Hi Dick, Sorry for the late reply, I was busy, busy, and busy again. The information you sent is familiar to me; I had found it long ago in the internet (via Google, my favourit finder). However this Dennis Begyn is yet unknown for the familytree, he fits nowhere and remains in the archives for later use perhaps. Anyway thanks for your help. Have a nice day, Ed van de Walle - Tilburg / Nederland e-mail; edmundus@home.nl ----- Original Message ----- From: dickmatt@juno.com To: ILHENRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Who can help? Ed, I do not study this family but I do know that there is a large group of Belgians who came to the Rock Island area of Illinois in the 1800s and later some show up in Eastern Iowa (across the Mississippi River). Also I found Lowpoint, IL about 20 miles North-East of Peoria, IL. I used the Internet finder called "Google" (www.google.com) and searched for "Begyn" and found quite a few items! You might try that. I am including a portion of a number of comments upon one Begyn's death. It is but an example, however it does mention a lot of Begyns who may be good "targets" for your research! Dick Matteson College Park, MD the clip follows, "Dennis Begyn - "one of a kind" Dennis Begyn was our neighbor and our friend. He will be missed by all who knew him. He and Clint were always helping each other, always trying to "get" each other, telling stories on each other, always trying to help each other go fast, ... Knowing Dennis, if he had to go, it would be as he did, setting a record time (for him) in a MoPar he built himself with help of family and friends. We will miss you Dennis! Storming up "Coal Creek Hill" in that Dodge Diesel Truck that sounded like a John Deere Tractor ... and all the other things that made you "one of a kind". Our heartfelt sympathy goes to wife Sandy, Dennis Jr., Jesse, and the entire Begyn family. The Hines Family __________________________ Dennis Martin Begyn, 48, of Taylor Ridge, died Friday, May 24, 2002, following his final run at Cordova Speedway, with a final elapsed time of 8.87 seconds at a speed of 150.3 mph in the quarter-mile. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Burial will be in Illinois City Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family. Dennis was born Nov. 25, 1953, in Rock Island, son of Daniel and Dorothy Burns Begyn. He married Sandra Martin on March 24, 1972, in Muscatine, Iowa. He was a U.S. Army veteran, where he served with the Army Honor Guard Detail at Arlington National Cemetery. He worked for Civil Contractors, East Moline, where he was a master mechanic. He also served as road commissioner for Andalusia Township. He loved to race and was a member of IHRA and NHRA. He is survived by his wife, Sandra, Taylor Ridge; sons, Dennis Begyn Jr., Rock Island, and Jesse Begyn and his wife, Christine, Andalusia; parents, Daniel and Dorothy Begyn; and brothers and sisters and their spouses, Kathy and Ron Kerres Armstrong, Aledo, Dan and Nancy Begyn, Rock Island, Pat and Kathy Begyn, Taylor Ridge, Carol and Bud Schaffer, Aledo, Mike and Janet Begyn, Milan, Clarissa and Chris Stark, Taylor Ridge, and Chris and Rhonda Begyn, Andalusia. Also surviving is Ashley Miller, Aledo. [ you might look up the Aledo siblings as they are possible dscendants!!] Edited by: HRT87 at: 5/27/02 2:59:34 am" [ you might look up the Aledo siblings as they are possible dscendants!!] ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- Have you seen the USGenWeb Illinois Page? http://www.usgenweb.org/il