Shawnee, How faded is your copy of the 1850 census for Hancock County, Illinois? I tried searching for my Truitt family in the 1850 census, Hancock County, on the microfilm copy at the LDS Family History Library here in Mesa, AZ. There were places where the handwriting faded out to practically nothing. It was very difficult to read. And even though I strongly suspect that my TRUITT family was living there as of 1850, I could not find them. If you ever come across the Truitts in 1850 Hancock County Census, it would be a dream come true. The family constellation would look something like this: --James Isaac TRUITT, father. --Elizabeth BOWEN TRUITT, mother, may be deceased before 1850, I'm not sure. --Henrietta TRUITT, about age 19 as of 1850. --James TRUITT, about age 17 as of 1850. --Emily TRUITT, about age 13, as of 1850. --possible other daughters may be named Jane TRUITT or Julia TRUITT. My sincere thanks for all of your help, Lottie Hendricks Mesa, AZ -----Original Message----- From: Shawnnee Ramey <shawnnee@jps.net> To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 6:24 PM Subject: [ILHANCOC] More information >Hi All, >I really want to help you all, but I need a little more than just a surname >to go on. I need something like >A full name= George Jones >Any family =wife and children >About what year were they in Hancock Co, That way I can make the right >connections. I have census records from early to 1920. and I am always >going through them. Please send your information to the list. Maybe someone >else has a connection and can help you. >Thank you All. >Shawnnee > > > > >==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > > >