Jasper, Indiana

May 12,2005
Dubois County Park
Site #30 - $15. p/w (x2)

We stopped at the Court House first. I stayed with the 5th wheel while Ron headed to the court house to see what, if any family tree information was available. Bad incident for me.  I spilled my coffee on my laptop keyboard and it became toast.  Crap.  Until we got to Ottawa and Greg gave me a keyboard, I cut and paste to send emails. Desperate times!?

Back to Ron -- He was very excited to find lots of information and documents to photocopy. The lady at the Court House directed us to the local campground and we headed there.

We had lunch and went back to the Records Office.  Lots of info was compiled and photocopied. The Genealogical room at the library was also very helpful. I was able to make use of the internet for no charge while Ron scoured records. 

Back at the campground we enjoyed a beautiful warm evening and we had a fire.

A young couple set up camp beside us. Apparently they didn't intend to stay that night but were just securing their spot for the weekend.  As they were leaving, the young fella called over and told us if we saw anybody doing anything they shouldn't, we should shoot them. haha.... Typical Americans with guns! 

The next day we headed to St. Anthony. We took pictures of the graves and the church but we weren't able to find any more information from the church secretary.  

We headed back to the library in Jasper, picked up groceries at Walmart and then headed home for supper and a fire. We had another nice evening, but it poured through the night.  In the morning we packed up in the rain and were back on the road by 9:15 a.m. 

We ran into quite a traffic jam between Louisville and Cincinnati. We stopped in Chillicothe, Ohio at the library to see if there was anything on J.S. Anderson's birth. No luck, so we drove on towards Allensville and McArthur.