Hello, This is a reminder that I have not put out in a while that the Kankakee, ILGenWeb site does have a Resources for Sale page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/k3sale.html If you have a service or item for sale, you can request it be posted here. This page is not an endorsement or ad or such thing, it is merely a listing. Often there are requests for a paid researcher; if you have services to offer, you can post them here. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_pros.htm for an example of services offered. Lee Hollenbeck lee@keynet.net KVGS Web Editor www.kvgs.org/ Kankakee, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/

Thank you Jim, for all the wonderful work you have done. I was able to locate information on a couple more family members.....Pat Scott' Searching for West, Weiden, Wilson's -----Original Message----- From: Lee Hollenbeck <lee@keynet.net> To: ILFORD-L@rootsweb.com <ILFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: [ILFORD-L] ILGenWeb Civil War Site >Hi All, > >Just to let you know, if you have not visited the ILGenWeb Civil War site >for a while,check it out. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/ > >Jim Willison has put in a lot of effort the last few months since signing up >to help Celia Snyder and has made it shine. >One of the changes includes a clickable map showing what counties have >rosters available for transcribing. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/corosmap.htm > >Lee Ann > > > > >==== ILFORD Mailing List ==== >*********************************************** >Ford-Iroquois-Kankakee Genealogical Mailing List >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/ilford.html >*********************************************** > >

Hi All, Just to let you know, if you have not visited the ILGenWeb Civil War site for a while,check it out. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/ Jim Willison has put in a lot of effort the last few months since signing up to help Celia Snyder and has made it shine. One of the changes includes a clickable map showing what counties have rosters available for transcribing. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/corosmap.htm Lee Ann

Dear List'ers: I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Immaculate Conception (Kankakee) records? Does St. Patrick's now have them? How would I gain access to the old church? I would like to take a photo of the window with my gg-grandfather's name in it. I will be in Kankakee at the end of next month & am trying to get my ducks in a row. Also, has anyone figured out where the Kankakee Co. naturalization/immigration records presently are? (NARA-Chicago??) Thanks for you help, Keith Bisaillon Mountain View, CA

In a message dated 2/25/2000 12:49:28 AM Central Standard Time, iowatex1@netzero.net writes: << Hi. My name is Lynn Clarke and I am researching the Chaput line, among others. My gggrandfather was Stanislas Chaput, and his parents were Charles Chaput and Marie Desange Sauve. They had other children also. Burial is listed as BMVM Catholic Cemetary, Bourbonnaise. They migrated from Canada and two weeks after arrivingm the whole family died (unknown cause) except Stanislas. >> Maybe there is a newspaper article? accident or disease I suppose. If there was an epidemic, there would be something in a history book or somewhere saying that there was an epidemic. There is at least one history book on Kankakee County, that I've seen. There must be some records of their deaths. Debbie

In a message dated 2/25/00 2:39:34 PM Central Standard Time, keith.bisaillon@stanford.edu writes: << I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Immaculate Conception (Kankakee) records? Does St. Patrick's now have them? How would I gain access to the old church? I would like to take a photo of the window with my gg-grandfather's name in it. I will be in Kankakee at the end of next month & am trying to get my ducks in a row. >> Keith, I have already obtained copies of the records from Immaculate Conception that I was interested in. They are housed at the Diocesan Chancery in Joliet. I contacted them via e-mail at DOJChan. Sr. Judith Davies, OSF will research the records and supply records of any you want if you supply names and approximate dates. They do not allow anyone else to research the records due to the fragile nature of them. As far as the church is concerned, I know that it still stands but I do not know how to gain access. Perhaps Sr. Davies can answer that question as well. Let me know what you learn for my ancestors went there too and I am interested in getting pictures although it is not absolutely necessary that I get inside. What do you know of Kankakee? Is the area around the church safe to traverse? Dennis Lietz

Ronni Croft-Howard Researching Burnett, Beckwith, Croft, Forbes, Karels, McGrath, McNeish, Welsh/Welch, Gonder, Krantz, Dudley, Parker, Pringle: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/fields/8162 also my husbands tree: Houtzer, http://www.geocities.com/houtzer_2000 God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (2 Tim. 1:7)

Hi. My name is Lynn Clarke and I am researching the Chaput line, among others. My gggrandfather was Stanislas Chaput, and his parents were Charles Chaput and Marie Desange Sauve. They had other children also. Burial is listed as BMVM Catholic Cemetary, Bourbonnaise. They migrated from Canada and two weeks after arrivingm the whole family died (unknown cause) except Stanislas. His obit says that he was raised by his granparents, Chaput? or Sauve? Stanislas move to Cloud County, Kansas in 1867. He was born in 1850 at St. Jude, Canada and died in 1930 in Aurora, Kansas Would you have any information on these people? Thank you, Lynn Clarke-Dallas, TX

----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Durr" <durrd001@hawaii.rr.com> To: <ILFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 1:14 PM Subject: LaBolle Family in Loda > Looking for information on the LaBolle family in Loda, IL. I am doing a > family history for my children (their father, my ex-husband) was Phillip > Arnold LaBolle who died in San Diego in 1999. Phillip's father was Clifford > Vernon LaBolle b. in Loda and Nellie Cook who lived and died in the Loda > area. George and Nellie had a farm outside of Loda (either in Ford or > Iraquois Cty. > George was the son of Francois and Mary LaBolle who have a monument at > the Pine Hill Cemetery outside the town of Loda. There are other LaBolle > tombstones there which I have not been able to connect. I am trying to > learn if Francois might have been the brother of Augustine LaBolle who > settled in LaSalle and DeKalb counties. He ws from Alsace France. Francois > it is said shipwrecked off Ireland and that is how he met his wife Mary. > > Georges siblings were: George b. 1869-Thomas abt 1868-Mary abt Albert c. > 1862-Francis c. 1864-Joseph c. 1868-Theresa c. 1872 > I know of the decendants of George but not of any of the others.(George > begat Clifford V.-Cliford begat-Phillip A. and Clifford A-Phillip begat my > children-Jamie R.-Daniel P and David L. > > The Cook side: First arrived in Loda were James Wm. JW Cook who was born in > KY and emmigrated to Loda and ran a Watkins Spice route in a horse and > buggy. His wife Hattie Bell was formerly a Stevens of KY. They had > Nellie-Iva-Thelma-Ernie-Bill-Pearl-Aitha and May. > > Nellie married George LaBolle-Iva married Wm. Kuntz Sr. who found work in > Chicago. > > George died in a terrible farm accident in 1930. Eventually the boys all > moved to chicago. Clifford's brother Paul married Corrine Kelly of Paxton > who died in 1999 in Chicago. > > If you have any knowledge of these families or the things that drew the > families from Kentucky and France and Ireland to settle in Ford County, > please let me know. Aloha-Lois > > > >

"> -----Original Message----- "> From: DebAlley@aol.com [mailto:DebAlley@aol.com] "> Does anyone have access to the marriage index for Kankakee Co? Try the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index at http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/marriage.html Good luck! Laurel Busch

Hi, I'm having a hard time finding the marriage of one of my Lake Co, IN couples. I'm trying to check neighboring counties for their marriage. Does anyone have access to the marriage index for Kankakee Co? I need to know if Peter AUSTGEN & Amelia ARNDT were married there about 1852/1853. thanks, Debbie

The Ford County ILGenWeb Project and Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project pages have been updated with the following queries and surname postings: In Iroquois County: NOLIN / NOLAND MAYHEW TEBO TAYLOR / FRY WEISE FLETCHER / LARKIN APPY Later Debi Visit my Web pages at: http://members.aol.com/LaFineD/LaFineD.html or http://www.capstonebank.com/~lafined/ Stop by the Iroquois Genealogical Society Page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/index.htm

The Ford County ILGenWeb Project and Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project pages have been updated with the following queries and surname postings: In Ford County: LAMBERTSON / WILSON BURNHAM / LATHROP STEINKE HARRISON SWENSON / GUNDERSON WALKER / DAVIS WALKER / CLIMPSON Iroquois and Ford Query and Surname pages have been archived for 1999. Also there are changes being made to the Iroquois pages - And they will continue to change over the next few weeks. Will let you know when I get them done. Later Debi Visit my Web pages at: http://members.aol.com/LaFineD/LaFineD.html or http://www.capstonebank.com/~lafined/ Stop by the Iroquois Genealogical Society Page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/index.htm

Can anyone check the marriage date in 1930 of Harold LaBelle and Eunice Markley? Eunice lived in Iroquois Co and is the daughter of Lorenzo H Markley. Thank you so very much - Donna

And she's good and reliable too. My mom knows her. Debbie In a message dated 2/16/2000 2:36:40 PM Central Standard Time, lisa_porter@hotmail.com writes: << Kim, There's a researcher at the Watseka Genealogical Society who'll does family searches in Iroquois Co. She might do other counties, too. Her name is Verna Drake, and her e-mail address is DrakeRoots@aol.com. You might try talking to her. HIH, Lisa Porter researching MUELLER and KIRCHNER in Iroquois Co. >I am looking for someone to do some research in ford and iroquois counties >in IL. I live out of state and can't seem to find out the information I >need with websites on the internet. Please let me know what the rates are >for this too. Thanks, Kim >>

Kim, There's a researcher at the Watseka Genealogical Society who'll does family searches in Iroquois Co. She might do other counties, too. Her name is Verna Drake, and her e-mail address is DrakeRoots@aol.com. You might try talking to her. HIH, Lisa Porter researching MUELLER and KIRCHNER in Iroquois Co. >I am looking for someone to do some research in ford and iroquois counties >in IL. I live out of state and can't seem to find out the information I >need with websites on the internet. Please let me know what the rates are >for this too. Thanks, Kim ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Could it possibly be BOUDREAU? There are and always has been lots of them in the area.

Can someone in the Ford Co. area email me the phone number for the Lutheran church in Melvin, please? Thanks. Cheryl Wixon Gocken

I am looking for someone to do some research in ford and iroquois counties in IL. I live out of state and can't seem to find out the information I need with websites on the internet. Please let me know what the rates are for this too. Thanks, Kim

Hi Laurie, I have an Amedee Walter GOUDREAU "Meddie" Dumais born Jan. 10, 1883 and died December 27, 1952 in St.Anne, Kankakee, IL. He married, Dec. 12, 1912, Pearl Ruby ST.PIERRE who was born Mar. 5, 1889 and died Dec. 18, 1984. They had 3 children: Ivel Harold, Vonna Ivy and Loren Lowell. We learned from Pearl, Meddie's wife that he was adopted and that GOUDREAU was his birth name. I have no other information on that family. My intent was not to complicate things for you. Hope this is of some help. Jan Zewari Columbia, MD