Steve, Thanks for the offer. This is a long shot, but I am interested to know if there's an obituary for Francis HILL, who died on Jan. 31, 1860. He was my 3x ggrandfather. He was actually from Oakland Twsp., Louisa Co., just over the Muscatine Co. line from Conesville. Thanks, Angela -----Original Message----- From: Steve Harrison <raleighwood@juno.com> To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 2:19 AM Subject: Research assistance offer >I have a microfilm of the "Muscatine Weekly Journal" on interlibrary. >The roll contains August 1, 1857 thru December 28, 1860. >While primarily Muscatine County news, there are some references to >Louisa County citizens. There are brief announcements of marriages and >deaths. >I have the roll until May 14 and would be glad to look up a marriage or >death for anyone. Please send a request to me by email with name and >date (as specific as possible) of the person you are looking for. > >I did find the following interesting notice in the October 12, 1860 >issue: >Reuben C. Latta was killed in a landslide at his mining claim at Alpha, >Nevada County, California. The remains were taken to his brother, R.W. >Latta's home in Napa City. There father, James Latta, was a resident of >Grandview at the time. [Anyone doing LATTA family research?] > >Steve Harrison >P.O. Box 1218 >Manteo, North Carolina 27954 >252-473-4830 >e-mail: raleighwood@juno.com > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >==== IALOUISA Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to check out the web sites for southeastern Iowa families. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialouisa >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahenry >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings >