There was a natural gas explosion on Aug 11, 1890 at and around the Ogden (now Van Pelt) cemetery south of Waldron. Ron Hamilton wrote a column about this in the Shelbyville News April 28, 1999, and it is described in the Waldron Bicentennial Edition 1976 booklet called "The Waldron Story or Conn's Creek Reflections". Hamilton's article says local people thought it was the end of the world. It blew out part of the cemetery where it overhangs the Flat Rock/Conns Creek rivers intersection. The explosion was so large that news of it was carried in The New York Times the day after. . Natural gas is common in parts of Indiana, so I understand. Peggy Cliadakis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phyllis Miller Fleming Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock So why is there a major gas line running north from Mexico straight through Jackson Township? Sounds explosive. P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock > > > Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is > getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest > major faultline runs under Mt. Auburn. We would be affected if the New > Madrid Fault had another one like in 1811-1812. Memphis, St. Louis and > Evansville would be leveled. Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major > damage, Terre Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in > 1988 when we built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the > brick on the house. LC > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock > > Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in > earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault > under you > there. > Go see that picture, it is something. > > > > In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am > thinking > of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely > someone > else out there can give you some real details! > > P > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM > Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question > > >> There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew >> out? Why is the ground white? >> Does anyone know abt this? >> >> Carleen >> >> >> Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. >> http://shelbycountyindiana.org >> >> Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact >> information and the surnames that you are researching >> ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information >> changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, >> Melinda >> >> Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me >> ([email protected]). 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So why is there a major gas line running north from Mexico straight through Jackson Township? Sounds explosive. P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock > > > Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is > getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest > major faultline runs under Mt. Auburn. We would be affected if the New > Madrid Fault had another one like in 1811-1812. Memphis, St. Louis and > Evansville would be leveled. Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major > damage, Terre Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in > 1988 when we built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the > brick on the house. LC > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock > > Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in > earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault > under you > there. > Go see that picture, it is something. > > > > In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am > thinking > of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely > someone > else out there can give you some real details! > > P > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM > Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question > > >> There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew >> out? Why is the ground white? >> Does anyone know abt this? >> >> Carleen >> >> >> Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. >> http://shelbycountyindiana.org >> >> Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact >> information and the surnames that you are researching >> ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information >> changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, >> Melinda >> >> Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me >> ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to > keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, > Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, > Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Amazon has these books again. ( Maybe they always have?) $18.95, I think. In a message dated 1/26/2010 8:36:45 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Greg Ryhal, wrote a review of "The Bears of Blue River" in 2001 for Amazon.com. Today we find him working and living here in Bloomington. He mentioned the book's version of the Blowout, that being the "Fire Bear" falling off a cliff and exploding. Greg wrote, "A settler had been burning brush and caused one of those pockets (of natural gas) to explode, creating a deep hole (Blowout Hole) where the Flat Rock River and Conns Creek flow together (South of Waldron). Both streams flowed backwards for a week, and the windows on houses were shattered for miles around. In fact, a childhood friend of mine lived in one of the nearby houses and it still exhibited a crack from foundation to roof from the mighty explosion." Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My 11yr old son is reading Bears of Blue River-required reading for my Colorado born children:). There's a similar incident in the story, but it takes place around 1819. Did Charles Major use the 1890 explosion in his book or was there an earlier natural gas explosion? Sorry for the tough question, but it will be fun to research when we visit Shelbyville again. Sheila Hyde > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:19 -0500 > From: "Phyllis Miller Fleming" <[email protected]> > Subject: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am > thinking > of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely > someone > else out there can give you some real details! > >

Greg Ryhal, wrote a review of "The Bears of Blue River" in 2001 for Amazon.com.   Today we find him working and living here in Bloomington.  He mentioned the book's version of the Blowout, that being the "Fire Bear" falling off a cliff and exploding. Greg wrote, "A settler had been burning brush and caused one of those pockets (of natural gas) to explode, creating a deep hole (Blowout Hole) where the Flat Rock River and Conns Creek flow together (South of Waldron).  Both streams flowed backwards for a week, and the windows on houses were shattered for miles around.  In fact, a childhood friend of mine lived in one of the nearby houses and it still exhibited a crack from foundation to roof from the mighty explosion."

Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest major faultline runs under Mt. Auburn.  We would be affected if the New Madrid Fault had another one like in 1811-1812.  Memphis, St. Louis and Evansville would be leveled.  Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major damage, Terre Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in 1988 when we built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the brick on the house. LC ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in   earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault under you  there. Go see that picture, it is something.       In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,   [email protected] writes: A build  up of natural gas, I think.  It is well-documented, if I am thinking   of the right incident.  The library has newspaper articles.   Surely someone else out there can give you some real  details! P ----- Original Message ----- From:  <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent:  Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures  Question > There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock  8-11-1890".  What blew > out? Why is the ground white? > Does  anyone know abt this? > > Carleen > > > Don't  forget to check out our genealogy web site. >  http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers,  please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the  surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and  let me know whenever that information > changes.  I would like to  keep track of all of our researchers.  Thanks, >  Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should  be directed to me > ([email protected]).  Thanks,  Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from  the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with  the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body  of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web  site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please  send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are  researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that  information changes.  I would like to keep track of all of our  researchers.  Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding  this list should be directed to me ([email protected]).  Thanks,  Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list,  please send an email to [email protected] with the word  'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes.  I would like to keep track of all of our researchers.  Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]).  Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks - Now I have something else to worry about... :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock >I love learning new facts like this. I knew abt the New Madrid fault and > the 1811-12 earthquake, and what it did to TN and MO and AR, but I never > thought abt Indiana being involved. I heard them talking abt how they are > watching that fault seriously right now. I did not hear enough to know if > there > is a special reason. > I never knew a fault was that close to you there. Where I live in north > Louisiana we are "fault free" I guess you can say. They once thought a > lake > here was a product of the big Madrid quake, but they have Indian history > that says it was here long before and I think archeological proof too. > I can live a long time without an earthquake. Tornados are bad enough > without the earth shaking. > Thanks for enlightening me on this. > > > > > In a message dated 1/26/2010 8:01:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is > getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest > major > faultline runs under Mt. Auburn. We would be affected if the New Madrid > Fault > had another one like in 1811-1812. Memphis, St. Louis and Evansville > would be leveled. Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major damage, > Terre > Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in 1988 when we > built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the brick on the > house. > LC > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock > > Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in > earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault > under you > there. > Go see that picture, it is something. > > > > In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am > thinking > of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely > someone > else out there can give you some real details! > > P > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM > Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question > > >> There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew >> out? Why is the ground white? >> Does anyone know abt this? >> >> Carleen >> >> >> Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. >> http://shelbycountyindiana.org >> >> Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact >> information and the surnames that you are researching >> ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information >> changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. > Thanks, >> Melinda >> >> Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me >> ([email protected]). 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I love learning new facts like this. I knew abt the New Madrid fault and the 1811-12 earthquake, and what it did to TN and MO and AR, but I never thought abt Indiana being involved. I heard them talking abt how they are watching that fault seriously right now. I did not hear enough to know if there is a special reason. I never knew a fault was that close to you there. Where I live in north Louisiana we are "fault free" I guess you can say. They once thought a lake here was a product of the big Madrid quake, but they have Indian history that says it was here long before and I think archeological proof too. I can live a long time without an earthquake. Tornados are bad enough without the earth shaking. Thanks for enlightening me on this. In a message dated 1/26/2010 8:01:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Gas explosion. I've read the article numerous times, but old age is getting the best of me and I can't remember it all now. But our closest major faultline runs under Mt. Auburn. We would be affected if the New Madrid Fault had another one like in 1811-1812. Memphis, St. Louis and Evansville would be leveled. Terre Haute and Indianapolis would have major damage, Terre Haute more than Indy. We purchased earthquake insurance in 1988 when we built in Shelbyville, but it didn't cover anything but the brick on the house. LC ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:54:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock Thanks, I wondered because the groundber had long cracks like you see in earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault under you there. Go see that picture, it is something. In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am thinking of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely someone else out there can give you some real details! P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question > There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew > out? Why is the ground white? > Does anyone know abt this? > > Carleen > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, > Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think Ronnie Hamilton wrote an article about it in the Shelbyville News several years ago. I forget what he calls his column?? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Jan 26, 2010 12:54 pm Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Blowout on Flatrock Thanks, I wondered because the ground had long cracks like you see in arthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault under you there. o see that picture, it is something. n a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am hinking f the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely omeone lse out there can give you some real details! P ----- Original Message ----- rom: <[email protected]> o: <[email protected]> ent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM ubject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew out? Why is the ground white? Does anyone know abt this? Carleen Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. ttp://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact nformation and the surnames that you are researching [email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. would like to eep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me [email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in he subject and he body of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact nformation and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) nd let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track f all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me [email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Thanks, I wondered because the ground had long cracks like you see in earthquakes, heaven forbid! Would hate to know you had a big old fault under you there. Go see that picture, it is something. In a message dated 1/26/2010 2:40:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am thinking of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely someone else out there can give you some real details! P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question > There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew > out? Why is the ground white? > Does anyone know abt this? > > Carleen > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, > Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A build up of natural gas, I think. It is well-documented, if I am thinking of the right incident. The library has newspaper articles. Surely someone else out there can give you some real details! P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:02 PM Subject: [INSHELBY] Old Shelby Pictures Question > There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew > out? Why is the ground white? > Does anyone know abt this? > > Carleen > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, > Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a picture showing: " Blowout on Flatrock 8-11-1890". What blew out? Why is the ground white? Does anyone know abt this? Carleen

