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This is a test of the Rootsweb lists I am on. It is also some information for the list administrator if they feel the list is not running as expected. And finally it is an attempt to get something posted to the list so Rootsweb does not turn the list off. The list admin should probably go to this page: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and try to set up a new mailman login, if not already done. If you do that you will probably get to this page eventually: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail Then you might want to sign up for this list: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/Listowners But be warned, you will receive postings from that list almost every day.  May 8 a day at times. Another option that I do not encourage is to turn the list over to me - at least temporarily.  Again, I do not want that done if you are willing to keep the list. Mike Flannigan

What is going on, regarding Hamilton County, Illinois? Any late news? ladybug

We are a Historical Society located in Vermilion County, and joined the list to see what information might be posted, and if it would be in our general vicinity. We are located in East Central Illinois, and are available to do research for people, and we also collect area information for our files. And, I must say the list has been very quiet!! Rossville Historical & Genealogical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dittmar, Frederick M." <dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> To: <IL-Ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:15 AM Subject: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] GHOST TOWN TALK > Greetings to all Illinois GhostTowners. > > In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of > you the subscribers. > > No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel > free to write and talk with others. There are 38 subscribers to this list > at the moment. >

Greetings to all Illinois GhostTowners. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. There are 38 subscribers to this list at the moment. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

Thanks so much - this is a real possibility Thank you Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "ralphkroehler" <ralphkroehler@prodigy.net> To: <il-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] Wates City > Hi, > > Here is another possibility - Yates City, Illinois > Yates City is a small town of about 700 people, northwest of Peoria. It is > in the southeast part of Knox County, on the county line. > > from: > Ralph & Marge Kroehler > co-editors of the Illinois Chapter Newsletter, Palatines to America. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rvkeller" <rvkeller@davtv.com> > To: <IL-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:53 PM > Subject: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] Wates City > > >>I finally found a relative's birthplace. 1883 in Wates City, ILL. He >>apparently wrote this himself in 1942. I cannot find this city - does >>anyone know if this is part of another city or where it may be. >> Thank you >> Virginia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IL-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Here is another possibility - Yates City, Illinois Yates City is a small town of about 700 people, northwest of Peoria. It is in the southeast part of Knox County, on the county line. from: Ralph & Marge Kroehler co-editors of the Illinois Chapter Newsletter, Palatines to America. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rvkeller" <rvkeller@davtv.com> To: <IL-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:53 PM Subject: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] Wates City >I finally found a relative's birthplace. 1883 in Wates City, ILL. He >apparently wrote this himself in 1942. I cannot find this city - does >anyone know if this is part of another city or where it may be. > Thank you > Virginia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Linda - guess I'll start there. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lambert" <ktlkate@avantek.net> To: <il-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] Wates City > The only thing I found close is Wayne City in Wayne County. > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: il-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:il-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rvkeller > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:54 PM > To: IL-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] Wates City > > I finally found a relative's birthplace. 1883 in Wates City, ILL. He > apparently wrote this himself in 1942. I cannot find this city - does > anyone know if this is part of another city or where it may be. > Thank you > Virginia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I finally found a relative's birthplace. 1883 in Wates City, ILL. He apparently wrote this himself in 1942. I cannot find this city - does anyone know if this is part of another city or where it may be. Thank you Virginia

The only thing I found close is Wayne City in Wayne County. Linda -----Original Message----- From: il-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:il-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rvkeller Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:54 PM To: IL-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com Subject: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] Wates City I finally found a relative's birthplace. 1883 in Wates City, ILL. He apparently wrote this himself in 1942. I cannot find this city - does anyone know if this is part of another city or where it may be. Thank you Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

