This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1950.1 Message Board Post: North Okaw is a township in Coles County, Illinois. Coles County has birth records back to 1878. Coles County is close to the Indiana border more than half way down in Illinois. Contact the county clerk at: Coles County Courthouse 651 Jackson Avenue Charleston, IL 61920 217-348-0501