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April Web Site Updates - 2008




WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR ORIGINAL ILLINOIS TRAILS SITE TO INCLUDE ALL STATES!

 

Illinois Genealogy Trails at our new url:
http://genealogytrails.com/ill

Our national Genealogy Trails site for all states:
http://genealogytrails.com

Updates to our Illinois Site:

Welcome to our newest Illinois hosts:

Don Aikman -
Champaign County
Debbie Gibson -
Adams County
Leslie Riney -
Pulaski County
Des Rodcay -
Tazewell County


Newest County sites hosted:
Adams, Champaign, Pulaski, Tazewell




Also, we have some new updates to the Main G.T. pages you might be interested in viewing..

Easy way to Submit an OBITUARY!
We now have a nifty form you can fill out if you want to submit obituaries to us to include on any of our sites. Include the state, county, and the other optional info listed on the form, type up the obit, and hit submit and we'll take care of getting it online! Try it out here


Come, explore and expand with us!

Go US!

Click a county name link to see all the hard work our hosts have done this month.

Adams County - Alexander County - Bond County - Boone County - Brown County - Bureau County - Calhoun County - Carroll County
Cass County - Champaign County - Christian County - Clark County - Clay County - Clinton County - Coles County - Cook County - Crawford County
Cumberland County - DeKalb County - De Witt County - Douglas County - DuPage County - Edgar County - Edwards County - Effingham County
Fayette County - Ford County - Franklin County - Fulton County - Gallatin County - Greene County - Grundy County - Hamilton County - Hancock County
Hardin County - Henderson County - Henry County - Iroquois County - Jackson County - Jasper County - Jefferson County - Jersey County - Jo Daviess County
Johnson County - Kane County - Kankakee County - Kendall County - Knox County - La Salle County - Lake County - Lawrence County - Lee County
Livingston County - Logan County - Macon County - Macoupin County - Madison County - Marion County - Marshall County - Mason County -Massac County
McDonough County - McHenry County - McLean County - Menard County - Mercer County - Monroe County - Montgomery County - Morgan County
Moultrie County - Ogle County - Peoria County - Perry County - Piatt County - Pike County - Pope County - Pulaski County - Putnam County -
Randolph County - Richland County - Rock Island County - Saline County - Sangamon County - Schuyler County - Scott County - Shelby County
St. Clair County - Stark County - Stephenson County - Tazewell County - Union County - Vermilion County - Wabash County -Warren County
Washington County - Wayne County - White County - Whiteside County - Will County - Williamson County - Winnebago County - Woodford County



Main Illinois Site Updates:
Updated the Confederate Soldiers buried in Illinois
A biography for Jesse Thomas
1860 Tornado story (under "EVENTS")
Illinois Soldiers, mostly Civil War, buried in Lexington National Cemetery (under "MILITARY")
Further information on Rev. War Soldier Ebenezer Collins of Will County from F. Pinn


To all you researchers who have helped us add data during our first two years as the expanded Genealogy Trails, we say THANK YOU!!

 ADAMS COUNTY




Now hosted by Debbie Lee!

1840 pensioners
Roman Catholic Churches


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Debbie Lee

Illinois Genealogy Trails, Adams County

 

ALEXANDER COUNTY

 


OBITUARIES

OBITUARIES have been added with these surnames: BAUGHER, CAUBLE, CLUBB, HARRIS, MILLER, and PICKETT

DEATH CERTIFICATES

The DEATH CERTIFICATE of Thomas J. MCNELLY has been added

CEMETERIES

These CEMETERIES have had updates: 19 names added to BAUMGARD, a few to LINDSEY, 27 names added to OLIVE BRANCH, several to ROSE HILL, and 15 names added to the THEBES Cemetery.

NEWS ARTICLES

Several NEWS ARTICLES have been added.


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BOND COUNTY




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BOONE COUNTY





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BROWN COUNTY





1850 Mortality Schedule



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BUREAU COUNTY




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CALHOUN COUNTY




Hardin Cemetery - added George & Lucinda (Welch) Hunt, Abner & Mary Snider
Added some burials for Wilson Cemetery
Added some burials for Saint Barbara Cemetery

Marriage Index 1763-1900 for O, P, Q & R

Yearbook
Junior Class of 1977-1978 School Year
Class Officers of 1977-1978 School Year



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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Calhoun County
 

CARROLL COUNTY




BEAUTY SPOTS of MT CARROLL
Early history pictures & articles

ANNIVERSARY:
Hendricks

BIOS:
Contributed by Carol Parrish
John & William Flickinger
Elias Lichty
Zachariah Livengood
Daniel & George Miller
Ira Marvin Stedman

CHURCHES:
South Elkhorn M.E.

OBITS:
From Lori Gilbert - Ferris/ Gable/ Little/ Malone/ Morton/ Schroeder/Traum/
Stitzel / Zier, Bitner/ Dunshee /Livengood/ Mills/ Weidman
Minnie Zugschwerdt, Elliott / Irwin/ Morhardt/ Stutevant/ Wilhelms/ Williamson
Tomlinson, McGowen , Law, Mooney, Conrad, Sturtevant & Carson
Adams & Van DeVelde

PIONEER FAMILIES:
Fulrath & Woods with photos
Hoerz - Portrait Family

OLD HOMES:
Shoemaker Home 1915

WEDDINGS:
Albert Cooper & Jennie White

Carroll County Agricultural Society Fair 1879

GALLERY
Savanna, Shannon & Thomson

MILITARY:
US Vets buried in Carroll County

PIONEER FAMILIES:
CHRISTIAN, Daniel -- Ivory Horn



 

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CASS COUNTY




Baggs/Hewitt info


 

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CHAMPAIGN COUNTY



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CHRISTIAN COUNTY

NOW HOSTED BY JUDY EDWARDS



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CLARK COUNTY




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CLAY COUNTY

 



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CLINTON COUNTY


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COLES COUNTY



Lincoln History involving Ozee/Sawyer Family
SAWYER-OZEE Family letter and facts
JONES Family bible info


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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Coles County
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COOK COUNTY




BOSHMA, WILTJER, SCHUMACHER, SIEVERS, REA obits
1928 Asylums, Homes and Institutions
Crime News for BAUER; Community News The Chicago Leader shut down in 1860; Slavery News Story
1926 Chicago Law School Yearbook
Obits: BOSHMA, WILTJER, SCHUMACHER, SIEVERS, REA, WADE, BLISS
Obituary for Mayor Alexander Lloyd

Visit the Cook County website

 

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CRAWFORD COUNTY



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CUMBERLAND COUNTY




The first of several Patent Maps transcribed there are 15 in all and this is the first one
check back often as we will be transcribing all of them

Township 11 N-Range 7-E (3rd PM)
Surnames listed such as
Albin, Allison, Clark, Cole, Cunningham, Drake, Ferguson, Lambert
Lawson, McCartney... ......... ......... ...

Harmony Cemetery Map
Pleasant Grove Cemtery Information

1900 Census Greenup Precinct 52 Completed
1900 Neoga Township district 53


Prentice Cemetery


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DEKALB COUNTY



HECATHORN obit
1850 Mortality Index
1860 Mortality Index



 

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DEWITT COUNTY



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DOUGLAS COUNTY



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DUPAGE COUNTY




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EDGAR COUNTY




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 EDWARDS COUNTY




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EFFINGHAM COUNTY


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FAYETTE COUNTY




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FORD COUNTY




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FRANKLIN COUNTY

 



East Fork Cemetery Fully updated

Phillips Family Cemetery Pictures added and fully updated

Biographies
Boyer, Carter, Clark, Clinton, Cook, Crim, Crisp
Croslin, David, Dimmick, Dorris, Durham, Eskew

Phillips/Britton Cemetery
Names and pics added
plus 70% of remaining cemeteries have added updates
McFall Cemetery now online with names and pics

Family Photos page updated with 23 new pics

1850 Census
pages 1, 2 & 3 added of 137 pages
1850 Franklin Co., Federal Census page 4
Family Photos page
NULL Family information added to pics

Cemeteries
Mt.Pleasant/ Pluck Cemetery fully transcribed
Masonic/Oddfellows- photos added of:
Graham
Haygood
Hill
Null
Sullen Cemetery, Rose Cemetery, Neal Cemetery, Adams #2 Cemetery

Obits Added:
MOSS, MONTGOMERY, FOX, McKANE, SLESHER
HARMON, MUNSELL, KELLUMS
Martin, Webb, Rea, Moore, Sowers
Wilkey, Johnson, Browning, Denham, Phillips, Nooner, Threlkeld
Warren, Gifford, Mannen, Akin, Alexander
JOHNSON, MOSS, MARTIN, BOBRICK, POWELL, KELLUMS
MUNSELL , HARMON, SLESHER, MCKANE , BEADLE
WILLIAMS, DAVIS, SILKWOOD, THARP, KETTEMAN
CHUBB, ROGERS, STEWART, ELSTUN, Tucker, Webb, Hill, Beaty
Allen, Bain, Barnfield, Bennett, Bettes, Bray, Britton, Brumette, Burkhart, Burton
BEATY, CAMPBELL, CARLTON, CARR, CLARK, CLINTON,
CRADDOCK, EICKELMAN, ESTES, EUBANKS, FISHER, GURLEY
KEARNEY, KERN, LEE, LOWERY, TAYLOR

History of Mrs. John A. Logan
Photos
New additons:

Marion D. Hoge
Emsley Moore and Jane Barton Moore
B. Floyd Smith
Sidney Breese Espy Family
John & Jemima Moore Family
The Family Emsley & Jane Barton Moore

Newspapers
2 new articles added
1852- Surnames: Mooneyham & Coleman
1888- Surnames: Mooris, Williams & Jordan
Newspaper
Coal Fall Kills Miner - Modglin-1949 - Submitted by Pat Hardenstine

Cities
Christopher article on line
Benton
3 new pictures of the court house
and news article.

Franklin County Poor Farm 1870 1880 1881

Coal Mine Disasters 1905-1951
04-03-1905 Joe Leiter's Mine; Zeigler, IL 51 Killed in Explosion
10-27-1914 North or No 1 Royalton, IL 52 Killed in Explosion

1889-1996 DIRECTORY OF COAL MINES

Masonic Cemetery Updated with new listings, Dates and Almost all the Surnames of those buried there.

Denning Cemetery Info. & Pictures added for: Walton, Thomas, (Null)

Dial Cemetery
Miners Cemetery

Ebenezer
Probates
Summer, Rea, KELLING , WINN , SNIDER , SWAFFORD , SPENCER ,
NOONER , WARD , McCARTY, SULLIVAN , McKEMIE
McFall, Dillon, Terry, Rains

Marriages
Misc. Marriage Section added
Farris, Brayfield, Duncan, Taylor, McGinnis,

Military
Misc. Pensions section added
*Farris
*Rogers

Land Records Data added for:
Arnold, Bandy, Brooks, Kirkpatrick, Mitchell, Parrish, Ramm
Robinson, Stallcup, Taylor, Williams

First Franklin Co. Death & First Franklin Co. Birth

(located on main page under Natural Disasters button)
Earth Quake History under construction
Tornado History under construction
Wagon Trails under construction
"Our Last 50 Years" under construction
Masonic / Oddfellows Cemetery " First 50 Burials "

Masonic / Oddfellows Cemetery Potter's Field Section

News:
GODRON BENNETT DIES OF GUN WOUNDS
Do You Remember--Court House Built Here in 1845

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FULTON COUNTY




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GALLATIN COUNTY



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GREENE COUNTY



Mayberry-Finley marriage
1850 mortality schedule
1860 mortality schedule


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GRUNDY COUNTY



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HAMILTON COUNTY




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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Hamilton County

HANCOCK COUNTY



McCallister Family data from Deb
1850 Mortality Index
1860 Mortality Index



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HARDIN COUNTY




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HENDERSON COUNTY



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HENRY COUNTY




Christine will do lookups with this book - Corn, Commerce and Country Living - A History of Henry County

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IROQUOIS COUNTY

 



Biographies for MONK, DUIS and KIETZMANN
1850 Mortality Schedule
1860 Mortality Schedule


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JACKSON COUNTY



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JASPER COUNTY




Early Land Entries prior to 1837
1853 Tax List
Births
Quite a few new Cemetery Listings, including Island Creek Cemetery
New Obituaries - mostly for "B" surnames
Physicians in Jasper County, IL in 1884
Physicians Practicing c. 1908
Newton Graduates - Updated with Graduates from 1889-1896
Vanderhoof obit


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JEFFERSON COUNTY



The Obituaries of:
BALDRIDGE, Minnie Isabelle McLaughlin
LEGG, Eunice Dare
PHILLIPS, Lucile McLaughlin
WAKEFIELD, Bessie Lee McLaughlin Brooks
have been added

Jefferson County IL Births 1877 - 1902
Surnames beginning with:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, N, Q, S, T, U, V, W
Have been added

Newspaper Clipping of The 60th Anniversary of
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Miller Includes pictures has been added


 

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Illinois Genealogy Trails - Jefferson County

 

JERSEY COUNTY



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JO DAVIESS COUNTY

 



Anniversary:
Albert Cooper/Jennie White

BIOS:
Harris / Nadip / Taylor

BUSINESS & MFG:
Old Hickory Wagon Factory and Apple Flour Mill

CENSUS:
1850 Mortality
1860 Mortality
1880 Mortality

CHURCHES:
First Church Presb. in Galena

GALLERY:
Galena -- photos from Greene St.

MILITARY:
WW II Enlistments
US Veterans from Hanover Twp
Civil War - Robert Fowler -- includes headstone photo


 

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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Jo Daviess County

 

JOHNSON COUNTY



1850 Mortality Index
DAY, CROSS obits


 

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KANE COUNTY




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KANKAKEE COUNTY




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KASKASKIA




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KENDALL COUNTY



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KNOX COUNTY



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LAKE COUNTY



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LA SALLE COUNTY




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LAWRENCE COUNTY




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LEE COUNTY

 



OBITS:
Helen E. Hussey

REUNIONS:
Leach Family


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LIVINGSTON COUNTY



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LOGAN COUNTY

 


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MACON COUNTY

 



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MACOUPIN COUNTY

 



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MADISON COUNTY




Marriage Index 1763-1900 for F & G

Cemetery
Added some burials for Olive Cemetery
Added some burials for St. Elezabeth Cemetery
Added some burials for Marine Cemetery

Newpapers
The Storm of Saturday Night

Letters
Letters written to Caroline Elizabeth Churchill Bingham

School
For the Alton High School 1973-1974 School Year
Rifle Team
Tennis Team
Basketball Team
Wrestling Team
Cross Country Team
Varsity Runners Team
Varsity Football Team
Sophomore Football Team
1974 Homecoming

Land Records
Execution No. 824 - Reuben D. Harshman & Jonathan H. Gourman against Alfrede N. Russell
Execution No. 843 - James Frewin against Cornelius G. Mauzy


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MARION COUNTY




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MARSHALL COUNTY




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MASON COUNTY



Biographies:
Added a bio for B.F. Bisbee

Cemeteries:
Bath Cemetery- 2 names & photos for the Keith family
Cherry Grove- 3 names & photos for the Tyler family
Coon Grove- a partial listing has been added, with 46 names and photos
Meadow Lawn- the listing is now complete, with photos of every stone
(over 2,000 names)
Neikirk- a partial listing has been added, with 27 names and photos

Newspaper Articles:
Marshall's Sale: Green vs. Berry
Lyman Lacey Nominated
Havana vs. Uncle Sam's Trains

Obituaries:
Julia Fordyce, John Jones, Bertha Lacey, William Meyer, Coston Tyler

Historic Places:
Updated information received on the "unknown" church in Forest City


 

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MASSAC COUNTY



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McDONOUGH COUNTY



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McHENRY COUNTY




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MCLEAN COUNTY

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MENARD COUNTY



Marriages:
* Lorenzo Brown ~ Jane Brewer
* Hardin Kinney ~ Martha Ray
* Ephraim McNabb ~ Barbara Toohey
* William Watkins Jr. ~ Eliza Higginbotham
* Isaac Wilcox ~ Eliza Jane Curry
* Willis Wilcox ~ Leathai Casteel
* Willis Wilcox ~ Amanda Martin
* Willis Wilcox ~ Eliza Ann Turner
* Willis Wilcox ~ Mary Turner
------------ --------- -
Military:
WW 1 Draft Registration Cards have been transcribed for surnames "H",
"I", "J" & "K"

Confederate Veterans:
Added Ezekiel Been to the list, and added a correction and additional
information for J. Robert Carver
------------ --------- --------- --

Newspaper Articles:
* Thos. Watkins Restaurant Boarding Lodging
* Thomas Naylor Suicide
* John White, Revolutionary War Veteran
* Petersburg Reunion
------------ --------- --------- ----
Obituaries:
* Brewer, Mrs. Thomas
* Conlee, Davidella
* Fordyce, Elva
* Kinney, Joseph
* Kinney, Mary
* Norris, Mary
* Winters, Reuben


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MERCER COUNTY



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MONROE COUNTY

 


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  MONTGOMERY COUNTY



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MORGAN COUNTY

 



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MOULTRIE COUNTY



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OGLE COUNTY




AULD, WUEBBEN, GROSNICKLE, PLEMMON, PORTS, SWEET, GEARY obits
1850 Mortality Index
1860 Mortality Index for Buffalo




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PEORIA COUNTY




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PERRY COUNTY




CEMETERIES
Greenbriar Cemetery - added a couple of photos
updated Sunset Memorial Park

BIOGRAPHIES
William H. CRAIN


OBITUARIES
Harriet (nee LOGAN) GASS
Samuel GASS
Allison Guy GUTHRIE
Thomas JONES

VETERANS
A
added ALLABASTRO, William F. - World War II,
C - Misc updates



 

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PIATT COUNTY



Biographies for:
William H. Broyles, Jacob H. Cline, John A. Flanigan, Samuel J. Folk
David F. Hannah, Samuel D. Karicofe, John S. Madden, George L. Marquiss
William McCann, Wilbur F. Stevenson, Allen Williams



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PIKE COUNTY

 


PIONEER FAMILIES:
Kesterson

CEMETERIES:
Wilson- McCord

OBITS:
Harpole, Crossman & SChlieper

GALLERY - Pittsfield
Pittsfield Depot 1974

CITY of Barry -- Barry Depot 1951

MILITARY:
Blackhawk War

SCHOOLS:
Oak Grove Grade School
Whittleton Grade School 1939
Pleasant Hill 1949

CHURCH:
Barry - FIrst Christian Church

GALLERY:
Rockport -- C B & Q Railroad

CEMETERIES:
Adams-Dustin Cem -- Photo of the grounds, headstone of Nancy Ross with plaque

CHURCHES:
Photos of
Pleasant Hill Baptist
Pleasant Hill Christian
Pleasant Hill Community of Christ
Pleasant Hill Church of Christ
Pleasant Hill United Methodist
Rockport Methodist


GALLERY:
Pleasant Hill -- Postcards -- Quincy Street and Parade

MILITARY:
Spanish American War Roster of Pike County soldiers with a photo of Charles Sneeden


OBITS:
Lasbury, McConnell, Richards, Stead, Martin Lee

PIONEER FAMILY - KESTERSON
Julia (Davis) Kesterson

SCHOOLS:
Brush College

WILL:
Martin Gilford Lee



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POPE COUNTY




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PULASKI COUNTY



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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Pulaski County

 

PUTNAM COUNTY




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RANDOLPH COUNTY



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Illinois Genealogy Trails Randolph County website.

