Jan, Yes a large amount of the families came to Henry County from Westmoreland County PA and Livingston County NY The MORROWS/HAMILTONS, STEELES/STEELS, HANNAs (of Hannastown) all began intermarrying in Westmoreland and came together. From what I understand the HAMILTONs and STEELs actually started marrying together and came over from Ireland to PA. The LUTHERs/OTTs also married over the years and migrated together. Strange events my current roommate is an OTT from the Westmoreland area. To think the LUTHER House and the OTT Cabin are in the Deerfield, Il museum side by side from the 1850s and 150 years later their direct descendents out of the blue end up living in the same house in Orlando, FL. That was a stroke of luck for my research..... I have not studied Hannastown yet but I know that the founders are cousins in my collateral lines. best wishes Stephen Jan Roggy <jlroggy@essex1.com> wrote:I wish I could tell you what the turnaround time was, but I have never used this service. Since I'm in the next county, I just go there. I can't speak for Henry Co., but neighboring Bureau Co., let me get birth & death certs for my husband's family, but I was there in person. Larry's dad died in 96, and I was able to get the birth & death cert. in 2001. When my 44 year old brother died in 99, I had to go get his birth cert. to apply for his military tombstone. I didn't know if they would give it to me or not, but I took his obit out of the paper, along with my birth cert & my driver's lic. & they gave it to me with no problem. In fact, while I was there I got a copy of my other brother's birth cert. since my parents had never gotten an original one when they were born. All mom had was the hospital copy. They even let me get that, so they must be pretty lenient. This site evidently just went into effect recently as it was the hot topic on our local tv stations last night! Maybe you can get a request in before the word gets out and you're on a waiting list. There is a number there plus an email addy, so maybe you can ask them the time frame. I found your notes interesting at the bottom. My family came from Westmoreland Co., PA to Henry Co., also. I have the 1885 Portrait & Biographical Album of Henry Co. and I am amazed at the # of people that came from Westmoreland Co to Henry Co. Has anyone on this list studied the "migration trails" that brought people to Henry Co? Was this a major route westward thru this area, or are there relationships between a lot of them that we haven't uncovered yet? I noticed that the surnames that you listed are names that are still in my area. Did you know that there was a Hanna township in Henry Co? Good luck on your research, and I hope this site helps you out. Jan Baldwin wrote: > Jan > Thank you for this information. I was JUST thinking about this today and am at a time in research I need to get several dozen various certificates from Henry County. With all the various sites in Il I was not sure where to start. > I went to the site and I see that it should be no problem to get marriage records or death records. But for birth records of deceased one must be a "Parent, legal guardian or surviving spouse (must have certified death certificate)" > Does anyone know if they will issue birth certificate of deceased to other individuals? I have numerous direct relatives born abt 125 years ago and have been dead for at least 50 years that had no children and currently they only have survivng great great grandchildren or great great grand nephews and nieces. > Also what is the general time for processing and mailing out if you can provide the death and marriage certificate #, volume book etc? I had placed orders with the State Archives for the recent Death Certificate program and the first batch took six months and the second request has not been sent after 8 months. Since the local office we are paying for is it a faster turn around time? > Thank you for any input. (I live in Orlando and never have had a chance to make it up there yet) > Stephen > Researching in Geneseo area: > ALLEN (Northern Ireland >BlackHawk Township, Rock Island County, IL > Atkinson, Henry County, IL, Geneseo Henry County, IL > Fairfield, Wayne County, IL) > MORROW (Westmoreland County, PA, >Geneseo, Henry County, IL > also CA, CO, IO, OK > HAMILTON, STEEL, HANNA (Ireland > Westmoreland County, PA, >Geneseo, Henry County, IL ) > LUTHER (BAYERN > LIVINGSTON NY> Deerfield, LAKE County, IL > Geneseo Henry County, IL > some to CA > Jan Roggy wrote:I was just watching the local news and they were telling that Henry Co., > now has a new website for the county offices in Cambridge. You can now > order vital records online, along with many other things. You can find > it at http://henrycty.com > I checked it out and it looks like it will be very convenient for those > at a distance. Jan > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Visit the Henry County Genealogical Society's Home Page!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhcgs/index.html ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- Have you visited the Henry Co. ILGenWeb Project Site lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhenry/index.html