Thanks so much Cindy, for the information. 1973 sounds like that would be about the time I purchased the book. I did some corresponding with Harriet around that time and I know she worked hard at genealogy. I will check into the Shuster books. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Birk Conley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILHAMILT] Cemeteries > Donna, > > The last date I see in the Vaught book is 1973, although most of the > readings were in 1963. Mrs. Vaught did genealogy work in White County > from the late 1940s on, and published a number of books which are now > offered by the White County Historical Society. > > The public library in Carmi has several volumes of her notes, which were > donated after her death. Her handwriting is very difficult to read, and > her books contain a number of errors. The Shuster books are very good. I > know they were offered by him for many years and assume the historical > society in McLeansboro offers reprints. > > Cindy > > > > Donna Smith wrote: >> Speaking of cemetery books. I have a copy of one that is called Hamilton >> County Cemeteries & Probate Index, copied by Harriet B. Vaught, Zelia >> Davis, Pat Gholson and Zella Daily. However there is no date in the book >> as to when this was published. Does anyone know? I have had this book >> for some time and when I received it I failed to date it. >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: [email protected] > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >