This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Browning Allison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HNG.2ACEB/2662.1 Message Board Post: Hi Harlene, Have you tried the Illinois database searches for births and deaths? The "IRAD" dbs have a lot of good info in them. This is what they have for Johnson County: http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/iradsrch.html County Title Begin Date End Date IRAD Dep. Accession Number JOHNSON BIRTH RECORD 1878 1925 SIU 6/0244/06 JOHNSON BIRTH RECORD INDEX 1887 1974 SIU 6/0244/05 JOHNSON CIRCUIT COURT RECORD 1829 1835 SIU 6/0244/10 JOHNSON DEATH RECORD 1878 1933 SIU 6/0244/04 JOHNSON DEATH RECORD INDEX 1878 1933 SIU 6/0244/03 JOHNSON DEED INDEX 1809 1907 SIU 6/0244/01 JOHNSON DEED RECORD 1809 1892 SIU 6/0244/02 JOHNSON MARRIAGE RECORD 1834 1926 SIU 6/0244/08 JOHNSON MARRIAGE RECORD INDEX 1835 1926 SIU 6/0244/07 JOHNSON PROBATE CASE FILES INDEX 1860 1973 SIU 6/0236/01 JOHNSON PROBATE MINUTES 1822 1873 SIU 6/0236/02 JOHNSON PROBATE WILL RECORD 1870 1904 SIU 6/0236/03 JOHNSON TERRITORIAL COUNTY COURT MINUTES, WPA TRANSCRIPTION 1813 1817 SIU 6/0278/01