Hello, I am looking for information on George MCNEAL and Augusta DOLLAR who were married 28 June 1861 in Kankakee CO. and Fanny DOLLAR who I believe was living with her daughter Augusta. I lost both Fanny and Augusta DOLLar when they moved from MN to IL in 1860. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has information about MCNEALS or DOLLARS in Kankakee Co. Thank you very much. Marilyn reynolds@bossig.com

Anybody looking for REYNOLDS in Ashkum? They were neighbors to my BURNS and GALLAGHER. Debbie

Hello List Members, The Kankakee County death certificate for FREDERIKA ARNDT (from Staunton, Macoupin County, IL)shows she died (age 85) at the Kankakee State Hospital on 26 Apr 1885, and was buried in Kankakee(most likely in the hospital cemetery) on 28 Apr 1885. The name of the undertaker appears to be Wm. Frith. I want to determine if Frederika had the full name of Lucia Friderica Christine Arndt nee Willert, and a birth date of 17 Oct 1802. I would also like to find the burial site, but have heard that numbers, not names, were used on graves in the hospital cemetery. However, if dates also appear, the site can be identified. Thanks for any info you might give. Bob Arndt Belleville, IL rlaaea@peaknet.net

Greetings: Attempting to help a gal who is requesting some info from Verm. Cty. which I can't find in my Verm. records. Sounds to me as tho she should be looking in Ford County. Here is what she needs. "We have 2 marriages we have not been able to get records for. William Collins and Ida Irene Showers were mar. on Dec. 8, 1887 and had 9 children in East Lynn, died in Danville, buried East Lynn. (**Not in Vermilion Cty. License Abstracts) Second marriage is Hans Christensen and Maren Radkin - she's not sure of spelling on that. They immigrated from Denmark to Paxton, IL in 1883 and 1885. They were naturalized in 1888 - and their first child was born in Paxton in 1889." Is there a possibility her Ralph Collins is buried in Ford County. Either he doesn't have a stone or burial permit in records of East Lynn Cemetery. She says an elderly uncle swears he is buried in East Lynn, but we just did a new East Lynn Cem. Book (at Rossville Gen. Society) and I, myself, walked that cemetery 4 times in 1998 and went thru all their records so we could make up a book ($10), and there is no Ralph Collins with a stone or any burial permit. By the way, all the East Lynn Cemetery records from the time it was first used in 1871 thru 1916 are plain GONE!!! Visited elderly fellow (Geo. Luxton) who lives by the EL cemetery and has in the past been on the Board, and he said they have been missing for many years! About broke my heart! Some of these people supposedly responsible for the records surely slipped up on this action!! When I was given all the old record books and burial permits, they were in a grocery bag - I made 3 x 5 cards on every burial where there is either a stone or a burial permit with all the info available; the gals at Rossville Historical & Gen. Soc. put them on the computer and then had the book printed out. I made a complete set of 3 x 5 cards all filled out; 100 new blank cards; alphabetized all burial permits in an expanding folder - and hope they will keep future burial permits in order. It took me 6 weeks to do all this - and I was really there to do research on my own lines - so goes life! I thot' the cemetery was of prime importance. Marge Houmes Crotts Formerly of Hoopeston, IL 5501 E. Duncan Mesa, AZ 85205 Spr1sleuth@aol.com By the way, do you know if anyone has made up a cemetery book for Rankin that is available for sale? Illiana in Danville has a copy, but wants 25 cents for each page and another 25 cents for the reverse side...which I think is an exorbitant price to charge for copying. Most everywhere else it is 10 or 15 cents. So many of my own relatives and extended family members are buried there, I really need that book (I live in Mesa, AZ - but am from Hoopeston, IL and am a life member at both Rossville and Watseka and join by the year at Illiana at Danville.) Seems every time I need to look somebody up, I don't have the records right here where I can use them. Bought Danville Illiana's Marriage License Abstracts (1826-1899) for $140 - have several cemetery records from Iroquois County (thanks to Cheryl Gocken) - but I have nothing on Ford County to help this person. By the way, has anyone read and printed out the Paxton cem.?? This is another one I need as many of my mother's people are buried in Paxton and also Rankin. Any suggestions?

Searching for all and any information on the Funk families of Kankakee, Ill. from the 1900's and up. Thank you, Brenda

Shutting down and going to Illinois for the weekend. Those of you in Buckley -- if you go to 5 p.m. service tonight, will probably see you there. Will definitely see you Krumwiedes if you go to dinner in Onarga tomorrow. By the way all Krumwiedes, the last e-mail address on my list is for Marie Krumwiede Beenken, whose father, Heinrich, was born in Steimbke, Hannover, and who I need to concentrate on for information on the Lutheran Church Hagen. (Borstel, a place name we all know well from Herr Gross' history, is in the Hagen parish!!!) She has given me an address!!!! Meet a whooooooole bunch of people who are probably your relatives, Marie, Heinrich (Marie's brother, the new Heinrich on my mail list) and Marie's son in Saarbrücken! If anyone needs us, Bill, Peter and I will be at the Days Inn in Gilman. Dad is staying with Carl and Louise in Onarga. A very happy new year to you all. May God's rich blessings rest upon you all. -- 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/

Could some kind soul please check with the Paxton Newspaper, (Paxton Record) or the local library and find out for me if the Paxton Record is available on microfilm for the years 1874 and 1876? I tried to do an interlibrary loan of the film via my state library, and received a notice today that they cannot locate any films of this newspaper. I'm hoping they are on film somewhere, and my library just doesn't know where to look! :) Thanks, Ronette from SD

Hello, I'm looking for the parents of Elizabeth (Welch) Sapp. Here is what I have on her. Thanks for your help. Daryl Bruner LYRAD22@aol.com Name: ELIZABETH WELCH Birth Date: 26 Nov 1828 Birth Place: COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN CO., OHIO Death Date: 14 Jul 1903 Death Place: WATSEKA, IROQUOIS CO., ILLINOIS Spouse: WILLIAM SAPP Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1859 Marriage Place: IROQUOIS CO., ILLINOIS Children: JAMES ELIJAH

Howdy All, Announcing our new address for the Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society!! The site can now be found at www.kvgs.org/ There are advertisement banners on the pages now, but they should go away soon. The old location will be disappeared eventually, so please change your bookmarks. Be sure to check out the Master Cemetery Index. This is an ongoing project to assemble ONE index for all entries of burials 1920 and before in our cemetery books. Many of the cemeteries are in the index and the rest will be entered as they are submitted. Great work everyone who has worked on this project, it will be a wonderful aid to many. Lee Ann

Hello, I'm looking for any information on the following family. Thanks for your help. Daryl Bruner LYRAD22@aol.com Husband: MICHAEL HOOVER Father: MICHAEL HOOVER Mother: MARY FIELDS Marriage: 20 Sep 1890 Place: JASPER CO., INDIANA Wife: JULIA ANN NICE Father: DANIEL MARTIN NICE Mother: TALITHA CLARKE Other Spouses ---------- WOOD Children... 1. M Child: CHANCEY ROY HOOVER 2. F Child: HAZEL DELLA HOOVER 3. M Child: WILLIAM H. HOOVER 4. F Child: ALICE IDA HOOVER Birth: 9 Oct 1893 Place: DONOVAN, IROQUOIS CO., ILLINOIS Death: 27 Nov 1975 Place: WATSEKA, IROQUOIS CO., ILLINOIS Spouse: CHARLES WILLIAM SAPP Marriage: 31 Oct 1914 Place: WATSEKA, IROQUOIS CO., ILLINOIS Divorced: Spouse: ---------- HOWELL

In a message dated 12/4/99 5:55:18 PM Central Standard Time, lsbusch@accutek.com writes: << autograph book. There's the chance (hope) that the book contains autographs of ancestors of members of this list. Would it be possible for you to look up our names or maybe even post a list of the autographs in the book? >> I have one of these too! I grew up in Iroquois Co. The person the autograph book belonged to grew up in Ashkum and also lived in Chicago and Chatsworth. Some of these surnames I know are connected to one of my surnames, BURNS, as friends of the family, so I may have more info. Here goes . . . Iroquois Co. names: Will Gardiner, Clifton, 1888 AE Lundy (I think it's an L) Clifton, 1888 Theresa A. Hayes, Clifton, 1888 P. H. Carey, Ashkum, 1888 (I think its a C) Katie E. Snyd/Sneyd, Askum, 1889 Marrie/Maurice/Mannie F. Duncan (n and u look alike), Ashkum, 1888 Caroline Convey, Ashkum, 1888 Sibbie Convey, 1888 (could be related to the above) Ella Blasey, Ashkum, 1892 Kittie Stunt (hard to make out 2nd letter), Ashkum, 1898? Jno. A. McGilvary, Ashkum, 1889 H. Thomas, Ashkum, 1888 Annie Sneyd, Ashkum, 1889 Reba E. Duncan, 1888 (no town but maybe related to above Duncan?) Debbie

How can I find out if Moise (aka Moses) LaFountain and wife Amelia (aka Emelie) were listed on 1870 or 1880 censuses (probably living in or near Kankakee)? Bill LaFountain, Montgomery, IL

My gggfather John FRANCE and his family came to IL between 1861 and 1866. It was stated in the death notice that one son Ambrose Hanibal FRANCE was born in Marshall Co., IL in 1866. The family appears to have moved from there after that time. In 1878, daughter Amanda married Morris BOCKOVEN in Elliott, Ford Co, IL. Jacob Henry married a Paxton, IL girl, Mary Elizabeth PHILLIPS, in 1886/7. Phoebe Elizabeth married a BRENNER in 1892. I would appreciate 1870 and 1880 census lookups for John FRANCE. His wife is Ann M. Older children were Amanda Arvilla b.ca 1858, Charles Hamilton b.ca 1860, and Jacob Henry b. 1861 Other children in the family were: Phoebe Elizabeth b.ca. 1868, Emma Adelia b.ca 1872, Morris Elmer b.ca 1878, and Rosa Bedella b. 1882. Thank you for your help.

Hi, I'm looking for any information about these two families. Specifically, Anna Broderson and Emma Hasbargen. These two women were the wives of my uncle, Frederick Gieseking. This would have been early 1900-1920 in Kankakee, . Anybody seen these names or know of anybody living in the area with these names? Thanks for any help. Ernestine Wark, NJ

Does anyone have any info on this family shown on the 1860 Census in Manteno, Kankakee Co, Illinois, sheet 327: Raphael Patnode, 46, m, farmer, born Canada Priscille Patnode, 39, f, born Canada Celina Patnode, 17, f, born Canada Raphael Patnode Jr, 14, m, born Canada Glay (?) Patnode, 12, f, born Canada Salinere (?) Patnode, 10, f, born Canada Octave Patnode, 9, m, born Illinois Mary Patnode, 5, f, born Illinois Óliver Patnode, 2, m, born Illinois The original spelling of the surname was probably Patenaude. Cheers, Grant Merrill Email Grant_Merrill@compuserve.com

Thanks to all those who helped me on the Lolona question. Looks like the winner is Tolono, Champaign Co, Illinois unless there's a closer candidate. I use Street Atlas for my lookups and it works well. Unfortunately, however, it doesn't permit a wildcard search which would probably have uncovered Tolono. Nothing replaces local knowledge! Cheers, Grant Merrill Email Grant_Merrill@compuserve.com

I am looking for the place where my gggfather John FRANCE is buried. In 1866 John FRANCE & family were in Marshall Co, IL. In 1878, one daughter married in Elliott, FORD Co, IL. Another daughter married in Vermilion Co, IL in 1892. The family moved on to KS in the 1880s/1890s. John FRANCE died in 1884. I have not been able to find him. I would appreciate a look up for cemeteries in the Elliott/Paxton/Rankin, IL areas. Thank you. Bill Boyle

Could anyone tell me where Lolona, Illinois might be? I came across the name in an obit and I can't find it in Street Atlas 7.0. It's possible the name is misspelled. Cheers, Grant Merrill Email Grant_Merrill@compuserve.com

Barlow wrote: >I was about to ask the same thing, Dave. A list of the autographs would be most welcome. > >Busch wrote: > >> I have an ulterior motive in responding--your great-grandmother's autograph >> book. There's the chance (hope) that the book contains autographs of >> ancestors of members of this list. Would it be possible for you to look up >> our names or maybe even post a list of the autographs in the book? Hi folks, To clarify, I recently posted a message to this list asking about a GEORGE family of Iroquois County, c1880s. In it, I mentioned having an autograph book containing the names of two GEORGE family members living in or near Crescent City. These ladies names were Orra M. GEORGE, and Allie GEORGE. At the urging of other list members, I am posting the full list of names below. There may be more interest in these names in Will County, than in Iroquois County, because that's where my g-grandmother grew up and went to school. I have already posted the information you see below on the Will County list. Here goes... I have the autograph book that belonged to my great-grandmother, Alice Lillian RAY. Alice was born at Plainfield on 3 Sep 1859, and died at Rensselear, Jasper County, Indiana in 1944. The autograph book was given to her as a Christmas present on 25 December 1878. The book is brown, approx. 4 x 7 inches, and contains signatures dating into the early 1880's. In 1879, Alice attended North Western College at Plainfield. This institution was the predecessor of North Central College, now located at Naperville. The book contains several autographs of students at N.W.C., plus various family members and friends. By chance, the book might be beneficial to members of this list, in that it could possibly contain autographs of some of their ancestors. So, I decided to post the names, dates, and towns of the individuals who signed the book. I won't guarantee that I got the spellings absolutely correct, because the old handwriting style is difficult to read in some cases. If my interpretation of the spelling is questionable, I have put (sp?) to the right of the entry. Hopefully, this data might be of interest to some Will County researchers. A. W. Sindlinger Dec. 29, 1878 Naperville, IL R. W. Tyler Feb. 8, 1880 Henry C. Smith Feb. 14, 1879 North Western College Ida L. Murray Feb. 12, 1879 Naperville, IL Nellie J. Stratton Mar. 13, 1880 Plainfield, IL Ida Lotz Sep. 9, 1879 Lockport, IL Mrs. Mary J. Barthoff (or Bartholf)(sp?) Jun. 15, 1879 Plainfield Laura Steward Jan. 2, 1879 Sublette Eva M. Bannister (or Barrish)(sp?) Feb. 23, 1879 Edward Lewis Mar. 16, 1884 Chicago, IL Hale Bannister Feb. 23, 1879 Jessie E.(sp?) Murray Feb. 12, 1879 Naperville Chris Whitley Aug. 31, 1879 Fannie Campbell Jan 23, 1879 Naperville and also N.W.C. May S. Bucks Jan 20, 1879 Plainfield and also N.W.C. L.H.T.(initials only) (This is Lansing Howard Tyler, my great-grandfather; Lansing and Alice were not yet married at the time of his signing) Maggie (no last name) Jan 1, 1879 Estella Allen Jun 26, 1884 Plainfield T. W. Heichner(sp?) 1879 N.W.C. Lettie M. Ray Jun 24, 1880 New York City Gertrude M. Rote(sp?) Jan 6, 1879 Cass, IL and N.W.C. Carrie Huggins Jan 6, 1879 Cass, IL Mary Goss Ida D. Havens Jan 6, 1879 Cass, IL and N.W.C. Orra M. George Jun 15, 1882 Crescent City, IL Jno.(John) Wills Jan 7, 1879 Plainfield and N.W.C. Mary Ella Musselman(sp?) Naperville and N.W.C. Jane Crampton(sp?) Jan 9, 1879 N.W.C. H. C. Halderman(sp?) Mar 4, 1879 Galion, OH and N.W.C. Edward Ebbs Feb 5, 1879 Vida Tyler Apr 15, 1881 Joliet, IL Lizzie F. Baker Jan 10, 1879 Lemont(sp?), PA and N.W.C S. S. Tyler Apr 10, 1881 Joliet Linnie M. Struther(sp?) Feb 20, 1879 N.W.C. Bob (no last name) Aug 31, 1879 N.W.C. Estella Gibb May 14, 1879 Sheridan Allie George Dec 16, 1879 Crescent City, IL Minnie Wright Barber Mar 22, 1879 (has notation: "Died in spring of 1900") Florance Keene Feb 4, 1880 D. C. Sindlinger Jan 18, 1879 Naperville and N.W.C. Kittie D. Rush (or Bush)(sp?) Feb 9, 1880 Joliet G. S.(sp?) Bartholf Apr 9, 1879 Plainfield Laura Greenwood Plainfield S. H. Sherwood Feb 25, 1879 Shabbona, IL Lettie J. Smiley Mar 2, 1880 Plainfield W. I. Suiter Mar 3, 1879 Lock Haven, PA and N.W.C. Edwin F. Steffen Jan 21, 1879 Blue Earth City, MN Celia M. Goss Feb 18, 1886 H. H. Rassweiler Feb 26, 1879 N.W.C.(a teacher) C. W. Deeming Jul 9, 1879 Bessie H. Hodges Feb 6, 1879 Naperville and Sublette, IL Mrs. L. C. Sindlinger Emma Dreisbach Feb 13, 1879 Circleville, OH Minnie E. Smiley Mar 1, 1880 Plainfield (has notation: "Killed by the cars, 1909) (first initial indistinguishable) Nellie Good Feb 26, 1879 Mable V. Swalm Feb 22, 1886 Clara Deeming Aug 26, 1879 C. E. King Feb 15, 1879 Naperville and N.W.C. R. Whitley, Sr. A. E. Tyler Carrie Dahlem Feb 27, 1879 Naperville and N.W.C. Etta Simmons Jan 24, 1884 Will J. Bartholf May 10, 1879 Plainfield J. S.(sp?) Reinhard Mar 3, 1879 Fleetwood, PA and N.W.C Laura Tyler Apr 18, 1881 Wheatland, IL Lizzie Schreiner Milledgeville, IL Ann L. Tyler Feb 16, 1886 Plainfield Hattie (or Mattie) Good Mar 4, 1879 Naperville and N.W.C. Carrie E. Tyler Apr 18, 1881 Allie Ashley Mar 15, 1879 Plainfield A. H. Tyler Apr 17, 1881 Wheatland Belle Brewster Feb 20, 1879 Wellsboro, Tioga Co., PA and N.W.C. Ruth Whitley Aug 25, 1879 Lockport, IL Adda M. Hutton Sep 28, 1879 Lockport, IL Mrs. Florence Dickson Isabel McCreery(sp?) Apr 5, 1879 Fannie S.(or L.) Stratton Mar 18, 1880 Plainfield Carrie Ashley Mar 16, 1879 Plainfield Jessie L. Smiley Mar 2, 1880 Plainfield Walter Hopkins Sep 5, 1879 Lockport, IL and N.W.C. Kittie Kinsella Aug 23, 1883 Wilmington, IL Leoti(sp?) C. Dexter Sublette, IL Alfred J. McCreiry(sp?) Apr 1st (no year) Plainfield Dave Tyler Fort Worth, TX Researching the TYLER and RAY families in Wheatland Twp., Will County. Researching the GEORGE family in Iroquois County.

I am looking for information on Stanley and Helen SZULC JANCZAK. Stanley came to the US from Poland in approximately 1905. Helen, along with their two oldest children, Antoinette and Mary came in late 1907 or early 1908. Helen also traveled with her brother John Albert SCHULTZ. It is my understanding that John changed the spelling to the more popular Schultz. I would appreciate any information I can get regarding their parents, siblings, and what part of Poland they came from. I am also researching the following surnames: DENAULT (DENO), BROUILLET, MORIN, and JOUBERT Thanks in advance for any help. Monica Janczak Swafford hmsiii@bellsouth.net