Research and Writing from Northwest Indiana by Harold Henderson
New York probates are notoriously wonderful, especially in the 19th century when other records are scarce. FamilySearch has now made them available on line in browseable form. The following is one small effort to make these unique materials more findable. Estate Papers 1807-1930, Box 2, Allegany County, New York; “New York, Probate Records, 1629-1972,” FamilySearch [...]
PRIVATE LAWS OF INDIANA RELATING TO LA PORTE COUNTY ON LINE 1843-1847 and 1850 available on GoogleBooks 28 July 2012 What follows is a sampling from one county of a little-used legal resource for genealogists and historians that is available in most states and counties. Six annual “local law” books for Indiana are available on [...]
Directory 1949 and Directory 1950, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2825 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY. Students, addresses, and prior higher education. Email me with your query at librarytraveler AT gmail DOT com.
Ronald L. Baker and Marvin Carmony, Indiana Place Names (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975) More than 2,000 Hoosier places names and their origins. Email me with your query at librarytraveler AT gmail DOT com.
Email me with your query at librarytraveler AT gmail DOT com. I can supply the nature of the case, plaintiff & defendant, date, and JP presiding. The original book is in the La Porte County Clerk’s office. Allen, Edward, 407 Allison, George, 10 American Steel & Wire Co., 426 Anderson, Daniel, 84 Ansley, Elmer, 307, [...]
