Cousin Leona and I are still searching for our elusive YOUNG ancestors. This was a large family; there must be someone out there descended from this family. John Thomas YOUNG, b. 1804 in Allegheny Co, PA. He married Nancy Jane ALLISON, b. 1805 in PA. They had ten children: Allison, James Stinson, Jerusha, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Morgan, John Scott, Charity M., Julius Lemoine, Lydia Jane, and Winston Milton Gaius. All were born in Mercer County, PA. Lydia Jane died as a young child. About 1854 John and Nancy moved their family to Jo Daviess County, IL. John died in 1874 and Nancy in 1895. Both are buried in Jo Daviess Co. Most of their children with the exception of Charles Morgan moved further westward to Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Charles Morgan spent the remainder of his life in Jo Daviess Co. Any help with this family greatly appreciated. We're trying to fill in some big gaps and would like to talk with other descendants of this family. Janet Young Berkson

I have scanned the Jo Daviess site for resources, and I have looked for an Illinois death record for one "John Grant Light" who, according to family tradition, worked in Galena as an engineer. He may have owned or managed a gas company there after 1918. He became a widower in New York state in early 1918 where I have also been unable to find any trace of him. We have no record whatsoever after his wife's death in 1918, his age then only 48. I have been unable to locate any records for two of his three children as well. He likely owned property. If anyone has any suggestions, or resources covering this period, or recommendations on where I might go next, I would appreciate it greatly. Thank you. -JL

Linda - this is indeed a mystery to many of us. I've even asked Scott Wolfe at the Galena Public Library Jo Daviess Co. history room, and he doesn't even know. A CLUE though is that my POSEY ancestors were ennumerated in East Fork Precinct, and IF they were living where we believe they were, they were north of Galena in what became Council Hill Township or Vinegar Hill Township on Posey Hollow Rd. This would include the area where the Miners Cemeteries are located. -Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb: http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Index: http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/Mrg.html

Linda Patterson <[email protected]> attempted to post this to the mailing list but it was rejected because she was using rich text formatting in her email message. Rootsweb will not allow anyone to post through their server if the message is in rich text format, so I suggest turning that "off" when posting to any rootsweb mailing list. Now, on to Linda's question: Does anyone know what area the East Fork Precinct in the 1850 census covered? Thanks, Linda

I am trying to find the decendants of Charlotte J.(Schwatka)Mars and Gerhardt Hood Mars.I am working on the Schwatka tree and am trying to get any info I can.Am willing to share info of Charlotte's family prior to her marriage.She was born in 1818 in Baltimore,MD.Then went west to Galena,Jodavies,ILL. Any info would be of great help.Thanks,Rita

I've just added these Declarations of Intent to the Jo Daviess website. Since there are just a few, I thought I'd post to the mailing list too. I hope this helps someone researching these family names. Thanks to Marjorie Smith for transcribing them for the website. Declaration of Intent from Circuit Court Record B, 1829-1832, Jo Daviess County, Illinois CLARY, Patrick (page 43), May 12, 1830 Born in the county Tipperary in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated 1819. Took shipping at the city of Dublin on June, 1819 and landed at Norfolk, Virginia, July, 1819. At present about 26 years of age. MIDDLETON, George (page 65), May 13, 1830. Born in the county of Sligo in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated April 1818. Took shipping at the town of Sligo and landed at Portland, ME on May, 1818. At present about the age of 34 years. CARROLL, Thomas (page 66), May 13, 1830. Thomas Carroll born in the county of Kilkenny in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated 1818. Took shipping at the City of Dublin and landed at the City of New York in 1818. At present is about 22 years of age. CARROLL, Nicholas (page 67), May 13, 1830 Born in County Kilkenny in the Kingdom of Ireland. Emigrated in 1818. Took shipping at the city of Dublin and landed in the city of New York 1828 [probably should be 1818]. At present is about 24 years. WATSON, James (page 87), May 15, 1830. Born in the Parish of Walston in Landrickshin Scotland. Emigrated 1818, took shipping at Liath, Scotland and landed June, 1818 at Philadelphia, August, 1818. At present about 34 years. DALTON, James (page 222), Nov 6, 1830. Born Parish of Ballankill, County of Queens in the Kingdom of Ireland, born 1799. Emigrated from the port of Waterford on April 25, 1818, landed in Baltimore on September 8, 1818. BYRNE, Michael (page 256), Nov. 11, 1830. Filed his declaration of intent at St. Louis Missouri on March 29, 1828 when he was about 28 years old. Has resided in the United States at least 5 years and State of Illinois at least one year. Was declared a naturalized citizen. RAGANS, Jno. (page 303), April 13, 1831. 32 years old, born parish of Charbrile, County of Cork on March 25, 1797. Emigrated from the port of Liverpool on March 10, 1828 and landed at New Orleans on May 13, 1828. FURLONG, John (page 307) April 14, 1831. Born in town of Wexford in the county of Wexford in 1793, now is 38 years old. Emigrated from the port of Dublin on April 14, 1816, land city of New York on June 1, 1816. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Our thanks to Marge Smith <[email protected]> for contributing this information to the Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb site.

I have finished updating the 1855 Personal Property taxes to the website. If you have a minute to check the pages, I would appreciate knowing if the pages load in a reasonable amount of time for you. These files are large. -Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb: http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Index: http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/Mrg.html

I told Bill I would see if anyone can check the 1860 census for him He drives a truck and can't get to the closest FHC when it is open. He needs: SCHAPP, John pg 214 Bill's email is: [email protected] Thanks! Christina

I am attempting to work with my somewhat crippled computer and update the Jo Daviess website. I have added the 1855 Personal Property Tax records for surnames beginning with letters A-C. Would you mind checking the link and see if the document is too large to load on your computers and let me know if you have any trouble. Once I know that this is working, I'll begin loading the rest of those tax records. -Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb: http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Index: http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/Mrg.html

Can someone help me? 1. Is there a index to Graves Cemetery in Wards Grove Twsp., JoDaviess Co.,Ill? I'm looking for MARSH, BLAIR and STARR names buried there. 2. Is there a newspaper in WardsGrove Twsp. that would have obits from 1862? Looking for William MARSH died March 6, 1862 3. Does anyone have access to 1880 Census of Wards Grove Twsp.? Our library does not have it here. I need a lookup for family of Alonzo MARSH on page 404A and J.C. MARSH on 188A. I sure would appreciate anyone answering that knows where I can go. Thanks a bunch. Names I'm searching: MARSH, BLAIR, MEFFERD, STARR, TYRRELL NANCY

This may not be an entirely new thing but I saw today on Ancestry that the Illinois archives has added some records from IRAD to their website. I went to check it out and found they have a global search engine which allows for searching all their online records at one time. I had not seen this before and wanted you all to know abt it. No IRAD stuff from Jo Daviess yet alas. Here is the url: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/database.html Regards, Christina

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I received this message today from a friend and I thought it so funny that I wanted to share it with you all! >>>My brother-in-law works for a computer company who runs the "front-end" of systems like the New York Stock Exchange and Visa -- places that need 24 hour, 7 day a week continuous computer access. Anyway, they had the big Y2K stuff there and his boss sent out an encouraging note near the end. It said: "Just remember, the next time we will have to deal with this will be when the year changes from 9999 to 10,000, and I, for one, intend to be retired by then."<<< Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb: http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Index: http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/Mrg.html

I received the invitation a while ago to join the genealogy chat for northern IL tonight at 8pm CST at www.freeportillinois.com/index3.htm . I'm going to pop in for a while. If any of you would like to join us, please do. -Cheryl Hemingway [email protected] http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb: http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Index: http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/Mrg.html

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Looking for any info concerning one Ralph H Yancey who died in JoDavies County about 1845. DENNIS J YANCEY 19341 NW 61 AVE MIAMI FL 33015 [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7647/ | | ROBERT [YANCEY] <03153> <----| MD: TEMPERANCE [DUMAS] BN: ABT 1715 VIRGINIA DD: 1746 LOUISA CO., VA | | JEREMIAH [YANCEY] <01758> <----| MD: MARGARET [MULLINS] BN: 9 MAR 1745 LOUISA CO., VA DD: 11 JUN 1784 ALBEMARLE CO., VA | | CHARLES [YANCEY] <00492> <----| MD: SARAH [FIELD] BN: 13 MAR 1766 ALBEMARLE CO., VA DD: ABT 1825 RICHMOND, VA | | |--------------------------------------| | | | |->RALPH HENRY [YANCEY] [07425M1] BN: 8 OCT 1789 ALBEMARLE CO., VA DD: ABT 1845 JO DAVIESS CO., IL SPECIAL NOTE: CENSUS RECORDS GIVE NAME AS RAPHAEL DEED RECORD: 1817 - ALBEMARLE CO., VA - DEED TO RALPH YANCEY DEED RECORD: 1817 - ALBEMARLE CO., VA - DEEDED LAND BY ALEXANDER MCCLURE DEED RECORD: 1818 - ALBEMARLE CO., VA - RALPH & SUSAN DEED TO THOS. MARTIN DEED RECORD: 1818 - ALBEMARLE CO., VA - DEEDED LAND BY LANCELOT LEE CENSUS RECORD: 1820 - LIVING IN ALBEMARLE CO., VA 100010-20100-3SLAVES CENSUS RECORD: 1830 - LIVING IN HARRISON CO., VA CENSUS RECORD: 1840 - LIVING IN JO DAVIESS CO., IL PLUM RIVER CENSUS RECORD: 1850 - WIFE LIVING IN SALINE CO., MO 90TH DISTRICT MD<1>: 7 SEP 1812 ALBEMARLE CO., VA SPOUSE<1>: PATSY H. [GRAYSON] MD<2>: 31 OCT 1816 GOOCHLAND CO., VA SPOUSE<2>: SUSANNA [PERKINS] SPOUSE<2> BN: ABT 1795 - VIRGINIA SPOUSE<2> DD: AFT 1850 SOURCES: /IGVA/RJHW/CSRC/ACVA-309/GBAV-LB555/RJYL/JDCN/ACVM/ | | |->SARAH [YANCEY] [05595F1] | BN: ABT 1813 ALBEMARLE CO., VA | SPECIAL NOTE: 1850 CENSUS OF HALIFAX CO., VA RECORDS ONE BENJAMIN MARTIN (AGE 63) WITH HOUSEHOLD OF | SPECIAL NOTE:+ VARIOUS DESCENDANTS. POSSIBLE CONNECTION UNCERTAIN. | MD: 23 NOV 1829 ALBEMARLE CO., VA | SPOUSE: BENJAMIN [MARTIN] | SPOUSE FATHER: BENJAMIN [MARTIN] ? | SPOUSE MOTHER: CATHERINE [BAILEY] ? | SOURCES: /ACVA-309/ACVM/RKLM/ | |->MARTHA E. [YANCEY] [05592F2] | BN: ABT 1821 VIRGINIA | CENSUS RECORD: 1850 - LIVING IN SALINE CO., MO | MD: 8 SEP 1840 ALBEMARLE CO., VA | SPOUSE: JAMES R [JOHNSON] | SPOUSE BN: ABT 1820 - VIRGINIA | SOURCES: /ACVA-309/CN07-MO/ | |->CHARLES ABRAHAM [YANCEY] [00505M2] | BN: 1833 ALBEMARLE CO., VA | DD: 23 JUL 1911 FRESNO CO., CA | SPECIAL NOTE: CHARLES HAD 9 CHILDREN - ONLY 2 LIVED TO ADULTS. AMERICA FRANCES MD (1ST) AUGUST BLO | SPECIAL NOTE:+ CK. MD (2ND) C. A. YANCEY | BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN: SEE [HCCA] | OCCUPATION: SHERRIF/RANCHER/HOTEL KEEPER | CENSUS RECORD: 1860 - LIVING IN FRESNO CO., CA | CENSUS RECORD: 1870 - LIVING IN FRESNO CO., CA | CENSUS RECORD: 1880 - LIVING IN FRESNO CO., CA | MD: JUL 1865 FRESNO CO., CA | SPOUSE: AMERICA FRANCES [BALEY] | SPOUSE BN: 30 SEP 1840 - PLATTE CO., MO | SPOUSE FATHER: GILLUM [BALEY] | SPOUSE MOTHER: PERMELIA [MEYERS] | SOURCES: /ORUS-1905V2P60/RBJL-307/RTBY-41/CN10-CA/ANFI/HCCA/ | |->JOEL H. [YANCEY] <JOE> [01800M2] BN: ABT 1835 VIRGINIA ?? DD: 1860'S SPECIAL NOTE: KILLED IN CIVIL WAR. SOURCES: /RBJL-828/CN07-MO/

Can someone do a lookup on the following Nugents that lived in Apple River, I assume that their obituaries would be in Galena paper? NUGENT James b County Waterford, Ireland d Jun 6, 1883 72y Johanna wife b County Waterford Ireland d Nov. 20, 1901 87y James s/o James and Hannah d Mar 9, 1862 21y Thanks in advance. Sincerely Rose DeRocher [email protected]

I am in search of information on the 'Old Bethel Graveyard' that was located three miles east of Scales Mound. I have heard that it is overgrown and markers have been moved to other cemeteries. Can anyone help me on this? Thank you in advance Dorothy

Paul, Have you checked with the library in Galena? They have e-mail [email protected] They have a real good genealogy section in their library and wonderful helpful people working in it. Good luck Dorothy Paul Lyne wrote: > Hi List - > > I wondered if anyone knew if there were copies of this book still > available, possibly through a local history society: "Scales Mound, 125 > Years of Progress 1853-1978", published in 1978. No author given, but > printed by Johnson Graphics in East Dubuque. > > Failing that, do you know of a library which has a copy that would be > available for interlibrary loan? The State Historical Society Library here > in Madison couldn'y find a listing on OCLC and so was having problems > locating a copy for loan > > Thanks in advance for any help - > > Paul Lyne [email protected]