The Church is know as Mount Hope in Clinton County. Sorry about that. About 2 miles out of Rossville on CR 700 N. All very good ideas Kyle. I will add these to the list and Ask her again. I know she made the rounds through all the offices earlier this year. Jeez our Recorder doesn't have all that good stuff. They do have some plats. And a few cemetery books with recorded deeds for a couple of big cemeteries in town. She also has the burial list in Excel, which I use too, this way it can be sorted for the library trips to that microfilm for obituaries. I also forgot to mention she started with the Trustee. And has been talking to the Genealogy society as well. Health Department Records didn't start in Indiana until 1882 and some counties didn't get started until much later. And Angela, just read your message. Yes I forgot to mention she has dissected the county history books too. It mentions the Church but that is it. All good things for that list. Thanks everyone. Good night all! LAC ----- Original Message ----- From: <KidClerk@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Lost Church and Records > L.A. > > The sources you cited are quite general, so I'm not sure where in the > 'courthouse' you are referring to. But for the sake of it anyway, there are two > possible types of records in the county recorder's office. The first is the deed > records, where cemetery plots could be recorded. The other is a cemetery > book, where the same type of record could be found. Also, in some cemetery > records in the recorder's office are found the organizational documents of when the > cemetery was organized, if it was governed by a board. Some of our original > cemetery plat maps are also recorded in this office... > > The only other source I would know of having used them myself are > obituaries/death notices in local newspapers. > > It sounds as if all most, if not all, bases have been covered. Your only > hope would be that the records are in private hands and that they may surface > some day... > > Kyle > > > List, > > I have worked with a lady who is seeking information on a Church cemetery > > in Indiana. > > She has been through all the normal people and place in the County and the > > State Library and Fort Wayne too. This was a Presbyterian church and she has > > also checked with the National Church archives. No one knows anything about > > this so far. The building is long gone, the Church was listed in the 1878? Atlas. It > > must have closed before the 1880's. > > > > So my question to you all. If we were to create a list of places to look > > for information on who is buried in a cemetery, where would you look? > > I will be glad to collect all your wonderful ideas for a page for future > > researchers. > > > > Most of these are burials before 1880's. Records end up in the strangest > > places. > > > > L.A. > > > > Other than: > > County Historical Society > > County Library > > County Courthouse > > County Historians > > State Library > > Fort Wayne Library > > LDS microfilms > > Church Archives > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. > >