Willing to do lookups from the following book: "History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; comiled and published under the Auspices of the Regimental Association by Henry J. Aten, First Sergeant, Company G, Member of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland; Hiawatha, Kansas, 1901, SUBMIT ONE NAME IN EACH EMAIL. SEND AS MANY EMAILS AS YOU WANT. Also a few photos in the book. Will scan and attach them to the email I send back. I have the book from the Wisconsin Historical Society. The copyright is off so I left a copy of it at the Schuyler County Historical Society in Rushville, Illinois on my last visit. Sara

Cindy, I have from the Wisconsin Historical Society a book on the 85th. The copyright is off so I left a copy of it at the Schuyler County Historical Society. Ananias P. Bushnell, age 26, married, born in Harrison County, Indiana, enlisted from Browning, Illinois. Served to the close of the war and mustered out with regiment. That is from "History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; comiled and published under the Auspices of the Regimental Association by Henry J. Aten, First Sergeant, Company G, Member of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland; Hiawatha, Kansas, 1901; page 458. Sara Cindy Foster wrote: > > Does anyone have a roster of the 85th IL infantry, Co. H? Company H was > formed in Fulton Co., I believe. I am looking for Annais/Ananias > Bushnell, who was to have served with these men. He was from Schuyler > Co. I am wondering if he died during the Civil War. > > Cindy Foster > searching for Stufflebeam, Willey in Fulton Co and Foster, Bushnell in > Schuyler Co, Black in Warren Co., IL

Does anyone have a roster of the 85th IL infantry, Co. H? Company H was formed in Fulton Co., I believe. I am looking for Annais/Ananias Bushnell, who was to have served with these men. He was from Schuyler Co. I am wondering if he died during the Civil War. Cindy Foster searching for Stufflebeam, Willey in Fulton Co and Foster, Bushnell in Schuyler Co, Black in Warren Co., IL

Does any one know if the Fulton County Court has naturalization records for the 1850's? I am interested in Jack Bardsley and Mary Cooper who were married in England and living in Canton in 1858. Thanks to all, Jim

Thanks for the help from so many who tried to answer the question, "What was the given name of the Smith from Smithfield, IL"? I appreciated all the responses. Thanks, again. Judith Goodwin

I agree that the books probably contain errors. My 4th g-grandfather served in the Revolution and three volumes (16, 84, & 61) of DAR publications show his birthplace as Ohio which is incorrect. My Question would be: How can I use the resources from the DAR volumes to establish kinship when they are in error? About 2 years ago, I sent $5.00 for records of two different applicants who used my g-grandfather as patriot. I received back a letter from DAR that said I had not included enough information. When I requested the records, I sent record numbers of those DAR members, along with the page number and part number of the DAR index AND my ancestors name. They cashed my checks and I have heard nothing since. Joan Joan dnj@netins.net -----Original Message----- From: FamRSearch@aol.com <FamRSearch@aol.com> To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 23, 1999 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Daughters of the American Revolution >Thought I would mention. These books are over 70 years old and date from a >period that very little other than my grandfather said so was needed for >proofs. Many of these line were found to be in error since then. Be very >Careful when using info from these books. The DAR itself no longer >recognizes them as proof of lineage. I have the DAR Patriot Index which >lists those patriots that have been used for membership. >Julia Coldren-Walker > >______________________________

I thought you all might enjoy this. Never realized how well my Mother had it. Knew how much better it is now than when I was a child. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALHN: Family Wash Day........ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:13:41 -0400 From: Norm Vance <nvance@cbpu.com> Reply-To: nvance@cbpu.com Organization: MI USGenWeb/A.L.H.N. Genealogy & History Projects To: alhn@rootsquest.com CC: MIBRANCH-D@rootsweb.com, MIGEN-L@rootsweb.com This was sent to me by a researcher friend of mine, Mary Kane of Coldwater, MI....thought you might enjoy it. "RECIPE FOR DOING THE FAMILY WASH Written in its original spelling for a bride a few generations ago. 1. bild a fire in back yard to heet kettle of rain water. 2. set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert. 3. shave one hold cake lie sope in bilin water. 4. sort things, make three piles. 1 pile white. 1 pile cullord. 1 pile work britches and rags. 5. stur flour in cold water to smooth, then thin down with bilin water. 6. rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, then bile, rub collord, but don't bile - just rench & starch. 7. take white things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then rench, blew, and starch. 8. spred tee towels on grass. 9. hang old rags on fence. 10. pore rench water on flower bed. 11. scrub porch with hot sopey water. 12. turn tubs upside down. 13. go put on cleen dress - smooth hair with side combs - brew cup of tee - set and rest and rock a spell and count blessins. Well wash day is a far cry from what it was in the days of yesteryear. Thought that you might enjoy this and particularly the spelling of the words. Gives you an idea why names were spelled differently than what they actually were. Norm Trail Tree Village 175 N. Michigan Ave., #127 Coldwater, MI 49036 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ 1705347 E-Mail: nvance@cbpu.com AOL IM: norm1231 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surnames: VANCE-STEELE-BLANCHARD-FERRIS-ADAMS TERPENING-DUNTON-DONBROCK-PAUL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE**: All my Family Trees are NOW LISTED in my homepage. Homepage URL: http://members.tripod.com/~nvance/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 10 MI County Index: Michigan USGenWeb A.L.H.N. Project Pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5666/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Coordinator - Maryland A.L.H.N. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnmdus/md.html *******************************************************************

This came in answer to my DAR message on another list. I agree. Remember: All books have errors. Even documents have errors. Books are only a research tool. Not all linages sent to DAR are accepted but are in their records. Some are partially excepted. Just like each of us, We believe what we have is correct. Some are more open to knowning that there are errors in our files. My files are a work in progress and have many errors but are the best I can do with the data I have. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Daughters of the American Revolution Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:08:18 EDT From: FamRSearch@aol.com To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com Thought I would mention. These books are over 70 years old and date from a period that very little other than my grandfather said so was needed for proofs. Many of these line were found to be in error since then. Be very Careful when using info from these books. The DAR itself no longer recognizes them as proof of lineage. I have the DAR Patriot Index which lists those patriots that have been used for membership. Julia Coldren-Walker

Sorry about everyone getting 2 duplicate messages. My computer says I only sent once. Thank you for your patience. Sara

Thought I would mention. These books are over 70 years old and date from a period that very little other than my grandfather said so was needed for proofs. Many of these line were found to be in error since then. Be very Careful when using info from these books. The DAR itself no longer recognizes them as proof of lineage. I have the DAR Patriot Index which lists those patriots that have been used for membership. Julia Coldren-Walker

Ancestry. com is offering free for the next ten days. DAUGHTER's OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lineage books FREE http://www.ancestry.com/ Go there regularly and check the box on what they have free. Sara

Ancestry. com is offering free for the next ten days. DAUGHTER's OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lineage books FREE http://www.ancestry.com/ Go there regularly and check the box on what they have free. Sara

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The pensioners are put up by the week. They aren't alphabitized or grouped by county. The search engine is great and the same one I'm putting on my site. Take time to look around. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALHNILUS: IL Pensioners Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:10:49 EDT From: SuzanCook@aol.com Reply-To: ALHN-Illinois@rootsquest.com To: alhn-illinois@rootsquest.com TA DA! The IL pensioners list is now complete. The list from Feb. 10 and March 16, 1888 are now online, thanks to Kim Torp! :) Please remember that you're also welcome to donate your ancestor's Illinois pension and/or military files to the ALHN Illinois site. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnilus/ Susan

Thought all would like this. Sara Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means firs t, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birth date (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc.); the name and address of the draft board and the date. When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least. The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave. East Point, GA 30344 In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WW1 Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. Linda Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ Marion Co AR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ Washington Co NC, Haas & Hass e-mail list manager The original draft card applications (registrations) for every state (the entire US) are at East Pointe. According to the Archive Staff there are no plans to split these cards and move any of them to any other NARA location since East Pointe has been charged with the "custody" of these records. It is only the original cards that are in state / county / alpha order. Someone posted a message to one of the lists that NARA was planning on re-filming the cards since they are now in state / county / alpha order. If such a thing is underway it is unknown to the East Pointe archive staff and they should know if such a thing was in the works. If you request a copy of your ancestor's draft card from any NARA branch other than this one they will be searching the LDS microfilm and you will have to know the state and draft board for them to make a copy. It is only at the East Pointe location that you can request a copy by state and then county and the copy will be made from the ORIGINAL card. And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. Linda Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ Marion Co AR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ Washington Co NC, Haas & Hass e-mail list manager

In a message dated 08/21/1999 5:35:59 PM Central Daylight Time, sara-crystal@worldnet.att.net writes: Sarah - Thank you so much for that wonderful contribution to the List!!! Lyde

Is anyone knowledgeable about the labor climate in the Fulton/Knox County area in the 1920's? Jan

Hi List-Anyone out there with an interest in Jacob MOORE, b. Sept. 13, 1817-NJ. Came to Fairview, IL. ? -d. Nov. 25, 1858. I have some info. Jan

All, I have the Canton High 1916-1918 yearbooks and would be glad to look up names in these. -Mary mmatthews@bwn.net

Well, apparently I was mistaken ... Perhaps the person who originally posted this message will be able to benefit after all. nelda palmer wrote: > > It is also called Hawthorne Cemetery. Have relatives, Copenhavers buried > there. Holler if you want to know exactly. Cousin in Ca. wont be home till > thur, will email her and think can probably get the closest town at least. if > not, TRASH. > > "Bryan W. Lane" wrote: > > > I have never heard of Zoll Cemetery ... are you sure that it is not Zion > > Cemetery?? > > > > Bryan > > > > Mildred Prather wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know the location of Zoll Cemetery? And is there a published > > > list of burials? > > > > -- > > Bryan See Results of Record Keeping Survey > > Visit my Web Page: http://www.gate.net/~bwl/ > > > > Mason County ILGenWeb County Coordinator: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmason/ > > > > Let's Link ... You Scratch my Link and I'll Scratch Yours! > > > > Web Page Created: March 15, 1997 > > Web Page Last Updated: April 18, 1998 -- Bryan See Results of Record Keeping Survey Visit my Web Page: http://www.gate.net/~bwl/ Mason County ILGenWeb County Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmason/ Let's Link ... You Scratch my Link and I'll Scratch Yours! Web Page Created: March 15, 1997 Web Page Last Updated: April 18, 1998