am searching for any information on my grandfather, Robert R. CRUSE. He was a life long resident of Southern Illinois and was appointed the Illinois State Director of Mines and Minerals in 1948. He would have been born sometime around 1880 and had three children: Kenneth, Joe, and June. He died around 1960. His father's name was John Marion Cruse and he fought in the Civil War. Thank you

I don't know if this will help but you might also want to try contacting the Illinois State Archives as they keep all records on all the departments of the State of Illinois back to statehood. E-mails take a while to get answered from them because they are so short staffed but you could also try and give them a phone call and see what types of information they might have. The number for the Illinois State Operator is 217-782-2000 and then you can ask for the Illinois State Archives. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 8:49 AM Subject: [ILJACKSON] information on Robert R. Cruse family > am searching for any information on my grandfather, Robert R. CRUSE. > > He was a life long resident of Southern Illinois and was appointed the > Illinois State Director of Mines and Minerals in 1948. > > He would have been born sometime around 1880 and had three children: Kenneth, > Joe, and June. > > He died around 1960. > > His father's name was John Marion Cruse and he fought in the Civil War. > > Thank you > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >