I did not realize Mt. Hope cemetery was in Calhoun County, I have some ancestors buried there. Can you confirm this for me, then I may have to look for a copy of the old book, and new one too. Thanks Stephanie ----- Original Message ----- From: <RussCap@aol.com> To: <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] New Calhoun County Cemetery Book > Marty, > > I was unaware that a new updated Calhoun County Cemetery Book was in the > making. Guess I somehow missed that. I do have some old obituaries and maybe a > picture. > > The last cemetery book I had purchased, had some info on a cemetery that I > consider to be incorrect. It has to do with the Mt. Hope Cemetery and I believe > a Nimerick - Retzer. > > If you are interested in what I have will be glad to pull it together and > send to you. > > Many of my ancestors were from Calhoun Co. and my mother was born there. > > Zelma Caplette - CA > > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

From the USGS's GNIS mapping site: Feature Name: Mount Hope Cemetery Feature Type: cemetery State: Illinois County: Calhoun USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Hamburg 391434N 0904014W There are several other Mt. Hopes in IL, however. Name St County Equivalent Name Type USGS 7.5' Map Mount Hope Cemetery IL Champaign cemetery 400150N 0880347W Saint Joseph Mount Hope Cemetery IL Champaign cemetery 400557N 0881355W Urbana Mount Hope Cemetery IL Champaign cemetery UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown Mount Hope Cemetery IL Cook cemetery 414052N 0874127W Blue Island Mount Hope Cemetery IL Cook cemetery 420116N 0881506W Elgin Mount Hope Cemetery IL Cook cemetery 420442N 0880443W Palatine Mount Hope Cemetery IL Ford cemetery 402304N 0882507W Gibson City West Mount Hope Cemetery IL Ford cemetery 403522N 0882349W Sibley Mount Hope Cemetery IL Jo Daviess cemetery UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown Mount Hope Cemetery IL Kankakee cemetery 405948N 0881145W Cabery Mount Hope Cemetery IL Kankakee cemetery 410528N 0880323W Herscher Mount Hope Cemetery IL La Salle cemetery 411923N 0883632W Seneca Mount Hope Cemetery IL Madison cemetery UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown Mount Hope Cemetery IL McHenry cemetery UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown Mount Hope Cemetery IL Richland cemetery 383809N 0875634W Claremont Mount Hope Cemetery IL Richland cemetery UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown Mount Hope Cemetery IL St. Clair cemetery 383430N 0900308W French Village Mount Hope Cemetery IL Tazewell cemetery 403130N 0892952W Morton --- Stephanie Hall <hall06@telusplanet.net> wrote: > I did not realize Mt. Hope cemetery was in > Calhoun County, I have some > ancestors buried there. Can you confirm this > for me, then I may have to > look for a copy of the old book, and new one > too. Thanks Stephanie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

Thanks for the help for Mt Hope cemetery. Stephanie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Genie" <genielists@yahoo.com> To: <ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] Mt. Hope cemetery > From the USGS's GNIS mapping site: > > Feature Name: Mount Hope Cemetery > Feature Type: cemetery > State: Illinois > County: Calhoun > USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Hamburg > 391434N > 0904014W > > There are several other Mt. Hopes in IL, however. > > Name St County Equivalent Name Type USGS 7.5' Map > > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Champaign cemetery 400150N > 0880347W Saint Joseph > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Champaign cemetery 400557N > 0881355W Urbana > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Champaign cemetery UNKNOWN > UNKNOWN Unknown > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Cook cemetery 414052N > 0874127W Blue Island > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Cook cemetery 420116N > 0881506W Elgin > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Cook cemetery 420442N > 0880443W Palatine > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Ford cemetery 402304N > 0882507W Gibson City West > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Ford cemetery 403522N > 0882349W Sibley > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Jo Daviess cemetery > UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Unknown > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Kankakee cemetery 405948N > 0881145W Cabery > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Kankakee cemetery 410528N > 0880323W Herscher > Mount Hope Cemetery IL La Salle cemetery 411923N > 0883632W Seneca > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Madison cemetery UNKNOWN > UNKNOWN Unknown > Mount Hope Cemetery IL McHenry cemetery UNKNOWN > UNKNOWN Unknown > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Richland cemetery 383809N > 0875634W Claremont > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Richland cemetery UNKNOWN > UNKNOWN Unknown > Mount Hope Cemetery IL St. Clair cemetery 383430N > 0900308W French Village > Mount Hope Cemetery IL Tazewell cemetery 403130N > 0892952W Morton > > > --- Stephanie Hall <hall06@telusplanet.net> > wrote: > > > I did not realize Mt. Hope cemetery was in > > Calhoun County, I have some > > ancestors buried there. Can you confirm this > > for me, then I may have to > > look for a copy of the old book, and new one > > too. Thanks Stephanie > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > ============================== > 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 >