One place to check is the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories - Address is: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_loc.html Put Fayette in the search feature and it will list what records are available. MLE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Radcliffe" <radman@rtpro.net> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:15 AM Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] MURDER!!!!! > Hopefully the subject description caught your attention. I need some > detective help. I am doing some research on the murders of Harvey > Radcliff (1858) and Thomas Pickens (1861) both of which occured in > Fayette Co. I noted in an old Fayette Facts (1988 Vol. 2) a listing of > early coroner's inquests which included summary's of these two murders. > The information leading into the summary's for the inquests said that > this information is in the Fayette County Circuit Clerk's Office but > upon contacting that office they indicated to me that they have no such > records. Obviously someone from the society transcribed or summarized > these records from somewhere and I was hoping that some one might have > an amazing memory and could tell me where to locate these lost records. > I tried obvious places such as the Fayette Co. Coroner's Office and the > County Clerk's Office also to no avail. Any help would be most > appreciated. > > Jeff Radcliffe > >