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Welcome, to the newly revised
Montgomery County, Indiana Genweb Site
~A Work in Progress~
Because of a computer crash, Karen and I have pushed ahead our schedule on moving Montgomery County GenWeb Site into a new site building program. This requires us to have a series of projects or mini-sites which promotes faster access. It will require some time to input all data into the new format, so please bear with us. All the old pages will still be available from links and will eventually be updated.
!!! Something New!!! To help facilitate moving between projects, I have added what I call the "Get Around Links" You will find their menu tab, just below the "Home Page ~ Tab", in the pull down menu by clicking the three bars in the left column. There is also a link to them at the top of each sections main page. I suggest that you open them in their own browser tab for easier access. These links will make it easier to move more directly between the sub-sites. I hope you enjoy them and have FUN, Happy Genealogy Days!!! Have Fun, Jim
I have tried hard to give the Genealogists of Montgomery 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!
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 ©1996-2019 (and beyond), Montgomery County GenWeb site http://www.ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ - thanks soooo much - Karen Bazzani Zach
My name is Karen Bazzani Zach and I am your Coordinator for Montgomery County. My hubby is constantly helping me as well - thanks, Jim Z :) . Your Indiana State Coordinator is Lena Harper . Her assistant state coordinators are : Jim Cox and Karen Bazzani Zach
Below we have a self playing slide show. By placing the cursor below the "Control Bar" you will see a discription of the photo. There is an icon "[ ]" on the right side of the "Control Bar" that by clicking on it the slide show will enlarge to "Full Screen". You can then move forward or backward, at your own pace, by clicking on the right or left arrows. Then there are full screen controls in the upper right hand corner. Please enjoy!
*****IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SEARCHING THIS SITE :) *****
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Montgomery County, Indiana is rich with history and owns many interesting sites, including the Old Jail Museum (with one of the only workable rotating cells); the Lane Place (home of Henry S. Lane, Senator and personal friend to President Lincoln); Lew Wallace Study (author of the book, Ben Hur); DAR house (owned by the Elston family until the Dorothy Q Chapter, DAR purchased it); and Wabash College (an all-male Liberal Arts School with less than 1,000 students dating back to 1832).
Townships include Brown (with towns of Browns Valley and Waveland); Clark (Ladoga); Coal Creek (New Richmond, Wingate and Elmdale); Franklin (Darlington, Shannondale); Madison (Linden and Kirkpatrick); Ripley (Alamo, Yountsville); Scott (Parkersburg, New Market); Sugar Creek (Bowers); Union (Crawfordsville; Whitesville); Walnut (New Ross, Mace); Wayne (Waynetown). Crawfordsville, the County seat, is a third-class city with a full time mayor, a seven-member council and a clerk-treasurer. The city is located just off Interstate 74, about 45 miles West of Indianapolis.
Note: There has been a group of folks who have found (can you believe this?) over 500 towns to date (5-1-2020 ) - click on towns on the left column to read about not only those above but many, many more.Thanks so much to Suzie & Jerry for the majority of them -- It's truly amazing!
In Honor and Memory of our past INGenWeb State Coordinators : Thanks for your dedication - here are Betty's remembrances of how Indiana began :) Loved that lady!
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 Carlson Harper
(and thanks to Judi Burns (Greene Co Coordinator) for the INGenWeb history lesson :) I've seen 'em all come/go. Some were great (like Betty & Fred), others good, a couple not so much :) Current one, Lena is awesome so hopefully, we're back on a great road again! Overall, though, they tried and kept us going as one of the ONLY FREE genealogy sites. ENJOY
Destination Indiana (Montgomery County link)
***Submission notification*** -
Effective November 21, 2012 -- Anyone submitting an obituary, picture, letter, biography ... for this site SHOULD note that the person being submitted (the obituary is about that person, in other words) SHOULD have been born, lived, or died in Montgomery County (sorry, but the site is getting sooo huge, I think this is necessary - THANKS MUCHES)- kbz
I want to take this space to THANK MY WONDERFUL TYPISTS
*****
Barbara
Beth
Betty
Cathy
Chris -
Christi
Cheryl
Debbie
Debby M.
