Perhaps not the happiest topic in the genealogical world, but you never know where
you might find that lost individual. We all have at least one person in our tree who seemed to have just vanished
off the face of the planet. Maybe you can find yours listed here. Once you find a familiar name, make sure to check
the old newspaper microfilms, because you can be sure the execution was reported to the fullest.
Illinois Genealogy Trails would like to gratefully acknowledge the source of this information as coming from Rob
Gallagher's BEFORE THE NEEDLES website, which contained the
THE HISTORY OF EXECUTIONS IN AMERICA BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION.
The site is no longer online, unfortunately since his site had much more information on this topic from around
the country since only the Illinois portion of Mr. Gallagher's site is reprinted here (with his permission :-)
