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Current
Monthly Updates
I basically took the holidays off in the months of December and
January and tended to some family and personal matters that needed my
attention. We still continued to answer questions and helped others looking for
ancestors during that period of time. But no large projects were tackled during
that time period.
If you have something news-worthy that you'd like to see on line,
please email it to us.
Local News from Yesteryear
Old
Villages That Disappeared - continued - 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?
Petro's Grove was an old Indiana burial and dancing ground
which was in common use during the days of the first settlement of the county.
Its approximate location was about 1/2 mile due south of downtown Westville,
near the Sauk Trail. The grounds were used ast least as late as 1835, perhaps
later, and it is known that over 500 Indians had established a camp there in
1833.
Portland was the first legal name of what is now the town
of Rolling Prairie. Platted and filed by W. J. Walker of La Porte in 1853, the
small settlement had previously been known as Nauvoo. The post office and
railroad rejected the name of Portland becuase of possible confusion with a
town of similar name further east in Indiana. Thus the name of Rolling Prairie
was agreed upon and stuck ever since.
Prospect Park was structured as a "shoestring village:
running, due west from the village of LaCrosse in Dewey Twp. Royal F & Emma
S Knapp platted 21 north-south lots which were to be loacted between the public
road (now Indiana 8) and the railroad. This occurred in 1907 but we are not
certain if Prospect Park was ever officially annexed to LaCrosse.
Contact
Information:
Deanna
West at
laportecountyin@yahoo.com
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Calendar Of Events
The Cemetery & Research Association of
LaPorte
- The 2012 Bi-Monthly Meeting Schedule is:
Monday, February 13, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, June 11,
2012
Monday, Aug 13, 2012
Monday, Oct 8, 2012
Monday, Dec 10,
2012
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 2nd Monday of the month listed.
LaPorte County Genealogical Society Calendar:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlcigs/meetings.htm
2011 to 2012 Previous Updates -
Summer 2012 - our friends at the La Porte County Pioneer
Cemetery Commission, did the following -
Posey Chapel fencing being
replaced, wrought iron fencing is now in place.
Stone restoration has been
completed at Hudson Lake, Teeter and Day Cemeteries and stones have been
cleaned at Sharp Cemetery.
Also, Day Cemetery has been cleaned up, fence
repaired and painted and a new gate installed.
A cemetery sign and a
history sign have been installed at Pike Cemetery. We placed pictures of the
signs along with the Pike family story on
line.
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NOTICE - Sorry, we are no longer taking links to private
family and personal pages that are off site. We are continuing to place family
histories on this site, but there has been a reoccurring problem when
connecting to private family pages. For what ever reason, researchers
discontinue their sites and that leaves us with a whole bunch of broken links
and us having to make adjustments to this site. It is very time consuming when
grooming the pages to remove the surnames that go to "No where".
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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
ARCHIVE
PAGE
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. |
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. |
