Meredith Thompson mere@augustmoondesign.com <mailto:mere@augustmoondesign.com> alternate e-mail: mere_thom@runbox.com <mailto:mere_thom@runbox.com> Indiana Genealogical Society Newsletter editor & website manager http://www.indgensoc.org <http://www.indgensoc.org/> ========================================= Midwestern Roots 2005: Family History and Genealogy Conference Indianapolis - Some of the nation's leading genealogy professionals will present at Midwestern Roots 2005: Family History and Genealogy Conference, August 18-20 in Indianapolis. Midwestern Roots, co-sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Genealogical Society, will feature over 30 presentations covering topics ranging from finding female ancestors, census substitutes, family food traditions and German SS records to baptismal records, preserving family papers, genetics and more. Optional pre-conference activities on Thursday, August 18, range from tours of the William Henry Smith Memorial Library, the Indiana State Library and the Indiana State Archives to writing workshops on preparing family histories for publication, computer labs on genealogy resources available on the internet and a workshop designed for library staff and volunteers who answer questions from genealogy patrons. The Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library and the Indiana History Center Smith Library also will stay open late for extended research hours. Other activities include a lively panel discussion bringing together genealogists and historians to answer the question, "History and Genealogy: Why Not Both?" The evening will begin with a dessert reception at the Indiana History Center followed by a discussion with nationally-renowned historical genealogists Elizabeth Shown Mills and Curt B. Witcher, Indiana historian James H. Madison and migration historian Marianne S. Wokeck, who will explore how these fields can enrich each other, from uncovering the slightest detail of one life to seeing human history more clearly because of that life. On Friday, August 19, the conference will begin with the opening session by Mills. Mills will explain the standards and processes all researchers need to apply when using family history and genealogical sources. Friday will conclude with a banquet and Mills will give a presentation that encourages taking what is learned about ancestors and conveying it to descendants. On Saturday morning, Madison will begin the day by considering the various migration streams that settled the Midwest and show how their origins, timing and cultural features helped make the region a distinctive part of the nation. Other notable national speakers include genealogists John S. Humphrey, Diane Gagel, Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, Tony Burroughs and Kandie Adkinson. The Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Genealogical Society will offer six scholarships for individuals to attend the conference. The scholarship application can be found at www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots <outbind://4/cwood/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLKD/www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots>. Additional conference information, registration forms and exhibitor information can be found at www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots <outbind://4/cwood/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLKD/www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots> or by calling (317) 232-1882. Hotel reservations can be made by calling the Indianapolis Marriott East at (317) 352-1231 or (800) 228-9290. Indicate association with Midwestern Roots 2005 upon making reservations to receive the special $92/night room rate. Room reservations must be made by August 1. The Indiana Genealogical Society promotes genealogical and historical research and education. Annual membership benefits include six issues of the IGS Newsletter; quarterly issues of the /Indiana Genealogist/ with a cumulative index; discounts on IGS publications, workshop and conference registrations; opportunities to volunteer in genealogy related projects; access to free Query submissions, Speaker's Bureau, Researcher's List, Librarian Scholarship, Chapter Grants and special service recognition awards. (www.indgensoc.org) Since 1830, the Indiana Historical Society has been Indiana's storyteller, connecting people to the past by collecting, preserving, interpreting and disseminating Indiana history. The independent, nonprofit organization also publishes books and periodicals; sponsors teacher workshops; provides youth, adult and family programming; assists local historical groups throughout the state; and maintains one of the world's largest collection of material on the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest. The Indiana Historical Society is one of the oldest historical societies in the United States, and one of the largest with more than 10,000 members. (www.indianahistory.org <http://www.indianahistory.org/>)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3365 Message Board Post: Hi Appreciate your offer. I don't have any more information on him. My father-in-law was illegitimate. He was born in Oct. 1917 and John Mercer a soldier is listed as his father on his birth certificate. We weren't allowed to talk about it while he was alive so we have no more inforamtion than that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Hutton, McGee, Todd, Orr, Campbell, Bryan, Powers, and many others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3362.2 Message Board Post: Would you happen to have the abstract of a William Smith? Looking for a William Smith who probably died before 1798 and had a daughter named Polly, who married a McMurtry. I know this is difficult, but this is all I have to work with, beside maybe have a relationship with Hugh Smith, who was the bondsman at the marriage of Polly to A. McMurtry. Thank You. Judy Smith/Colorado

Thanks for your look ups. Its very kind. Would you check for CAMPBELL... And McCOY... Thank you Sandy Campbell KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >KYMERCER-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 61 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Have Book will do look ups [a.j.kleck777@cox.net] > #2 Abstract of Wills [sharuck@charter.net] > #3 Re: Have Book will do look ups [kings@socket.net] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from KYMERCER-D, send a message to > > KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: Have Book will do look ups > From: > a.j.kleck777@cox.net > Date: > 3 Jun 2005 06:50:37 -0600 > To: > KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: BIBB, NICHOLS, ROWE OR ROE, >Classification: Lookup > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3362.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Could you see if you have anything on surname BIBB as I'am trying to find the parents for Elyane Sally BIBB who married Eli NICHOLS in 1829 in Mercer County Kentucky Thanks so much. > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Abstract of Wills > From: > sharuck@charter.net > Date: > 3 Jun 2005 08:23:41 -0600 > To: > KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: White surname in will abstracts >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3363 > >Message Board Post: > >Would you possibly have a George, Benjamin, or Henry White in that book of early wills? According to the land records I have, there appears to have been two George Whites. Mine died in 1824 and I have his will. The other George disappeared before 1810--as did Benjamin and Henry. Henry m. Elizabeth Rosser in 1808. > >Thank you so much. >Shari > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: Have Book will do look ups > From: > kings@socket.net > Date: > 3 Jun 2005 17:04:27 -0600 > To: > KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3362.1.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Hello sorry I find no Bibb's > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MERCER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3361.1 Message Board Post: Hi Stella I would love to look for him on ancestry.com for you but I need some more info. Where was he born? Give me as much info as you can please. Thank You Nina

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Joel White and Others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3364 Message Board Post: Does anyone have info on Joel White, Elizabeth White, Presley White, and Whitfield White in 1810 Mercer Co. KY Census? Am wondering if Joel was not the son of Joseph White Sr. and Elizabeth Leeth---and Elizabeth White could have been Joel's mother. Am researching George White, d. 17 Feb 1824, Casey Co. KY. Shari

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3362.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello sorry I find no Bibb's

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White surname in will abstracts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3363 Message Board Post: Would you possibly have a George, Benjamin, or Henry White in that book of early wills? According to the land records I have, there appears to have been two George Whites. Mine died in 1824 and I have his will. The other George disappeared before 1810--as did Benjamin and Henry. Henry m. Elizabeth Rosser in 1808. Thank you so much. Shari

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BIBB, NICHOLS, ROWE OR ROE, Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3362.1 Message Board Post: Could you see if you have anything on surname BIBB as I'am trying to find the parents for Elyane Sally BIBB who married Eli NICHOLS in 1829 in Mercer County Kentucky Thanks so much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3362 Message Board Post: I have the book Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories before 1800 and I am willing to do lookups.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/3361 Message Board Post: I am looking for John Mercer who was a WWI soldier. He was probably stationed in or around Kentucky 1916 or 17

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACI/776.778.780.1 Message Board Post: Anyone have additional on the relationship x Levi Hale and the Tuley family; Levi Hale, Jr married my 3 great grandmother, Martha Tuley, per the note, and she (Martha) was unmarried when my 2 great grandmother, Margaret M. Tuley McVey, was born in 1846---subsequent census records indicated Martha was married only once. Who is Margaret's father??? Guess I'll never know; She did indicate in census records that her father was born in KY, and (hearsay) told a great grand child that her father was of German descent..

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/gBB.2ACI/355.358 Message Board Post: Anne, I am answering a very old message. I hope you see this message. Please contact me-I am connected to the Bishop family through Greenberry's marriage to my 3rd great great aunt Ezizabeth Hays. Thank you,

This information is from the New England Historical and Genealogical Society eNews Vol. 7, No. 21 Whole #220 May 25, 2005 NHPRC Funding in Danger of Elimination The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is the grant-making arm of the National Archives and Records Administration. Through the course of four decades, the Commission has awarded $153 million to thousands of archives, colleges and universities, and individuals to preserve and publish important historical records that document non-Federal American history. President Bush’s budget recommends that all grant funding and staff support for NHPRC be eliminated in the next fiscal year. Such an event would vastly decrease the preservation, let alone the availability, of records for genealogical research. For more information on how this will impact genealogists, and how you can help, visit the FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee at http://www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm. More details can also be found on a website developed to dissemination information specifically on this issue at http://www.savearchives.org. Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching COZINE in Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Amsterdam (New York) and the Netherlands.

