Lori, I would also like to 'THANK YOU' for all your time & energy put into this project. I was just sick when someone walked off with so many of those papers a few years back. That was mean. Did you know that the Ft. Wayne Library also has a copy of the Toph papers? I would love to go up there & copy them & bring them to Ripley Co. someday. I have a copy of the original marriage records if that would help anyone....they are hard to read though unless you would want me to transcribe them. I am getting ready to go buy a home in Florida so let me know. I had 3 generations of Cowans in that area. God bless....Carolyn Cowan Oberle from Greenfield IN

Carolyn, > Lori, I would also like to 'THANK YOU' for all your time & energy put into > this project. You are welcome. Nice to know my work is appreciated! > I was just sick when someone walked off with so many of those > papers a few years back. That was mean. Did you know that the Ft. Wayne > Library also has a copy of the Toph papers? I would love to go up there & copy > them & bring them to Ripley Co. someday. Actually, RCHS closed a long time back, and donated the Toph Papers to Hanover College. Copies were made there, and given to Osgood library, and Ft. Wayne library... then the Society came back into being in the 70s, I believe, and asked Hanover to give back the papers. RCHS has the originals, so getting the copies from Ft Wayne would be a waste of your time, but it is a nice thought on your part. :-) > I have a copy of the original marriage > records if that would help anyone....they are hard to read though unless you > would want me to transcribe them. Are these the records that V. Toph created? I think I have most of them online too....if I don't, and you have copies of her records, and want to extract them into a spreadsheet for me, I would be delighted to put them online. With you listed as the submitter naturally! > I am getting ready to go buy a home in > Florida so let me know. I had 3 generations of Cowans in that area. God > bless....Carolyn Cowan Oberle from Greenfield IN You live not too far from me. :-) You can extract records in Florida too. LOL Lori