Current
Monthly Updates
Pine
Lake Cemetery - Newer Burials added to the Internet February 2010
Thank
you to Fern Eddy Schultz and the Pine Lake Cemetery Board of Trustees who
contributed the burial permit information. Information was extracted from the
permits and the burials typed and prepared for the Internet by: Pat Van
Dierendonck, Donna Nelson and Deanna West
This added over 7,000 new burials
to our Pine Lake Cemetery data base.
In adding to history pages on line, it gives us a
look into the places that our ancestors worshiped and were educated at. And in
many cases it shows us the occupations and quick glimpse of what they did in
their every day lives. So much more exciting than just viewing a census report.
Keeping this in mind, we researchers have been busy gathering church and school
information to add to many of the religious and educational data bases we
already have on line.
History of the town of Otis in an article by
Warren Ransom titled Otis 1831 - 1985,
can now be viewed under County Histories.
The
La Porte Public County Library - a History is now ready for view. By: Blake
Stewart, Pat Abiney, and Mindy Kelley - students at LaPorte High School.
Additional histories on the
Churches in Scipio
Township and Churches in the New Durham
Township were entered into the data base with many of the worshipers and
pilars of the various organizations listed.
And the Histories of the old
schools in Hudson,
Kankakee, Lincoln, New Durham, Springfield and Wills Townships
were placed on line.
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Local News from Yesteryear
Old
Villages That Disappeared - continued from previous months - In the
1970's Jim Landing wrote some wonderful articles for the News Dispatch
concerning many of the "Lost and Vanishing" County Villages.
When the
county was established in 1832, there were villages and hamlets dotting the
landscape. A few survived but other remain only as a vague memory.
We break
these down into categories.
1. Indian villages that were
here during the early pioneers days.
2. Rural villages had their day when
they were along well travel routes. And example would be Door Village on the
old Sauk Trail. Many of these prospered for a period of time but then
disappeared and no longer exist.
3. Commercial villages, who were
established by proprietors who sold lots. A prime example of this would be
Michigan City.
4. Villages come into existence from the Railroad. The
railroads were good and bad for the smaller villages. Those lucky enough to
have a rail station in their village fared much better than those on old foot
trails or wagon routes.
So what were some of the Villages that came and
then all but vanished?
Lakeland - an incorporated town that lay on the east limits
of Michigan City in the general vicinity of Long Beach and Pottawattomie Park.
Highway 12 ran through its center and at one time there was a shopping center
located south of the highway along what is not known as Karwick Road. Lakeland
was officially annexed to Micghian City, but this having taken place only a few
decades ago, many residents still consider is a sub-unit of the City.
Lake
Park was a stop on the South Shore Rialroad that served residents along the
southern marin of Hudson Lake.
Lakeport was one of the earliest villages in the county
being recorded in June 1834 by John Egbert. Original plat shows the village
divided in 60 lots on the south shore of what is now known as Hudson Lake. When
platted if was located in Wills township, but it became part of Hudson Township
when Hudson was created in 1836. Shortly after it took on the name of Hudson
and is known by that name to this day.
Laketon - large village consisting of 275 lots platted in
November 1857, by W. J. Walker and his wife C. M. Walker. Walker was one of the
earliest residents of LaPorte and owned extensive properties, most of which
were subdivided and later annexed into LaPorte City.
Laketon
- a political nightmare, portions lying in each of Center, Scipio, Kankakee and
Pleasant townships, and covered parts of four different sections. The village
was on the northern edge of what was then known as Walker Lake. The area would
later be drained and would be used by a local truck farmer. Laketon was annexed
into the city of LaPorte and is bounded by Runeley, Ohio, Robert and Clement
streets. The Patton Cemetery occupies land located between Laketon and the old
Walker Lake.
Disappearing Villages to be continued next month....
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Calendar Of Events
The Cemetery & Research Association of
LaPorte
- The 2009 Bi-Monthly Meeting Schedule is:
April 1, 2010
June 3, 2010
August 5, 2010
October 7,
2010
December 2, 2010
Location - Home of LaPorte County Genweb
Coordinator, Deanna West, 8074 W 200 North.
LaPorte County
Genweb Meeting starts at 1:00 P.M. sharp. Our meetings are held
every other month on the 1st Thursday of the month listed.
LaPorte County Genealogical Society Calendar:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlcigs/meetings.htm
2009 Previous Updates -
Added to our school histories in the month of
January were some facts and a few names for the
Springfield
Township School History.
Cemeteries - Many of the Starrett stones in Union
Mills Cemetery were added on line.
I have completed the photo project with older
associated families contributed by Connie Novreske. Some of those glimpses back
in time are: Harness, Watkins, Wolford, Moffit and Pliske family members.
Connie also submitted a wonderful excerpt from a diary about Eight Square
School which, being on the county line road, where many LaPorte and Porter
County children attended classes.
Partially made possible because of some of the
notes from the Mary Weston Diary, I was able to piece together a bit of the
descendence of this family and place it on line for all to view at:
Weston Notes
.
The Charles Werden Deane photo has been added to
his biography and was contributed by Margot Timberlake.
We continue to add to our old time schools on line.
So please check back often to see what has been added. Also do a search to see
if any of your family names appear in the school rosters.
Contact
Information:
Deanna
West at
laportecountyin@yahoo.com
See our links page for where
to obtain various documents from.
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Disclaimer
"Cemetery & Research Association of La
Porte County News" disclaimer for cemetery readings:
"This website was
developed and is sustained by volunteers who donate their time and personal
resources for the purpose of providing valuable research information to fellow
researchers. We are dedicated to providing free access to La Porte
County cemetery listings. If you have documentation of a burial which does not
appear on the cemetery list, we are pleased to receive that information from
you."
Please keep in mind that some of the cemetery listings that
are being placed on the WWW were done more than 30 or 40 years ago.
Every
cemetery that you view through your genealogical research should be considered
a "Partial" listing for various reasons, such as errors in spelling occurring
at the time of burial., some burial locations were known only to the cemetery
sexton and information was lost when he moved, resigned or died. And many
written logs were destroyed by accidental fires.
We are not responsible for
errors, misspellings or incorrect information. Every attempt to correct
misinformation is entered onto our listing(s) upon being notified of a burial
with source and/or family history.
Sources:
1. Readings done by the D.A.R. Ind.
Miriam Benedict Chapter of LaPorte County, Indiana.
2. Older LaPorte County
Pioneer Cemetery Readings
3. Current readings
4. Individuals who have
donated obituaries, family histories and burial locations.
5.
Obituary
6. Church records
7. Cemetery burial records; handwritten, typed
or computerized
We have a great collection of
old articles on our
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Donating Information & Photos
Obituaries, Family &
Tombstone Photos
On-going request (Photos and Obits must
pre-date 1950)
We always welcome
family information on the ancestors of La Porte County. Donated
information will always remain free to our viewers.
We are also looking
for old school graduating classes before 1950. Can you help? Have something in
the attic?
Among items being collected are: Pre 1950 - burial
records, obituaries, newspaper clippings, cemetery information, ancestor'
stories, diaries, photos, old family bible information, School info &
photos along with early marriages.
Family Histories &
Biographies
Please - No ged coms from family tree
maker or any other genealogy based programs. Please submit family information
either in biographical or story form. I and other volunteers have done quite a
few of the ged com revisions and it really takes a lot of time to alter and
remove the repeated information within.
Tombstone
Photo Request Fees
1. All photos already on site are free and may be
printed for family files you are researching. However they may not be used on
another commercial or nationally based site without the implicit permission of
The LaPorte County Cemetery & Research Association
2. Fees for going out
and photographing stones in a cemetery start at $5.00 to cover gas fees due to
the increasing cost of fuel. Each photo taken will be $1.00 for each stone
photographed. Digital photos will be taken and emailed to requester. If hard
copy is desired, then please add $1.00 for paper and postage. Additional
postage will be charged only if several hard copies are requested and postage
increases due to weight of package.
3. You must know where the deceased is
buried at or a general location before we can fulfill your request. Please, do
not ask our researchers to hunt for a stone.
Obituary
Request
Look Up Fees
We have people willing to do obituary look ups.
Initial fee is $5.00 for fuel cost and 1.00 for each obit look up and email to
the requester. Obits will be looked up and an email sent with the content of
what was in obituary.
If hard copy is desired of original newspaper article,
then please include going rate for postage at time of look up.
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