A member of our mail list, Kevin Perkins, has contacted me about sharing information on Effingham County via this mailing list. His hobby, in addition to genealogy, is accumulating information on the history of Effingham County. He has offered to share this information with the Effingham County mail list. He also has a very informative home page (he has allowed me to link to it on the Effingham County GenWeb page). The URL is http://www.effingham.net/kperkins/historical%20tidbits.htm Since we all know that history and genealogy go hand in hand, I welcome his input and his offer of sharing. I hope you will, too. I know that knowing the history of an area seems to put genealogical information in perspective and makes research so much more interesting and puts a "human" aspect to the facts and figures that we strive for. Thank you, Kevin, for sharing and most of all, for caring. Linda (the listmom) Linda Kralman-Lambert IL GenWeb Project Volunteer County Coordinator for Effingham County, Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ileffing/ Listowner - Effingham County Mail List Listowner - Kralman Mail List Listowner - Hattrup Mail List