In a message dated 9/18/00 7:30:05 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << According the to book, The History of St. Mary's Parish, one of the pioneer parishioners was Daniel Gahan. There is a small photo of him as well as a short biographical sketch. >> Judy, That's him!!! He is not my relative BUT he did come over on the boat with my gg grandfather. I found the man's name in an obit for my ancestor. I have been trying to do some research on Daniel, in hopes of learning a little more about my gg grandfather. When I have finished researching Daniel, I will give what I found to Kane County. I hope there is someone out there who is related to him, who would be interested in the information I have found. Thanks for your help. Debbie

I ran across this on eBay. I already have a copy so thought someone else might find it useful. It is out of print per the St. Charles History Centre when I checked about a year ago. June <A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=435533821">eBay item 435533821 (Ends Sep-21-00 14:54:09 ...</A>

Thanks to Barbara for posting these. One of them was new to me, and I found the family I am working on in St. Mary's Parish! I am looking for GAHAN. The head of this family emigrated with my ancestor. They were childhood friends in Ireland. Debbie In a message dated 8/25/00 5:17:47 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I research the Kane County area from Texas by contacting either the Elgin Genealogical Society http://nsn.nslsilus.org/elghome/egs/index.html or the Kane County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkcgs/. For a small fee, they can look for many items. Check their web sites for the details. I have had great success asking these folks for help and they have been very friendly and knowledgeable. Also, ILGenWeb for Kane County http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane/ has more contacts for the area. Happy hunting! >>

In a message dated 9/9/2000 6:39:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Sharon, I will get back to you later tonight or this week. I have some information -- However, hubby just had by-pass surgery and got home from hospital - need to focus on him more then my searching. Lorrie

Debbie, I have one of your names in my family tree: DECKER. Augusta Mary Decker, b. 9 Dec 1878 Dargezin, Pomern, Germany, d. 1 Oct 1935, Augustana Hospital, Chicago, IL. m. Samuel Julius Haverkampf, b. 13 Aug 1876 Dundee, IL, d. 09 Nov 1942, Dundee, Il. They were married 08 Nov 1898 in Dundee, Il, and are both buried in West Dundee Township Cemetery. If this is a relative of yours, I have more information. Kelly At 10:03 PM 9/4/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi everyone! I'm just getting started with the hole genealogy thing. I >joined this list after finding info on my family in Kane County. The >surnames I'm working on from the Kane area are •Staudt •Hilger >•Decker •Huber (Heber) If anyone else is looking for those names >I would love to > hear from you! debbie > > > > > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project.

Seeking info on John Streetmaker and his wife, Nancy Elledge. He died after 1918 and she died Aug 1901 in Kane CO. Their daughter, Emma, married G.W. Traylor of Kansas. Looking for burial sites and his date of death. Also Emma's date of birth and marriage. Thanks, Janet in San Antonio

I am looking for information on the parents and siblings of Alta SMITH and her sister, Alice SMITH HAISH. Alta and Alice lived in Aurora or vicinity during their adult years. Birthdates probably between 1850 and 1860. The HAISH family had a connection to a soft drink bottling plant sometime after 1915, as my mother-in-law remembers going to their house and being able to have all the soda she could drink. Any help will be appreciated. TIA, Sharon

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I rec'd this warning on another county list: **********FORWARDED MESSAGE FROM STATE-COORD-L LIST ************ >Hi Everyone: > >About 2 weeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > >www.familydiscovery.com > >The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they were >linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside a >frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to investigate >this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a user >id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web site gave >bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes to a >recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the e-mail >addys on their web site bounce. > >Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears that >several folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > >http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > >The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come from >USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from >non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either rootsweb >or usgennet. > Hope no one in Kane County gets hurt! Or "shrink-wrapped," whatever that means! ;) Looking for Thomas Hines, born February 1867 in Elgin, Kane County

Hi Ruth, I seem to be having good luck with the search in Kane County area. I live in Lake County, IL. so I think I'll gather what info I have and take a drive there and see what else I can turn up. My Dad died several years ago, and he never told me much about his parents ( I was young and didn't ask either...now I regret it) Both his parents had died before they met my mother, so she hasn't been able to help much. I'll just keep at it, and see what I can find! Since I started with basically nothing, I have already made major progress. :) debbie

I grew up in DeKalb Co., IL, the next county west of Kane. DeKalb was originally part of Kane for a few years as counties were being developed. The surnames Hueber and Decker are names I heard as a child. Don't know if this will help you any or not. Ruth

Hi everyone! I'm just getting started with the hole genealogy thing. I joined this list after finding info on my family in Kane County. The surnames I'm working on from the Kane area are •Staudt •Hilger •Decker •Huber (Heber) If anyone else is looking for those names I would love to hear from you! debbie

