Hello, I have just subscribed to your list and wanted to let you know who I am looking for. All the Coles Co., IL surnames I am researching are: Thomason, Biggs, Chancellor, Powers, Hoskins, Wright, Vandevender or Vandeventer and Ashby. My grandfather was born and died in Coles Co. He is Robert Thomason, Sr. and his wife, Almira Gay Biggs Thomason. His father was Jesse Harrison Thomason and his father was Thomas Jefferson Thomason--that is as far as I get. Thomas Jefferson Thomason was born 1843 possibly in KY and died 1917 in Coles Co. Any info about above people greatly appreciated. Thank you, Nancy (Thomason) Jackson