"http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/servant.html#photocopies This database includes more than 2000 transactions found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally, Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722-1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790-1863). The Archives extracted the names of servants, slaves, or free persons and masters, witnesses, or related parties from selected governmental records to produce this database. Currently the following records are included in this database: Edwards County Servitude and Emancipation Record, 1815-1860 Gallatin County Servitude Register, 1815-1839 Pope County Servitude Register, 1816-1819 Randolph County Record Book 1, 1736-1782 Deed Record J-M, 1797-1815 Servitude and Emancipation Registers, 1809-1863 Kaskaskia Manuscripts, 1714-1816 St. Clair County Registre of Insinuations, 1737-1769 Record of Auction of Charleville Estate, 1782 Deed Record A-C, 1790-1796, 1800-1813 Servitude Register, 1805-1832, 1846-1863 Slave Registration Files, 1807-1849 Emancipation Register, 1812-1843" -----Original Message----- From: JAOARM@aol.com [mailto:JAOARM@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:31 AM To: ILHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILHAMILT-L] Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records I was interested in locating information on slaves in Hamilton County and searched the Illinois Archives. I received a "no data" statement for all modes of searching. Has anyone used this database? Are there any records of slaves in Hamilton Co.? Thanx John O'Neal <A HREF="http://www.ilsos.net/cgi-bin/archives/servitude.s">Click here: Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records</A> http://www.ilsos.net/cgi-bin/archives/servitude.s