Thanks for the responses on this. I'm still new at the genealogy thing and tend to run around like a chicken with it's head cut off not knowing where I should start my search. My Aunts names were CARLIE ANN EDWARDS, and KATHERINE LUELLA EDWARDS. Neither one ever married, so no need to look for any other surnames connected to them. My Mom knows one taught in the Austin neighborhood in Chicago. On their death cert. it states they were retired school teachers, and under the name of employer it says Chicago School System. I think one was like a special-ed teacher because my Mom remembers when she had troubles with something one ( I think Carlie) would tutor her. Her sister teased her and called her a retard...having to go to the "retard class"...( no offence people, just quoting my mom ) debs

Hi all, There are a few researchers who just don't have the time to put their data on the web. I just made a page for Connie at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cribbs/connie1/ so that she could show her research online. I'd be glad to put a family tree page together for anyone who needs one for free. Let me know off-list at [email protected] Let's share and promote free research online! Bill -- GREAT BOOKMARKS! ShipSearch http://www.obitcentral.com/shipsearch/ CemSearch http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/ ObitSearch http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/ Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/ Canadian Obit Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/canada.htm Web Wide Surname Locator http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/surnames/ Historical & Genealogical Societies of the U.S. http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/hs/ Thanks, Bill and Tina Cribbs HELP STOP BREAST CANCER!!! --

Debs: There is a state teachers association ... maybe they would be able to help. Also I have seen books on the subject of schools of certain eras in given locations. Maybe Amazon.com could help? Good luck. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "DEBS" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:09 PM Subject: [ILKANE] off kane topic... > Sorry, this is A bit off topic in regards of being Kane County related, > but figured I'd ask anyways. I've recently found out two of my gr-gr > Aunts were school teachers, most likely teaching in Chicago area > schools. This would have been probably between 1900 - 1930 (give or take > a few years) Does anyone know if Illinois has some sort of listing of > teachers who taught in public schools? No pictures that I know of > exist of my aunts, and I'm hoping if I can find where they taught there > might be an old class group photo in the school, or county library. > It's a long shot, but still worth a try. debs > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. >

Also, does everyone know you can download your genealogy for free at World Connect Tree at Rootsweb? It's free and you can download your genealogy with or without your notes, and you can pick and choose which information to have put up on the site. They also have a wonderful search engine to help others find researchers who are working on the same lines so you can coordinate efforts. It only takes a couple of minutes to load your tree. You do need to have a genealogy program with Gedcom, but most programs do, so that shouldn't be a problem for many!!!! happy Hunting!!! Bobbie

Sorry, this is A bit off topic in regards of being Kane County related, but figured I'd ask anyways. I've recently found out two of my gr-gr Aunts were school teachers, most likely teaching in Chicago area schools. This would have been probably between 1900 - 1930 (give or take a few years) Does anyone know if Illinois has some sort of listing of teachers who taught in public schools? No pictures that I know of exist of my aunts, and I'm hoping if I can find where they taught there might be an old class group photo in the school, or county library. It's a long shot, but still worth a try. debs

Dear Deb, I thought I would wait until you had a rest but I see there are many with ties to Kane County. Would you be so kind as to look up the following: Short EL2,EL3,EL4,BC,MTH. Thank you, Rick Short

The three Hopp brothers all had sworn naturalization papers that stated emigration from Germany and landed in New York...Christ (my husband's gr-gr grandfather) on Oct. 16, 1871...Joachim on June 19, 1872...and John had no dates filled in on his papers. Thanks for the thought, though. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Days" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 6:39 AM Subject: [ILKANE] Ship Arrivals Lisa writes: >I didn't have any luck matching a ship with the dates >on the docs in order to get the passenger lists. Lisa, did you try for ships arriving in Canada? Maybe your John took the Northern route? ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]

Lisa writes: >I didn't have any luck matching a ship with the dates >on the docs in order to get the passenger lists. Lisa, did you try for ships arriving in Canada? Maybe your John took the Northern route?

