Friends Again, Please forgive my Great-great-grandpa Tyrrell. He may have been a lousy speller but he left us some wonderful records to help untangle the records that got mixed up by his children and grandchildren. Ray Justus Chandler, AZ

Hey guys did you check out that new marriage list??????? Sorry I had to do this to the list - I 'up graded' the other day and lost some addresses. I found Heim information - Breen information - Hulscher information - Dankbar information That you Cheryl for getting this new list on line and to Marjorie for getting it to you. So much fun..................... Dorothy

I have just finished re-indexing the search engine at the Jo Daviess website. Since there are LOTS of new marriage data there, you may want to check it out. -Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] <http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi> Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb <http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html> Cheryl's personal website http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/RubberTreasures.html> my Close To My Heart (rubber stamping & scrapbooking) consultant page.

Marjorie has been a very busy lady! Today she send the marriage data for 1855-1870. The data contains the name of the bride and groom, marriage data, and the volume and page number that they are contained in the Jo Daviess Co. marriage records. Please remember that no futher data is available from those records because Jo Daviess County did not keep detailed marriage licenses. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, Marjorie! -Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] <http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi> Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb <http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html> Cheryl's personal website http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/RubberTreasures.html> my Close To My Heart (rubber stamping & scrapbooking) consultant page.

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Jo Daviess County Courthouse 330 N. Bench Street Galena, IL 61036 815-777-0161 -----Original Message----- From: Robert L Webb [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: JoDaviess County Recorder Could someone please tell me the mailing address for the JoDaviess County Recorder of Deeds office? Thanks so much. Robert ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

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Posted on: JoDaviess Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/JoDaviess/838 Surname: CAREY, RILEY, RIELY, TIERNEY ------------------------- Researching John CAREY, b Hanover, Ill bet 1851-1871, m Bridget RIELY, b Nashville, TN bet 1851-1871. One known daughter, ANNA RIELY b 6-2-1891 in Savanna, Ill, m George Tierney, worked as RN at Chicago Hospital. d 5-7-1947 in CHicago. Anyone with any information, please contact me Helen

Does anyone have any information about any of these early Baptist ministers in JoDaviess county? Some of these may have lived in adjacent counties too, including southern Wisconsin. Moses JONES James CRAIG Alexander CONLEE Peter SALTZMAN Asel FERGASON William FORMAN James MILES Andrew GREGG Benjamin SALLEE James GHOLSON If so, I would like to hear from you privately. Robert ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Marjorie Smith, Hannover, and Daryl Watson and others of our Jo Daviess group Thank you for all your information on Alfred Mueller. If this email duplicates my email to Hannover, sorry, but my gratitude to Alfred Mueller deserves to be spread to all of us on the Jo Daviess website. Alfred Mueller is my idea of the ultimate genealogist. In 1983, my aunt and mother and I planned our "Great Trek" into the past. I had been working on the HART family history for about 7 years prior. First we flew from San Francisco to Denver and searched Denver, Central City, Cripple Creek and Victor seaching for the graves and sites of my great grandparents. (Michael Hart was a miner) Then we flew from Denver to Chicago/Dubuque and drove to Galena. Michael was raised in New Diggings/Vinegar Hill. (Some of you may rmember my article about howe we locked ourselves out of our rented car on Vinegar Hill!)His parents (my great greats Thomas and Bridget Hart) are buried in back of the priests home in Benton, Wis. Right over the stateline and Vinegar Hill. We stayed in Galena at Mrs. Kelly's beautiful mansion which was right next door to the Historic Belevedere Mansion. Mrs. Kelly gave us the name and address of Alfred Mueller and we started corresponding. He had invited us to drop in when we got to Galena and so we did. We had a very nice visit in his home and he brought us to the Library and I gave it a copy of the list of names mentioned in the diary of my great grandfather, Michael Hart. Since Michael was a miner, he moved around to many places and I am listed on 5 different rootswebites. I have helped many people doing lookups, etc. Alfred Mueller really served as my model of a truly generous and kind and dedicated genealogist. I know we thanked him in 1983 but is if any of you can send or print this email and give it to him--I'd really be grateful. I want him to know that he wasn't forgotten. Free free to email me at any time, Susan Hart -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Susan Hart San Francisco State University Internet: [email protected] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Marjorie Smith wrote: > Alfred Mueller was featured in the November 15, 2000 issue of the Galena > Gazette when he was presented with the Illinois Humanities Council's Studs > Terkel Humanities Service Award. This award honors people throughout the State of Illinois who, as volunteers, make a significant contribution to their community. > Alfie is in the Galena-Stauss Hospital Nursing Wing. He misses his large > collection of photographs which are still in his home. He spent hours organizing them, getting negatives made, and helping Galenians who were trying to preserve > their historic homes. At the Galena Library he answered mail of people searching > their ancestors in Jo Daviess County. He compiled books of information about > the former residents. These books are now in the Galena History Room which was renamed as the Alfred Mueller Room. > He always greeted me with "Hello Lady." He didn't remember my name but he knew who I was and always asked about my sister. > He gave up working at the library when his eyesight started to fail. Alfie is the > one you should thank for much of the cemetery transcription that appears on > the Jo Daviess web site. Alfie suffers from Parkinson disease and his wife > can no longer care for him in their home, so he has moved to the nursing home. > I'm sure he would appreciate hearing from those he has helped or corresponded > with in the past. > Marjorie Smith > > > >

Thank so much for the information on Mr. Mueller. He was so kind to my aunt, mother and I back in July of 1983. We had traveled all the way from San Francisco and stayed at Mrs. Kelly's mansion which was right next to the Belvedere Mansion across the river and on the hill overlooking the railroad station and downtown Galena. He welcomed my aunt, mother and I into his home for nice visit. He even took us to the Library too. I gave him or I left a copy of the names I crossed-indexed from th diary of my great grandfather, Michael Hart (years covered in the diary 1853-1878). Mr. Mueller really loved history and especially genealogy. In fact, he sort of became my model in all this genealogical research. I have now spent almost 25 years on the Hart history. The Internet has opened up a whole new means of communication for all of us. I am so thankful for the Internet and to the Jo Daviess websitesite and especially to Alfred Mueller. If anyone of our Jo Daviess group can make a copy of this email and give it to him or the Galena Library and his friends, I really appreciate it. Susan Hart -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Susan Hart San Francisco State University Internet: [email protected] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Hanover wrote: > I am thinking I read in the Galena Gazette that he had to go to a nursing home recently. > I could be wrong. I imagine his wife is still in the house which was not far from the library. > > The gentleman that volunteers at the library (genealogy dept) in Galena on Saturdays would know. I know he is a friend of Alfred's. > >

Thanks to Roberta and Marilyn for pointing out the problem with the marriage links on the website. I have checked all the links for the 1855-1865 marriages and found the problem. It's been fixed now and hopefully they will all work. Please let me know if you have further problems. -Cheryl Hemingway Close To My Heart Consultant <http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/RubberTreasures.html> Rubber Treasures

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I am thinking I read in the Galena Gazette that he had to go to a nursing home recently. I could be wrong. I imagine his wife is still in the house which was not far from the library. The gentleman that volunteers at the library (genealogy dept) in Galena on Saturdays would know. I know he is a friend of Alfred's.

Alfred Mueller was featured in the November 15, 2000 issue of the Galena Gazette when he was presented with the Illinois Humanities Council's Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award. This award honors people throughout the State of Illinois who, as volunteers, make a significant contribution to their community. Alfie is in the Galena-Stauss Hospital Nursing Wing. He misses his large collection of photographs which are still in his home. He spent hours organizing them, getting negatives made, and helping Galenians who were trying to preserve their historic homes. At the Galena Library he answered mail of people searching their ancestors in Jo Daviess County. He compiled books of information about the former residents. These books are now in the Galena History Room which was renamed as the Alfred Mueller Room. He always greeted me with "Hello Lady." He didn't remember my name but he knew who I was and always asked about my sister. He gave up working at the library when his eyesight started to fail. Alfie is the one you should thank for much of the cemetery transcription that appears on the Jo Daviess web site. Alfie suffers from Parkinson disease and his wife can no longer care for him in their home, so he has moved to the nursing home. I'm sure he would appreciate hearing from those he has helped or corresponded with in the past. Marjorie Smith

Posted on: JoDaviess Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/JoDaviess/828 Surname: Beaty, Nicholson ------------------------- Seek info on Sadie Beaty who married Richard B. Nicholson in Dec. 1885, JoDaviess Co.

