Page numbers for folders 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 refer to the book, "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana," 1952 edition.

Spellings are often irregular or sometimes a german-english phonetic mix.

Bill Eberly donated letters for the Ladoga congregations, including Squirrel Creek, Bethel, and Mount Pleasant and Little Walnut.  Early letters can be compared with members listed in the book, "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana."

The Archivist could be mistaken, but believes that these letters were held by Ladoga Church of the Brethren.

Bill Eberly discovered this collection of letters and donated them to the Archives.  If archivist, Jeanine Wine, remembers correctly, she first began working on the letters in 2006 after finding many of them tightly folded up and contained in a metal box. Jeanine unfolded these letters in 2006 and kept them in the Flat File for safe keeping.  Volunteer, Lisa Iverson, first prepared the notes for folders 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Jeanine Wine edited and added information on 21-28 December 2014.

In addition - In January or February of 2006, former archivist, Elizabeth Allen, notes in an email to Rob Gratz (library director) that Bill Eberly donated "...quite a collection of items on various Indiana CoB congregations, and one of his two collections of membership letters." She goes on to say, "Today he brought the Ladoga congregation's batch.  There are fewer in German than he thought.  These are fragile but valuable primary sources..." Jeanine believes that many of these were contained in the metal box mentioned above. Elizabeth also comments, "His other batch is from churches up toward northern Kosciusko Co., but he's working with those to publish an article with the Sate Historical Society including names, dates, and where they came from."  " He plans to deposit them with us when he's done." Archivist, Jeanine Wine, questions whether the Kosciusco letters might have been brought to the archives following Bill's death and might be described as BC2011/25g {located in Flat File Drawer C}. Another batch of letters that might apply to the Ladoga congregations was discovered by Jeanine Wine in another box in the Archives and was added to Flat File Drawer C (along with the original group of Eberly letters).  Unfortunately, these letters did not get processed until the end of December 2014 and January of 2015. Lisa Iverson, a volunteer working in the Archives, did process, encapsulate, and describe some of the letters prior to 2014 - however, Jeanine Wine suspects that the Ladoga Eberly letters, and the additional letters found in a box, might have been mingled. Before a researcher publishes, these names and congregations should be investigated to see if they all pertain to the Ladoga area. Also - other Ladoga materials found in the Archives are included in this box, including minutes and notebooks. This description is being prepared December 2014 and January 2015 by  Jeanine M. Wine.