Thanks for posting that information, Ellen. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Ellen J Choate <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:56 AM Subject: [INLAWREN] courthouse fires > > > From: Ellen J Choate <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected],[email protected] > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 00:39:00 -0800 > Subject: courthouse fires > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > I saw a question a couple of days ago on one of my Indiana lists, but I > deleted the message and I don't remember which list. Maybe someone else > can use this, too. > Someone had asked if there was a list of Indiana courthouses that had > burned. Well, I happened to run across one today while looking for > something else entirely! > This is from "The Manual for Indiana Genealogical Research" by Pat and > Ray Gooldy, copyright 1991, contained in the Ector Co.,TX library. They > say this may not be a comprehensive list, and refer one to the "Indiana > Source Book I" (IN Hist. Soc., 1977). The dates are in genealogical > notation; day-mo-yr-- > > Boone Co. 12-10-1856 Hancock 9-12-1940 > Noble 25-1-1859 > Brown 1873 Henry > 1-2-1864(Morgan's Raid?) Parke 1-10-1833 > Clay 30-11-1851 Jackson 1872? 1881? > (sic) Porter 27-2-1934 > Daviess 1927 Johnson 12-12-1874 > Spencer 3-9-1833 > Dearborn 5-2-1826 Knox 24-1-1814 > Sullivan 7-2-1850 > DeKalb 1913 Madison 1-12-1880 > Tipton 1857 > Dubois 17-8-1839 Martin 27-4-1876 > Union 2-2-1903 > Franklin 22-2-1852 Miami 16-3-1843 > Vermillion 19-1-1844 > Gibson 1935 Morgan 31-3-1876 > Wabash 14-4-1870 > > It must be noted that simply because a fire occurred in one of these > courthouses, it does not mean all prior records were damaged or > destroyed. Check 'em anyway! > Ellen >