I think so. He used to live on the same street as my Grandmother, and he really was a walking book of knowledge of Galena and Jo Daviess County. I know that he donated a TON of stuff to the library, and they named it the "Alfred Mueller Collection". I'm fairly certain he is still with us, there is still a listing in the phone book for him. -----Original Message----- From: JOSEPHINE HART [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:53 AM To: Jim White Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ILJODAVI] Records of Lead Mine Workers? Jim Was wondering if Mr. Mueller is still alive. He was very active in genealogy and the Library in Galena in 1983 (when I visited). He accompanied me to the Library and I left an alphabetical list of names mentioned in my great grandfather's diary (Michael Hart, years covered in diary 1863-1878)--but no one ever wrote asking me to do look ups--Now with the Internet, I am listed on the Jo Daviess and Lafayette County websites and I get lots of inquires. But I am wondering if he is still around. Thanks, Susan hart -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =- Susan Hart San Francisco State University Internet: [email protected] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =- On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Jim White wrote: > In Galena, much of the infrastructure follows old mine shafts. Most of the > watermain and sanitary sewers in the downtown area are in horizontal mine > shafts and filled in with tailings. Every farm I have ever been in seems to > have two or three old shafts on them, and where I live in Galena, there are > two old shafts about 2 blocks away from my house. > > The Galena Library would be a good starting point for mines and miners that > worked, and lived in the area. Eagle Picher had a large mine in the Galena > area and they may know of where you can find out further information on > mines in the area. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marjorie Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILJODAVI] Records of Lead Mine Workers? > > > I don't know of any all encompassing records. Prior to the big mining > companies > probably every man mined a little hoping to get rich. Farmers mined in the > winter when they didn't have field work. Prior to 1830 there is the > Smith-McKnight > papers at the Galena Public Library. Included in that, is a book that every > miner > had to signed saying they would abide by the regulations of the Federal > Government. There are mines under my town of Ellizabeth, under Galena, > reportedly 300 mine shafts under the Ciity of Platteville, WI. > Marjorie Smith > > ---------- > > Just out of curiosity, . . . does anyone know if there are records on the > > web, of the men who worked in the lead mines (evidently some of them were > > in JoDaviess Co., but some must have been in Grant and other counties of > > southern Wisconsin) at very early dates? (Like late 1830's or 1840's)? > > Robert > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > >

Jim Was wondering if Mr. Mueller is still alive. He was very active in genealogy and the Library in Galena in 1983 (when I visited). He accompanied me to the Library and I left an alphabetical list of names mentioned in my great grandfather's diary (Michael Hart, years covered in diary 1863-1878)--but no one ever wrote asking me to do look ups--Now with the Internet, I am listed on the Jo Daviess and Lafayette County websites and I get lots of inquires. But I am wondering if he is still around. Thanks, Susan hart -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Susan Hart San Francisco State University Internet: [email protected] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Jim White wrote: > In Galena, much of the infrastructure follows old mine shafts. Most of the > watermain and sanitary sewers in the downtown area are in horizontal mine > shafts and filled in with tailings. Every farm I have ever been in seems to > have two or three old shafts on them, and where I live in Galena, there are > two old shafts about 2 blocks away from my house. > > The Galena Library would be a good starting point for mines and miners that > worked, and lived in the area. Eagle Picher had a large mine in the Galena > area and they may know of where you can find out further information on > mines in the area. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marjorie Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILJODAVI] Records of Lead Mine Workers? > > > I don't know of any all encompassing records. Prior to the big mining > companies > probably every man mined a little hoping to get rich. Farmers mined in the > winter when they didn't have field work. Prior to 1830 there is the > Smith-McKnight > papers at the Galena Public Library. Included in that, is a book that every > miner > had to signed saying they would abide by the regulations of the Federal > Government. There are mines under my town of Ellizabeth, under Galena, > reportedly 300 mine shafts under the Ciity of Platteville, WI. > Marjorie Smith > > ---------- > > Just out of curiosity, . . . does anyone know if there are records on the > > web, of the men who worked in the lead mines (evidently some of them were > > in JoDaviess Co., but some must have been in Grant and other counties of > > southern Wisconsin) at very early dates? (Like late 1830's or 1840's)? > > Robert > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > >

I knew that many people moved to that area in pioneer days to work in the early lead mines. One man whom I have some information about who did that, was named Benjamin SALLEE. It seems they movd to different areas to work on different mines. I also know of some others, like James GHOLSON, who did the same thing, but I have communicated with some of that family. Never have made contact with any of the family of Benjamin SALLEE and would like to, if there are any. Thank you to those who responded to me privately. Robert ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.