Classes

AGRICULTURAL LAND RENTAL WORKSHOP: Virtual event from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 or from 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 18; landowners and farmers can learn about the various tools available with farmland leases, the impact soil can have on leases, and the legal protections obtained through leasing; Anthony Crowell, lawyer at Gordon & Associates, will present the legal aspects of an effective ground lease; brought to you by the educators of Purdue Extension; $ 25; register at https://cvent.me/gmRR08; for more information call 765-653-8411 or email [email protected].

Fundraising

CHILI COOK-OFF: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Home Lumber, 2010 Lincoln Highway East, New Haven; includes a silent auction; hosted by the Home Builders Association; $ 10 tickets at https://hbafortwayne.wliinc26.com/events/chili-cook-off-3044/register; or call 420-2020.

“CHRISTKINDLMARKT” – ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET: Saturday 9 am to 3 pm; Edelweiss Park, 3355 Elmhurst Drive; hosted by Fort Wayne Maenerchor / Damenchor; vendors selling arts and crafts, paintings, woodworking, candles, ornaments, scent oils, knitted and crocheted items and more; German lunch and bratwurst available with baked goods; there will also be a visit to St. Nikolaus (German Santa Claus) from 10 am to 2 pm; questions or if you would like to become a salesperson, call 444-3634.

FISH AND FILLET FRIES: Drive-thru service only from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (or until sold out) on Saturdays; Tri-Lakes Lions Hall, 2935 E. Colony Ave., Columbia City; $ 12 meal or meat only; 5 liters of potato salad.

5K MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS RUN / WALK: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday; Campus of the University of Saint-François, 2701, rue Spring; hosted by Mental Health America of Northeast Indiana; register or donate at www.eventbrite.com/e/run-for-you-5k-tickets-185077681327.

Health

FAMILY CONFERENCE: The Greater Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is co-hosting National Family Caregiver Month; virtual event from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday; register at 800-272-3900 or visit www.alz.org/Indiana/programs.

BLOOD DONATIONS: 2 pm to 7 pm today, Grabill Missionary Church, 13637 State St., Grabill; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Fairview Missionary Church, 525 E. 200 North, Angola; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, The Gathering Place, 547 Guilford St., Huntington; 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Lakewood Park Christian School, 5555 County Road 29 South, Auburn; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Concordia Theological Seminary, 6600 N. Clinton St .; noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, Emmanuel Community Church, 12222 US 24 W; 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, University of Manchester, 10627 Diebold Road; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sonrise Church, 10125 Illinois Road.

Conferences

“JEWISH CEMETERIES – INDIANA AND BEYOND”: Virtual event Sunday at 2 pm; the Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society is in partnership with the Indiana Jewish Historical Society; guest speakers will be Jeannie R. Regan-Dinius of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Nolan Altman of JewishGen; registration required at www.NEIndianaJGS.org/upcoming-events/.

SYMPOSIA IN HUMANITIES: 3:30 p.m. Tuesday; Trine University, Wells Theater inside Taylor Hall, 1 University Ave., Angola; Associate Professor Jeanette Goddard will present “Stories We Tell: Women in the Past”; for information, write to [email protected]; see online at http://trine.meritpages.com/news/Humanities-Symposia-looks-at-stories-about-women-throughout-history/22909.

Library

KENDALLVILLE LIBRARY AND ITS LIMBERLOST BRANCH: Closed Thursdays on Veterans Day.

Organizations

NORTHEAST INDIANA CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE: 6:00 PM today; Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza; the program is “Who are the Worst Generals and Commanders in the Civil War”; discussion based on the knowledge and opinions of those present; more information at 745-1081 or by email at [email protected]; The Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/CWRTNEI.

ALLEN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: Virtual event Wednesday at 7 pm; “French Migration to Allen County” by Martine Copeland; register at www.acgsi.org/meetings.php.

TERRE DES OURS DÉSORDRE: 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Community Center, 233 W. Main St .; the organization donates teddy bears and stuffed animals; monthly meeting; search for new members; questions at 260-557-2734.

The Napa Valley Genealogical Society presents “How to Write Ancient Stories That Your Loved Ones Will Want to Read,” a Zoom talk by Pam Vestal on October 21.

The monthly meeting starts at 1:00 p.m. and the program at 1:30 p.m.

Part of the fun of genealogy is sharing findings with loved ones. Learn how to bring dry genealogical facts to life, choose a compelling story structure, improve the quality of your writing, and present what you have written in an engaging way. Create a compelling story from the names, dates and places of our ancestors. The facts don’t change, but how we describe them makes all the difference.

Pam Vestal became a genealogist and professional speaker after a 20-year career as a writer. His articles have been published in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and the Forum magazine of FGS. She lectures from coast to coast, specializing in turning genealogical research into illustrated stories.

Guests are encouraged to register and attend the meeting. Go to “Upcoming Events” on napagensoc.org. Click on: “How to write ancestral stories that your loved ones will want to read” and “Subscribe”.

Society members will receive the Zoom link and do not need to register.

Our NVGS Library is located at 1701 Menlo Ave., Napa Current library hours are Wednesdays 11 am to 2 pm. Search by appointment is available Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Contact [email protected] or 707-252-2252 for an appointment.

The nearly forgotten story of the Tennessee convict hire, which used prison labor to mine coal in the mountains during the 1800s, is brought to light by a team of professors and genealogists across the state.

Camille Westmont, a postdoctoral fellow in historical archeology at the University of the South at Sewanee, seeks answers to the dark past of Lone Rock Stockade in Grundy County.

Westmont started the project a few years ago after a local museum volunteer told him that Tracy City coal had been mined by prisoners.

Today, the ovens where the coal was processed, called coke ovens, can still be seen from the side of the road as you drive through the mountains. It was in these mines and coke ovens that African American men were often forced to work after being jailed on racial grounds, such as interracial marriage.

(READ MORE: Mining history)

After the Civil War, prisons began to hire out prison labor from private companies, Westmont said. These targeted laws called “black codes” were designed to keep black men in jail so that they could provide free work for businesses. Conditions in the prisons were often horrendous and included violence, starvation, cramped quarters and disease.

At the western end of the Cumberland Plateau, a mining company replaced an old Union Army palisade called the Lone Rock Stockade, which was built when the Union Army took over the local coal mine . The insufficiencies of the military palisade as a prison are probably what led to the construction of the Lone Rock Palisade around 1872 – to have a purpose-built prison right next to the new Lone Rock mine.

(READ MORE: Tennessee to resume coal mining regulations with industry at low)

Excavation of the fence

“Through selective law enforcement and increased sentences, they were able to trap African American men in these cycles of incarceration,” Westmont said. ‘They could sell [them] within the framework of the system of tenancy of the condemned.

Not all Tennessians were fans of this practice, even in the 1800s. According to a November 16, 1891 article in The Sun, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Co. owned the mines where the prisoners worked, and other mines nearby employed freemen who worked for wages. The miners were angry at the treatment of the prisoners and took up arms against the company, which hired up to 1,500 convicts a year. The article stated that the Lone Rock mine had been operated by convicts since 1871, and Westmont said it was burned down by residents on August 13, 1892.

“A great white mountain-side sepulcher where shame and brutality suffocate all manhood,” the Sun’s headline said.

The story includes descriptions of bloody blows and death.

(READ MORE: Robbins: Tennessee Coal, member of the First Dow Jones Industrial Average)

Westmont is looking for signs of a cemetery outside the stockade, where an estimated 800 prisoners died and were buried. Westmont has original prison records with the names of the deceased men and said she spoke with locals who saw bones and grave markings in the ground.

It is not known exactly where the cemetery is and who is still there, or if any tombstones remain. Westmont used a combination of technologies to try to find the location, including lidar, which stands for light sensing and ranging. Westmont will wait for leaves to fall from the trees to use lidar to locate potential graves or a cemetery, she said.

In the meantime, without a physical location, she is partnering with Taneya Koonce, president of the Tennessee section of the African-American Historical and Genealogical Society in Nashville. Koonce works to research family trees to connect potential surviving family members and descendants of deceased men in the stockade.

Koonce first heard about Westmont a year ago when they were introduced through a joint colleague and said raising awareness was a priority for the project as so many people are unaware of the history of the detainee lease or its effects. She said that during a meeting with Westmont and volunteers from the Genealogical Society, there came a point when it became clear that men needed to be properly recalled.

“It’s not just names on a page,” Koonce says. We would know their families, who were their future generations. One of our participants said, ‘Can we just stop and read the names? So we just read the names. It’s just recognize them, put a stamp on them. story at a time when they were cast. “

Koonce and Westmont are also joined by Christopher McDonough, Alderson-Tillinghast Chair in Humanities at Sewanee, who is filming a documentary on mining and convict leasing. He said that with this story recovered, it should not be forgotten anymore.

(READ MORE: Elliott: ‘A Shameful and Shameful Act’: Destruction of the Cornerstone of Sewanee)

“We live in the shadow of such stories, and we are not free to ignore them,” McDonough said. “Lone Rock is a story of great misery for many and great profit for others. We have to think about what we will do with this knowledge.”

Kooncé accepted. While finding the cemetery won’t change the genealogical society’s goals, she hopes it will give more context to African American history in the United States. More importantly, she wants to continue working with Westmont on a project that could take many years due to the number of men imprisoned and enslaved in the Palisade. She said she hopes to unify the black community through archaeological and genealogical work.

“I hope this will continue to contribute to national awareness of what has happened to African Americans in this country,” Koonce said. “It’s a conversation that can never stop being held. There is so much injustice, and it’s another layer of it.”

Learn more at TennesseeLookout.com.

Ancestor Network, Ireland’s most trusted genealogy research, consulting and publishing company, has published a significantly expanded second edition guide to Irish families.

“Sources for Irish Family History” is now available in eBook form and is the ultimate resource for those trying to conduct their own research on Irish family history.

The genealogy guide contains lists of articles from periodicals, books and handwritten family histories deposited in libraries.

Published by Flyleaf Press, the editorial arm of Ancestor Network, the guide has doubled since its first edition and lists some 6,500 reference books, journal articles and other material on 2,500 Irish families.

“Sources for Irish Family History” is available in Caliber, usable on all e-book platforms (Apple, Android and on PC, tablet or mobile) and can be downloaded here.

References cited are primarily accounts of particular family lineages and vary from loving and emotional accounts of families and their ancestral homes to unbiased, well-researched and fully documented family studies and pedigrees.

The greatest value of the material in these references is to give a human dimension to the facts that are usually found in the files.

Ancestor Network explains the importance of the guide by saying, “No church or civil status record will tell us that our ancestors were wonderful singers or dancers; or details of their travels or occupation; nor whether their marriages recorded were the culmination of great romances, or family arrangements.

“Such information, however, can occasionally be found in the memoirs and letters detailed in the articles and books listed here.”

Reviews of the first edition of Irish Family History:

“Sources are not your usual sources, so they offer new leads… contain good information about sources that should not be overlooked, as they give both name and location. These are not your usual references, so there is no duplication. ”

– St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly

“Anyone who is engaged in Irish genealogy will want to check this book for their surnames.”

– NY Genealogical and biographical file

“.. above all a reference book and as such it is very successful. If your ancestors lived in Ireland this might be the first place to look (information posted) ”

– Yorkshire Family Historian

“Sources for Irish Family History” has doubled since the first edition

“Sources for Irish Family History” was compiled by James G Ryan, Irish genealogy writer and editor.

He has lectured extensively at genealogy meetings and his research interests include church records and rentals. He writes articles for Irish Roots magazine; and blogs for Ancestor Network.

An E-book version of “Sources for Irish Family History” is available here. You can stay up to date with Ancestor Network on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Flyleaf Press also publishes guides to finding ancestors in Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Sligo, Limerick, Galway, Clare, Westmeath, Kerry, Limerick, Roscommon, Donegal, Tipperary and Leitrim.

Diane Stepro of the Jeffersonville Public Library said that the Jeffersonville Township Public Library has several new genealogical titles, including three related to Fort Jefferson in Clarksville, Ky., A short lived Revolutionary-era outpost at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi.

The position was difficult to maintain due to constant attacks. Clarksville, Kentucky, ruled by George Rogers Clark, was populated by many of the same families who settled in this area after Clark moved here. A scholar, Kenneth Carstens of Murray State, did extensive research on the early settlers of Clarksville, Kentucky, finding the names of more than 500 Native American servicemen, women, children, slaves, and allies who lived there. Carsten’s three titles on Clarksville, Ky. Include The Calendar and Quartermaster Books of General George Rogers Clark’s Fort Jefferson, Ky., 1780-1781; The staff of George Rogers Clark’s Fort Jefferson and the civilian community of Clarksville, Kentucky, 1780-1781; and Fort Jefferson by George Rogers Clark, 1780-1781: the Kentucky outpost on the western border.

On a personal note I have used these books and it is quite interesting to follow someone who served with George Rogers Clark and see references to all the regions they have passed through and learn how far these first peoples traveled.

Although many genealogical societies have not returned to face-to-face meetings, we are fortunate to be able to view programs and seminars online via Zoom from our home. We are also fortunate to have access to excellent speakers from across the country that we may not be able to travel and hear in person.

A reminder that the Louisville Genealogical Society will be hosting its annual online family history seminar on October 16. David Lambert, a staff member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) since 1993, is the organization’s chief genealogist. His genealogical expertise includes the archives of New England and Atlantic Canada from the 17th to the 21st century; military records; DNA research; and Native American and African American genealogical research in New England. His four lectures include 9:45 am “Researching New England Ancestors Online and in Repositories”; 11:30 am “Searching for your ancestors from the colonial wars: from the 17th century to 1775”; 1:45 pm “Your Ancestors in the Great War: World War I Research Using Kentucky Resources”; 3:15 pm “What time is it on your family clock?” “; with adjournment at 4.35 p.m. Online registration is required for members at $ 25 each and non-members at $ 35 each. The registration deadline is October 13th. To register, visit the LGS website at KYLGS.ORG

The Louisville Genealogical Society will also be presenting “Library and Archives Research: Dos and Don’ts” on October 26 from your home computer via Zoom from 1 pm to 3 pm. Registration is compulsory. The program will be presented by Melissa Barker, a certified records manager and public historian currently working at the Archives in Houston County, Tennessee. To register, visit the LGS website at KYLGS.ORG.

The Kentucky Genealogical Society (KGS) will be offering “Learn to Research Your Family History with Free Resources” on October 9 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Bob Taylor will explain how to start or improve your research using FamilySearch’s leading free websites, The Family History Guide (www.thefhguide.com). To celebrate Family History Month, KGS is offering this helpful program to the public free of charge. Registration is required and can be found at https://kygs.org/

Zuverink is a past president of the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society. Queries are free and must include both a date to establish a time period and a place where people lived. Please include your email or postal address so that you can be contacted by someone interested in your family. Submit your queries to: Vicky Zuverink to [email protected]

PRINCETON – The Bureau County Genealogical Society will be presenting a program at the Society’s library located at 629 South Main Street in Princeton on Thursday evening, September 23. This meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will feature Julie Hallock, President of LaSalle County Genealogy. Guild, and Rachael Mellen, vice president of the organization. The public is invited to attend this free program. Masks are compulsory for everyone present. This program will be presented with in-person speakers at BCGS and will not be recorded for later viewing.

Speakers will share information on “Navigating Cemeteries and Cemetery Websites”. Since tombstone evidence is a basic tool in genealogical research, this topic and material should be highly relevant to those present.

This presentation will focus on LaSalle County cemetery records, but will also take a more in-depth look at Find-A-Grave and discuss the challenges of locating and reading gravestones.

Mellen has been involved in genealogy for over 40 years and is the author of two books on English genealogy. She has also written a book focusing on Civil War Letters which will be published shortly. Hallock has visited many cemeteries over the years and enlisted the help of his grandsons who particularly enjoy cemetery hunts.

BCGS has extensive records on headstones and cemeteries in Bureau County. Volunteers are happy to help researchers access and use these materials anytime the Society’s library is open. Their hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday as well as the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Other days and times are available by appointment for people remotely or working normal hours.

Alice Georgine Wilborn Roth

Alice Georgine Wilborn Roth, 85, daughter of Harry Dennis Wilborn and his wife, Ralphie Cornelia Carr. Born March 4, 1936 in Tulsa, OK, died September 11, 2021 in Claremore, OK. Attended Betty Rombaugh Private School, Lee Elementary School, Horace Mann Junior High School, Tulsa Middle Upper Class of 53, Oklahoma A&M College, majoring in Art. Member First Presbyterian Church-Tulsa, OK, Stillwater, OK, Clovis, NM; Southminster Presbyterian Church; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, OK. Member of Congregation B’nai Emunah, Tulsa, OK. Employed as artist, secretary, salesman, genealogy librarian. Former Vice President Archaeological Society of Tulsa, Genealogical Society of Tulsa, Genealogist – Scottish Club of Tulsa, former State Commissioner of the Stewart Clan Society in America, Tulsa Area Iris Society, member of the Greater Tulsa Epigraphic Society.

Preceded in death by Robert Hasbrouck Cartmill, brother-in-law. Survived by his daughter, Deborah Van Hook; son-in-law, Joseph Van Hook of Claremore, OK; sons, Morris David Roth and granddaughters, Mia Zoe Roth and Clarice Marie Roth; grandson, Robert Gil Roth, from the Philippines; sister, Lina Sue (Wilborn) Cartmill, of Slidell, LA; nephew, John W. Cartmill and his wife, Wendy Kay (Wagner) Cartmill, of Herndon, VA; great nieces, June Esther Cartmill and Georgia Mae Cartmill; niece, Alice Catherine (Cartmill) Johnson and her husband, Lance Johnson of Slidell; great-nephew, Kelly Anthony Faciane and great-niece, Jessica Sue (Faciane) Dyess; niece, Hilary Hasbrouck (Cartmill) Toups and her husband, Daniel Lawrence Toups; great niece, Melanie Alice Toups and grandnephew, Eric Robert Toups of Slidell.

Briefs can be made at the American Parkinson Disease Association 1-800-223-2372 or apdaparkinson.org

Alice Roth wrote her own obituary to reflect her love of genealogy. The family would like to thank Transitions Life Care Hospice for their care, guidance and compassion, especially Nurse Louise and CNA Christina.

No service will be held at the request of the deceased.

Fitzgerald Ivy Chapel, 918-585-1151 www.fitzgeraldfuneralservice.com

Book events

Barnes & Noble: 313 Downtown Corte Madera, Corte Madera; 415-927-9016; barnesandnoble.com. September 14: Sandie Jones discusses “The Guilt Trip” with Clare Mackintosh at the Barnes & Noble Book Club. Midday online. Sign up online; September 15: Tiffany D. Jackson discusses “White Smoke” with Maureen Johnson. 1 p.m. online. Sign up online; September 15: Kevin Smith discusses “Kevin Smith’s Secret Hideaway”. 4 p.m. online. $ 74.88. Sign up online.

Passage of the book: 51, boulevard Tamal Vista, Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. September 14: Stacey Vanek Smith discusses “Machiavelli for Women”. 1 p.m. online; September 15: Evan Osnos discusses “Wildland” with Michael Sandel. 1 p.m. online; September 16: Brittany K. Barnett discusses “A Knock at Midnight”. 5:30 p.m. online; September 18: Alix Ohlin discusses “We want what we want” with Laura van den Berg. 1 p.m. online; September 19: Joel Selvin discusses “Hollywood Eden” with Jill Gibson and Judith Lovejoy. 4 p.m. online.

Copperfield’s books: Copperfieldsbooks.com. September 16: Michael Levitin discusses “Generation Occupy” with Michael Howerton. 7 p.m. online. Sign up online.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. September 14: True Crime Book Club discusses “The Stranger Beside Me” by Ann Rule. 7 p.m. online. Sign up online; September 15: The Great Escape Book Club discusses “The Vanished Birds” by Simon Jimenez. 6 p.m. online. Sign up online.

Point Reyes Books: 11315 Route 1, Point Reyes Station; 415-663-1542; ptreyesbooks.com. September 14: Charles Foster discusses “Being a Human” with Gregory Norminton. Midday online. Sign up online; September 16: Meg Lowman discusses “L’Arbornaut”. 6 p.m. online. Sign up online.

Sausalito books near the bay: 100 Bay Street, Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events. September 12: Celebration of the launch of the book “A Spy Above the Clouds” by Sausalito author Ciji Ware. 4 p.m. in person.

Further discussions

Corte Madera Library: 707 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera; 415-924-3515; marinlibrary.org/events. September 15: Members of Marin’s Financial Abuse Specialist Team discuss “Avoiding Scams, Fraud and Financial Abuse: An Online Presentation for Seniors.” »11am online. Sign up online.

Marin County Genealogical Society: maringensoc.org. September 16: Marin County Genealogical Society DNA Group discusses “X DNA and DNA Updates.” 7 p.m. online. To access it, send an e-mail to [email protected].

The outdoor art club: 1 West Blithedale Avenue, Mill Valley; 415-383-2582; outdoorartclub.org. September 15: Fred Hilliard and Carrie Pollard discuss “Drought / fire: dried out but prepared.” »1pm online. Sign up online.

– Compiled by Colleen Bidwill

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