In a message dated Wed, 1 Nov 2000 7:06:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Lisa Thanks for the heads-up about the microfilm. However, when I first acquiredmy naturalization docs with the dates of arrival, I tried searching forships whose dates of arrival coincided with the arrival dates on the naturalization docs. I didn't have any luck matching a ship with the dateson the docs in order to get the passenger lists. Are you telling me thatthe microfilm you mentioned is in date order such that I wouldn't need toknow the name of the ship?>> Lisa, Good morning. Yes, the film is in date order. Next step is to view the passenger names, ship by ship for that date and if not found, then search a couple days previous and after the date given on the natl pprs. Many times the ship came into port a day before or after the date registered on the passenger list. If the ship passenger list your ancestors was filmed, it'll be on the roll of film. What would cause a list NOT to be filmed would be damaged beyond recognition or it was lost or destroyed. Beverly

Hi Beverly. Thanks for the heads-up about the microfilm. However, when I first acquired my naturalization docs with the dates of arrival, I tried searching for ships whose dates of arrival coincided with the arrival dates on the naturalization docs. I didn't have any luck matching a ship with the dates on the docs in order to get the passenger lists. Are you telling me that the microfilm you mentioned is in date order such that I wouldn't need to know the name of the ship? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: [ILKANE] Re: The Hopps In a message dated Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:01:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: From: "Craig & Lisa Hopp" <[email protected]> Hi Beverly. I was the individual inquiring about the Hopp family...althoughI know that there are also other fellow Hopp researchers that are Kane Co. list subscribers. I have the naturalization records for all three men...aset of two papers for each...one looks to be the naturalization document andthe other looks to be the sworn statement. Anyway, my documents do not havean arrival date for John Hopp...those spaces were left blank. How did youcome across that information for him?>>> Lisa, I thought it was you; didn't have your email addy. I have on loan @ Schaumburg, Cook County, IL FHL the film for Elgin, Kane County, IL City Court Dec of Intent, Final Papers & Natl Rec stubs. The info came from film #'s: 1481624, 1481626 & 1481627 The names I posted were found on film #1481624. Based on the dates of arrival listed on the decs of intent, you can obtain copies of the passenger lists if they were filmed if you're interested @ Arlington Heights, Cook County, IL Memorial Library. They have 1820 - 1897 film of multiple ports of arrival passenger lists. Beverly ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]

In a message dated Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:01:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: From: "Craig & Lisa Hopp" <[email protected]> Hi Beverly. I was the individual inquiring about the Hopp family...althoughI know that there are also other fellow Hopp researchers that are Kane Co. list subscribers. I have the naturalization records for all three men...aset of two papers for each...one looks to be the naturalization document andthe other looks to be the sworn statement. Anyway, my documents do not havean arrival date for John Hopp...those spaces were left blank. How did youcome across that information for him?>>> Lisa, I thought it was you; didn't have your email addy. I have on loan @ Schaumburg, Cook County, IL FHL the film for Elgin, Kane County, IL City Court Dec of Intent, Final Papers & Natl Rec stubs. The info came from film #'s: 1481624, 1481626 & 1481627 The names I posted were found on film #1481624. Based on the dates of arrival listed on the decs of intent, you can obtain copies of the passenger lists if they were filmed if you're interested @ Arlington Heights, Cook County, IL Memorial Library. They have 1820 - 1897 film of multiple ports of arrival passenger lists. Beverly

This is very interesting. Glenda __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

Does anyone know if Spring Hill Memorial Gardens (in Aurora) and Spring Hill Cemetery are one in the same? debs