Dellie
Gayla
Ginny
Glynnis
Jack * (Jack has been absolutely amazing)
Jerry
John - John did much work on the WWI Vets
Kelly
Kim H. - Current typist - super help
Lena
Melissa
Roselyn
S. (thanks sooo sooo much)
Sara Mc
Teresa
Tom H.
Vickie
Walt * (Walt typed a humongous bunch)
*****
** PLEASE let me know if I left anyone out because these guys & gals are
SUPER and I want to make sure they get a BIG THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! ***
T H I S - W E E K' S - F E A T U R E D - P H O T O -
Max Dee Burnam
One of a set of LOST photos found along the road in Browns Valley by Angie Pitman. Thanks to Angie for letting us help her find them a home. See the rest of the collection at the link below.
(thanks to mzayat.com for the cute gif)IF YOU HAVE ANY PICS OF ANY OF THE TOWNS / BUILDINGS / AREAS / CHURCHES/ BUSINESSES/PEOPLE, please send them my way :) for this page and to archive in the photos section !! Love to share our history! kbz
ADDITIONS
CHECK - Check out the 2023 additions
2023 Goals -- wish us luck :)
1 – 800-1000 obituaries -
1 – 800-1000 obituaries -
2 – At least 25 photos --
3 – Add more bibles, marriages, military, churches, schools …
4 – Add more newspaper clippings ...
5 – Add at least 5 Who’s Who ...
MARCH 2023 --Additions to Montgomery County INGenWeb
Obituaries: 91 +30 more -121 Added - [ytd=312; Total 28,817) = (note some of these have several obits to their names) - Names: Ames, Jimmy; Adair (Lydia); Alfrey (Leroy); Allen (Grace Clore; Mary ELlen; William Isaac); Alward (Susan McCarty); Asher (Levi); Ashby (Siggie; Mary); Aydelotte (Kate); Beckner (Elizabeth, Margaret)); Bennett (Fred); Bell (Inf of Steven); Benson (Richard); Hall (Nellie; Mary "Winnie: Sarah wife of Silas; Nancy 1894; Edwin; Flora - child of); Hamilton (inf of Charleys); Hampton (Mabel; Willie; Hankins (Andrew,); Hamilton - James H (KIA - CW); Hale (Maude); Hanlin (Lloyd); Hagan (Louisa Marton; Harlan (Allen); Hardy (Isabel WHitsett); Harper (Robert - CW); Hartman (son of Ray); Harshbarger (Samuel M; Samuel - 1872); Salome; Jacob - 1866; Hays (Oafy);Heath (Cleve, Dennis, John); Hedrick (HH); Henry (James Ephraim); Herron (Rebecca Young); Hicks (America, Preston); Hiett (John); Heaton (Sarah Custer); Higgins (SR Rev); Herr (Shirl); Hinshaw - Homicide); Hizer (Margarite - added); Herdman (Marion); Hess (Herbert R); Hernley (Harry); Hester (Margaret); Himes (Daniel H - added); Higgins (John); Holbrook (Abel); Hollowell (Harley); Holt (Caroline); Hoover (Eva Cox - added); House (George) Horner (B); Holton (Rasmus); Howard (Emily - added) - Howard (William W). ENJOY! -- Added the following 30 = Greve (Beulah); Griffin (Willie); Gull(e)y, Sarah Evans; Groff (Eliza - 2); Harris (Sarah Bell); Harlow (Fred); Harris (Ada); Hayden (1874 - killed - sure wish we knew his name); Harney (Carey); Hashbarger (Adam); Hayes (Davis, Floyd); Holle (Conrad); Holloway (Scott); Houser (Lawrence); Howard (Nancy A); House (George W - added); Horney (inf of Frank); Huber (Henry); Huff (Larrison - added); Hughes - Jonathan - CW? Hughes (Martha - added 2); Hust (John A - wonder if this name is correct); Hudlow (Luther) Hutton (Jacob W - added 1); Huchison (James G (added); Hunt JA; Hutchings (Will - added) Huntsinger (Eli -- added)
Crawfordsville Alumni:
North Alumni:
South Alumni: Fountain School added names to the 1920-21 First Grade Class photo; 1934 Waveland Fourth Grade Class photo with Names;
Bibles __1__ - Total of 81 Bibles - (LOVE more): Himes
Biographies -- _ 6__ Added _ Year to date -- 105 - + 20 articles and two photos -- Names Added: Pence, Charles Wilbert; McLoed, Leroy Oliver; Bazzani (Fred + photo); Butler, Pleasant; Bandel, Fred; Bowerman (Tom)
Births -- added :
Blog -- -- YTD ____: Genealogy Oddities;
BUSINESS 12 Added >> (Year To Date: --22--Addler-Women's Apparell; American Laundry; C'ville Paint & Wallpaper; Coca-Cola; Goodman; Newton-Busenbark- Coal; Pearlman Grocery; Producer's Dairy; Publix Strand Theater; Schlemmer's Cigar Store; RR Donnelley
Cemeteries -- _30 to 1 cemetery_ - ADDED 30 names to the Poor Farm Cemetery : Albertson; Baxter; Cooper; Farver; Faye; Greenlee; Griffith; Hardman; Hay; Jackson; Miles; Mitchell (Charles, Louisa); Murphy; Owens; Rankin; Vail; Underwood; Prine; Perkins; Robinson; Ross; Laura; Sergent; Shaw; Smith; Studebaugh; Suitors; Wilson (x 2 articles) and Wright (x2)
COURT RECORDS = TO INCLUDE:
Court Proceedings _ Added: __ Names :Deaths ___ Added: _2 to date_ Names :Deeds___ Added: __ Names :Divorces _ Added: YTD__ Names :Inquests _ Added: __ Names :Land _ Added: __ Names :Law Suits - ____ Added -Marriages (includes announcements in newspapers) ___ Added: (YTD 26) - names are:Miscellaneous ____Naturalizations ___ Added: __ Names :Wills __ Added: __ Names :
Census ____ Updated:
Diaries --___ -
Digging Up Bones Mysteries _____ =
Letters ___ - (YTD = 6) Added:
Links -- _1_ Added - Crawfordsville Genealogy (in Montgomery County, Indiana) includes 215 Crawfordsville, IN genealogy record sources, plus genealogy research helps;
Misc -- ____
MILITARY - (Causalities and Other Data)__56__Added - (ytd =126 )
Civil War ---Spanish American War: ____World War I = items added -- 56 pages of "Montgomery County in the War 1917":World War II =Items added _Korean -Viet Nam - __1__ - added 3 articles on Sam Benge - RIP
NEWS 16_+6 more_ -- Added - YTD - _33_ Total? -BUNCHES :) - Misc (in first letter) Humphreys, Sam & Sarah - 11 sons; Mason's build - find interesting item; GAR (2 articles); Perry, Charles - Hotel man turns lion tamer; Ristine Family - added article; Wyant (Mrs. George - attempts suicide). Under Crime -- Halls-Royce attack Barnett & Drayman; Ziegler - released or not; Nelson, Eva Mason - oh my; Daniel, Georgie - poisoned - added six more - Burbrower, large cem. stone; Accident; Seits attacked by board; 4th of July celebrations - love to find some more - I will :) Pierce, Warren - West Coast coordinator of Information and censorship. Crime (Phillips shoots neighbors cow); Gibson's baby - added an article
PHOTOS -- __- Added (YTD = 24)
- Photos People: ____ - Added:
- Photos Groups: - ;
- PHOTOS Places: ____ =
- Photographer information
Resources: (Surnames) ___ = (ytd = 2 )>>>
QUESTIONS - _____ -
REUNIONS - __1__ ( YTD = 13) --added Hiatt, Servies; Krout; Oliver; Powell -- added 11 names to a Bannon reunion photo
SHARED: ____ Sent articles/obits/info to these
RECEIVED: ____
Who's Who ____ -- Added
Chautaqua
(thanks to Al Wolf for this awesome site - greatly appreciazted)
Hilary from the IN Div. of Hist Pres & Archaeology sent this recently - nifty