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Porter County Researchers:
I recently completed Volume I of Porter County Obituaries and Death Notices and have
donated the book to the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society,
NWIGS(http://www.rootsweb.com/~innwigs/); NWIGS is now offering it for sale. The book is
429 pages in length and contains 2,253 fully transcribed obituaries/death notices reported
in the Chesterton Tribune between 1882 and 1899. Note that the Chesterton Tribune was a
county-wide paper prior to about 1910...reporting deaths from throughout the county, as
well as deaths taking place in the counties of Lake and LaPorte. The book also includes an
"Every Name Index" containing nearly 6,000 individual names mentioned in the
obituaries/death notices. The "Every Name Index" can be accessed on the NWIGS
website at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~innwigs/obitvol1indexmainpage.html
Volume II is in currently being compiled and should be completed in late 2004 or early
2005. This volume will primarily cover Valparaiso newspapers published prior to 1900.
I hope the book can be of use to you in your genealogical and family history research.
Please consider supporting and becoming a member of the Northwest Indiana Genealogical
Society:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~innwigs/membershipapplicationform2003.html
Steve Shook
Moscow, Idaho