Phyllis Please pass on to the owner that they are spectacular photos. I certainly would buy a booklet if they become published and I bet many more would do the same. Some real priceless photos in the group, i looked through the entire portfolio twice. thanks for sharing what you thought was legit. Shame on the person for breaching his promise to the owner. George Young In a message dated 1/25/2010 7:09:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I received a phone call today from an understandably frustrated "owner" of many of the pictures published on Picasa link I sent out yesterday. It turns out that the man who put the pictures on the site did NOT have permission to publish them. I could give many details, but the end of the story is the same: many of the pictures were not his and he was specifically asked not to put them on the internet. So ... please do not copy the pictures into your own files. Thank you, Phyllis Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I received a phone call today from an understandably frustrated "owner" of many of the pictures published on Picasa link I sent out yesterday. It turns out that the man who put the pictures on the site did NOT have permission to publish them. I could give many details, but the end of the story is the same: many of the pictures were not his and he was specifically asked not to put them on the internet. So ... please do not copy the pictures into your own files. Thank you, Phyllis

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobAndrews61 Surnames: McCalip Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.shelby/1173.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Phyllis. I guess my sister, Linda Fourman, forwarded your reply to me. In my research, I have put together the following about Houston McCalip, my great-great-grandfather. I am particularly interested in knowing what might have happened to him after the 1880 census in Minnesota, where I found the last mention of him. It appears that his three sons moved back to Indiana and were married there, but I don't know if Houston (Huston) moved back with them or died in Minnesota. Here's what I've got: In 1844, Houston married Mary Carr, and by November 1848, they had two children, Catherine and William H. William Henry McCalip was born in November, 1848. Since there is a record of Houston marrying Nancy Ray on December 28, 1848, it may be assumed that Mary Carr had died during childbirth one month earlier. In 1850, Houston was living with his second wife, Nancy Ray McCalip, in Haw Creek township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, with his two children from his previous marriage to Mary Carr: Catherine (age 3) and William H. (age 1). Sometime in the early 1850s, his second wife Nancy died, and Houston remarried in 1855 to Margaret Pendleton. In the 1860 census, Houston and family had moved to Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana. Margaret was the sister of Edmund Gaines Pendleton, who would become the husband of Houston's daughter, Catherine, in 1861. . In other words, Margaret was the sister of Houston's future son-in-law. He is living as a farmer, listed with his 3rd wife Margaret (age 24) and 3 children: Catherine (age 13, William H., age 11, and Indiana, age 1. By 1870, Houston and family had moved to Hope, Indiana, in Bartholomew County. where he is employed as "driving teams." His family included his third wife Margaret and their four children: Indiana (age 11), Jonathan (age 8), Lewis (age 4), and Eldridge (age 1). Houston's daughter Indiana and her husband George L. Fry moved to Osakis, Minnesota by 1876, where they had their first child, Claude, in that year. According to the 1880 census for Minnesota, Houston and Margaret got a divorce and Houston moved to Osakis, Minnesota by that year with his sons John, Lewis, and Eldridge. Houston's daughter Indiana and her husband George L. Fry had also moved to Osakis, which may explain why Houston did. Houston does not show up in the Minnesota census after 1880. He may have died there or moved back to Indiana with his sons, for John, Lewis, and Eldridge are all reported in the 1900 Indiana census. John apparently married a woman named Amanda in 1884. I would appreciate any information you may have, or any corrections that should be made. Thanks! Bob Andrews Chevy Chase, Maryland Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

In a message dated 1/25/2010 2:08:11 A.M. Central Standard Time, Pat Lux writes: This man did not collect these photos he used them without permission of the owner!!! Who IS the original owner then? Usually if a photo is posted to the web, it is considered in a public domain unless it is copywrited. I have found several photos that you can not copy on the internet, so that may be the only way to keep them from being copied. Ma

Pat Lux wrote: > This man did not collect these photos he used them without permission of the > owner!!! Who is the owner then? Looks like a lot of them are old postcards. How would you determine the owner. Anyway they are great and should be in book form.

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This man did not collect these photos he used them without permission of the owner!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] James' Picasa web album: 513 old Shelby photos > > Phyllis > amazing group of photos, I have not completed but I will. > > Please thank this person for saving these images. Can we hear from him how > he collected these gems? > > I bet he could make a booklet and sell these > George Young > > > > In a message dated 1/24/2010 5:00:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I contacted the gentleman who compiled these photographs and he is > willing > to share: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/jenajn/513OldShelbyCoPhotos?authkey=Gv1sRgCI2xvq > bJ6qi17gE&feat=email# > > > P > > > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to > keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. > http://shelbycountyindiana.org > > Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact > information and the surnames that you are researching > ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information > changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, > Melinda > > Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me > ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Phyllis amazing group of photos, I have not completed but I will. Please thank this person for saving these images. Can we hear from him how he collected these gems? I bet he could make a booklet and sell these George Young In a message dated 1/24/2010 5:00:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I contacted the gentleman who compiled these photographs and he is willing to share: http://picasaweb.google.com/jenajn/513OldShelbyCoPhotos?authkey=Gv1sRgCI2xvq bJ6qi17gE&feat=email# P Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message