The Gathering of Dutch Cousins will be at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Kentucky, Sept 23 to 25. Send an email to Buffalo234@aol.com for more info. Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching COZINE in Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Amsterdam (New York) and the Netherlands. On May 25, 2005, at 12:00 AM, KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: From: Mgillot@aol.com Date: May 23, 2005 11:20:41 PM CDT To: KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: KYMERCER-D Digest V05 #55 In a message dated 5/23/2005 6:00:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com (Carolyn Leonard) writes: > A GATHERING OF DUTCH COUSINS (from Holland ancestry) > Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 23-25, 2005, > > Westerfield, Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Monfort, Smock, VanArsdale, Voris, > Brewer .... are all Low Dutch surnames. If you have very early > connections to Mercer County, you are probably one of our DUTCH > COUSINS Hello Carolyn, Where will this gathering take place? I'm not sure about Monfort, but Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Smock, VanArsdale, Vorheis (Voris), Brewer, Terhune, and Reyniersen are my ancestors' names. My distant Banta ancestor was in New Amsterland in the second half of the 16th century. Mary Rynerson Gillot

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Lake, Blunk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACI/3338.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Claudia for responding, Lucinda was living with John Richard Lake (her son) in 1860s (after 1860 census) they moved to Washington Co., Ind. then to Effingham Co., Ill. This is near where my g.grandmother Susan Shelton Blunk moved also. I know we had Lake relatives but have not as yet tracked them down. Richard would have been my g.grandmothers uncle. Email me with any connections, thanks, Jane

In a message dated 5/23/2005 6:00:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, KYMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com (Carolyn Leonard) writes: > A GATHERING OF DUTCH COUSINS (from Holland ancestry) > Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 23-25, 2005, > > Westerfield, Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Monfort, Smock, VanArsdale, Voris, > Brewer .... are all Low Dutch surnames. If you have very early > connections to Mercer County, you are probably one of our DUTCH > COUSINS Hello Carolyn, Where will this gathering take place? I'm not sure about Monfort, but Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Smock, VanArsdale, Vorheis (Voris), Brewer, Terhune, and Reyniersen are my ancestors' names. My distant Banta ancestor was in New Amsterland in the second half of the 16th century. Mary Rynerson Gillot

MANY NAMES WITH ONE HERITAGE -- ALL LOW DUTCH A colony of Dutch settlers – 50 families in all – first came to Mercer County KY in 1781 from Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania. Many of our Ancestors were in that group who took the long hard trail, bringing along their family, their animals and field seeds, while fighting off Indian attacks along the way. WHY LOW DUTCH? Most Kentucky publications refer to Germans as Dutch. Our Conewago colonists adopted the term “Low Dutch” to distinguish themselves as being from the low countries of Holland and Europe instead. Vincent Akers, in his book, History of the Low Dutch, copyright 1981, says our ancestors were always very careful to refer to themselves as Low Dutch. FAMILY STORIES We are proud to claim many well-known family researchers in our group, and all are happy to share their knowledge as well as being delighted to collect anecdotes and family legends from others. At this meeting you will hear many of these stories which have been handed down through generations of Dutch descent; some will tickle your funnybone while others touch the heartstrings, and all make you proud of your heritage. None of our family speakers are paid, but simply come to share the lore and love of our history. A GATHERING OF DUTCH COUSINS (from Holland ancestry) Fri-Sat-Sun Sept 23-25, 2005, Westerfield, Cozine, Banta, Demaree, Monfort, Smock, VanArsdale, Voris, Brewer .... are all Low Dutch surnames. If you have very early connections to Mercer County, you are probably one of our DUTCH COUSINS! For more information, send query to CarolynLeonard@mac.com Hugs, Carolyn Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching COZINE in Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Amsterdam (New York) and the Netherlands.

In the list of marriages of Powells who were married in Mercer Co, KY before 1850: Mary, Herret Fields, Nov 14, 1797 I have Mary Powell m. Fields Prewitt Nov 13, 1799. Is this by any chance the same people or is Herret Fields someone else? I was not researching Powells but I do collect all the Prewitt marriages,etc. Margaret

I am looking for info on Sallie Walker Robards Beckham b. june 25, 1860 in Mecer CO. d. 1934 in Lockland OH. I think she may have been the out of wedlock daughter of Narcissa Robards b abt.1846 who was the daughter of Maria Robards b. 1805. Maria had two children James Robards b abt. 1844 and Narcissa. Also looking for the Husband of Maria Robards who must have died before 1850. Any help on this family appreciated. Todd Beckham