Welcome, to the newly revised Fountain County Genweb Site
!!! Something New!!! To help facilitate moving between sub-sites, I have added what I call the "Get Around Links" I have placed a link at the top of all the Projects Main Page's for the "Get Around Links". I recommend opening one in a separate "TAB" and leaving them open for easier access. Also, do not forget to check the "Pull Down Menu" in each Project, for smaller items of interest. Also, on the "Get Around Links" Page, I have added a link to a more recent map of Fountain County, thanks to Jeff Bossaer.
I have tried hard to give the Genealogists of Fountain County something to be proud of. If you discover a problem, let Karen know. Everyday I am learning something new about this procedure. Please be patient, Thanks, Jim!
..............FEATURED PHOTO...........
Unidentified Church
with a 1917 Dodge automobile
Thanks to whoever sent this in.
We have had it to post for a long time sorry.
Can anyone help to identify?
We are not sure whether it is Montgomery or Fountain County
See a large view of the photo in Montgomery County "Churches"
Feel free to use the site search engine, the nice people at FreeFind have graciously indexed our website for free for several years now, and it indexes about 85% of all words- (some it skips because they may be common, or the engine runs out of time to index us.)
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Thanks to all my helpers -
I have a FANTABULOUS bunch of contributors -
it's awesome to see the site grow with their super help:
Barbara; Beth (RIP - loved that lady); Betty; Cathy; Chris; Christi; Cheryl; Debbie; Debby; Ginny; Glynnis; Jack (who is sending obits faster than I can up ‘em); Jamie; Jennie (lots of photos, too); Kelly; Kim; Lena; Melissa; Roselyn; "S"; Tom; Vickie; Walt (did a large amount) Bless you all !!!!!
KZ & all our Fountain Co INGenWeb users
Click above "What's" -- New -- to see the year review -- see bottom of page for what has been added this month :) ENJOY !!
See a range of Historical Photos collected by Jeff Bossaer and Historical Organizations he is associated with in Fountain County. This includes Fountain Trains and Railroads, Attica of Yesteryear, Attica NOW, Sesquicentennial Events, Founty County Bicentennial and AHS Alumni Slide Show ( 7-13-2019). Check back often, because this Project is "UNDER CONSTRUCTION"
Fountain County History - working on it continuously :) Should be fairly good when it's finished - my intent is NOT to make it lengthy but short, informative data :) Wish me luck - kbz
Kingman Photo Album (it's growing big-time - thanks mainly to James Patton - ya' rock, kiddo) PLEASE send me more pics :)
Reed Family Pictures - thanks Jenny A - these are soooo nifty! -- under, "Reed"
Old Kingman Cookbook - _This is sooo neat - thanks so much to the Minnicks for this one :)
GOALS for 2025 -
Add at least 500 Obituaries - WOW got it done in February - YIPPEE 
Work more on finding Bibles, Churches, Marriages, divorces and other info -
Add at least 5 Who's Who folks -
Add more Businesses - at least 30 as that was last year's goal so I can at least do that 
Add more newspaper clippings -at least 25
Bios and/or obits for War of 1812, Black Hawk; Civil; WWI; WWII and Korean soldiers -
What's NEW In 2025
See below for what's been added so far this month,
Click here to see what has been added so far earlier in 2024
Click here to see what has been added in 2021
Click here to see what has been added in 2018
Click here to see what has been added in 2017
Click here to see what has been added in 2016
Click here to see what has been added in 2015
** ADDED THIS MONTH *** FEBRUARY 2025**
OBITUARIES _136_ Added =
( obits this year to date _672__ & Total obits on the site: 21,559 -- Added B - Babb (Dorothy x 2; Everett L; Ralph E - WWII); Brown (Inez Starnes; William Avery; Robert); Britto (Anna); Bright (Elizabeth Knaur x 2); Brose (Pearl Rush); C - Colvin (Elizabeth); Coffing (William Dayton x2); G - Grove (John x 16 - murdered) L - LaBaw (Lynn); Lamb (Lawrence "Steve); Lane (William Darwin); Lashbrook (Jeff); Layton (Clyde, William H; Peter); Layman (Charles); Lee (Jason); Leeder (Doris); Lewis (Iva - added); Livengood (Edward; Albert) Lightle Mont (WWII); Linton (Arch - added); Lindley (Margaret Pithoud); Little (Nancy Ann; Frank H); Lontz (Mae Campbell); Lodde (Henry); Lower (Robert B); Lowery (Ruby Myers); Lucas (Jennie Miller); Lynch (Gerald); Lyons (Joyce; William N). M - Melahn (Elizabeth) Mentzer (Anna; Miles (Wilbur Lawrence); Miller (Inez); Moore (Mary 1922; Mary Jane); Moudy (Mary Merryman); Munson (Fernandez); Myers (Luther). N - Nehemiah (Leora x3); Nehrig (William); Newman (Joe -a dded). P -- Pearson (Virgil); Potter (Stephen H); Pugh (Gene); Pronstad (A); Park (Anna); (Parrent (Eva); Pierce (Myrtle); Pritcher (Joseph); Purnell (Odessa Furr). Q -- Queeney (Lawrence - flu epidemic). R: Ratcliff (Gertrude Ward): Redenbaugh (J x 2); Rhode (James K); Rife (Lawrence); Royal (Verna Meeker); Rogers (Clyde - WWI - flu epidemic). S - Saltsgaver (Lenna added); Sever (Joseph); Sample (Ora); Sampson (Charles); Samuels (John Blain); Seels (James); Sexton (Martha x 3); Scott (Emory); Smith (Beulah Gene; James 1922); Spinning (Challen - love that name); Starkey (Harry Raymond x 2; John Clarence); Starnes (Alice Harper); Stafford (Blanch H.); Stevens (John Eller); SStephenson (Robert Houston); Steinbach (John); Stokes (Effie); Sullivan (Florence Huff); Stockdale (Paris); Stoneciper (William - 1955); Stern (George added) ; Stoup (Albert Ellis); Sutton (Walter);' Swanson (Edna).. T - Taylor (Clarence); Thompson (Bourban x 2); Trowbridge A (added 3); Trott (Sam); Todd (Clayton - flu epid); Turner (Worth). V - VanReed, Byron
Biographies 3__ Added (80547 to date) Added St. Clair; Savage (added to these) and Jonathan VanLeer - Civil War Soldier
NEWS __10__ = --25 this year to date - added Drake Murder Trial; Troxell, Harvey parole?; Robinson, Chester (bankruptcy); Terry, Lucy turns 102; Fountain-Warren-Benton Historical Society; Springman, Harry - healther; Mellott HS; Shoaf DC - unusual pets ; Lightle-Lindley paternity suit
PHOTOGRAPHERS - ___ =-
Diaries: ____ = (27 images)
Divorces __14__ - - (ytd= 20 ) Bennett, Thomas-Edna; Brewer, Hattie-Archie; Bantz, Charles vs Ida; Duncan (Edith vs Fred); Freeman (Parthena-Frank); Glover (Joan vs Wm); Hann (George Vs Anna); Hershberger (Edward vs Minnie); Phillips (Chester vs Vera); Porter (Sarah - One); Shade (Bernice vs Theodore); Templeton (Forrest); Wood (Mable vs. Harry); Workinger (Katharine-Chas)
MILITARY :
- Revolutionary War= ____ - Added
- War of 1812: ____
- Civil War - 1 - = 1 YTD - Moses Herriman)
- Mexican American -____
- Spanish-American War 1898 ____ = ; William Paul Fanning)
- WWI __(1) __10 YTD -- Names include: Rogers, Clyde (d of flu)
- WW II: __2___ : 5 YTD - added Ralph Babb; Lightle (Mont);
- Korean War: 2 : (2 YTD) Names include: Hegg (Frederick); Hershberger (Jerry Lee)
- Vietnam War : (this year) -
MARRIAGES : _ _ = --(23,530 to date):
Alumni (Schools) _ 3 _ - (ytd = 3 ): Class of 1942 photos with names and Signatures on back; Band picture around 1942;
BLOG -- added
BUSINESSES _12 added this month (ytd= 47) =AA Metzger - Plumbing; Noble, Lay - sawmill); Rhodes JW - Dentist); Yates, Radiation; Cripe, OH - Dr; Sullivan, Paul - dentist; Brunswick Tires (Stucker Garage); Douglass, OS - lawyer; Layman Screw cutter; Neineman, OE - plumbing; Yocom's Bakery
DEATH RECORDS: = (YTD = ) :
Family Fact Sheets -- YTD =
Family Recipes __= (YTD = 5 added this year ) :
Churches = _1 = ( 2 YTD) Attica (Swedish) Lutheran - added to Attica Lutheran although it may not be one in the same
Census -
Cemeteries = Added:
Letters ____ -
Links = (YTD = ) =
Family Bibles = (YTD = ) =
Wills = (YTD = )
Blog and Facebook Pages: : (Total = X ) :
Town / Township Information 1 : (YTD = 1 making 117 all totaled) Laurel
