Theresa, Sorry to hear of your trouble finding ancestors that came over on a ship. I too am having trouble finding a ship my husbands family came over. Please note that not all ships passenger lists are listed on the internet. Everyday more and more data is being brought online. I have only been online for the last year and a half and I can see a tremedous growth of data even in that short period of time. Perhaps someday YOUR ship may be added. Fayette county Census is not online yet. We are looking into adding atleast the 1850 & 1880 census but this is a massive project. Anyone wanting to get the Fayette county, IL census via interlibrary loan or the Fayette County census on CD http://www.usgenweb.org/census/resources/cd.htm may transcribe and send them to the IL GenWeb census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census/states/illinois/illinois.htm. This is a tremdous undertaking and would be beneficial to all. The census on microfilm is not under copywrite. Contact me if anyone is interested on donating there time to this project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/signup/signup.cgi Other links for Transcribers: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/help/censusinventory.html http://www.usgenweb.org/census/info/comp.htm In the meantime Theresa, You know your family is from Fayette County, IL. It would be very much worth you time to find the Fayette County census whether you use a look up, borrow the census interlibrary loan etc. On the mid to late 1800 census it does have the state or county the person was born in. This will help you to locate the migration pattern you ancestors have taken and possibly lead you to the country. Best wishes in searching for your roots. Penny Lewis@csuol.com Fayette County, IL GenWeb Project Coordinator Fayette County, IL GenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilfayett/ilfayette.htm The Family of Todd & Penny Lewis http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/PennyLewis/GENWEB3/index.htm Lilly Family of Sussex County, Virginia http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/PennyLewis/LILLYFA3/index.htm searching for: **************************************************************************** BAILEY, BARTIMUS, BARTHELEMES, BOEN, CRUM, ENGLAND, FINLEY, GRANFIELD, HOLT, (W)HARTON, LEWIS, LILLY, MELSON, METHAM, PATTERSON, RADCLIFF, SMITH, STOKES, WALKER, WISDOM **************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <JanieBAC@aol.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 4:52 PM Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] Re: ILFAYETT-D Digest V00 #16 > Hi, > > I am totally at a loss. I have researched every immigration ship list that > is on the web and ones I could find previously at the LDS Church. I find > none of my ancestors. I know they had to come over on a ship, didn't they? > So, why is it that I can't find them. And I have had no luck at all on any > of the web sites. It's like they just "appeared" out of thin air. Is anyone > else having this problem? Or am I doing something wrong? > > I know that my family lived in Fayette County, IL and most are buried at the > old Keen's Chapel Cemetery. But, I can trace back only so far. The surnames > I am researching are RINKEL, KRUSE, EHLERT, KOHLBERG, KUHLIG, DIXON, SCHMIDT, > WILKINSON (or WILKERSON). I know the Rinkel name is not a common name, so > why am I having so much trouble? > > Will there be researchable census records on Fayette County, going back to > the 1800's? > > Thanks for listening. I am really getting frustrated. > > Theresa >