RICHLAND COUNTY

 


Obits for DUGAN; BOLTON
MILLER 50th anniversary party story


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ROCK ISLAND COUNTY

 



FRANKS, SCHATT, FULLER, TATE, SCHORFF, DAVIS obits
A piece on the River Men of Rock Island and vicinity



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SALINE COUNTY

 


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SANGAMON COUNTY

 



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SCHUYLER COUNTY



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SCOTT COUNTY



Jeana Gallagher is working on transcribing the 1850 census for Scott County.


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SHELBY COUNTY



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ST. CLAIR


Cemeteries
Updated Green Mount Cemetery
Added some burials for Summerfield Cemetery
Added some burials for Mt.Carmel Cemetery

Newspaper
Son made it Hot For Dad
Earthquake Rocked City
Earthquake Frightens Safe-Blowers
Death of John Weidner
Hon. F. P. Blair resigns

Marriages
Byers - Mertzeiler
Mannle - Hammon


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STARK COUNTY



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  STEPHENSON COUNTY




BIOS:
Dietrich, Hart, Mulnix & Rutherford,
Colemann, Dirksen & Rients

OBITS:
Diefenthaler & Folgate

 

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TAZEWELL COUNTY



Welcome to New Host
Des Rodcay

Cemeteries Updated:
Railroad, St. Joseph, Bever, Freeman, APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY
BRIGGS CEMETERY - MINIER Cemetery
Broadway Cemetery - Minier
Lindsey Cemetery
Bergen Cemetery (aka Mt. Pleasant, aka Tazewell)
Green Valley Cemetery
Prairie Rest Cemetery
Glenwood Cemetery
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
O'Brien Cemetery
Patterson Cemetery

Henry G Herget, W.P. Herget biography/obituary

William Elmore "Elmer" Brown, New Webpage
Milton Elmer Brown Family Group Sheet , New Webpage


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UNION COUNTY

Now Hosted by Anna Newell!


CEMETERIES

These cemeteries have had updates: ALTO PASS, ANNA CITY, COBDEN, JONESBORO, KELLEY, LIMESTONE, MC GINNIS, MT. OLIVE and MT. PLEASANT.

OBITUARIES

Obituaries have been added with these surnames: ACKLEY, AUSTIN, BAGGOTT, BARTRUTT, BEERS, BROWN, BUTCHER, CANTRELL, CRAIG, ETHERTON, FORSYTHE, GIBBS, HAMMON, HOLFHOUFER, MC LANE, NORRIS, OLIVER, POOLE, SHEFFER, SINICATO, SNYDER, TWEEDY, and WEST.

CENSUS INDEX

The CENSUS data that has been missing from the site is now back up and available. Sorry for any inconvenience.

MARRIAGE INDEX

Two MARRIAGES have been added, surnames: MARTINDALE, WORRELL and DUNSWORTH.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

1888, 1889 News articles from THE TALK newspaper

DEATH NOTICES

Several DEATH NOTICES have been added.

PHOTO GALLERY

David Johnson has sent a link to his site which includes several mystery photos of Union County. He would be pleased to take any mystery photos. See this site for the link.