RootsWeb is in the process of switching over to new upgraded list management software. This list has been switched. For list subscribers, the changeover should be smooth. The changes primarily involve the administration tools that keep the list running behind the scenes. The list name is changing from LISTNAME-L to just LISTNAME. So you may subscribe or unsub by sending your request to: LISTNAME-request@rootsweb.com with one exception. If you wish to subscribe in Digest mode you must send your subscribe request to LISTNAME-D-request@rootsweb.com . You may also continue sending your requests as you always have--either will work. The word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE must be included in the subject and may also be included in the message body. Digest subscribers will notice some changes to the list digests. New instructions will be added to the digests -- please read them. In addition, the digest volume and issue number may be different (out of sequence) from what you had been receiving. If your digests arrive in a different format than you are used to and you would like it changed, contact me privately at the list admin address: LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com. Also, if you run into any unusual or confusing occurrences with mail from this list that could possibly be related to the changeover, let me know. If you use email headers to filter list mail to a special folder in your email program you may need to check whether your filters will need tweaking under the new system. If you previously subscribed to the list in both L and D modes using the same email address you will find that you are no longer subbed in Digest mode. The new software doesn't permit the same address to be subbed in both L and D modes. Therefore, if you wish to receive both modes, you will need to subscribe to the digests using a different email address. Please continue to send your queries, data, and responses to the list as usual. It is a great time to post a new query to try to break down those brick walls. Thanks! Written by Joan Young and used with her permission. Fred - IL-GhostTowns Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar, Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Mail List Administrator: 64 Mail Lists & 2 Message Boards -WebMaster 3 Web Pages County Coordinator - Beckham County Oklahoma Web Page Board Member and Research Assistant - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKLOHA - http://www.okloha.net 21 Ghost Town mail lists.

Greetings to all GhostTown subscribers from Norman, Oklahoma. I'm Frederick Dittmar and I'd like to introduce myself as your new Mail List Administrator of the Illinois(IL-Ghosttowns ) mail list. I'm a member of the Association of Professional Genealogist, Genealogy Speakers Guild, NEHGS, & NGS nationally, on a local level the Plymouth County Genealogical Society, MA., & I'm on the Board of the Oklahoma Genealogical Society and the OKOLHA - Oklahoma Outlaw Lawmen History Association. I administrator 22 Ghost Towns, 15 Surname and 27 miscellaneous mail lists. I would like to stimulate this mail list by asking if anyone has any GhostTown books for your state or other states? Would you be willing to list them and do lookups for fellow subscribers? BTW, there are 30 subscribers on this mail list. Does anyone know of a book about Ghost Towns in Illinois and how many towns have been designated as Ghost Towns? Do you live near a location that would be considered a Ghost Town? Would you be interested in writing a short story about it? Facts, History, Superstitions etc. Where do you live (State/Town/ your First name)? What is your Ghost Town interest? These are the Ghost Town books that I have: 1. 'Ghost Towns of the West' by Lambert Florin Promontory Press 1970 2. 'Ghost Towns of Oklahoma' by John W. Morris, University of Oklahoma Press 1977/80 3. 'Ghost Towns of Arizona" by John E & Barbara H Sherman, University of Oklahoma Press 1969 4. 'Small Town Ghost Memories of Oklahoma' OECO www.OK-Living.com 5. 'Oklahoma Post Offices' by Richard Helbock - Raven Press Lake Oswego, Or. 6. 'Oklahoma Place Names" by George Shirk - University of Oklahoma Press 3rd 1980 http://www.oupress.com/ Enjoy and Let's talk. Mail lists only work if the subscribers post. Thank you, Fred Thanks to Mary for passing this list on to me. Everyone please note the new address ( NO - L ) See my next letter for details. Frederick M. Dittmar, Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Mail List Administrator: 64 Mail Lists & 2 Message Boards -WebMaster 3 Web Pages County Coordinator - Beckham County Oklahoma Web Page Board Member and Research Assistant - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKLOHA - http://www.okloha.net 21 Ghost Town mail lists.

Alpha. IL isn't a ghost town. It is still there...small but alive. > From: Mary Moeller <totallymine2004@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: IL-GHOSTTOWNS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 07:50:33 -0700 (PDT) > To: IL-GHOSTTOWNS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IL-GHOSTTOWNS] knox county > Resent-From: IL-GHOSTTOWNS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:50:34 -0600 > > i'm reading a history of knox county, IL so if > anyone needs a look up for that i will be glad to > do it... also, anyone who has the family of > Calkins or Briggs in their tree would find the > ghosttowns of Alpha, IL and Oxford, IL > fascinating... Anson Calkins who is the uncle or > cousin of Poenia Calkins, Daniel Briggs' wife, > laid out Alpha, IL (very little left of it) and > Daniel and James Briggs founded and laid out the > town of Oxford, IL (even less of that one > left)... Alpha, IL had the railroad going > through it so it survived for a while ... both > towns are in Henry County, IL.. I'm related to > both Calkins and Briggs... Poenia CAlkins was my > great great great grandmother and Daniel Briggs > was my great great great (not sure how many > greats as i am just getting used to this) grandfather... > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

just a suggestion for people who may not really know which way they should go with this research but if you post to the list the surnames you are involved with i can keep on the lookout for them when i do my research and post tidbits i find relating to the forgotten towns of IL ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

i'm reading a history of knox county, IL so if anyone needs a look up for that i will be glad to do it... also, anyone who has the family of Calkins or Briggs in their tree would find the ghosttowns of Alpha, IL and Oxford, IL fascinating... Anson Calkins who is the uncle or cousin of Poenia Calkins, Daniel Briggs' wife, laid out Alpha, IL (very little left of it) and Daniel and James Briggs founded and laid out the town of Oxford, IL (even less of that one left)... Alpha, IL had the railroad going through it so it survived for a while ... both towns are in Henry County, IL.. I'm related to both Calkins and Briggs... Poenia CAlkins was my great great great grandmother and Daniel Briggs was my great great great (not sure how many greats as i am just getting used to this) grandfather... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi, everyone, I am Mary Moeller, NEW list administrator .... I will be posting information about different towns in IL that have become 'ghosttowns' ... NOT the paranormal type either... if you want to know something about a particular town just ask if I do not include it in the initial batch of postings... thanks and make sure you have your email addy's update etc to get all the information... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Does anyone know the township / county location of Marcy/Marsey, Illinois? According to Glenn J. Sneed Book, "Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois" " Marcy is listed in Franklin County--had a post office just before the Civil War, from April 13, 1854 to Otober 11, 1861. ---no other info is given" Some folks on the Franklin Co. IL list think that it was in Franklin Co. IL, Others think that Marcy Post Office was actually in Bald Hill Twp., Jefferson Co., IL--- just north of Goode Twp., FCI .. .. 1860 Censuses in Franklin Co and -Bald Hill Township in Jefferson County both refer to Marcy as the nearest post office. Can anyone tell me in which Township / County the Marcy Post Office was located in 1860? Appreciate any information Evalyn

Greetings Listers! Please pardon the interruption, and if you've recieved this message on another list, please delete with my apologies. I just want to remind everyone that the National Genealogical Society Conference In The States is being held in Chicago this year, from June 7th thru June 10th! If you've never been to a national genealogical conference you really need to make it to this one. It doesn't matter if you're brand new to genealogy or have been doing it for years - this conference has something for everyone! This is an excellent opportunity to brush up on your genealogy skills - great speakers and programs. And also to take advantage of the wonderful research facilities available in the greater Chicagoland area. Those of us who had ancestors who lived in, or migrated through the Midwest can find valuable resources at places like the Newberry Library and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Great Lakes Region to name just two! You can save money with Early-Bird Registration by April 21st. If you would like a registration brochure just let me know and I'll see that you get one mailed to you, or you can find all the information and even register online - see the link below! If you belong to a Genealogical or Historical Society that would like to exhibit I can help with that too. If you have any questions just write to me off list! If you are going I'd love to hear from you - it would be nice to meet and put faces to names I've been seeing on the Illinois mail list. Time to plan for some summer fun with genealogy! Hope to see you there. Best Regards, Beverly Levine Smallwood Publicity Committee Member NGS Chicago 2006 Volunteers Wanted! Registration Online and Questions Answered At the Conference Website: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org Visit the Host Societies Blog at: http://www.ngs2006.blogspot.com Follow the links from the blogspot to the Chicagoland Genealogical Consortium for volunteer info and the e-show link for online registration.

Hi! I am new to genealogy. I am looking for information on the decendents of Bathsheba Austin Emmott Stanford. The family settled in Clay County in the mid 1800s and branched out from there. I am willing to trade information. Ruth --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.