To Listers, Looking for information regarding the George and Minerva Stubbs family, living in Berryman, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (1860 census) with their three kids. I think that Minerva may have had one or two more children in the early 1860's, Jennie and Mary Ellen. Our tree has a Mary Ellen Stubbs of Berryman, that married Frank Tayler of Berryman in the early 1880's. Are there any county records of births or deaths for the early 1860's? Was there an 1865 Illinois or county census? Are there local directories of that time? What newspapers might someone have listed a notice of a death/birth that happened in Berryman in 1862-5? I am trying to get a definite link from our Mary Ellen Stubbs to that of George and Minerva Stubbs (if they are really related). Are there local history books or other references that I can look into? Any help on our research will be greatly appreciated. Zoe <[email protected]>