Jennette, > How much in Australian dollars? Gosh, I don't know. The recorder's office charges $1.00 US (unless they have raised the price) for each copy they make, plus postage. What does $1.37 convert to in your dollars? You would have to send US currency... Lori

Hi List The land records that are on the Internet for Ripley does anybody on the list know how to check the records or does the LDS have them filmed? & what film numbers would they be please. If not is there anybody the list & who lives there check some entries for me PLEASE. John G JACKSON page in Tract book 68 tract book 2 purchased date 7 Aug 1829 John G JACKSON JR 68 2 22 Sep 1832 Conduce G GEST 61 2 10 sep 1836 Joseph GEST 35 1 2 nov 1818. Do the records tell you much? I would appreciate any help. Thank you for your time. Jennette GEST nee BYRNE Australia.

Land records may tell where the buyer came from. I've found many early land records that have the county of residence other than Ripley County listed. Some people buy land before moving to the area and that is why the Deed will list this fact. Another thing to look for is who witnessed the deed. This might be a good clue to follow. Very old deeds list name of owners of land that are joined to the particular land being bought/sold. Just a few good points to look at. Donnie in Indiana

Jennette, > The land records that are on the Internet for Ripley does anybody on the list > know how to check the records or does the LDS have them filmed? & what film > numbers would they be please. If not is there anybody the list & who lives there > check some entries for me PLEASE. You could send to Ripley County recorder's office and get a copy of these records, as reported on the Land pages. Would only cost you a few bucks..... Ripley County Recorder's Office 115 N. Main Street, PO Box 404 Versailles, IN 47042 > Do the records tell you much? No, just location, how much acreage, and grantor/grantee names. Lori

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/366.374.497.502 Message Board Post: You have Glowka relatives in Spillville, Iowa. They moved as a group when they opened the teritory in 1850. Would you know where the Hubers originated in Switzerland and where they moved to in Alsaace? I would very much appreciate hearing from you. Kathryn L. Smith e-mail ksmith1546@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owens, King, Harves Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1512 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on Dora Owens King, who lived in Sunman, IN between ~1850 and the time of her death (unknown). One source says Dora had the following children: John, William, Maggie, Louis (Owens), George, Edward, and Lavina. I am trying to determine if Dora Owens King was the sister of John Henry Harves, who lived in Sunman from ~1850 to ~1875, when he moved to Alabama. One source says yes, another no. Rik Hill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: riehle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4h.2ADI/1511 Message Board Post: I'm looking for leads on Henry Riehle, migrated from Baden, possibly with wife Theresia mid 1850's to Adams, Ripley IN.

Thomas Lord (in index listed also as Ford) was listed age 63 widowed on the 1900 census. He was living with Wesley W., Mary L., Frank W., and Clyde S. Woolery and Elizabeth Beall. This was in Ripley County, Washington Twp. Who were the Woolery 's and Ms. Beall? Were they related to his widow? She was Katherine Stewart youngest daughter of Alexander Wilson Stewart and Hannah Connell. Any information on the Woolery's or Beall's would be appreciated. Thanks, Anna

I was also a volunteer at the time the naturalization books disappeared. They were at first taken by a group that said they were transcribing them, I saw a letter from a lady in that group that said she was doing the ones for Ripley when the state took them from her. Most of the people who volunteered at the archives never even knew they were missing till we had a query and couldn't find the books. Lori is correct about saying the state denies they have them. Sad for the archives that the state and the group (don't even recall their name) took the books and what a loss for the archives. I do recall someone saying one of our members did give the group permission to take them. But I sure don't recall it every being mentioned in a RCHS quarterly meeting.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1510.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you, Lori, for all that information! Gail

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1499.1 Message Board Post: The IN State Library Archives people took the naturalization book that was housed in the Ripley County Historical Society's archives. If I remember correctly from my time as a volunteer librarian at RCHS, IN State Library denies having the book.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1510.2 Message Board Post: >From the Ripley County, Indiana, History, (Ripley County History Book Committee, 1989), page 122: "Towns have to have names, Holman was suggested but Jesse Holman did not agree with this. They settled on the name Holton (Hol-town)."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1510.1 Message Board Post: Excerpt from the Ripley County History Book, Vol 1, page122: Jesse L. Holman (born 1802-died 1879) had land purchases from 1826 to 1850 in the Holton area. Prior to this he had married Margaret Hawthorne in 1822 and they were living on a farm, on Big Graham Creek, that he had purchased. Their daughter Milly (born 1827-d. 1886) married Henry Yater (b. 1830-d. 1900), possibly a son of the first Henry. They had a daughter Milly, born 1868, who died at the age of 71. Jesse Holman had a sawmill where later a large white house was built for Joseph H. Scoopmire, now in 1988 occupied by Baileys. Jesse had store license from 1845 to 1867. Holman's store was the first store and saloon, which was the same. He also had a flour mill on the mill lot. The survey was being made for the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in 1854. The six-gauge tracks had wooden rails with iron on top. The rails were made at the Hot-man sawmill. The first train came through Holton on July 4, 1854. In 1870 the track gauge was changed. At this time also the town was being surveyed by Albion Redlon, Ripley County Surveyor, and in June, 1854 the town was platted with 131 lots. Lots 1-91 were Holman and Yaters, 92-96, Samuel Cady, 97-99, A.P. Cady, Lot 100 Cady and Behymer, 101-108 by Nathaniel Behymer, 109-13 1 by Eli Murdock. These were registered August, 1854. Towns have to have names, Holman was suggested but Jesse Holman did not agree with this. They settled on the name Holton (Hol-town). In 1855, Poston was picked for the town just east but the name of it was changed since when the train conductor would call Poston it sounded too much like Holton.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1510 Message Board Post: I noticed on a web site that the town of Holton was "named for founder Jesse Holman." Could someone explain that to me, please? Many thanks! Gail Valenti Seattle

Tommy, Thank you for sending me the 1870 Census Index for Doll. Someone had already sent it to me, but I appreciate your help also. I see from your email that you live in OK. I hope you and your family have not been affected by all of this terrible weather that's been happening. It's sure been really bad for alot of people. Thank you again and have a nice day, Sandi Whitty

>Does anyone have the census index for Ripley Co, IN 1860 or 1870? I am >looking for Joseph Doll, wife Elizabeth in the 1870 Census and John Doll, >wife Mary, in the 1860 and 1870. I have a subscription to ancestry and am >going page by page but it is SO slow. > >Thank you for any help, > >Sandi Whitty Hi Sandi-- I am sure you have had this answered, but if not: Surname Given Name Age Birth County Twp Page State DOLL Albert 20 M,W IN Ripley Johnson 174 IN DOLL Andrew 43 M,W WURT Ripley Adans 4 IN DOLL Anthony 11 M,W IN Ripley Adams 26 IN DOLL Barbara 63 F,W BADE Ripley Adams 28 IN DOLL Caroline 10 F,W KY Ripley Adams 26 IN DOLL Elizabeth 62 F,W BAVA Ripley Adams 22 IN DOLL John 44 M,W WURT Ripley Adams 2 IN DOLL John 38 M,W, OH Ripley Adams 19 IN DOLL Joseph 33 M,W IN Ripley Laughery 183 IN DOLL Leamer B. 58 M,W OH Ripley Delaware 101 IN Tommy -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Tommy Karns Phone: (H) 405-360-5244 905 Jona Kay Terrace (O) 405-325-2843 Norman, OK 73069-4003 "It is by logic that we prove but by intuition that we discover". Jules Henry Poincare tkbkarns@chemdept.chem.ou.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TINDER, STUART, SHELTON, WOODWORTH, CONNER, HUDDLESTON, CARGETTER, TAYLOR Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1509 Message Board Post: Note: I am not related to this family--I am posting this to help others. from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of Thursday, February 6, 1919--page 1, column 4: Simeon M., son of William and Katherine Tinder, was born in this county October 27, 1847. He was the third child of a family of twelve children, nine of whom survive him, five brothers and four sisters. He was married to Rachel J. Stuart December 16, 1873. To them twelve children were born. The mother and three children preceded him in death. Mrs. Tinder died August 31, 1906. The surviving children are Mrs. Pearl Shelton of Bridgeport, Ernest Tinder of Danville, Mrs. Ruth Woodworth of Peoria, Ill., Albert Tinder and Mrs. Bernice Comer of Indianapolis, Mrs. Erie Huddleston of Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Edith Cargetter, Orpheus, and Miss Bessie Tinder of Detroit, Mich. Mr. Tinder spent almost his entire life in Hendricks county. In 1907 he moved to Indianapolis, where he lived for three years, and where he and Miss Belle Taylor were married in June, 1909. In December, 1909, he moved to Ripley county, where he died. He united with the Missionary Baptist church in June, 1911! . After a short illness he died January 28, 1919, aged 71 years, 3 months and 1 day.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TINDER, KURTZ Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1508 Message Board Post: Note: I am not related to this family--I am posting this to help others. from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of Thursday, January 30, 1919--page 1, column 5: Mrs. Jacob Kurtz yesterday received word of the death at his home in Ripley County of her brother, Simeon Tinder, for many years a resident of this county. Pneumonia was the cause of death. The body will arrive in Danville Friday, and be taken to the home of Mrs. Kurtz, where funeral services will be held, probably Saturday.

Hi List Is there anybody on the list who could check the 1840 census for me PLEASE. The Mary Jane Jackson was born Ripley about 1825 & her father is John maybe (G) JACKSON. I do know she had sisters but not sure if she had brothers. Mary Jane Jackson married Paul Rust GEST there in Ripley 12 Feb 1846. I have the 1840 census in for Clermont Co Ohio hoping to find Paul down as a mark with his father. He should be 21 but I didn't see a child to fit in. So I'm wondering if Paul R GEST was also in Ripley Co at that time, would a kind person also see if he would be there on the 1840 census. He was a doctor & the family are back in Clermont Co Ohio by 1850 census with 3 children. Thank you for your time. Jennette GEST nee BYRNE Australia.

Does anyone have the census index for Ripley Co, IN 1860 or 1870? I am looking for Joseph Doll, wife Elizabeth in the 1870 Census and John Doll, wife Mary, in the 1860 and 1870. I have a subscription to ancestry and am going page by page but it is SO slow. Thank you for any help, Sandi Whitty