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.
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