These books contain information pertaining to illnesses, occupations, old handwriting, customs, interviewing, county formations, military, photographs, and various other aspects of early county life that pertain to and assist the researcher. Many of these topics are "in general" genealogical information, however, there are just as many topics pertaining strictly to researching in Owen, Morgan and Putnam county of Indiana.

For printed volumes, please contact me. CD's~$15.00

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Research Guide; Volume 1

Occupations - Bankers, barbers, blacksmiths, bookmakers, bookmakers, cabinet makers, cat whippers, chandlers, coopers, coppersmiths, cutlers, druggists, eye glass makers, fullers, glass blowers, gunsmiths, hornsmiths, housewrights, linmers, locksmiths, millers, paper makers, pewterers, plumbers, potters, printers, school teachers, tanners and curriers, tinsmiths, tobaccoists, wainwrights and weavers - what they did, the tools they used and how they did it;

Weddings and early homes - the ceremony & rules; Descriptions of the early cabins; Early Businesses and Owners; Abbreviations, Definitions & Terminology; Diseases, Epidemics and World Disasters; African American Research;The Pioneer Man, Life of the Pioneer Women; Ghost Towns

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Research Guide; Volume 2

Early Government of Owen County, Old Handwriting Made Simple, Township Formations of Owen County, Early Settlers, Physicians of Owen County, Old-time Dentistry, Building of Owen County, Fraternal Orders, Guardian Bonds and Indentures of Apprenticeship, The Family Bible, Old Time Remedies, Distilleries , Plain folk medicine and folk lore, Dating Photographs,The Poor Man's Guide for Preserving Your Family Photos, Amusements in early times, Weights and Measures, Orphanages & Maternity Homes, What's in A Name and Naming Patterns, What Questions Can You Ask? County Military Histories; The Pension Files; Military and Civilian Government Records --what they contain, where to order

Gazeteers and Maps in Genealogy Research

Naturalization Papers--Where to find and what is contained

County History Books-Accurate or Money Makers?

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Research Guide; Volume 3

So You Want to Write a Family Book, Where Did They Come From? Migratory Patterns--Out of IN, Migratory Patterns-Into IN, Homestead Act of 1862; Ship Listings-How to best use them, Burial customs,Tombstone Inscriptions, Dating stones with no dates, Tombstone Symbols, Potter's Fields - County Farm Cemeteries, Metes & Bounds and All Those Confusing Terms, Burned Courthouses - where to look if your courthouse is burned, Why are There so many burned courthouses? Who did it?, The Census-- When taken, why are some missing, rules, errors, U S Federal Mortality Schedules, What Happened to the 1890 Census?, Special Enumeration of Union Veterans and Widows,Wills-- who could be a witness, death bed wills, Probate Records, Tax Records--When taken, why, clues found, errors in them; Weather Predictions and Old Sayings; National Archives- What's available & how to obtain

Funeral Homes In Owen County--addresses & phones

Funeral Homes In Morgan County--addresses & phones

Funeral Homes In Putnam County--addresses & phones

Murders & Other Crimes

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