Kinexxions...
Kinexxions will be presenting the History and Heritage of my ancestors and their kin, many of whom settled in the Northern Indiana counties of Elkhart, Kosciusko, and Whitley.
Many of the old records still exist in Whitley County, though many are in poor condition. With the help of like-minded souls, transcriptions of some of these records and indexes of others will be posted here as well as information on my families.
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My Family Pages
Whitley County Pages
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~ My Family Pages ~
Berlin Family Chronicles
~ Descendants of John and Susannah (Huffman) Berlin of Portage County, Ohio and Elkhart County, Indiana.
~ Includes 38 letters written between 1862 and 1871 from friends and family, many from the Civil War era.
Kinexxions Blog ~ ~ added June 2007
~ Additional research on my families is posted on this blog, which was started in January 2007. A blog is much easier to maintain than a website. It also allows for comments and feedback from people reading the postings. The blog includes articles and stories of my ancestors and other relatives, links to other websites and blogs, and more. If you are planning to create a family website, investigate the use of a blog instead of a "normal" website, I highly recommend it. Please, go check it out, and give me some feedback!
My Whitley County Kin
~ Brubaker, Dunfee, Foster, Goodrich, Helms, Jones, Joslin, Phend, Robison, Stem, and Wise.
Tales from the Life of Hazlette Brubaker
~ Some stories of my grandmother's life in Whitley County in the early 1900's and her short version of the family history.
Transcribed Obituaries ~ ~ 240 obits added in December 2006
~ Many with a Whitley County connection.
~ Whitley County Pages ~
Whitley County ARCHIVES
~ Contact the Archivist, see what records are available.
Index to Transcribed DEATH RECORDS 1882-1930
~ An index to Whitley County Death Records transcribed and published in four volumes. These were Originally transcribed by Mildred Pence, Wallace Williamson, Grace Merchant and P. J. Shoda. Beverly Henley helped with creating this index.
Index to ESTATE PACKETS 1838-2000
~ Cindy Keirn created this index to the Whitley County Estate Packets.
Index to GUARDIANSHIP PACKETS 1844-1925
~ Kay Craig, former Whitley County File Manager, has sorted and indexed the Guardianship Packets stored in the archives area.
Index to MARRRIAGES 1838-1910
~ Beverly Henley, Betty Grable, and Jeanette Brown spent countless hours transcribing and checking these records.
Index to MARRRIAGE Books 8-16 (1910-1938)
~ Beverly Henley, Betty Grable, Jeanette Brown, Joyce Reiff and Becky Wiseman transcribed and checked these records.
Original MARRIAGE Documents
~ Scanned images of the Original Marriage Documents from 1838 through 1846 - Licenses, Returns, Affidavits and Consents.
Index to Digest of OBITUARIES 1856-1910
~ An index to Nellie Raber's "Digest of Obituaries Published in Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana Newspapers 1856-1910"
Index to Old Settlers Necrology 1906-2007 ~ ~ NEW 02/29/2008
~ An index to the Old Settlers "death lists" published annually since 1906. Individuals involved in this project were Beverly Henley, Cindy Keirn, Dorothy Bordner and Becky Wiseman.
South Whitley Funeral Home Records
~ Wanda Deininger originally transcribed these records in 1994. Beverly Henley re-typed them from Wanda's books at the South Whitley Library.
Transcribed OBITUARIES
~ Many with a Whitley County connection.
1889 Plat Map
~ Barbara Lacy created the Index and Scanned the Images.
Whitley County Resources
~ Links to offsite resources.
Workshop Web Links
~ WebSite Links provided to GSWC Workshop attendees.
Whitley County Kinexxions Blog
~ This blog was started in February 2007 and currently includes some transcriptions of articles from Whitley County Newspapers. A blog is much easier to maintain than a website and lends itself quite well to posting news clips, short articles, links to other sites, research tips, and the like. It also allows for comments and feedback from people reading the postings. Please, go check it out, and give me some feedback!
Other Whitley County WebSites
GSWC Website ~
Whitley County Resources
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last updated February 29, 2008