Grant County Volunteers

Volunteer / Email Link	Reference Material	Comments
Kay Fisher	1953 and 1963 Marion City Directories
Sandy Taylor	1860 Federal Census for Indiana 1870 Federal Census for Grant County, Indiana
Sandy Taylor	By Ralph D. Kirkpatrick: Burial Records of Four Grant County, Indiana, Quaker Cemeteries [includes Mississinewa Friends, Deer Creek Friends, Little Ridge Friends, Oak Ridge Friends] Back Creek Friends Cemetery Burial Records Local history & Genealogy Abstracts from Fairmount News Volume 1, 1888 - 1900	I know you have these records on line but Kirkpatrick's book adds some genealogy. This is just my way of saying thanks to you and the other fine people who share so willing of their time and resources to help other genealogists.
Jackie Penrod Thomas	Making of a Township (Fairmount, In.) 1877 Atlas All the Quaker records Several of the Cemetery records 1914 Grant-Blackford history books	Would be glad to help if I can.
Sue Smith McLean	1906 Marion High School Cactus Yearbook	Included are lots of pictures, and bios (of teachers). Interestingly, included is a section on alumni, complete with pictures of each discussed and a description of what they are now doing. An example: 1883 - Mrs. Adaline ESHELMAN-RIGDON acted as assistant kindergarten teacher and as a teacher in private schools until her marriage. Since then she has taught a kindergarten of her own, having two sons. 1883 - Luella B. THOMAS pursued her education no farther than through high school. she was a glove-fitter for some time and is now employed at Hartsook's Studio. What I think is particularly nice about this book is that it has over a hundred pictures of people from Marion at the turn of the century.
Ms. Marjorie Knopp	Grant County Quaker Membership Books: Radley, Oak Ridge, Bethel. Some information on Jonesboro and Fairmount Three DAR Patriot Indexes Baptist Church Records, Marion
	Marion Public Library Attn: Indiana Room 600 South Washington Street Marion, Indiana 46953-1992 Telephone (765) 668-2900 TDD (765) 668-2907 Fax (765) 668-2911	The staff at the Marion Public Library - Indiana Room have graciously accepted the position of Look-Ups for the Grant County US Gen Web Project. Please feel free to contact them for your requests, but they do ask that you limit your requests to no more than ten (10) items at a time. There will be a small fee to cover the cost of copying and postage. You may send in your request via snail mail in care of Indiana Room at the address to the left, or via e-mail at Ask The Indiana Room.

Death Records: January 1888 - 1937
Birth Records: February 1882 - July 1914
Birth Indexes to Newspapers: 1976 - current year
City Directories: 1887 - current year
Histories and Atlases: with index
Obituary Index to Marion Newspapers: 1867 - 1910; 1967 - current year
Cemetery Records/Funeral Home Records
Marriage Indexes to Microfilmed Ledgers: 1831 - 1949
Indexes to newspapers 1977 - current year
Wills: 1893 - 1923
Census Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900
Naturalization Records: 1856 - 1958
Vertical & Picture Files
Family Histories (bound and unbound)

Newspapers on Microfilm:
        Fairmount News on Microfilm 1888 - 1910 with index
        (1893 through 1895 are not available)
        Marion papers from 1867 - 1938
        (from Feb. 1938 - current year
        available in the new library, top floor. Ask at Reference Desk.)

Census Microfilms: 1820, 1830, 1840 (entire state)
        1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
        (Grant County and surrounding counties.)
1992 issue of IGI on microfiche
Computer: LDS Family Search - has ancestral file, IGI for
        world, Soc. Sec. Death Index, and Military Index
        (Korea and Vietnam only)
Church Records, Quaker Records
Bible Records
Some Abstracts of Title