Karima, I have just realized that I don't remember how to post a message to this mailing list. So, I am replying to your message. Frequently, I post replies to messages that have been posted on the ILJACKSO mailing list, but I do not post my own messages because I am researching ALL of the families of Jackson County, IL, and that seems to be too broad of a topic to post. My SHAWCROSS gedcom file, which is posted at Rootsweb.com, contains over 40,700 individuals. More than 36,900 of these records pertain to individuals who lived in Jackson County or had ancestors who did. I encourage people who are researching their Jackson County ancestors to use my SHAWCROSS gedcom file as a resource (and to let me know if they can make any connections to it). Although my research focuses on Jackson County, my file contains many individuals from adjoining counties, including Franklin, Perry, Randolph, and Williamson. Here is the url for Achilles HARRIS, who is listed as head of family #1 in the 1850 census for Jackson County, Northern District. This will get you into my file. From there you can search on whichever name(s) you wish. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I33195 Tom Shawcross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karima" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:57 PM Subject: [ILJACKSON] Status Report on the Jackson County Illinois [ILJACKSO] Mailing List > Good Evening, > > I thought perhaps this might be a good time for me to give a status report > on the membership of the list. As of this this evening, there are 102 > subscribers to ILJACKSO-L and 75 subscribers to ILJACKSO-D, for a total > membership of 177. So, as county lists go, our membership numbers are > pretty good - our only problem is there are very few messages being posted > to the list by the list members - and among a group this large, there must > be a lot of helpful information we could share with each other. > > Surely we haven't all found those elusive ancestors we've been looking for. > . . and if you have found someone or something that has really helped break > down some walls, or fill in some blanks in your research, let us know about > it. > > This might be a good time to let the other members of the list know > something about your Illinois connections, what information you are looking > for, and what you might be able to offer the other members of the list in > terms of sharing research and/or resources. > > It would be nice if we could introduce ourselves to the other list members, > and post at least one inquiry in regard to the research we are doing. This > will be much more productive than just sending a list of surnames to the > list - and you can send as many different queries as you like. > > So, if you have posted inquiries to the list, and still don't have the > answers you are seeking, post them again. > > Please let the list members know if you have resource material you can share > and if you are willing to do some "lookups" [be sure to set YOUR guidelines > for the information you require in order to do the lookups]. > > So. let's get some action going on the list. Remember that this list, or > any list, can only be as active as the participation of the members. This > can be a very productive list, with lots of helpful information flowing back > and forth . . . we just need to get back to it. > > If you would like to check the Archives for the list, you can: > > Search the Archive of Messages for the ILJACKSO Mailing List > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILJACKSO > > Browse the Threaded Archives for the ILJACKSO Mailing List: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ILJACKSO > > > Best wishes and good luck with your searches. > > Karima > List Administrator > Jackson County, IL Discussion List (ILJACKSO-L) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.659 / Virus Database: 423 - Release Date: 4/15/2004 > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE LIST ARCHIVES YET??http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILJACKSO-L > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ILJACKSO-L/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >