Barbara,
Thanks for the lead, I actually ran across it after I posted and
haven't pulled myself away from the computer ever since. Do you know
if it is possible to get copies (electronic or paper) of any of the
maps? I'm hoping to put a few neighborhoods together and place my
relations on the map so I can better see where they were living in
relation to each other and their schools, churches, businesses, etc.
This site is a goldmine for anyone researching Indy, I can't believe
I'd not found it before.
Thanks again!!
Joel
Joel,
The 1880, 1914-1918, and some later city directories for
Indianapolis have been digitilized and are available on the internet at
http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/ICD/. This is the Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis website. I have found
several of my relatives in these directories. They also have
several other collections that have been digitalized, including some
older maps.
It's great that things like this are available on the internet for
those of us who do not live in or near Indiana.
Barbara in Colorado
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From: "Joel S. Russell" <jsruss(a)mindspring.com>
> Bob,
>
> I'd love to go to the State Library, but I live in North Carolina. I
> just paged through the 1880 and 1900 census once I found S. Oriental.
>
> I'd loved to get a good map of the city during that time period. So
> many of the homes my relatives lived in have been demolished and
> turned in to parking lots.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joel
>
>
> At 10:31 AM 11/30/2007, Bob Alloway wrote:
> >This one is simple. Just go to the State Library and get a city directory
> >and you can see who lived on Oriental St. in the 1900's. I too,
didn't know
> >that Holy Cross neighborhood was very Irish. Bob
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: inmarion-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
[mailto:inmarion-bounces@rootsweb.com]
> >On Behalf Of Joel S. Russell
> >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:09 AM
> >To: inmarion(a)rootsweb.com
> >Subject: Re: [INMARION] Irish-Everywhere Newsletter
> >
> >I'd be interested to hear more about the families who lived on S.
> >Oriental. My great-great-grandparents lived on S. Oriental in
> >the the late 1800s and early 1900s. They lived a block or so south
> >of E. Washington and I didn't realize it was considered an Irish
> >neighborhood. They and most of their neighbors were German.
> >
> >I just Googled Irish Hill and found an article at
> >http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2005/09/14/the_irish_in_indianapolis.html
> >that gives the boundaries and a bit about it. Interesting, too bad I
> >don't have any Irish from Indy.
> >
> >If others have stories of families on S. Oriental I'd be interested
> >to hear with you.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >
> >Joel
> >http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/
> >Searching: OTTO, PIEL, RAFERT, MOELLER, and MENKE.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >At 07:47 AM 11/28/2007, you wrote:
> > >I am resurrecting a free Newsletter I started some time ago called The
> > >Irish-Everywhere Newsletter. I know there was a large contingent of
> > >Irish in
> > >Indianapolis because my daughter went to the grade school in the
> > >Irish area of
> > >Indy at what was called Irish Hill. That school was Holy Cross Central
> > >Catholic on Oriental Avenue, just north of Washington Street.
> > >
> > >If anyone has an itch to write an article for the newsletter about the
> >Irish
> > >neighborhood in Indianapolis, I hope you will contact me.
> > >
> > >Barbara and Darlene, let me know if you are interested in
writing for the
> > >Newsletter. The site is in the process of being renovated and
the original
> > >Newsletter will be located at the site. I hope to have the
> > >entire renovation
> > >complete by the end of December, with a new issue to be
> > >posted, hopefully, by
> > >Christmas.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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