Hi, Jamie, The Illinois State marriage data base is at http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/marriage.html . First, just put in the surnames for Smith and Godell. Try it, you'll like it. Guaranteed. No additional information will be available except for the minister's name. Then for the others in the family, just put in the surname for the groom statewide, you'll see what counties Godells married in during what years. Then check the brides statewide. You'll have to query on each alternate spelling. In the 1860 census, household 375, everyone born in Europe: Godell, Nicholas, farmer, 55 Barbara, 54 John, 30, laborer Nicholas 19, laborer Louis, 18, laborer Augustus 17, laborer Mary 16 - Household 374: Godell, George, 25, farmer, Europe Nancy, 31, IL Jesse, 12, IL Sarah, 9, IL Lear 7, IL William, 4, IL Mary, 4 mo. IL Household 1752 Godell, August, 17, laborer, Fr, on Bernard Rouse, Germ, farm =========================== 1870 Clinton County IL census, Wheatfield Twp. Household 19-19 Goodell, George, 37, farmer Nancy 41 Mary 10 John 8 Martha 5 George 2 4 of Nancy (Ford) children Household 23-23 Goodel, Nicholas, 63, farmer, Fra Barbara 62, Fra John 40, works on farm, Fra Nicholas, 32, farm labor, Fra Lewis, 30, farm labor, Fra I hope other Godell and Ford researchers might contact you. We have 3 searchers online, some will be duplicate entries. First is the "Search Our Site for your Clinton County ancestors surnames". Second one is in the next sentence following the first one - "Clinton County Surname Helper" - call up the alphabet letter that you want and then call up the subshred. The 3rd one is under "Cemetery Records", I see the daughter-in-law. Remembering the condition of that cemetery, I'd bet many of both families are buried there, perhaps with wooden crosses that have disintegrated. Happy hunting, come back to me privately for further questions after you heard from others. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Falk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: [ILCLINTON] Godel, Smith > Surnames: GODEL SMITH > Submitter: Jamie Gibbons ([email protected]) > Date: 27 Dec 2002 > > Nicholas Godel and his family left the port of Havre, France on March 27, 1843 on the ship Narragansett. Here is the info on the family Nicholas Godel: Age 36 Barbara Godel: Age 38 Jean: Age 14 Magdalena: Age 12 Georges: Age 10 Nicolas: Age 6 Jean (Louis): Age 4 (Victor) Etienne: Age 1 After landing in New Orleans, this family travelled to Belleville, Illinois and are found on the 1850 census there in Clinton, Co. After the 1850 census they seemed to disappear. I do find a Mary Godell in the 1860 census...same co. but age of 22 and she doesn't fit with the family in 1850 or on the passenger list because of her age. It does state that she was born in France...perhaps a niece of Nicholas? Where did the family go? I am searching this family as they had a dau. named Mary who was born there in Ill. in 1845 and she married a William R. Smith from Liverpool and became my great great grandparents. I don't know where they met or where they married. But they do show up again in the 18! > 80 Madison Co. Illinois with 2 children, Josie and August Smith. Any help at all would be appreciated....on any of these Godel's Jamie Gibbons [email protected] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------