WPA Works Project Administration. It was one of the things Roosevelt instituted, one of
the things that people were paid to do was index records, etc.
Not all of the counties in Indiana have the WPA indexes, they didn't get on board with
the project.
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To: indelawa(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA] Clinton, Lydia, Joseph, and Margaret Anthony
Shirley,
Thank you for your help. Could you tell me what are WPA records?
Janet
In a message dated 6/1/2009 5:59:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
richardson69(a)comcast.net writes:
Janet,
I know you were replying to Shirley but wanted to tell you if you contact
the State Library they have information for all the counties. And quite an
extensive collection of records.
This is a link to their site, it is currently not up. But you may want to
keep it for future reference.
http://www.in.gov/isloutage/
The marriage records that are on the Delaware County site were from the
WPA
records. They were transcribed as is, so if there were spelling errors
etc.
they were included, so you always want to check various spellings. They go
up to 1920.
Hope this helps,
Gina
----- Original Message -----
From: <DSore10588(a)aol.com>
To: <indelawa(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA] Clinton, Lydia, Joseph, and Margaret Anthony
Shirley,
Thank you. I do occasionally give up on things and wait a while.
Inevetable new records surface somehow and I am usually able to
continue.
This
one was shut for a long time and unexpectedly opened up quite a bit.
It's
just now closed again for a while.
Don't give up on your great grandmother's birth. You just never know.
I have not contacted the library. Which one would you suggest?
Janet
In a message dated 6/1/2009 2:30:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
unicorn1945(a)comcast.net writes:
Janet,
I seriously doubt if there is a such a thing as a complete record of
anything. I've spent nearly two decades trying to find a birth place
and
record
of my grt grandmother's birth. I doubt I will ever find it and, since
she
was illegitimate, I suspect I never will find her even in any wills or
anything. It's a major sort of block of which I suspect any researcher
has at
least one. I wish I could be more help to you but truthfully, there
are
people on our list that have much more expertise in this field than
I.
Perhaps, posting your note on the list will help some surface to answer
some of
your questions. The only suggestion I, personally, have is to make a
list
of some of the possibilities that would have caused the information to
be
so impossible to find. Doing so might give you some insight to
where
else
you might look. Sometimes you just have to sit back and wait
until
serendipity strikes.
Did you contact the library?
Shirley
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If you were looking for a marriage record in Indiana around 1870 where
would you look? Is there a central archive in Indian where all the
marriage
records for all counties are located? Or would a person have to go
from
county to county to county looking?
Are the marriages listed at the link below complete so that even if I
went
there I would find exactly the same listings which would be a waste of
time?
_http://www.ingenweb.org/indelaware/Marriages/dcmrindex.htm_
(
http://www.ingenweb.org/indelaware/Marriages/dcmrindex.htm)
Are there any state census records for Indiana available anywhere?
The person that I am working on right now has a very large complicated
story. I have exhausted every other possible lead to break this. This
Margaret Anthony is my last hope for solving this puzzle of my
ancestor.
I HAVE
to find her marriage record somewhere, somehow. The only clue I have
is
that she supposedly marries a man by the name of James Scott and
has a
son in
1876 named Leslie Moses Scott in Minnesota. Again, there is NOTHING
ANYWHERE! I've looked extensively but can't find them anywhere. This
Leslie
Moses Scott should be about 4 years old in 1880 but I can't find a
trace
of
him or his mother or father in 1880. (They are most likely divorced by
1880.) There was even a state census taken in 1875 in Minnesota which
is
online
and searchable. I've spent a LOT of time looking and looking but
there
is
nothing. I know from past experience that there is most likely some
piece
of information that I am missing, some clue that I just don't have
that
would solve this.
I live about 6 hours from Liberty, Delaware, Indiana. If I have to I
will
go but I could really use some help with knowing exactly where to go
and
what to search. If you are experienced with researching in
Indiana I
would
really appreciate some feedback on exactly what you would do to try to
solve this.
Thank you
Janet
In a message dated 5/24/2009 5:40:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
unicorn1945(a)comcast.net writes:
I have checked the Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County,
Indiana, 1894. I show Anthony's and McCulloch's but none with the
names
you're listing. I read them all thoroughly. Wish I could be
more
help.
Perhaps checking with the Local History and Genealogy Library here in
Muncie
would produce some results. They are in the throes of moving to
another
building so it could take awhile for results.
http://www.munpl.org/default.asp?PageIndex=534
This is a friendly group, all eager to connect and/or help but if they
don't have anything for you, they don't usually respond. It helps to
maintain
the list's integrity.
Good luck,
Shirley Pearson
I am seeking information specifically on Margaret Anthony, born in
1852,
in Delaware County, Indiana. Her parents were Clinton Anthony and
Lydia
Bentley. His parents were Joseph Anthony and Margaret McCulloch.
I have found Clinton and Lydia in the 1850 census. They both seem to
disappear after that, though I know that Clinton lives into the
1880's.
I
find
two children of theirs living with his parents in 1860. Their names
are
Joseph and Margaret (the one I am looking for.) In the 1870
census
Joseph
is
still living with his grandparents but Margaret is gone. I can't find
her
anywhere and I have spent a very long time searching. She would be
about
19
years old so most likely has married and I just do not know her new
surname.
Does anyone have this family in their tree or access to any records
that
might help, specifically a marriage record somewhere around 1870,
give
or
take a few years, for Margaret Elizabeth Anthony?
I would very much appreciate some help.
Thank you.
Janet
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