[email protected] wrote: > > Greetings Grundy Genealogists!!! > > Upon checking cemetery listings at the Morris Public Library, it appears as if > all of the cemeteries have been transcribed and are on file at the library. > If you would like for me to look up your ancestors, please send me an email > and I will check the listings as soon as I can. I also have maps to the > cemeteries if anyone is interested. > > If you need lookups at the Morris or area libraries, please email me. I can > try to assist everyone as much as I can on weekends. Due to my work schedule, > I am unable to make it to the Grundy County Courthouse for lookups there since > they are closed when I start and finish work. > > If you have anything to submit for Grundy County, please send it to me. > > I have copied quite a bit of info to post online. It will be posted as soon > as I can get it transcribed. > > Have a great week everyone!!! > > Deb > Grundy County Coordinator Hi Deb, You are a wonderful person. I am so stuck with such a common name and I can't find out very much at all. Do you have access to any census records? My Great Grandfather is John Shadrack BROWN and he married Jane MANSFIELD I am guessing they were married approximately 1859 - 1861 and I am not sure where. Someone looked on marriage registers for the I guess states and couldn't find them. They both were born in England, John - November 25, 1815 and Jane - March 26, 1833. The #1 child Thomas was b. August 28, 1861, Ford County, IL 2 Mary Elvira b. December 07, 1863 Parkston, IL 3 Fanny Mae b. January 18, 1867, Grundy County, IL 4 Elizabeth Belle b. March 16, 1869, Grundy County, IL 5 Charles b. September 20, 1873, Ford County, Illinois Charles is my grandfather on my mothers side of the family. My question is are there any records that indicate where in England they were born. Do you have any records that would show if they were married in either one of the counties? Are there any history books of the area that would mention this family. I am suspicious that this may have been a second marriage for John as there is quite a difference in there ages and there seemed to be a problem of getting along with each and at the time of his death they were living apart. Anything at all you might have on this family would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Mary M. in Arizona, USA researching Brown, Mansfield, Ross at [email protected]