Tim, my ancestor sold his farm in Clinton Co and moved to TX in late 1879. I found this out at the Clinton Co Historical Society located in Carlyle. They have numerous newspaper clippings from that period and they are indexed by name. Don't think they have anything on line but some kind soul may be able to do a lookup for you. When I was there several years ago they were only open on Thursdays. phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Falk Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILCLINTON] Stroot, Stroth, Wellinghoff, Schulte Surnames: STROOT STROTH WELLINGHOFF Submitter: Tim Nutt ([email protected]) Date: 23 Jan 2003 My ancestors, Henry & Maria Schulte Strott (Stoot, Stroth)lived in Clinton County in the 1860s until 1880. At that time, the family (Henry, wife Maria, daughters Katherine, Anna, Margaret, Carolina, and Bernhard Schulte) moved to Perry County, Arkansas. It was not just this family that moved, a whole group of families from Clinton and surrounding counties moved to this area in Arkansas. Some of the other families who moved were Wellinghoff and Lipsmeyer. I can find no record of when the Strotts came to Illinois and their is some debate as to where their first child Katharine was born (either in Germany or Illinois). Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any newspapers from around that time. Can anyone help? Thanks. Tim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237