Hi Beverly. I was the individual inquiring about the Hopp family...although I know that there are also other fellow Hopp researchers that are Kane Co. list subscribers. I have the naturalization records for all three men...a set of two papers for each...one looks to be the naturalization document and the other looks to be the sworn statement. Anyway, my documents do not have an arrival date for John Hopp...those spaces were left blank. How did you come across that information for him? Thanks, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 4:24 PM Subject: [ILKANE] HOPP Kane Cty Natl Petitions Good afternoon Listers, I was viewing LDS FHL film #1481624 for my WISSER, BITTINGER, FIERK[E] ancestors in hopes I'd find a naturalization record on any of them. I ran across the surname HOPP. I remember someone on this list inquiring about that surname. Anyway, the following is the info on that surname for whomever that person is. Record 353, Joachim Hopp, age 34, from Germany, arrived NY on 6/19/1872, sworn in on 7/8/1876 Record 317, Christ Hopp, age 28, from Germany, arrived NY on 10/16/1871, sworn in on 7/20/1879 Record 318, John Hopp, age 24 (38), from Germany, arrived NY on 10/16/1870, sworn in on 7/20/1879 I won't be able to do lookups, but the film is available @ Schaumburg Family History Center in anyone wants to view it until 11/06/00. Beverly Mack Zanon ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== The companion web site for this list is found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project.

Good afternoon Listers, I was viewing LDS FHL film #1481624 for my WISSER, BITTINGER, FIERK[E] ancestors in hopes I'd find a naturalization record on any of them. I ran across the surname HOPP. I remember someone on this list inquiring about that surname. Anyway, the following is the info on that surname for whomever that person is. Record 353, Joachim Hopp, age 34, from Germany, arrived NY on 6/19/1872, sworn in on 7/8/1876 Record 317, Christ Hopp, age 28, from Germany, arrived NY on 10/16/1871, sworn in on 7/20/1879 Record 318, John Hopp, age 24 (38), from Germany, arrived NY on 10/16/1870, sworn in on 7/20/1879 I won't be able to do lookups, but the film is available @ Schaumburg Family History Center in anyone wants to view it until 11/06/00. Beverly Mack Zanon

>Does anyone have a list of the cemeteries in Kane >County with the list of people in these cemeteries? >Thanks Glenda [email protected] Hi Glenda, Have you ever tried the Illinois Cemetery Inscription Search Engine? It is at http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/il-cem.htm Bill -- GREAT BOOKMARKS! ShipSearch http://www.obitcentral.com/shipsearch/ CemSearch http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/ ObitSearch http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/ Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/ Canadian Obit Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/canada.htm Web Wide Surname Locator http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/surnames/ Historical & Genealogical Societies of the U.S. http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/hs/ Thanks, Bill and Tina Cribbs HELP STOP BREAST CANCER!!! --

Does anyone have a list of the cemeteries in Kane County with the list of people in these cemeteries? Thanks Glenda [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

I have a book called Batavia Places And The People Who Called Them Home. In this book a William Coffin was President of the First National Bank of Batavia, prior to 1878. He had a daughter named Mary, who married into Batavia's Lockwood family. This is all the info. this book gives on the Coffin name. I do have another book, at home, that I will bring in to work and see if any more info. is available. Hope this is of some help...... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Susanne Freund Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FESS Services P.O. Box 500, MS 232 Batavia, IL 60510 (630) 840-3824 [email protected] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glekay" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: [ILKANE] William A. Coffin > Looking for any relatives of William A. Coffin b. > about 1830. Glenda [email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > > >

Hi Debbie, Thank you for all of the information. This is really nice of you to take the time. If these are mine you helped me solve some of my puzzle-I always get excited when this happens, don't you? I will check these out. Thank you again. God Bless you, Anna Marie (Simon) Rahfeldt --- DEBBIE MOBLEY <[email protected]> wrote: > East Batavia Cemetery > > Page 36 Sect 5 Lot 24 # 1 > (next to Harris & Grice) > Weaver, Evelyn Banks(M) 14 Sept 1895 - 4 Jun 1981 > > Page 37 Sect 5 Lot 27 #9&10 > Giese, Emilie (M) 1858 -15 Jan 1944 age 90y 10m 2 d > Giese, Carl L. (F) 1847-1929 > Served in Franco Prussian War 1870-1871 > > Hope this helps, > Debbie > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list > by sending a > message to mailto:[email protected] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/

In the Kane County courts there is a William Coffin in late 1860's. Can anyone shed light on this? Any Coffin's family memebers still in Kane County? Please email me thanks Glenda [email protected]