Thank you Joyce, She has tried the one in Penn. already. I will add the other two to her list. We have also found another older church down the road. Maybe the records and membership were moved there. I think there are 3 districts in Indiana too. LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Haibe" <geogdept@iupui.edu> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Lost Church and Records > > Since it was a Presbyterian Church you might also contact the Presbytery > or the > national office in Louisville, Ky. I don't know if they keep those kind of > records and this was long before the Presbyterian Churches united but they > may > have some suggestions or they may also know who the pastors were at the > time > the church was closed. It's a real long shot but who knows, sometimes > those are > the ones that work out. http://www.pcusa.org/ or the synod which I think > is the > Ohio Valley Synod. > > Joyce Haibe > > > Quoting uebush@sbcglobal.net: > > > The county recorder's office should have the grantor/grantee deed books, > > if > > they have not been lost or destroyed by fire. > > Looking in the index under "T" for trustee deeds for the section of the > > township you need. Henry county used 16-10-11 (example) > > for Section #(16)-township(10) and range(11) and look for church > > trustees > > listed in the abstract. I found all of these under "Trustee." > > http://hcgs.net/church.html > > > > UEB > > Henry Co., IN > > INPCRP > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rich Green" <rgreen@insightbb.com> > > To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Lost Church and Records > > > > > > > Howdy LA, > > > > > > Have you thought about trying to establish who the pastor and or other > > > church officials were for the time period in question? > > > > > > If the names are known you may be able to locate ancestors. Maybe > > > there > > > are church records to be found within their personal papers (assuming > > > that > > > > > there are any to be found). It's a long shot I know. > > > > > > If the cemetery is located in a well established community, there may > > > be > > > health department records, but I suppose these would probably be found > > > within one of your sources already listed. > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > Rich Green > > > Historic Archaeological Research > > > 4338 Hadley Court > > > West Lafayette, IN 47906 > > > Office: (765) 464-8735 > > > Mobile: (765) 427-4082 > > > www.har-indy.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: L.A. CLUGH > > > To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 4:36 PM > > > Subject: [INPCRP] Lost Church and Records > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > > > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > > > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > > > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > > > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > > > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > > > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > > > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > > > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > > > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > > > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > > > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > > > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > > > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, > > > IA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you > > have." > > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > > > > > > > -- > Joyce Haibe > Geography Department > IUPUI > Indianapolis, IN 46202 > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you > have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > >