Janis, I do not know if is the military census but the 1855 and 1865 Illinois State Census are available through the Illinois State Archives. There are several counties together and the cost was $20.00 per roll. I have looked at both at the library in Mt Vernon, Illinois. Some of the counties are very hard to read if you can read them at all. They only list the families by numbers and age groups not individual names. What each IRAD has is on line at the Illinois Archives site. I was there last week and again was told if you know what you want they will copy and mail it to you for a small copy fee. Randy -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Janis G." <janisg@juno.com> > Hello Juli! Thank you for the suggestions! I do have Jackson Neace's > pension info and it does have all of his children listed. Sarah Jane is > not listed, so that is another reason I don't believe she is his > daughter. I tried to locate the 1865 military census, but did not find > it online. I guess I can probably order it from somewhere, so will try > that later. I have not yet ordered probate info for Elias Neace, > Elisabeth Wheat or Vincent Wheat. I had forgotten that there would > probably be a guardianship record. Do you know if those records would be > in Jackson County or if they would be at IRAD? I guess I can look up > that info online. Also, thank you for sending the copy of the census > record for Christopher Nece/Neace. I had found that record a few years > ago, when going page by page through the census looking for Jackson > Neace. I guess it might be a good idea for me to spend some time looking > at Christopher and Henry's families, as that may help me find out a > little more about Jackson and his mother Elisabeth. > > Thanks again for the suggestions and the encouragement to get started on > my research again. > > Best wishes! > Janis > > On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:02:16 -0600 "Juli Claussen" > writes: > > Hi Janis, > > I have a couple of small suggestions for you that might help. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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