From the Effingham County GenWeb Administrator - Linda Kralman-Lambert I have an Effingham County timeline on the genweb page. Even though a location may be in Effingham County now, it could conceivably have been part of another county previously. For example, if you go back far enough, the land that is now Effingham County, was part of St. Clair County. Before that, it was part of the Northwest Territory, and before that, was part of Virginia. You need to know when and where your ancestors lived and where the jurisdiction was so that you know where to look for your information. So....the moral of this story is....know the location and the time period. As the old saying goes, your ancestors may not have moved, but the boundaries and the jurisdiction may have. In case you haven't fully explored my Genweb page, I'll share the timeline with you here. Year Effingham County 1699 France 1763 Great Britain 1774 Quebec (Canada) 1776 Virginia 1787 Northwest Territory 1790 Northwest Territory, St. Clair County 1800 Indiana Territory, St. Clair County 1809 Illinois Territory, St. Clair County 1812 Illinois Territory, Madison County 1815 Illinois Territory, Edwards County 1816 Illinois Territory, Crawford County 1818 Statehood (still a part of Crawford County) 1821 What is now Effingham County was split. The western 2/3 was Fayette County; the eastern 1/3 was Crawford County 1831 to present Effingham County Also, don't forget that possibly some of the town's names have changed...(this is also from the Genweb page) * Barlow - Holland * Bethlehem * Boo Hoo - Moccasin * Bristol - Mason * Broughton - Effingham * Crossroads - Franklin * Liberty - Beecher City (thanks, Cindy Le Mons) * Welton - Gilmore * Winterrowd aka Tailhold Hope this helps. Linda

Do you also have the area that is now Effingham County in what was formerly Fayette County? E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lambert" <ktlkate@extremezone.com> To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: RE: [ILEFFING-L] Towns, Townships > >From the Effingham County GenWeb Administrator - Linda Kralman-Lambert > > > > I have an Effingham County timeline on the genweb page. Even though a > location may be in Effingham County now, it could conceivably have been > part > of another county previously. For example, if you go back far enough, the > land that is now Effingham County, was part of St. Clair County. Before > that, it was part of the Northwest Territory, and before that, was part of > Virginia. You need to know when and where your ancestors lived and where > the jurisdiction was so that you know where to look for your information. > > > > So....the moral of this story is....know the location and the time period. > As the old saying goes, your ancestors may not have moved, but the > boundaries and the jurisdiction may have. In case you haven't fully > explored my Genweb page, I'll share the timeline with you here. > > > > > Year > > Effingham County > > > 1699 > > France > > > 1763 > > Great Britain > > > 1774 > > Quebec (Canada) > > > 1776 > > Virginia > > > 1787 > > Northwest Territory > > > 1790 > > Northwest Territory, St. Clair County > > > 1800 > > Indiana Territory, St. Clair County > > > 1809 > > Illinois Territory, St. Clair County > > > 1812 > > Illinois Territory, Madison County > > > 1815 > > Illinois Territory, Edwards County > > > 1816 > > Illinois Territory, Crawford County > > > 1818 > > Statehood (still a part of Crawford County) > > > 1821 > > What is now Effingham County was split. The western 2/3 was Fayette > County; > the eastern 1/3 was Crawford County > > > 1831 to present > > Effingham County > > > > Also, don't forget that possibly some of the town's names have > changed...(this is also from the Genweb page) > > > > * Barlow - Holland > * Bethlehem > * Boo Hoo - Moccasin > * Bristol - Mason > * Broughton - Effingham > * Crossroads - Franklin > * Liberty - Beecher City (thanks, Cindy Le Mons) > * Welton - Gilmore > * Winterrowd aka Tailhold > > Hope this helps. > > > > Linda > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail > to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body. > > >

Sure do. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eleanor Bounds [mailto:elpobo@effingham.net] > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:56 PM > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Towns, Townships > > Do you also have the area that is now Effingham County in what was formerly > Fayette County? E > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Lambert" <ktlkate@extremezone.com> > To: <ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:45 AM > Subject: RE: [ILEFFING-L] Towns, Townships > > > > >From the Effingham County GenWeb Administrator - Linda Kralman-Lambert > > > > > > > > I have an Effingham County timeline on the genweb page. Even though a > > location may be in Effingham County now, it could conceivably have been > > part > > of another county previously. For example, if you go back far enough, the > > land that is now Effingham County, was part of St. Clair County. Before > > that, it was part of the Northwest Territory, and before that, was part of > > Virginia. You need to know when and where your ancestors lived and where > > the jurisdiction was so that you know where to look for your information. > > > > > > > > So....the moral of this story is....know the location and the time period. > > As the old saying goes, your ancestors may not have moved, but the > > boundaries and the jurisdiction may have. In case you haven't fully > > explored my Genweb page, I'll share the timeline with you here. > > > > > > > > > > Year > > > > Effingham County > > > > > > 1699 > > > > France > > > > > > 1763 > > > > Great Britain > > > > > > 1774 > > > > Quebec (Canada) > > > > > > 1776 > > > > Virginia > > > > > > 1787 > > > > Northwest Territory > > > > > > 1790 > > > > Northwest Territory, St. Clair County > > > > > > 1800 > > > > Indiana Territory, St. Clair County > > > > > > 1809 > > > > Illinois Territory, St. Clair County > > > > > > 1812 > > > > Illinois Territory, Madison County > > > > > > 1815 > > > > Illinois Territory, Edwards County > > > > > > 1816 > > > > Illinois Territory, Crawford County > > > > > > 1818 > > > > Statehood (still a part of Crawford County) > > > > > > 1821 > > > > What is now Effingham County was split. The western 2/3 was Fayette > > County; > > the eastern 1/3 was Crawford County > > > > > > 1831 to present > > > > Effingham County > > > > > > > > Also, don't forget that possibly some of the town's names have > > changed...(this is also from the Genweb page) > > > > > > > > * Barlow - Holland > > * Bethlehem > > * Boo Hoo - Moccasin > > * Bristol - Mason > > * Broughton - Effingham > > * Crossroads - Franklin > > * Liberty - Beecher City (thanks, Cindy Le Mons) > > * Welton - Gilmore > > * Winterrowd aka Tailhold > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail > > to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > > unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING- > L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body.