Who's Who __4 new__ (YTD =4 (including additions) - TD 63) -Ward, Jesse - superintendent; McCormick, Joseph - River Boat; John Samuel Watson - lawyer
Fountain County History -- work in progress -- kbz -- added quite a bit lately but STILL - work in progress :)
If you've not seen the Fountain County Genealogy Society's facility, you'll want to check out their website before visiting - great place for Fountain Co. genealogy researching and the people are soooooooo helpful and nice :)
Try this Fountain County Historical Markers -- thanks to Al Wolf for this link :)
-- MEET OUR PALS --
Barbara
Beth (RIP - loved that lady)
Betty
Cathy
Chris
Christi
Cheryl
Debbie
Debby
Ginny
Glynnis
Jack
Jennie
Kelly
Kim
Lena
Melissa
Roselyn
"S"
Sara Mc
Tom
Vickie
Walt
Bless you all !!!!! KZ & all our Fountain Co INGenWeb users
Fountain County, a part of the INGenWeb Project
See the Fountain County History I'm working on :)
I LOVE TO WRITE !!
---- NOTICE ---
This site is dependent upon transcribing efforts by a corps of volunteers. No one person can possibly "know it all" including the site manager. If you are using this site, please be aware we try to get data up within 10 days of submission, BUT often things change our priorities, like getting food, sleep and some time for our families... SO if it takes a bit longer, be patient, it IS coming.
Volunteers are needed to transcribe data for this site. If you are interested in helping out please drop me a line: Karen Zach, County Coordinator.
PLEASE use the search engine, and compile the data on your family, be assured that there is a 99.99% possibility that every bit of data we have is UP on the website already, we try to keep caught up. IF your research in the resources available here fail to gain the information you are seeking, PLEASE do not ask us to look for it on the site. If you can't find it here, Please post a QUERY to The Mail List. You can join the Mail List by clicking this link, and just sending the email that pops up.Conversely, you may also use the Ancestry.com Message board for this county, That also gets sent to the list automatically. The PURPOSE of the list is two-fold, spread data, and connect people.
Thanks! to Ed Moyer, who, for ten years maintained the Fountain County site, for this Project. It is with great thanks that we have been honored by his trust in taking it over, and we will still be working closely with Ed. Note: Ed has recently passed - miss ya' fella' !!
Thanks Ed. We will take good care of it.
Thanks to ALL my helpers.
You might also like to check out the: Family Fact Sheets
Fountain County Genealogy Society, Inc.
405 North Mill Street
PO Box 273
Veedersburg, Indiana 47987-0273
Note: These folks are SUPER helpers :-)
About this site: Please report any link problems to Karen Zach
HELPS:
Places in Fountain County (this was here and I liked it here but it got too big & cumbersome for the opening page so enjoy). If you know of any not listed or can give me more info on one, please contact me - kz
In Memory and Honor of our past State Coordinators of INGenWeb:
1996-1998 - Betty Sellers
1998-2000 - Fred Finkbiner
2000-2002 - Patrick Hays
2003-2004 - Gene Andert
2004-2011 - Debra Behler
2011 - 2012 - Katy Hestand
2012 - 2016 - Denise Wells
2016 - 2017 -- John Peck
2017 - --Lena Harper (congrats, Lena)
NOTE: I and many others have spent 20 plus years (from its inception) on this project -- PLEASE GIVE CREDIT if you use our work! I've found hundreds of obituaries FROM THIS SITE on findagrave and many personal genealogy sites - I know the obituaries etc. came from here but I don't see any credit. PLEASE GIVE CREDIT!!!! Here is the citation you should use & thanks so much in advance :)
Citation: The Indiana (INGenWeb Project), Copyright ©1996-2021 (and beyond), Fountain County GenWeb site http://www.ingenweb.org/infountain/ - thanks soooo much - Karen Bazzani Zach
My name is Karen Bazzani Zach and my wonderful husband, Jim - we are your Coordinators for Fountain County. Your Indiana State Coordinator is Lena Harper.