Lynne, There are folks in Charleston who can help. I can contact the researcher I work with to see if she has time. She obtained birth, marriage, and death records (certified copies) going back to 1846 for me from the Coles Co. Court House. She also obtained copies of obits and such from the newspapers. The date you are looking for should be easier than mine from the late 1800s. Let me know. I have to call her mornings as shee is a part time volunteer, Bill >Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:52:57 EDT >From: TheNorris4@aol.com >To: ILCOLES-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <a7575c4a.24747ea9@aol.com> >Subject: [ILCOLES-L] FLOCK >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi, Does anyone know if the 1900 or 1910 census for Coles Co is available for >review? Also, does anyone have the address that I should contact to see if >someone was born in Coles Co. in 1907? I know the IL state birth records >start later than that. > >I know my ggreat-grandfather, McClelland Flock died in Mattoon in 1920. His >death certificate stated that he had lived there at least 15 years. I have >been searching for a list of children for him. I am trying to prove that he >was my g-grandfather's father, as my grandmother told me, but I have never >seen any documentation whatsoever. > >Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! > >Lynne Norris >