"I live in Texas so can't go search the records-darn it!"
Don't be so sure. The probate records of Orange County from 1816 -- 1943
were all microfilmed by the Latter Day Saints Church. (The Mormons.)
There are 22 reels of them. You can explore them in a "Family History
Center" near you. (Most LDS churches have such a center.)
To see the catalog of films, go to
www.familysearch.org. Click on
LIBRARY and then FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG. Then PLACE SEARCH. In
the search boxes insert ORANGE as part of INDIANA.
Then select ORANGE and then PROBATE RECORDS. FILM NOTES will yield
details of the 22 reels of microfilm. Any or all of those reels can be
ordered into your local FHC for about 5 weeks for shipping costs.
(Currently $3.25 each here in TN.) You can explore them at the FHC and
then they are returned to Salt Lake City. (You will find many, many
films of interest in Orange County; deed records, marriage records,
historical records, tax records, etc. and you can study them all without
visiting Paoli. Similar filming has been done in many, many [most?]
counties across the US and abroad.)
To find a local FHC, start from the same
www.familysearch.org site.
Under LIBRARY click FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS and use the search engine.
Call before you go. Hours of operation frequently change long before the
list reflects it. This is a strictly volunteer effort; you may find the
phones unanswered except during their hours of operation. This is a
free service open to the public. No affiliation with the LDS Church is
required and I've never been questioned about my church affiliation.
If you are attempting genealogical research and ignoring the Family
History Library, you are working with one eye closed.
Myron E. Williams
Crossville, TN
jfrench1(a)earthlink.net wrote:
Dear List Members,
I need some help.
I just recently received some documentation from a DAR submittal on Henry
Sanders. It contained a "Family Register" possibly removed from the family
bible of David White and Mary (Polly) Denny. Two of David and Mary's
children married grandchildren of Henry Sanders.
On the page containing Marriages, the following information is entered in
the top margin:
"Orange County Indiana ? Identified on this day 13th day of January 1864
before me a justice of the peace in Said County [signed by]John A Waldrop J
P ?"
Why would this type of notation be made on a family register of births,
deaths and marriages?
How do I find out more about this?
Where was John A Waldrop J P located?
Is it possible the original pages are part of some court case in 1864?
I live in Texas so can't go search the records-darn it!
J French