Hello fellow listers! I have just joined the list hoping to find information on the above couple who were married 11/29/1857 in KANE CO. I know that Almiron's parents were Alphonso Yates and Hanna Lindsey and that they were from NY. I also know that Almiron (b. 1835) had a sister by the name of Amelia Loretta Yates (b. 1837). I am hoping to find other siblings of Almiron & Amelia; more information of their heritage and Anything at all about Lydia Allen. (All I know about her is that she was born near Chicago, IL). Thanks! Kathy [email protected]

I'm unsure as to why I got this message. It isn't about anyone I know. My Kane, Il connection is Bendtsen/Skoning. Jan Spriet wrote: > Hi > Looking for information about the wedding of > Charles Spriet born Moline 10 Jan 1897 died 15 Feb. 1954 Saint Charles and his wife Mary Froeling died with a gun shot about 1953. I don't know where > Frank Spriet born 03 feb 1895 died 10 Jul 1936 Saint Charles and his wife Sarah Regelbrugge born 1896 died 1930 > Edwin Spriet born 12 Jan 1899 died April 1966 Saint Charles and his wife Clara Boone born 1904 died 1987 > Martha Spreit born 1900 died 1994 Elgin and her husband Joseph A Vandenbrook born 1902 > Maude Spriet born 1891 died 1918 Saint Charles and her husband Philippe Descourouez (have no information about him) > Albert Spriet born 1909 died 1949 Saint Charles and his wife Gertrude Zauitz born 1913 St Charles died 1989 Saint Charles > Celeste Rudolph Spriet born 1894 St Charles died 1981 Saint Charles and his wife Irene Hawkins born 1902 died 1976 Saint Charles (married about 1923) > Estelle Spriet born 1892 Saint Charles died 1960 Los Angeles and Henry Smith born 1888 Saint Charles. > Hope someone can tell me more about one of this weddings. > Christiane > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:[email protected]

Hi Looking for information about the wedding of Charles Spriet born Moline 10 Jan 1897 died 15 Feb. 1954 Saint Charles and his wife Mary Froeling died with a gun shot about 1953. I don't know where Frank Spriet born 03 feb 1895 died 10 Jul 1936 Saint Charles and his wife Sarah Regelbrugge born 1896 died 1930 Edwin Spriet born 12 Jan 1899 died April 1966 Saint Charles and his wife Clara Boone born 1904 died 1987 Martha Spreit born 1900 died 1994 Elgin and her husband Joseph A Vandenbrook born 1902 Maude Spriet born 1891 died 1918 Saint Charles and her husband Philippe Descourouez (have no information about him) Albert Spriet born 1909 died 1949 Saint Charles and his wife Gertrude Zauitz born 1913 St Charles died 1989 Saint Charles Celeste Rudolph Spriet born 1894 St Charles died 1981 Saint Charles and his wife Irene Hawkins born 1902 died 1976 Saint Charles (married about 1923) Estelle Spriet born 1892 Saint Charles died 1960 Los Angeles and Henry Smith born 1888 Saint Charles. Hope someone can tell me more about one of this weddings. Christiane

Dear Shirley, I research the Kane County area from Texas by contacting either the Elgin Genealogical Society http://nsn.nslsilus.org/elghome/egs/index.html or the Kane County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkcgs/. For a small fee, they can look for many items. Check their web sites for the details. I have had great success asking these folks for help and they have been very friendly and knowledgeable. Also, ILGenWeb for Kane County http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane/ has more contacts for the area. Happy hunting! Barbara Researching KOCH, HOGREFE, BIELENBERG, PFISTER, RYSTROM,

I found the listing for my great-grandmothers death in the Kane Co. death index microfilm and am wondering if anyone has access to the records in Geneva, Kane Co. and would volunteer to check it out and make a copy. I would,of course,pay for the copy and the postage. I have the book, page number and certificate number for 1908 for Mary S. JAMES. I know she is buried in Winnebago, Winn.Co.,Illinois but hadn't been able to find the date or where she died until today. Are there microfilmed copies of the old papers from Kane Co.? And would they be at Gail Borden Library in Elgin? Thank you for any help. Shirley Redmond North Bend, Or. [email protected]

I look for information about the name Spriet in Hampshire and Saint Charles anything is welcome Christiane

Don't know how common the name is, but there are Kirchhoffs in Dubuque, Iowa.

Hi, I was hoping for soe help. I just found out that my NASS family was from Dundee and buried in Dundee township cemetery. Dose anyone know where I can write for information? Thanks Sharon