 

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VERMILION COUNTY



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WABASH COUNTY



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WARREN COUNTY




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WASHINGTON COUNTY




MARRIAGES
Nolte - Schneider
Stroh - Reeves

NEWSPAPERS
-EXTRACTS-
1903 Newspaper clippings

OBITUARIES
August Glusenkamp
John Fred Glusenkamp
Frederick Leseman
Phillip B. Leseman
Emelia Nehring
Augusta Sophia Hoffman
William Henry Gustav Merx
John BARCZEWSKI,
Lottie BARCZEWSKI, (nee Paskiewicz)
Valentine, BARCZEWSKI,
Henry EARNEST
Harriet (nee LOGAN) GASS
Samuel GASS
Allison Guy GUTHRIE
Martha (nee Kitowski) JAHNKE
Thomas JONES
Stanley KITOWSKI
Henderson MAXWELL
India M. MAXWELL
Frederick SEYLER
Michael STAVICKI
Albert J. STERN


ARTICLES
5 New articles added to :
page 7 of SPIT AND WHITTLE FROM BUCKYS BENCH
By Bucky McCoy

BIOGRAPHIES
William H. CRAIN, thanks to Randy Crain

CEMETERIES
added or updated with photographs and transcriptions
1. Ayers Point Cemetery, Oakdale Township
2. Drury Cemetery, DuBois Township
3. Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery, Okawville, Township
4. Franklin Cemetery, Pilot Knob Township
5. Harr Cemetery, Irvington Township
6. Husemann Cemetery (aka Koenig-Husemann Cemetery), Okawville Township
7. Miller Cemetery (#1) Cemetery, Pilot Knob Township
8. North Prairie Area Graveyards, Huegely, Hoyleton Township
9. St. Paul United Church of Christ Cemetery, Okawville Township
10. Zion Evangelical Cemetery (Old Zion), Hoyleton Township

Masonic Cemetery, Nashville - updated

CITIES
starting on the History of Hoyleton

LAND RECORDS
US Marshal's Sales of 1860, furnsihed by Candi Horton

NEWSPAPERS
Extracts- 1856 - 1894
Extracts- 1900 - 1949

ORPHAN'S HOMES
Hoyleton Orphan's Home

SCHOOLS
Hoyleton Schools - added photo of Trinty Lutheran School

VETERANS -
P - misc updates
C - Misc updates
E - added George W. ELIFRITZ - Civil War
S - added Albert J. STERN - World War II
H - added Lewis HUGGINS - Civil War


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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Washington County
Host of Perry and Washington Counties
Visit Wayne's personal Gillespie County website

  WAYNE COUNTY




Wayne County Press obituaries are now online for the years 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1987


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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Wayne County

WHITE COUNTY



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WHITESIDE COUNTY 



ZEST Of The DAYS of 58
BIBLE RECORDS
Robert Kennedy family

BIOS:
Henry Grinnold

MILITARY:
Revolution - Connections with Whiteside - Robert Kennedy -

OLD SETTLERS REGISTRY:

OBITS:
Johnston names..
Guy, Martha (Burges, Stella, Roy M., Richard, Beatrice V., Lyle
Robert M. Kennedy, Lucille Ridge
Kennedy, Mathew, Peoples, Wink,
Chapman, Cox, Herbon, Kaufman, Lawrence, Lucas, May, Schauff, Schmitt, Sheffler, Weber
Boehm, Cohenour, Hunsberger, Marshall,

BIOS:
Barber, Beach, Bentley, Cowan, Earley, Eshleman, Farwell, Houghton, Jemison, Kennedy, Lovett, Lyon, Milnes, Nash, Smaltz, Spang, Stauffer, Wallace, Whitmore, Zimmerman


MILITARY:
Civil War Letters - Joseph Roberts Kennedy

WILL:
Sansom Wink

CEMETERIES:
Hickory Grove: Johnson / Wink/ Yeager burials

Oak Knoll Cemetery
From the A - F.. (this is a very large cemetery.. continued)

NEWS ARTICLES:
Mrs. Ben Hendricks ... Harry Terpenny

OBITS: 60 New Obits

PIONEER FAMILIES:
Robert Johnson
Robert Kennedy

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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Whiteside County

WILL COUNTY



Johnson Folkers biography
1850 Mortality Schedule
1860 Mortality Schedule


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WILLIAMSON COUNTY



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Illinois Genealogy Trails, Williamson County website.

 
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WINNEBAGO COUNTY



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WOODFORD COUNTY



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Also visit Dena's new Newberry County, South Carolina site


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