Steve, That place must be amazing--I've heard about it dozens of times since I started on my family tree a year ago, and everyone goes on and on about the amount of info kept there. Do you know if they have any searchable stuff on the web, or is it only available by going there in person? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Miller" <noskm@cox.net> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:11 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] Putnam County Research > Loni; > Where you do your research will be greatly influenced by what you are trying to determine and how long you have to look. > There is an Andrew Hagey that was a patent holder of property in Russell Township is section 18, in 1827. If this is your relative you might look in the recorders office in the Courthouse in Greencastle for sequent sale of this property. The Courthouse has some very good records as far as land sales and marriages are concerned. They have some records back to 1822. The health department has birth and death records but they begin much later. > The Putnam County Public Library in Greencastle has some very worthwhile information and their collection is growing. You might also want to contact the Library at DePauw University in Greencastle, they have a huge collection of old information particularly relating to the Methodist Church in Indiana and all over the country. This also includes information about many church members over the years. > If you have time, the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis is also a great source of information and I have found the personnel there to be very helpful. The library has been undergoing some renovations but they are suppose th be complete by early October. > Finally I would mention what I think is the finest research library outside of Salt Lake City, that being the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne Indiana. I believe it possible to spend weeks there and never run out of information, at least for the people I am looking for. I plan on anot her trip to Indiana the middle of October so if I can be of any assistance please let me know. > Good luck > Steve Miller > > > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

The main web page for the Allen Co Public Library is: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us From the main page, you can search their library catalog to see what resources are available. The genealogy division web page is: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html As far as online searchable resources, try this one: http://199.8.210.7/default.asp Select the Guest button, at the top of the next page there is a link to download the ICA plug-in. You will need to download and install the ICA plug-in. To do so: http://www.citrix.com/download/ Select the ICA Clients and you will see the platform options. Most will probably want the Windows 32 bit clients if you're running Win 95, 98, ME,NT or Xp. Accept the user agreement, then click on the option for Web Client 6.30.1050. Follow the installation instructions from there. Once you have finished installing the ICA client, you can return to the http://199.8.210.7/default.asp page and go to the Family Search Census or Family Search Resource File links. They basically have created a web access method to the LDS CDs for the US 1880 census, British 1881 census, and I think some of the Canadian census may have been added recently as well. I've had difficulty connecting to the Family Search links tonight, I don't know if that is due to high traffic, maximum number of users, etc. However, I have used this in the past few weeks and have had much success with the site. ---- For those making the trip to the library on the weekends, I will share my favorite parking place tip -- Instead of parking in the small pay lot across from the library there is another larger pay lot caddy corner to it, between Wayne and Washington Streets, located on and enter it from Harrison Street. I believe it is $2 to park there for the day rather than the higher rate next to the library. Heidi -----Original Message----- From: Jim and Lisa Trump [mailto:jtrump@ccrtc.com] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 11:45 PM To: INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INPUTNAM] Allen County Library Steve, That place must be amazing--I've heard about it dozens of times since I started on my family tree a year ago, and everyone goes on and on about the amount of info kept there. Do you know if they have any searchable stuff on the web, or is it only available by going there in person? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Miller" <noskm@cox.net> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:11 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] Putnam County Research > Loni; > Where you do your research will be greatly influenced by what you are trying to determine and how long you have to look. > There is an Andrew Hagey that was a patent holder of property in Russell Township is section 18, in 1827. If this is your relative you might look in the recorders office in the Courthouse in Greencastle for sequent sale of this property. The Courthouse has some very good records as far as land sales and marriages are concerned. They have some records back to 1822. The health department has birth and death records but they begin much later. > The Putnam County Public Library in Greencastle has some very worthwhile information and their collection is growing. You might also want to contact the Library at DePauw University in Greencastle, they have a huge collection of old information particularly relating to the Methodist Church in Indiana and all over the country. This also includes information about many church members over the years. > If you have time, the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis is also a great source of information and I have found the personnel there to be very helpful. The library has been undergoing some renovations but they are suppose th be complete by early October. > Finally I would mention what I think is the finest research library outside of Salt Lake City, that being the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne Indiana. I believe it possible to spend weeks there and never run out of information, at least for the people I am looking for. I plan on anot her trip to Indiana the middle of October so if I can be of any assistance please let me know. > Good luck > Steve Miller > > > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237