Karima; I am also looking for info re that general store. A lot of my Jackson Co. ancestors (Thompsons, Haglers, etc.) lived in/around Pomona and my mother used to talk about that little store; Sure hope that someone has some infor; would also hope that someone has a picture of the place. Carol Our life may not always be the party we would have chosen, but while we are here, we may as well dance!

Does anyone on this list know the history of the Pomona General Store, located in Pomona (near Alto Pass)? Pomona is in Jackson Co very near the Union Co line I used to go there with my grandparents when I was just a little girl long long ago in the 1950s. It seemed like a very old place even then. thanks, Karima

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois © Bill Oliver 27 August 2006 Vol 5 Issue: #26 ISBN: pending Osiyo, Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt Like everyone else who suddenly realizes that s/he is the oldest, or nearly so, member of their family, I have come to realize that there is no one left to ask all the questions that are unanswered. We usually don’t think about not having answers because there was always someone we could ask. When that someone is gone then it is too late and we lament our situation. Recently I tried to find a surviving member of my Dad’s High School class. He graduated in 1928 from Libby High School, in Toledo, Ohio. Well, Dad would be 96 come this November. Back about 1992 or so, Dad went up to, maybe, San Francisco, anyway, “north” from Dana Point to a California version of the Libby Class Reunion. It would have been the 65th anniversary of their graduation. There were eight from his class at that. This is fourteen years later. <sigh> I was hopeful but not expectant and as it so happened I didn’t have any “luck” in that search. My purpose was to find someone [or more] and interview them. It would be a bonus if they knew and remembered him. I next thought about my Mother’s class of 1930 – same school. Well, I haven’t found the Alumni Association as yet. If there are any survivors I will have to do this soon or they also will become “those I could have asked”. My own 50th Class Reunion happened in 2000 some five hundred miles to the east, in a place called Arlington, Virginia. I got a report and there were more there than I imagined. My classmates were some of the early to give their “all” in Korea. They graduated and joined the Marines during the same month. I should have liked to have seen them, though I know we have lived such different lives that we could never regain the relationships we had back then. Forrest Tucker and Shirley Beaty, also graduated from my high school. Mr. Tucker many years before me and Shirley Beaty McLaine graduated two years after me. She was as funny as a high school sophomore as in any of her movies. As it so happens, all avenues seem to lead to “Rome”, or in this case, “lead to” the same subject – seeking friends who we’ve lost contact with. Friends of mine, a retired Professor and his wife spent their time recently at the reunion of his World War II military unit. Upon returning, I learned from them that he desired an obituary of a colleague from a distant city. So through a chain of friends, fellow researchers and modern technology, the obituary was obtained and delivered. The miracle really was in the timing – it took just over an hour. Sunday last, produced a newspaper article where the six remaining, “Lucky Ones,” members of the northwestern Ohio based 37th Division, 148th Infantry, 1st Battalion, Company C “regrouped” in Tiffin, Ohio. Some remaining members think they will all meet again next year, but some wonder. With the youngest of them an octogenarian I can understand the “wonder”. Dad survived World War II and the Korean “Conflict”. He was never classified as “combatant”; however, he did visit the front lines in Korean performing his duties. In my tour of duty with my “Uncle Sam” was on board the USS Iowa, BB-61. I traveled east and the only combat I saw was bringing sailors back to our ship for violations of sobriety and/or local customs. Also, Sunday last, Barb and I attended an AirForce Band Concert in the Park in Waterville, Ohio. At a certain point in the concert, the band played the military hymns of each of the branches of service. As each hymn was played, former members [veterans] from those branches were asked to stand and be recognized. As each rose he was saluted by an Airman who did as well as the actors on the TV program JAG – sharp and snappy! An article appeared in the Johnson County [Illinois] Heritage Journal [vol XVI, Aug 2006, No. 8, page 1] entitled, “An Essay by a Johnson County Boy.” The essay was presumably written by Arthur C. Benson, son of Alonzo G. Benson and Sydney A. Chapman. This made him a grandson of James Monroe Benson and Celinda Slack. This thrilled and excited me, to read these words. I do have to agree with the Societie’s President, Gary Hacker, who said pieces of the essay were missing and, “What a pity someone didn’t take more care to preserve” this piece of family and community history. As stated above, the letter [by deduction] was written by a grandson of James Monroe Benson and that makes it precious to me. James Monroe Benson was my second greatgrandfather’s brother, Charles B. Benson. Charles B. Benson is buried in a military grave in Annapolis, Maryland. He was wounded in the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads, as a member of the 120th Illinois Infantry, in June 1864. He was sent to a hospital in Mississippi and then “paroled”. It took him until December 1864 to reach the military base in Annapolis, where he was placed in the hospital there. He died in early January 1865, never reaching home to wife and family. I don’t know if “Uncle Monroe” Benson ever went to any unit reunions or not, but for sure his brother never had the opportunity. As, I stated before, the essay is priceless to me. It describes the bluffs where Grandma Oliver went on picnics with her family and friends. She and Grandpa Oliver lived with and farmed “Uncle Monroe’s” place where those bluffs were. I’m determined to find those bluffs and visit them one day. I’ll have to get the property description and plot it on a map. If there is any chance, I would like to have a picnic there. I don’t know who said it. “If you don’t know history you don’t know anything. You are like a leaf that doesn’t know that it is part of a tree.” e-la-Di-e-das-Di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) and Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: PostScript: = = = = http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

Thanks Velda, Florence somehow belongs to my mothers family. Working on that now. Randy Crain -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Velda Moore" <vlchas@mindspring.com> > Florence Ferrill > > Funeral services will be Saturday, August 26, 2006 for 100 year old Florence > Margaret Ferrill of Chester, IL who passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2006 > at the Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. > > She was born August 9, 1906 in Jonesboro, IL, the daughter of Ben and Hattie > (Pryor) Davis. She married Willis Ferrill on February 19, 1932 in > Carterville, IL and he preceded her in death. > > Survivors include three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. > > She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, two brothers and > two sisters. > > Friends are calling after 9am Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Welge > Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL. > > Funeral services for Florence Ferrill will be Saturday, August 26, 2006 at > 11am from the Welge Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL with Rev. Cecil > Dunning officiating. > > Burial will be in the Alto Pass Cemetery in Alto Pass, IL. > > Memorials can be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Chester or to the > Alto Pass Cemetery. > > Velda Wittenbrink Moore > vlchas@mindspring.com > http://www.larrett.com/velda/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

I thought I had better post my mother-in-law's obituary from the Southern Illinoisan and the Randolph Co Herald Tribune - The Southern Illinoisan, 9-11 Aug 2006 Mina Coats Hobbs Chester - Mina Coats Hobbs, 97, longtime resident of Chester, passed away Monday, August 7, at Birchwood Nursing and Rehab in Cooper, Texas. She was born to the late Marion Lovell and Lena (Custer) Coats on Nov. 14, 1908 in Cameron. She married Wallace D. Hobbs on Dec. 4, 1926, in Cairo. He preceded her in death on Nov. 23, 1975. She was retired from the International Shoe Factory and later from Gilster Mary Lee. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday school class in Chester for several years. She had lived in Palestine, Texas, for 25 years before moving to Cooper in 2001. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Gwen Hobbs of Cooper, Texas, one son-in-law, Ed Myers of Palestine; six grandchildren, Jerry Fincher of Elkhart, Steve Spence of Palestine, Crystal Hudson of Tennessee Colony, Texas, Craig Spence of Montalba, Texas, Damon Hobbs of Gallatin, Tenn., Dalen Hobbs of Cooper; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, Beverly Jean Hobbs and Marline Marie Myers, two brothers, Ray Coats and Harry Coats and a granddaughter, Dana Hobbs. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2006, in Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, with the Rev. Greg Sutter officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Schroeder McClure Funeral Chapel in Chester. Randolph County Herald Tribune, Thursday, 10 Aug 2006, pg 6a Mina Coats Hobbs Mina Coats Hobbs, 97, of Cooper, TX, long time resident of Chester, IL, died August 7, 2006 at Birchwood Nursing & Rehab Center. The daughter of Marion Lovell and Lena (Custer) Coats, she was born November 14, 1908 in Cameron, IL. On December 4, 1926, she married Wallace D. Hobbs in Cairo, IL, and he preceded her in death in 1975. Mina was retired from the International Shoe Factory and later from Gilster Mary Lee. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class in Chester for several years. She had lived in Palestine, TX for twenty-five years before moving to Cooper in 2001. Survivors include one son & daughter-in-law Gary and Gwen Hobbs of Cooper, TX; one son-in-law, Ed Myers of Palestine, TX; six grandchildren - Jerri Fincher of Elkhart, TX, Steve Spence of Palestine, TX, Crystal Hudson of Tennessee Colony, TX, Craig Spence of Montalba, TX, Damon Hobbs of Gallatin, TX, Dalen Hobbs of Cooper, TX; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death my her parents; husband; two daughters, Beverly Jean Hobbs & Marlene Marie Myers; two brothers, Ray Coats & Harry Coats; and a granddaughter, Dana Hobbs. A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 1 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, IL, with the Rev. Greg Sutton officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Schroeder-McClure Funeral Chapel in Chester. ----------------------------------------- Wallace was the son of Isaac Newton "Newt" Hobbs (son of Thomas Hobbs & Niceann Butler) & Sarah Jane Elizabeth "Sis" McLaughlin (daughter of John Wilson McLaughlin and Mary Anna Clark.

Florence Ferrill Funeral services will be Saturday, August 26, 2006 for 100 year old Florence Margaret Ferrill of Chester, IL who passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at the Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born August 9, 1906 in Jonesboro, IL, the daughter of Ben and Hattie (Pryor) Davis. She married Willis Ferrill on February 19, 1932 in Carterville, IL and he preceded her in death. Survivors include three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, two brothers and two sisters. Friends are calling after 9am Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Welge Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL. Funeral services for Florence Ferrill will be Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 11am from the Welge Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL with Rev. Cecil Dunning officiating. Burial will be in the Alto Pass Cemetery in Alto Pass, IL. Memorials can be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Chester or to the Alto Pass Cemetery. Velda Wittenbrink Moore vlchas@mindspring.com http://www.larrett.com/velda/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006

Thanks for the reply about Conrad Will. Velda Wittenbrink Moore vlchas@mindspring.com http://www.larrett.com/velda/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006

Velda, Dr. Conrad WILL was my g-g-g-g-grandfather, as was Capt. William BOON. Conrad's daughter Elizabeth Husband WILL married William's son Benningsen BOON. I do not know Rick or Connie WILL. Conrad had three daughters, so Rick would not be Conrad's descendant, but perhaps he may be a descendant of Conrad's brother, Peter WILL (1790-1860). http://www.tomshawcross.blogspot.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Velda Moore" <vlchas@mindspring.com> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] BROWNSVILLE PETITION > Thank you for that information, Tom. I did not know that you were related > to Conrad Will. I have seen his name while researching here in Randolph > County. I only noticed it because I have met Rick & Connie Will in > Murphysboro, IL. I would guess they are somehow related to you also. > > Velda Wittenbrink Moore > vlchas@mindspring.com > http://www.larrett.com/velda/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It should be in the state archives in Springfield in the papers of the territorial legislature. I've never seen the Brownsville petition, but I have for other counties such as the proposed Ohio County in the 1820s and later in the fight on whether to split Gallatin and create Saline County. Sincerely, Jon Musgrave IllinoisHistory.com

Thank you for that information, Tom. I did not know that you were related to Conrad Will. I have seen his name while researching here in Randolph County. I only noticed it because I have met Rick & Connie Will in Murphysboro, IL. I would guess they are somehow related to you also. Velda Wittenbrink Moore vlchas@mindspring.com http://www.larrett.com/velda/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006

I do not know if the document still exists, but it would have been created sometime between the late summer of 1815 and 10 Jan 1816 (when Jackson County was organized). My ancestors Dr. Conrad WILL and Capt. William BOON called the meeting in Brownsville which led to the creation of the Brownsville Petition, according to "Biographical sketch in Formation and Settlement of Jackson County, IL," On a Saturday in the late summer of 1815, Dr. Conrad Will and Capt. William Boon called a meeting of local settlers to propose a petition for forming a new county in Illinois. The county name was decided upon by vote - Jackson County - in honor of Andrew Jackson. The meeting was held at the Salt Spring of the Big Muddy River, where Dr. Conrad Will had settled the previous year for the purpose of manufacturing salt. He was a low, heavy-set man of florid complexion; he had 'sandy' hair and blue eyes. He wore 'store' clothes, while most of the men wore moccasins, buckskin breeches, home-spun shirts, and wore coonskin or wildcat caps. On 18 Apr 1818, Congress passed a bill admitting Illinois as a state into the Federal Union. Conrad Will attended the convention in Kaskaskia in July, 1818 and helped draft the first constitution of the state of Illinois. He served as State Senator or as Representative the following years: State Senator: 1818-19, 1829-30, 1831-32, 1833-34 State Representative: 1820-22, 1823-24, 1825-26 http://www.tomshawcross.blogspot.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Velda Moore" <vlchas@mindspring.com> To: <ILJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com>; "ILRANDOL" <ILRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:48 PM Subject: [ILJACKSO] BROWNSVILLE PETITION > Does anyone know anything about the BROWNSVILLE PETITION requesting that > Jackson County become a county separate from Randolph County? Where can > it > be found? I am hoping it is still intact. What is the date of the > document? > > Velda Wittenbrink Moore > vlchas@mindspring.com > http://www.larrett.com/velda/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Does anyone know anything about the BROWNSVILLE PETITION requesting that Jackson County become a county separate from Randolph County? Where can it be found? I am hoping it is still intact. What is the date of the document? Velda Wittenbrink Moore vlchas@mindspring.com http://www.larrett.com/velda/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006

Little Egypt Heritage Articles Stories of Southern Illinois © Bill Oliver 20 August 2006 Vol 5 Issue: #25 ISBN: pending Osiyo, Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Egypt Once in awhile things that I have read seem to jump to the foreground by a chance statement or question. Recently a friend, with quite an expertise in Ohio cemeteries, asked me if a certain cemetery was in Nebraska. She was sure that it was not in Ohio. She was passing the question on to me because a friend of her’s was questioning and he thought it was in Ohio. As it turned out, it was in Nebraska. I knew it was in Nebraska because I had read about it in a judgment handed down recently by the Nebraska Supreme Court. A farmer owned all the land surrounding this cemetery in Platte county. He wanted to use the cemetery as the center of his circular irrigating system. When he was told no by the cemetery authorities he went to court. The court turned him down in his appeal for land use. My friend and I think that her friend, while reading an Ohio newspaper mistook it to mean the cemetery was in Ohio. The name for the Platte cemetery is very common. One can find one in many, many places. Just ask “google” <grin> and you will find that name most anywhere. This got me to thinking how places get named. Some are named for people. Stanton county, Nebraska was first named Izard county in honor of Mark W. Izard of Arkansas. He was the first marshal and second territorial governor of Nebraska. When the War Between the States began he joined the Confederacy. When the Eighth Territorial Legislature convened on 2 January 1862, they changed the name to Stanton, in honor of the Secretary of War. Some places take their name from other places. There are many stories about the giving of Southern Illinois the nickname “Little Egypt”. There are several traditions; however, my favorite is the Biblical one. It goes, when northern farmers needed seed due to drouth [drought] in the north, they traveled south to purchase seed, following the Biblical story that Egypt had storehouses full of grain. Others said that the topography was like that of Egypt. I’m sure that none had ever seen Egypt, so to me the Biblical version is the more likely. Toledo, Ohio, no doubt derives its name from Toledo [Toh-lay-doh], Spain. And, they are “sister” cities today. Local dialects can throw one off. My Grandmother Oliver was born in West Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois. The county seat, Vienna, was a few miles east. For some strange reason, I always heard her say she was from West Byeennie. That’s Bye-enn-nee, Illinois. It wasn’t until I was more than forty years old that I discovered there was no such place and that it was Vienna – like the European city of waltzes. The same is for Cairo, Illinois. The dialect in southern Illinois pronounces it – KAY-row, like the syrup. Back in Stanton county there is a community named Clinton. Probably chosen by settlers from Clinton, Indiana. Indian Creek, no doubt, was named because its banks were used as a campsite by Native Americans. Maskenthine Creek was named for John Maskenthine. He built his home along its course; however, it was named Maskenthine Creek because he was the first to die within the county. Back in Lucas county, Ohio, there is a Swan Creek which runs through Toledo and into the Maumee River. No one I’ve ever talked to has seen a swan in the vicinity of the creek. However, among other notes I have in my files, is a list of animals an early traveler put into his journal. It included swans on Swan Creek. Today, we drive past new housing developments with names that never seem to fit the local. Pine Forest Development. Sugar Creek Homes. Oak Gardens. I’ll bet you could name a few. e-la-Di-e-das-Di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) and Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: PostScript: = = = = http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SOIL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILMASSAC http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/LittleEgypt/intro.html

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Hello everyone, I've recently obtained some photos of Campbell Hill High School classes from the 1920s. These photos come from the William Mead family, Mr. Mead ran the Farmers Store for a few years if I have my facts right. I know nothing about the Mead family and no one is identified on these photos. If you recognize anyone, or have a list of who attended Campbell Hill High School in the 1920s please email me. Email me also if you would like to see larger versions of the images. Direct link to the photos is at: http://www.rafert.org/Campbell%20Hill/CHill_High1927.html Clicking on each photo will bring up a larger version. Regards, Joel http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gg.2ADI/452.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the info this will be very helpful . I am helping my brother in law with his CASEY family .

Past issues of the GC Press Record newspaper or on microfilm at the Granite City Public Library. Lloyd Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Riseling To: ILJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSON] Mary Riesling--general IL question Newspaper are housed at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library which also houses the IL Historic Preservation. I don't know if they have Granite City. Here is a link to the Library newspaper area which also has a telephone number. You can call them and ask what they have in their collection. http://www.alplm.org/library/library_depts.html#Newspaper Sorry I don't know more. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <Thehensons@aol.com> To: <ILJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:35 AM Subject: [ILJACKSON] Mary Riesling--general IL question > Mary, > > Where are the old newspapers housed? In Springfield? Do they have the > Granite City Press-Record? > > Alice > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Limit SIGNATURE BLOCKS to four lines or less. Don't include the surnames > you're researching within your sig block as this impedes the search of > the archives. If you insist on including surnames, they must be within > the subject county and each letter must be separated by a space so they > don't interfere with archive searches, e.g., S M I T H > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== Illinois State Archives on-line data bases (marriage, death, military, land records, etc.) can be accessed at: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429

Newspaper are housed at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library which also houses the IL Historic Preservation. I don't know if they have Granite City. Here is a link to the Library newspaper area which also has a telephone number. You can call them and ask what they have in their collection. http://www.alplm.org/library/library_depts.html#Newspaper Sorry I don't know more. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <Thehensons@aol.com> To: <ILJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:35 AM Subject: [ILJACKSON] Mary Riesling--general IL question > Mary, > > Where are the old newspapers housed? In Springfield? Do they have the > Granite City Press-Record? > > Alice > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Limit SIGNATURE BLOCKS to four lines or less. Don't include the surnames > you're researching within your sig block as this impedes the search of > the archives. If you insist on including surnames, they must be within > the subject county and each letter must be separated by a space so they > don't interfere with archive searches, e.g., S M I T H > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Mary, Where are the old newspapers housed? In Springfield? Do they have the Granite City Press-Record? Alice

I posted numerous articles on the Jackson County message board several months ago including stories about the tornado. The stories included lists of the dead and injured. There were some obituaries but because of the numerous dead, obituaries for everyone were not possible. The transcription of the newspaper articles are available at the link below. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1357 Mary Riseling Springfield, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: <timjuli@earthlink.net> To: <ILJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: [ILJACKSON] Re: OBIT > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gg.2ADI/452.1 > > Message Board Post: > > It is unlikely there would be an obit for tornado deaths, but there were > lists of the dead reported and descriptions of what happened. Have you > seen the many articles in the newspapers at the time of the tornado that > are posted here: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/jackson/jacksonnews.html ? You > might find something on your individual in these. If not, and if you > would like the newspaper checked for an obit, I provide this service for a > fee. I go to Morris Library's newspaper archive at SIU Carbondale. For > more information, please contact me directly at timjuli@earthlink.net. > > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Do you have a resource you could share with the list members? Would you > be willing to do some "lookups" for a limited time period? If you would, > please let the members know. Thank you! > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx