Yes, they are a wonderful group and it is the best ever place to spend a
'week'.
----- Original Message -----
From: <lindachurchward(a)comcast.net>
To: <INALLEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Stevens, Kelly, Kelley, Phillips, Elliott and
Phillips
Jacqi,
Check the Allen County Public Libraries web site:
www.acpl.lib.in.us
The library has moved and is better than ever. You can now browse all the
books in the collection. I would suggest you check the library's online
catalog and make a list of the books you want to check, write down the
call
nbr.
All Allen Co. marriages are on microfilm or in book form. Just ask one of
the librarians, they are more than happy to help.
Good Luck,
Linda Churchward
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacqi Stevens" <jacqi(a)prodigy.net>
To: <INALLEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Aug 6, 2003 6:09 PM
Subject: [INALLEN-L] Stevens, Kelly, Kelley, Phillips, Elliott and
Phillips
> Hello,
>
> I'm resubscribing to this list, and working on these lines in
preparation
> for our trip back east, as it looks like we will actually have a
chance
to
> spend a day in Fort Wayne at that wonderful library I've
heard so much
about
> (hopefully, it won't be closed for construction, and everything has
moved
> back where it belongs...I don't know, need an update since
I've been off
> this list so long...if anyone can fill me in, I'd appreciate it...)
>
> Wondering if anyone knows if copies of the marriage indexes are
available
> for Allen Co at the library, or if the only resource is the
county
clerk's
> office? On one of our KELLY/KELLEY branches, a daughter of Mary
Kelly
> PHILLIPS was married to a Paul ELLIOTT--I believe her name was Margaret
or
> Marguerite. The marriage probably happened somewhere after the
1920
census
> but before the 1930 census, but the data on
ancestry.com
doesn't go
beyond
> 1920, and I don't have a firm date to just write the county
for a copy
of
> the cert.
>
> My other problem is that the Phillips' girl's sister, Helen, supposedly
> married a man named Ralph E. LANDIS, but a check of census info during
that
> time period doesn't show anyone in the entire country with that name and
a
> reasonable age range to match. Once again, I have no online
access to
> marriage data after 1920, so need to access a marriage index, which I'm
> hoping the library has.
>
> Also, if any seasoned travelers have any tips for me on how to pack my
day
> to get the most out of it at the best sources of gen info at Ft.
Wayne
(or
> anything to avoid that would take too long for one day's
visit), I'd
> appreciate hearing from you. We have a limited amt of time, and don't
want
> to waste it wandering about aimlessly, but get right to the best
sources
of
> info (i.e., not going to the wrong branch on a day they are closed,
etc...)
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Jacqi
>
>