Hello Larry, It was good to read your post about History & Families of Gallatin Co., IL. I agree--it's a fine book--have enjoyed my copy so much. It looks like we have a couple of families in common--Dorsey and Fielder. I have only one Fielder name, Jane, b. abt. 1805 in NY. She was married to John G. Dorsey, b. abt. 1800 in MD, d. 1847 in Gallatin Co. I have been unable to go back any further than John on the Dorsey line, and have been unable to find any other Fielder's in Gallatin Co. (I'm a descendant of John & Jane Dorsey's daughter, Mary Jane, b. abt. 1832, who m. John P. Willis in 1851.) Do you have any more information about the Dorsey's or Fielder's? Thank you so much, Elizabeth Ordway Ordmins@aol.com X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:49:48 -0800 From: "Larry Loran Elliott" <lelliott@usmo.com> To: ILGALLAT-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000001c2b90b$5a48e260$6935f8d1@pavilion> Subject: history and Families Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi listers, 4:47 PM 1/10/2003 It has been some time since I have posted on this site; I wanted to mention a wonderful book that I have had for sometime. The name of the book is "History and Families of Gallatin Co. Illinois 1812-1988 volume 1" it is packed full of pictures and history of the county, families and some of there history, memorials, church and School history, business and club, organization History, 490 pages compiled by the Gallatin County Historical Society and families. I was lucky enough to buy copy no. 1169 of 1300 copies. It would be worth the time for Gallatin Co researchers to go to the library while there in the area and read this book. I don't know if there is another volume or not. Researching: Elliott, NEILS, Mundy, Dorsey, Morris, Fielder, Frazier, Hubbs, Story, Mullinax, Williams. From the North Shore of the Lake of the Ozarks, in MO have a great day. Larry Loran Elliott