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Subject: [INPULASK] Request for help -- book look-up . . .
Date: 24 Sep 2002 09:36:25 -0600
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I have acces to a number of good genealogy collections, but
I've been unable to find a copy of the following:
Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana, Historical and
Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey, 1883; reprinted
Unigraphic, 1970).
What I'm looking for is information on the settlement and
history of Francesville, which is out in the western part of
the county, on the Monon Railroad line. I'm also looking for
anything in the book on the Monon itself -- when it began
in Pulaski County, etc. Francesville was nearly all Irish
railroad laborers (including one of my ancestors, c1850-
1890), now much reduced in economic circumstances.
I've spoken to a number of people from Winamac (the
county seat -- over in the *eastern* part of the county),
and none of them seem to know much of anything about
Francesville.
Does anyone out there own this book, or have access to a
library that carries it? I would be delighted to pay the costs
of photocopying the sections on Francesville, the Monon
Railroad, Irish settlement in the county, and the Catholic
Church in the county -- plus postage, of course, plus I would
be happy to exchange the favor of hunting up anything anyone
might need regarding south Louisiana!
Feel free to pass this post on to anyone you know who might
be able to help. . . .
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