Is there anyone on the list experienced at fixing and or reading an iffy picture?? I have a picture I took in Texas Christian cemetery and I would love to figurre out the name on it but it is very worn. Can anyone help??? Earliene [email protected]

Hi everybody, I am looking for someone to do an obituary lookup for me and send it to me via email. I would greatly appreciate it. If someone answers this, I would like to have an obit for HARVEY H. HALL died April 9, 1949. He died in Farmer City, Illinois and was buried in Fisher, Illnois, again I would like to thank you ahead of time to whomever might do this for me. Debbie in McLean County.

I am searching for the ancestors and family of Stephen MORGAN and his wife Martha _____. They moved to the Farmer City area between 1850 and 1860 from Cheney Grove Township, McLean County. Martha died in 1877 and Stephen died in 1880. Mark Carey [email protected]

Many of the settlers in DeWitt Co. were from Tennessee. Does anyone know what counties or area of Tennessee most of the came from? Mark Carey [email protected]

I am new to your list and would like information on the above names. In particular I would appreciate it if someone could look on p. 235 and 236 of the 1860 DeWitt Federal Census and give me the information contained there for James FORBES. I have checked your GenWeb site and cannot read it (it appears at the bottom of the first page). I would also like to exchange information with anyone researching the following DeWitt County names - FORBES, MOORE, NIXON and LASH. Thanks for your help. Bill Hansen Ottumwa, Iowa

Here is a list of those buried at Fremont Cemetery, it is a forgotten cemetery hard to reach in Waynesville township: Mary A. wife of James F. Scott d. 4-11-1883 24y 5m 20(?)d Samuel Crichfield d. 1-21-1886 68y 9m 14d Lydia wife of Samuel Crichfield dates unreadable age 60(?)yrs. Henry son of S. & L.A. Crichfield d. 1865(?) Amanda dau of S. & L.A. Crichfield wife of S.L. Cunningham died 2-8-1879 39y 5m 1d Infant son of J. W. & S. Hammit d. 3-30-1871 Sammuel L. Hammit 1789-1861 Catherine E. McElhiney wife of Samuel Hammit 1791-1857 Mary dau of J. & S. Hammit d. 12-2-1859 2mos 1d Infant son of W. & S. Hammit d. 8-5-18?? age 15 days Isaac son of J. H. Looker/Locker d. 11-1-1862 1mos 13 days Elizabeth Morris (Our Mother) no dates Goozzine Kinzel (our Father) no dates Silas R. or H. Baker d. 4-21-18(72?) Eleanor J. Baker wife of Mason Baker b. Jan 7 18?? d. Nov 18, 1898 Nee: Burton m/ 12-6-1848 DeWitt Co. Christian son of James Baker d. June 3, ???? John A. Nichols 9-13-1840/10-10-1861 Pvt. Co. D 8th MO infantry (son of Amos and Cynthia Nichols) Amos Nichols d. 10-25-1867 67y 24d Calvin son of A.C.& R. Shaffer d. 10-3-18 (32 or 52) age 9 mos Margaret J. wife of John Shaffer dau of S. & R. Baty d. 4-18-185(1 or 4) age 29 years Aaron Shaffer M. D. d. 11-22-1837(57) James Frisby d. 12-13-1858 1y 2m 24d Russel Frisby d. 4-19-185? age 34 years Thomas J. Frisby 1823-1914 Mary A. Baker wife of Thomas 1825-1875 ( m/ 2-19-1846 McLean) Lydia A. Morris d. June 28, 18(51?) age 34 years William Morris d. 9-18-1882 age 43 years Barthena wife of James H. Price d. Feb 27 or 21, 1877 age 34y 11m (Nee: Williams m/ 9-10-1868) James R. Grisby d. 12-18-1875 age 35y 5m 18d Sons of James and Lydia Grisby no other info. Millard R. Grisby d. Feb 20, 186? David S. Morris d. ? 21, 1872 age 35 years Mathew and Samuel Sons of Moses and Cynthia Williams b. 6-19-1844 d. 6-20-1844 Moses C. Williams 1812-1854 Cynthia his wife 1814-1844 Catherine E. his wife 1824-1915 John F. Ritchey d. ? 20, 185? Barbara wife of ?? d. 12-28-1853 Joseph husband of Elizabeth McCalister d. Aug 3, 1855 50y 4m 28d Vanceline L. wife of Joseph H/ Forrest d. 5-9-1853 28yrs Samantha dau of ? &? Hammit rest unreadable Infant daughter of Almira Morford b. 7-30-1884 d. 12-14-1884 (Almira Baker m/ I. N. Morford 8-22-1880) wife of William Morris (name broken off) d. June 28, 1851 43yrs (on 1850 census wife is Lydia ) Thomas N. Darrow Company E 7th Ill Infantry no dates David P. son of W. N. & A. J. Green ( a William N. Green and Aurillia J. Buchanan m/ 4-8-1853 Morgan Co., IL) Joseph Mason rest unreadable Catherine Burten(Burton) wife of Thomas b. 12-13-1804/d. 12-28-1866 Henry W. son of A(?) & S. Eveland d. 9-23-1851 Alfred and Sarah Eveland on 1850 Census (m/ 11-7-1843 nee: Sarah McConneha)

Original Message from [email protected] <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>GOOD NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVES:           Although this will remain "unofficial" for a short     time, the Statewide Marriage Index worked on for so     many years by the ISGS, State Archives, and Secretary     of State Information Systems Services Department is now     available on the Secretary of State web site.           There is now a link to the marriage database on the     Archives' homepage which may be reached at the     following address:           www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html     Look under the "Search Our Online Databases."           An official announcement concerning the database will     be pending until more formal arrangements can be made.     In the meantime, you are invited to give the database a     test run and report any problems you might experience.           There are currently a little over one million records     in the online database. Plans are to update the     database every 6 months or so. Eighty-four counties are     represented in the online database. Data entry is     complete for 43 of those counties. Please check out the     supplemental information that is reached by links on     the introductory page and the search entry and search     results pages.           We have tried to make it as clear as possible what     records are included in the database and how to obtain     copies of marriage records from IRAD or county clerks.     IRAD currently has marriage records from 61 of the 84     counties represented in the database and we will soon     accession marriage records from several others.           Karl Moore      Illinois State Archives      217-785-1266      [email protected] <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> I just thought some people on the list might be interested. Debbie

I have placed a link on the first page index of the County page to the marriage database for all of you, it may be easier for you that way. Let me know what you think, but remember not all the marriages are in there. I know of two or three that I have records for that are not listed. Earliene

I want to compliment the organizer of the Dewitt County Site. It is by far the most informative, organized,and interesting sites that I have seen. There has been a lot of work put into this site and I just wanted the coordinator to know that I for one appreciate all the effort. I just joined the mailing list today and couldn't wait to write a letter of recommendation and praise. I am referring this site to other mailing list I am on. Thank you for a job well done. Debbie R. in McLean County

Illinois Marriage data base now on line at: www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html look under search our online databases. Expect it to be busy for awhile. Have fun, hope you can find your ancestors. Earliene

I would like to hear from anyone related to the above families who lived in and around Waynesville Township- DeWitt County 1850-1880. I took pictures of a forgotten cemetery (FREMONT) and would like to know more about these families. Earliene Kaelin E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Coordinator for: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/

Searching for DAVENPORT's and CARTWRIGHT's (or CUTRIGHT) in DeWitt County or nearby counties. ----------------------- Beverly Walker Gresham, Oregon USA Internet Mail: [email protected] I am a genealogist researching the following family surnames: Bishop, Cartwright, Case, Colwell, Darrow, Davenport, Ebersole, Fairbanks, Griffith, Hornback, Jamieson, Metcalf, Miller, Peyton, Prior, Randall, Shattuck, Sloan, Snell, Stuntz, Titus, Walker and others

I am researching the POLLOCK, ROBB, JENKINS, SPRAGUE, and DOTY surnames in DeWitt County, IL from the early 1800's to present. Phil Pollock [email protected]

Here is something that those who have asked if there was anything they could do to help get information for DeWitt County on the Internet: According to the September/October ISGS Newsletter, 1,033,854 marriages have been entered into their statewide database. They have completed 42 counties, including Bond, Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fayette, Logan, Macon, Menard and Sangamon. They are 'partially' done with 42 more including Clinton, McLean, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and Tazewell. They had not started [as of August 20] 18 counties including Marshall, Putnam, Washington and Woodford. They still need volunteers. If you are local you can abstract information from county records but there are also volunteers who enter records into a personal computer. To volunteer write: Marriage Records Project, ISGS, PO Box 10195, Springfield, IL 62791-0195. This database, when complete, will be made available through the State Archives. The plan is for it to be online like other State Archive databases. To help speed this project along volunteer. Earliene

Searching SCOTT, LINDLEY, HINTHORN, KIRT(K)LAND, GLENN, MAXWELL all from DeWitt/McLean Co., IL early 1800's to present! I have a SCOTT and LINDLEY tree at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/a/Lara--Braley Lara

For those of you who have difficultly finding the Census Images, I have placed a link to the Images themselves at the bottom of the index page for both 1850 and 1860. Hope this helps. Earliene

The 1850 Census images are now on line: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/dewitt/census/1850/ Now you can all have fun and check it out. Earliene E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Coordinator for: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/

Researching surnames: HALSEY, SCOTT, DAVIS, JOHNSON, MESSICK, CURTIS, CAMPBELL, MAPLES, NORTON, MCELHINEY, & BAKER; all from DeWitt/McLean County, IL, early 1800s to present. We have a website with a number of databases for DeWitt & McLean County at: http://members.aol.com/rehfla/elihalsey/index.html Go to the right hand corner of the page. Bob Halsey [email protected] Viera, FL

Edward J. CATON, Sr. b. about 1820, Ireland d. after 1863, DeWitt County, IL Married Mahala HINKLE and resided in Pendleton and Highland County, VA before moving to DeWitt County, IL. Son Edward J. CATON, Jr. also resided in DeWitt County, IL as late as 1920-1930. Other spellings: CAYTON - KATEN - KATON - KATING Thank you Caroline Lyles http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/2056

Dick ROBINSON and his wife Mary A. MOTE Farmer City, IL 1903