James S. died 6 Dec 1864, 64y & 8 m 21. LAUGHLIN, Elizabeth, wife of James d. 26 Mar 1865 age 67-10-6 These are from the cemetery inscription books by Binnie available for sale from the Kosciusko Historical Society Genealogy Division. Phil At 03:07 PM 8/23/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hi all, > >Looking for information on William & Sarah (ROWLAND) LAUGHLIN of Kosciusko >Co. IN. William was son of James & Elizabeth (McCLEARY/McCLARY) LAUGHLIN >who were married in Tusc. Co. OH. Sarah was d/o Henry & Hester (JAMISON) >ROWLAND who moved from Shelby Co. OH to Kosciusko Co. IN. (see report >below) > >Would especially like to know burial info - they were living in Kosciusko >Co. IN when the 1887 history was published, did they remain there. Probably >living in Tippecanoe Twp. Sarah's father "Henry Rowland" was buried in Mock >Cemetery in Kosc. Co. > > >Descendants of William Laughlin > > >Generation No. 1 > >1. WILLIAM3 LAUGHLIN (JAMES2, ROBERT1) was born March 10, 1822 in >Tuscarawas Co. OH. He married (1) REBECCA DELKHART 1846. He married (2) >SARAH ROWLAND December 1854 in Kosciusko Co. IN, daughter of HENRY ROWLAND >and HESTER JAMISON. > >Child of WILLIAM LAUGHLIN and REBECCA DELKHART is: > i. LOUIS4 LAUGHLIN, b. Abt. 1847; m. EMMA MIDDLETON. > >Children of WILLIAM LAUGHLIN and SARAH ROWLAND are: > ii. CLEMENTINE4 LAUGHLIN, b. March 28, 1862; m. WILLIAM G. TRYNE. > iii. WILLIAM HERSCHEL LAUGHLIN, b. February 01, 1864. > > >Happy to share more on the Rowland family, have a little more on the >Laughlin family from the bio of Wm. Laughlin from the 1887 Biographical and >Historical Record of Kosciusko Co. IN. > >Barb Roberts >[email protected] > > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) >

Hi all, Looking for information on William & Sarah (ROWLAND) LAUGHLIN of Kosciusko Co. IN. William was son of James & Elizabeth (McCLEARY/McCLARY) LAUGHLIN who were married in Tusc. Co. OH. Sarah was d/o Henry & Hester (JAMISON) ROWLAND who moved from Shelby Co. OH to Kosciusko Co. IN. (see report below) Would especially like to know burial info - they were living in Kosciusko Co. IN when the 1887 history was published, did they remain there. Probably living in Tippecanoe Twp. Sarah's father "Henry Rowland" was buried in Mock Cemetery in Kosc. Co. Descendants of William Laughlin Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM3 LAUGHLIN (JAMES2, ROBERT1) was born March 10, 1822 in Tuscarawas Co. OH. He married (1) REBECCA DELKHART 1846. He married (2) SARAH ROWLAND December 1854 in Kosciusko Co. IN, daughter of HENRY ROWLAND and HESTER JAMISON. Child of WILLIAM LAUGHLIN and REBECCA DELKHART is: i. LOUIS4 LAUGHLIN, b. Abt. 1847; m. EMMA MIDDLETON. Children of WILLIAM LAUGHLIN and SARAH ROWLAND are: ii. CLEMENTINE4 LAUGHLIN, b. March 28, 1862; m. WILLIAM G. TRYNE. iii. WILLIAM HERSCHEL LAUGHLIN, b. February 01, 1864. Happy to share more on the Rowland family, have a little more on the Laughlin family from the bio of Wm. Laughlin from the 1887 Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko Co. IN. Barb Roberts [email protected]

A reader of Fulton-L provided another book source. This company has Indiana, many counties, plus other states - all genealogy related: Selby Publishing, Kokomo, IN <http://www.netusa1.net/~selbypub/index.html> Enjoy! Might be a good link to add to web sites....

ITEMS in limited supply are spoken for, except 1 copy of CHESTER TWP. CEM. Inscriptions. ITEMS that are STILL AVAILABLE are: 1888 Warsaw City Directory $4.00 1844 Assessment Roll -Mayer $4.00 Progressive Men and Women of Kos. Co. $18.50 THANKS for your generous response! Marge Priser

Just for everyone's info... SHIPPERS GUIDES (2) are gone MISHLER FUNERAL HOME RECORDS (2 sets) are gone We still have copies left of the other sale items! THANKS for everyone's response! Marge

Sorry for the last e-mail. Hit the "reply" button too fast! Marge

Hi June, How's your summer gone? GOOD I hope!! POSTAGE on the 1888 City Directory will be $2.25 . Your total will be $6.25. Please put a copy of this e-mail in with your order, if you think about it. THANKS Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] PUBLICATIONS SALE-Genealogy Section KCHS | Dear Marge, | | I would like to purchase a copy of the 1888 Warsaw City Directory. How much | should I send the check for including postage? | | June Byrne | [email protected] | | | ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== | Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm | | | | | |

GREETINGS, Kosciusko County E-Mail Discussion List: We want to reduce our inventory on a few of the Genealogy Section Publications and sell out a few that will be dropped from our publications list . We have REDUCED the price on these and want to offer them to subscribers of this Kosciusko Discussion List. If you are a resident of INDIANA please add 5% sales tax. This offer is void after Sept.15, 1999. KCHS Membership discount does NOT apply. PLEASE NOTE: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE means quickly send your request by e-mail to [email protected] and if you are lucky and quick enough, I will e-mail you in return with further info (confirmation & postage amount) regard your order. ALL orders must be paid for by snail mail: address GENEALOGY SECTION, KCHS P. O. Box 1078 Warsaw, IN 47581-1078. ATTN: PUBLICATIONS Make checks out to GENEALOGY SECTION, KCHS. POSTAGE will be calculated on your order based on the number of books (weight) of the package. (when I e-mail your confirmation) If there are no more copies of the publication available, I will reply with a simple "Sorry, supply exhausted" message!" 7 copies only! First come first serve! PROBATE COURT RECORDS KOSCIUSKO COUNTY INDIANA NOVEMBER 1947 - DECEMBER 1850 by Mary Nichols Ettinger 1986. Estates and in some cases, heirs and guardianships are described. Indexed, softbound, 105 pages. Regularly $11.00. ON SALE for $6.00 while supply lasts. Reprinted -several available WARSAW CITY DIRECTORY H. D. SEELE'S 1888 Softbound 104 pages. 5 1/2 x 8 inches Regularly $5.25 ON SALE for $4.00! 2 copies only! First come first serve! Rand McNally & Co. SHIPPERS GUIDE of INDIANA . 5 1/2 x 8 booklet. 67 pages. Lists ALL the towns in the state of Indiana around 1900. Each listing gives town or village,county, and what town they received their mail in, if it was different from the village name. Also identifies TRAINS for the state, gives them a key number and then puts that key number beside each town or village that is located on the line. GREAT reference material for the entire state. The MAP is NOT available with the guide... sorry! Regularly $6.00 ON SALE for $4.00 while supply lasts. Several available. 1844 ASSESSMENT ROLL KOS. CO. INDIANA by Douglas Mayer. An extraction of taxable property owners listed in the original record. Softbound 66 pages. Regularly $7.00 ON SALE for $4.00 each! HARDBOUND REPRINT -several available. Biographies from PROGRESSIVE MEN AND WOMEN OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY INDIANA first published in 1902 PLUS 1903TOWNSHIP PLAT MAPS Kosciusko County. Each section FULLY Indexed. Tremendous turn-of-the-century reference for Kosciusko County! Regular price $29.95 SPECIAL SALE PRICE $18.50 plus postage of $5.40 USPS PRIORITY or Bookrate of $3.00. Here's a chance to get your own copy at a greatly reduced price. 5 copies only! First come, first serve! CHESTER TOWNSHIP, WABASH COUNTY CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS REVISED Edition 1983 by Lester Binnie. This record was first published in 1971 and then revised in 1983. These volumes include a 138 page supplement that updates the FAIRVIEW and OAKLAWN Cemeteries in North Manchester. There are 3400 names in this volume that were not listed in the first edition. Great reference for the "next-door" area of North Manchester. Originally sold for $15.00. SPECIAL SALE PRICE $10.00 while supply lasts. 2 sets only! First come first serve! OUT OF PRINT after these sell! MISHLER FUNERAL HOME RECORDS 1946-1982 Volume 1 A-L by Jean Lynch 125 pages MISHLER FUNERAL HOME RECORDS 1946-1982 Volume 2 M-Z by Jean Lynch 90 pages Softbound. Entries include most information that is found in an obituary. Mishler Funeral Home is located in Milford Indiana. Originally sold for $20.00. Special Sale Price $16.00! ********************** ***************** ****************** ************* We would also like to call your attention to a couple of NEW books, not listed on the out-of-date publications list on the KCHS web site. ANNE LAURIE SMITH has compiled a SECOND volume of ASHLEY FUNERAL HOME RECORDS. Ashley Funeral home was in Washington Township, TO WN of Pierceton, Kosciusko County. These records are from 1925-1954. The book is 137 pages + 9 unpaged. Each listing gives deceased name, date of death, sex, birth date and place if given, occupation, Father and Mother's names if given and funeral ordering person's name. It is fully indexed and has 9 pages of copies of sample documents, so that you can see what the original records looked like. PRICE is $15.00 (Postage of $3.20 USPS Priority. and sales tax if applicable) The FIRST volume Ashley Funeral Home Records includes the years from May 1890 to 1924, and sells for $14.00 plus sales tax plus postage. And, MARTHA SCANTLEN has finished the indexing of the KOSCIUSKO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS MARRIAGE RECORDS. Her new book Index of Marriage Applications Kept by County Health Officer Kosciusko County Indiana 1943-1948 by Martha Scantlen 1998. Represents the final index in this series of records. The alphabetic index gives information for both the brides and grooms who applied for marriage during those years, and includes parents' names where given. This completes the series that Marjorie Nye started many years ago; being a multi-volume listing of marriages found in the Health Officers records. Softbound 90 pages, selling for $10.00. Both of these books are available through the Genealogy Section, or can be purchased now along with your sale items. GOOD LUCK...... e-mail your requests to [email protected] Marge Priser

