Oh, now, I'm learning about Northern Indiana architecture as one of the 3-4 men who are after Rachel after she'd widowed is an architectural student. ----- Original Message ----- From: <s.m.mills@comcast.net> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:31 PM Subject: [InMontgo] reading and Amish > > > You do love mysteries, don't you? There are two Jacobs in 1930 in > LaGrange, married to women age appropriate. No Jonas anywhere then or 20 > years earlier. > > > > I would think a prudent author would change the names more or get in a > little difficulty. > > > > Sharon > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Zach" <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> > To: INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > Cc: infounta@rootsweb.com, inputnam@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:46:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [InMontgo] Just FYI -- reading -- genealogical wise > > Any of you real readers via genealogy? I love to read fiction based on the > real thing or the real thing that reads like fiction. Just FYI -- I was > helping my daughter weed her library here in little Waveland, Indiana and > found an "Indiana" author book which we never throw away which I'd never > read. It's called Wolcott's Mills by Wayne B. Fisher. What an amazing > story. I think it's tagged as fiction but the names are either real or > close to it. The name of the main character (an Amish girl who "bundles," > gets pregnant, her betrothed is blown-up in a 4th of July accident) is > Rachel Bontrager. Her bethrothed was Amos Hostetler and her husband (an > older man who was about to die of stomach cancer - she was forced to marry > him to give the baby a name) Jonas Lambright. They are ALL big LaGrange > names. This story takes place in 1928 -- according to the 1920 census I > think Jacob a man living alone named Jacob Lambright might be the > character - wish I had access to the 1930 c! > ensus to see if he's gone or there's a lone woman Bontrager there. Oh, > well, it's FICTIOn anyway however there are actual speeches given that > were done that 4th of july and I wonder if there really was an accident > that day or that part was made up. Anyway, if any of you get a chance to > read thisor anything like it, share those with me, I'd love to read 'em > too :) We have so many Amish families in our area right now who just moved > here about 6 years ago so this has been a fab look at what their life is > similar / like. > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message