In my search for Harry Hyman Hirsch, I have been trying to find descendants from his "foster family" that I discovered in Anderson, IN. The pastor of the church and one of the office staff have graciously reviewed their records for Thornburgs and Harry Hirsch. Here is the information that they have provided to me. My hope is that it provides some help in another's family tree search.

"We have membership records dating back to 1900, but there are some years (1910 to 1920) that are missing, or I haven’t found them yet.

I found a Mr. & Mrs. John R. Thornburg joined the church in April 1871. There is a notation that Mrs. Thornburg was deceased and John R transferred his membership to Downy Ave. Church in Indianapolis is Oct. 1957. I’m not sure if these were related or not. There is no first name for Mrs. Thornburg.

The next record I found was Katie & Bertha Thornburg joining the church. There is a notation of the letter dated May 4, 1903.

Also Guy Thornburg & Mrs. Lizzie Thornburg joined in March 1902. Also listed were Mr. Frank Thornburg, Emma, Ruth Guy & Edna. It shows Guy & Edna lived in Indianapolis.

There is a listing for Herbal Thornburg (there is no date).

It shows J.R. Thornburg died 9/16/47, Mrs. J.R. died 8/11/47 and Kate died 1/28/49. Martha Thornburg Gregg is listed and she died 11/27/31.

I have a record dated in 1938 for Mary Joan (Staley) Thornburg & Wayne E. Thornburg. They transferred to a church in Michigan in 1964.