Dear Marge, I would like to purchase a copy of the 1888 Warsaw City Directory. How much should I send the check for including postage? June Byrne [email protected]

Can anyone help me find the cemetery where my grandmother is buried? Her name is Nellie VanTassel Strieby. The census for 1900 on June 9th for Pierceton Town shows Nellie Strieby and her sons Herbert and Ralph, living with her mother, Lorenda Vantassel. Lorenda's son Walter and a daughter Bessie were also living at this home. Nellie's husband, Grant Strieby was not listed in this census. He had just moved to Columbia City, Whitley Co. and his family had not joined him yet. On Nov. 14 1900 Nellie died of consumption in Columbia City. Her obit in the Columbia City Commercial reads: Mrs. Grant Strieby died in her home on west Market Street of the dreaded disease, consumption. Mr. Strieby is employed by C. J. Eyanson, as a coat maker, and has recently moved from Pierceton. His family joined him two months ago. The remains were taken to Pierceton, overland by C. E. Stewart, where they will be interred. Tho I have checked at the Pierceton Library, and walked through the Cemeteries just south of town, and the one about a mile North of town, I cannot locate a grave for Nellie. This has been a long time search with no success. ANY help will be greatly appreciated. Nancy Strieby Brannam Surnames: STRIEBY - VANTASSEL - FORDYCE - FENTON - HOOVER - DYNNER

NA = Naturalized. Barb ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [INKOSCIU] 1910 census - general question > Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 2:26 PM > > On the 1910 census, the entry in the citizen column is "N A." Does anyone > know what that means? > > Thanks > > Brenda Reeg Robison > Indianapolis, IN > > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > >

Under the Citizen Column "NA" stands for "naturalized". An immigrant who has earned his/her US citizenship. Gene Andert At 05:26 PM 08/12/1999 -0400, you wrote: >On the 1910 census, the entry in the citizen column is "N A." Does anyone >know what that means? > >Thanks > >Brenda Reeg Robison >Indianapolis, IN > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or >[email protected] if you receive the digest) > > > Kosciusko County, IN USGenWeb Coordinator http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm [email protected] Listowner [email protected]

On the 1910 census, the entry in the citizen column is "N A." Does anyone know what that means? Thanks Brenda Reeg Robison Indianapolis, IN

Hi Is there anyone who would be going to the Library who could check the 1880 or 1900 hundred census for John B Johnson who was married to Annie Schoft. Children would be Lois b. 1885, Grace b. 1888. If interested e-mail me for cost etc. Sue