What's New!
Here you will find things we're working on that don't have their own dedicated space on our site just yet.
AmazonSmile
We now have an AmazonSmile account. What is that you ask? It is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization (which we hope is the Rush County Genealogical Society, of course).
You can learn more about this program at this webpage. Check it out today!
Cemetery videos hosted by "History in Your Own Backyard"
RCGS was approved for a grant from the Rush County Community Foundation and we will be telling about the history of the cemeteries, communities and about some of the people buried in these cemeteries. We have partnered with Satolli Glassmeyer for these videos, and they can be viewed at his website, or at the following links.
The Moscow Cemetery with Carol Jones.
The Milroy Cemetery, with Marylin Yager.
The Manilla Cemetery, with Katrina Cooper.
The Fairview Cemetery, with Shirley Biehl.
The Arlington East Hill Cemetery, with Carol Jones.
The Lower-Laughlin Cemetery, Rushville, Indiana, with Carol Jones.
The Shiloh Cemetery, with Marylin Gray Roberts.
The Richland Cemetery, with Marylin Yager.
The Center Christian Church and Cemetery, with Marylin Gray Roberts.
The history of the town of Raleigh, Indiana and Zion Cemetery, with Shirley Biehl.
On June 10th, Marilyn Yager presented "Gathering Genealogical Information from the Cemetery". Discussion included the 5 must-take photos as well as safe techniques for reading and cleaning stones. An audio capture of her presentation is available for download below. We now have the associated powerpoint presentation as well, you can download it here!
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On May 13th, Larry Stout of Orange Township gave a presentation on his research into the famed Knowles Shaw, "The Singing Evangelist". We have an audio capture of his presentation available for download below.
On March 11th, photo preservationist Joan Hosteler presented her program, "Family Photographs: From Daguerreotypes to Digital". You can view her presentation online here, or download the powerpoint file directly. We have an audio capture of her presentation and it is available for download below. Please note, Joan skipped over some of the latter slides in her powerpoint presentation on Saturday.
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On January 21st, Marilyn Gray Roberts presented "A History of Mays - Its Commerce, Culture, and People". We have an audio capture of her presentation and it is available for download below. This file is an MPEG 4 Audio file with the m4a file extension. If you are not sure how to play this file or have difficulty playing it, you may find help here.
On November 16th, 2016, Jeannie R. Regan-Dinius, Director of Special Initiatives for the Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, gave a wonderfully informative presentation on Gravestones. She spoke of cultural and religious traits of stones and those from different time periods, as well as the changing symbology and material from which tombstones are made. We have an audio capture of her presentation and it is available for download below.