I am researching my KINSEY family tree and would be grateful for your help. My Great-Grandmother's sister, ROSE MAY ESTHER TALLMAN (nee KINSEY) died suddenly whilst visiting London, England on 29th August 1954. She was cremated and her ashes flown back to the USA. I have a copy of her Last Will and Testament for which the City National Bank of Kankakee acted as executors. She bequeathed the income from her estate to a Trust known as "Tallman's Boys Fund" for the care of dependant, delinquent or homeless boys. The Circuit Court of Kankakee County was to have jurisdiction over the trust property. I should be grateful to know if the trust still exists and whether there are any reports available as to its work over the years. I wrote to the Bank without success. Any help would be gratefully received. From: john@finlayson2.freeserve.co.uk

--part1_ba.1a7e740.25da6206_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 02/13/2000 9:43:38 AM Central Standard Time, DJKboysrus writes: << In a message dated 02/13/2000 12:22:17 AM Central Standard Time, ILFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << =92m seeking information on JOSEPH GOODROW. I have found this surname sp= elled many different ways: GAUDREAU, GOUDREAU, GOODREAU, GOODROW, GOODROE= , and GOODRO. JOSEPH, born July 14, 1928 in Kankakee Co., Illinois or Canada married LO= UISA or LOUISE JONCAS. Names I have found for their children are: CYRIL ( VETALINE ) or CEREAN - born December 8, 1852 JOHN ( GEADE ) - born 1853 LEANDER J. ( GIDEON ) GOODRO - born November 25, 1854 MOSES GOODROW - born December 8, 1857 CHARLES - born 1861 born in St. Anne, IL 11 Jan 1861* MARY - born 1863 DAVID GOODREAU - born 1866 born in St. Anne, 7 May 1866* GEORGE HENRY GOODRO - born October 30, 1869 In this list of children I didn=92t use the surname if I wasn=92t sure of= the spelling they used. I believe their children were all born in Kankak= ee, Illinois. I=92ve found that some of them migrated to Nebraska and oth= ers went to Kansas. There are a couple of them that I have no idea where = they located or if they stayed in Illinois. Any help at adding to, taking= away or correcting the above information would greatly be appreciated. Thanks, LAURIE >> Laurie, I have looked through my sources at home and found just a couple of things that may help you on your way. It's no doubt this family was here in Kankakee County, probably by 1849-54. If they followed the typical pattern, they settled first in Bourbonnais and then may have moved to St. Anne, and then to Kansas/Nebraska and other places west. The two baptism records above are the only positive connections thus far. The source I used is listed below. * = Source : "Father Chiniquy's Ledger 1851, St. Anne, Illinois"; Ardis M. Boone-compiler(these records from First Presbyterian Church of St. Anne, Illinois I also found a bio on a Louis GOUDREAU who was born 12 Oct 1829 near St. Martins in Montreal. His parents were Joseph Gudreau and Marie Montcalm. This Louis settled in Bourbonnais in July 1854 and eventually moved to Kankakee to maintain a hardware store. It may be a long shot, but I would check birth records at this St. Martins area to see if just maybe this Louis is a younger brother to your Joseph. Also, I would check with Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Bourbonnais. They may have baptism records of the first few children. Especially the ones born before 1856. Their address is Marsiles Street, Bourbonnais, IL 60914. Be sure to give them the best possible date and parents names as you can. Please keep me posted of your progress as I may be able to help in some way later. Regards and Happy Hunting, Dave King Bradley, IL >> --part1_ba.1a7e740.25da6206_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: DJKboysrus@aol.com From: DJKboysrus@aol.com Full-name: DJKboysrus Message-ID: <31.13177fd.25d82b2a@aol.com> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 10:43:38 EST Subject: Re: ILFORD-D Digest V00 #20 To: ILFORD-L@rootsweb., comlaurie@greatnorthern.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 54 In a message dated 02/13/2000 12:22:17 AM Central Standard Time, ILFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << =92m seeking information on JOSEPH GOODROW. I have found this surname sp= elled many different ways: GAUDREAU, GOUDREAU, GOODREAU, GOODROW, GOODROE= , and GOODRO. JOSEPH, born July 14, 1928 in Kankakee Co., Illinois or Canada married LO= UISA or LOUISE JONCAS. Names I have found for their children are: CYRIL ( VETALINE ) or CEREAN - born December 8, 1852 JOHN ( GEADE ) - born 1853 LEANDER J. ( GIDEON ) GOODRO - born November 25, 1854 MOSES GOODROW - born December 8, 1857 CHARLES - born 1861 born in St. Anne, IL 11 Jan 1861* MARY - born 1863 DAVID GOODREAU - born 1866 born in St. Anne, 7 May 1866* GEORGE HENRY GOODRO - born October 30, 1869 In this list of children I didn=92t use the surname if I wasn=92t sure of= the spelling they used. I believe their children were all born in Kankak= ee, Illinois. I=92ve found that some of them migrated to Nebraska and oth= ers went to Kansas. There are a couple of them that I have no idea where = they located or if they stayed in Illinois. Any help at adding to, taking= away or correcting the above information would greatly be appreciated. Thanks, LAURIE >> Laurie, I have looked through my sources at home and found just a couple of things that may help you on your way. It's no doubt this family was here in Kankakee County, probably by 1849-54. If they followed the typical pattern, they settled first in Bourbonnais and then may have moved to St. Anne, and then to Kansas/Nebraska and other places west. The two baptism records above are the only positive connections thus far. The source I used is listed below. * = Source : "Father Chiniquy's Ledger 1851, St. Anne, Illinois"; Ardis M. Boone-compiler(these records from First Presbyterian Church of St. Anne, Illinois I also found a bio on a Louis Goudreau who was born 12 Oct 1829 near St. Martins in Montreal. His parents were Joseph Gudreau and Marie Montcalm. This Louis settled in Bourbonnais in July 1854 and eventually moved to Kankakee to maintain a hardware store. It may be a long shot, but I would check birth records at this St. Martins area to see if just maybe this Louis is a younger brother to your Joseph. Also, I would check with Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Bourbonnais. They may have baptism records of the first few children. Especially the ones born before 1856. Their address is Marsiles Street, Bourbonnais, IL 60914. Be sure to give them the best possible date and parents names as you can. Please keep me posted of your progress as I may be able to help in some way later. Regards and Happy Hunting, Dave King Bradley, IL --part1_ba.1a7e740.25da6206_boundary--

Hi All, KVGS now has the Index to the Kankakee County Death Records online. http://www.kvgs.org/deathindex/index.html 1877 (the first Kankakee began recording deaths) to 1916 Lee Hollenbeck lee@keynet.net KVGS Web Editor www.kvgs.org/ Kankakee, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/

The Kankakee ILGenWeb Page has been updated, Lots of new queries and surnames and even Fabulous Lookup Volunteers. Check it out. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/ Lee Hollenbeck lee@keynet.net KVGS Web Editor www.kvgs.org/ Kankakee, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~ilkankak/

Hi Laurie: I have a Rose Goodreau married 31 Jan 1872 Kankakee Co, Illinois to John Patnode. Does this sound like it might be one of yours? I have no other info on Rose. Cheers, Grant Merrill Email Grant_Merrill@compuserve.com

I had received information from a family member that John Benway was buried in Crescent City and died on 5 Jun 1930. But, Iroquois County Vital Records was unable to find his record of death on 5 Jun 30. Is there a listing of burials that could be searched for his gravestone? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Joan JoanBohlin@aol.com

The Ford County ILGenWeb Project and Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project pages have been updated with the following queries and surname postings: In Iroquois County: FISHBACK / FISCHBECK / FISCHBACK 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 Iroquois County: CARR CASSIDY COSTELLO DERMODY DEVLIN DRINAN / DRYNAN FORDYCE FREY GALLAGHER GLEASON HEALY DRAFT LAKE LALLACK MULVANEY O'REILLY REILLY RYAN WASMER 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

I am looking for information on Aaron F. Kane who enlisted in the civil war from Iroquois County, Illinois in 1861. I believe he was married to Mariah Arnold Cain. I know of one child Eliza A. born about 1857 in Illinois. I would appreciate any help that I could get. They moved to Kansas around 1870. I can be reached at mjhrlp@nebi.com Thank you in advance. Marilyn Hanson

I am seeking information on William"Dean" Courtright and Sarah Ann Flint - They had 9 children - 1 recorded Asa Ames Courtright b1867 Kankakee Co IL (there may be more born there) Albert George Courtright b1877 in Coffey Co Ks, Lulu Amanda Courtright b1881 in Coffey Co Ks, Talitha Courtright b1887 in Coffey Co Ks, Bernard.Nellie,Bert,Katy- and Ina. My grandmother Lulu Amanda Courtright was married to Lorenzo H."Ren" Markley from Iroquois Co IL in 1900. Thank you, Donna

I’m seeking information on JOSEPH GOODROW. I have found this surname spelled many different ways: GAUDREAU, GOUDREAU, GOODREAU, GOODROW, GOODROE, and GOODRO. JOSEPH, born July 14, 1928 in Kankakee Co., Illinois or Canada married LOUISA or LOUISE JONCAS. Names I have found for their children are: CYRIL ( VETALINE ) or CEREAN - born December 8, 1852 JOHN ( GEADE ) - born 1853 LEANDER J. ( GIDEON ) GOODRO - born November 25, 1854 MOSES GOODROW - born December 8, 1857 CHARLES - born 1861 MARY - born 1863 DAVID GOODREAU - born 1866 GEORGE HENRY GOODRO - born October 30, 1869 In this list of children I didn’t use the surname if I wasn’t sure of the spelling they used. I believe their children were all born in Kankakee, Illinois. I’ve found that some of them migrated to Nebraska and others went to Kansas. There are a couple of them that I have no idea where they located or if they stayed in Illinois. Any help at adding to, taking away or correcting the above information would greatly be appreciated. Thanks, LAURIE laurie@greatnorthern.net

The Ford County ILGenWeb Project and Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project pages have been updated with the following queries and surname postings: In Iroquois County: JACKSON / FRANCIS LANE / MOOTZ 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

And now the date: Saturday, Feb 12, 2000 For anyone interested - The Iroquois Genealogical Society will have an Open Library at the Old Court House Museum from 12:00 to 4:00pm. Hope to see some you there 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

For anyone interested - The Iroquois Genealogical Society will have an Open Library at the Old Court House Museum from 12:00 to 4:00pm. Hope to see some you there 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

--part1_7e.e04134.25d1e016_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Think I sent this to the wrong place the first time! --part1_7e.e04134.25d1e016_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: DSchn93119@aol.com From: DSchn93119@aol.com Full-name: DSchn93119 Message-ID: <22.19809d1.25cdc0e5@aol.com> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:07:33 EST Subject: FORD%20County%20Query To: LaFineDJ@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 44 Hi.. We are looking for someone in Ford Cty. that would be willing to do some look ups for a fee. We are searching to see if our GGrandparents owned land there. If so, would like copy of deed when they purchased and when they sold. Also, we've never found a marriage record, they said they were married in LaSalle Cty. on 1/1/1876, but from experience, that may be incorrect. Also, any birth information on their children. We know they moved to Ford Cty. in 1878-79 and lived there until 1886 when they moved to Nebraska. His name, Gottlieb Steinke (might have used the name Samual), married to Auguste Dumke. First child Fredrick William Steinke born 7/30/1877 in Thawville. Edward Gottlieb Steinke born Oct. 1878, Laura Marie Steinke born 10/20/1879 and christened at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Melvin, Minnie Augusta Steinke born 6/14/1882, Amelia Willimina Steinke born 9/13/1885 then 2 other daughters born in Nebraska. If anyone would be willing to do these look ups, please contact me. Dee Schnell DSchn93119@aol.com --part1_7e.e04134.25d1e016_boundary--

The Libertarian Party is trying to start a boycott of Census 2000 because of some of the questions on the long form. First, watch your newspapers for an Op-Ed by Steve Dashbach (sp?). We declined to publish it, but it's out there. Be aware that he mis-quotes the questions to make them sound intrusive. I pointed out to his press secretary, George Getz, that the question is not asked in nearly the format given in the editorial. Anyway, to familiarize yourself with the long form for Census 2000, go to http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/d-61b.pdf Study it, print it off to familiarize yourself with it, and if Steve's editorial shows up in your newspaper, you will be prepared. I do agree that the long form asks some seemingly strange questions. Before going off half-cocked, ask yourself why the government would want that information. The ones to which Dashbach objects have to do with determining the size of the population over age 16 who are significanlty impaired and will probably require assistance in the future. He claims the census asks the question "Do you have trouble bathing by yourself?" It does not. The data about bathing difficulties is included in a broader question: Does this person (check as many as apply), and the list following includes "Have difficulty bathing." Big difference. The Libertarian's boycott attempt, of course, is a "head off big government" move, their usual posture with which I genrally agree. But doing it by mis-quoting the census in order to attempt a boycott is unethical, to say the least. Feel free to distribute this message to any list for which it seems appropriate. -- Loretta Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/ Ford County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ Iroquois County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/

The Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project queries for 1999 have been archived at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/1999/surnames.html 1999 queries are being removed from the current query pages EXCEPT that those placed after Nov. 15, 1999 will remain in current queries. If you placed a query in 1999, and have since changed your e-mail address, please check the archived queries to be certain they contain your correct e-mail address. Changes needed on the query archive should be reported to me, not to Deb. Thanks. -- Loretta Iroquois County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iliroquo/ Ford County ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ Iroquois County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/

Does anyone know who has the records for the cemeteries in Chebanse/Clifton? I am guessing the stones are not transcribed, so I would have to visit the cemeteries myself, but there must be an office that holds the records. 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: MANLEY BREWER / WHITE NORTHROP / NORTHRUP / DALTON In Ford County: POPE AT the Ford County IlGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilford/ 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

Anyone looking for O'Neill in Chebanse/Clifton area? Debbie