Family Maps of Harrison County, Indiana, Deluxe Edition

Family Maps of Harrison County, Indiana, Deluxe Edition
Author: Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2010-05-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781420314922

222 pages with 65 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Harrison County, Indiana, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 2349 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 45 Cemeteries plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued: DecadeParcel-count 1820s100 1830s1294 1840s709 1850s229 1860s1 1920s1 1950s10 1960s4 1970s1 What Cities and Towns are in Harrison County, Indiana (and in this book)? Bradford, Breckenridge, Bridgeport, Buena Vista, Byrneville, Cedar Farm Landing, Central, Central Barren, Corydon, Corydon Junction, Crandall, Davidson, Depauw, Dixie, Dogwood, Elizabeth, Evans Landing, Fairdale, Fishtown, Frenchtown, Glidas, Gurley Landing, Hancock Chapel, Happy Hollow, Harrison Grange, Hillcrest, Kings Store, Laconia, Lanesville, Little Saint Louis, Locust Point, Lottick Corner, Macedonia, Mauckport, Moberly, Morvins Landing, Mott Station, New Amsterdam, New Boston, New Middletown, New Salisbury, Palmyra, Ramsey, Rehoboth, Rosewood, Salina, Seven Springs, Sugar Grove, Titus, Tobacco Landing, Valley City, White Cloud, Wynnsboro (historical)

Family Fare

Family Fare
Author: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Historical Genealogy Room
Publisher:
Total Pages: 580
Release: 1969
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Genealogist's Address Book. 6th Edition

Genealogist's Address Book. 6th Edition
Author: Elizabeth Petty Bentley
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780806317960

This book is the answer to the perennial question, "What's out there in the world of genealogy?" What organizations, institutions, special resources, and websites can help me? Where do I write or phone or send e-mail? Once again, Elizabeth Bentley's Address Book answers these questions and more. Now in its 6th edition, The Genealogist's Address Book gives you access to all the key sources of genealogical information, providing names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, websites, names of contact persons, and other pertinent information for more than 27,000 organizations, including libraries, archives, societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, publications, research centers, and special interest groups.

Subject Collections

Subject Collections
Author:
Publisher: New York : R.R. Bowker Company
Total Pages: 1126
Release: 1985
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Subject Collections

Subject Collections
Author: Stephen Calvert
Publisher: New York : R.R. Bowker
Total Pages: 1208
Release: 1978
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Classified bibliography of special collections of documentation and subject emphases as reported by various library services and museums in the USA and Canada.

History of Daviess County, Indiana

History of Daviess County, Indiana
Author: A. O. Fulkerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 794
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780788418402

By 1919, Daviess County in southwest Indiana had 180 years of lively history to record and this voluminous collection of historical facts, opinions, lists, memories, biographies, data, and anecdotes is the result of that undertaking. Drawing from every available resource, this book offers an inclusive picture of life in what began as part of the Northwest Territories. The information is expertly organized and listed in the table of contents that includes general topics such as: Related State History, Physical and Geological Features, Political History, Daviess County at War, Educational History, and Townships. The subsections listed beneath include more specific topics on a myriad of subjects like Pontiac's Conspiracy, Natural Resources, Forts and Block Houses, and Amusements of the Pioneers. Subjects of particular interest include encounters with the Indians, the building of the Wabash and Erie Canal, and a lengthy description of the Underground Railroad including the names of families whose homes served as stations providing food and shelter along its routes. There is obvious pride reflected in the stories of citizens who risked their lives to help slaves reach Canada and freedom. A communal belief in liberty for all men is demonstrated by their service to the Union during the Civil War. This volume includes lists of members of each regiment, where they fought and where their soldiers were wounded or killed. On a more domestic level, the History of Daviess County contains complete lists of every kind of data gatherable from municipal and local resources including census numbers, teachers, auditors, physicians, attorneys, building costs, marriage and divorce records, and members of private organizations like the DAR along with the name of the ancestor who established their eligibility. Biographical sketches of many of the county's distinguished citizens are included.