Contact: Susan Lye Kane County Genealogical Society 847-697-1029 The next monthly meeting of the Kane County Genealogical Society will be held on Thursday, September 25 at 7:15 p.m. in the Carnegie Room of the St. Charles Public Library, located at 1S. 6th Avenue, St. Charles. The topic for the evening will be “The Goals of the KCGS Volunteer Program.” Members and guests will participate in a discussion regarding the cooperative volunteer program at the Geneva History Center. All are welcome to attend. The mission of the Kane County Genealogical Society (KCGS) is to gather and preserve regional historical records and serve as a county-wide educational resource for those interested in genealogy. For more information about the meeting or KCGS please call (847) 697-1029 or visit the society’s website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkcgs

Hello my name is Mary Ellen and I am new to this list. I was wondering if anyone out there would do a death notice look-up for me? My greatgrandfather was Charles Van Ham aka:Vanham, died 9/11/1934, he lived at 646 N. Broadway, Aurora, IL. OR Does anyone know I can get it? Thank You, Mary Ellen Justice nee: VanHam _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. https://broadband.msn.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Maxwell" <amaxwell@satx.rr.com> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:29 PM Subject: [ILKANE] American Legion > Would like to find out how and who to contact for the Tri Cities American > Legion Post 1054. One of my ancestors was a Commander of Post 1054 and of > Kane County American Legion and would like to trace that portion of her > life. She was also a WAC Sergeant in France during WWI. > Art > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > >

Would like to find out how and who to contact for the Tri Cities American Legion Post 1054. One of my ancestors was a Commander of Post 1054 and of Kane County American Legion and would like to trace that portion of her life. She was also a WAC Sergeant in France during WWI. Art

Ladies and Gentlemen: In case it might be of any help to anyone with Baptist ancestors, I submit the website of the Primitive Baptist Library, in Carthage, Illinois, which has done research on churches of that faith in over 80 counties of Illinois, and in over 30 states across the northern part of our country. The Library has a collection of church and association records, and periodicals, with obituaries, and membership lists have been extracted and entered into a database which now has about 44,000 names, about half of which are for Illinois. The website is: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html Sincerely, Elder Robert Webb

----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Kirchhoff To: mktwa@ix.netcom.com Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: SJCA IMPORTANT Press Conference/Gathering Invitation St. Johannes Cemetery Alliance (SJCA) 05 September 2003 AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE: Two news conferences/gatherings with clergy and other interest persons are planned for Monday, September 15th. One is in downtown Chicago at 10:30 AM at a place called the Union League Club (apparently, it is easy to get the Chicago Press and hopefully, City of Chicago Clergy, to come to this location), and the second is at 2 p.m. at St. John's United Church of Christ, Bensenville. The Founder of the Becket Fund, Seamus Hasson, is making a special trip to Chicago, along with Mr. Pat Korten, to address these important meetings/news conferences to create awareness about the March on the 21st and to discuss the importance that recent political/legislative events have placed upon this march. Your attendance is welcomed at the upcoming meeting/news conference at St. John's United Church of Christ. The gathering will take place in the Parish Hall at 2:00 p.m. The address of the church is: 601 Illinois Route 83 Bensenville, Illinois 60106-1349 Look Forward To Seeing You There! Michael Kirchhoff ________________________________________ Michael Martens Kirchhoff, Sr. michael.kirchhoff@ix.netcom.com St. Johannes Cemetery Committee Member

Hello Christine, Just a thought but you might try searching on the GenForum for the Westcott Family Forum and posting a message there. I had some pictures of a young girl from the 1880's that I found when my gram passed away and was able to find enough information to find her granddaughter who was delighted with the pictures as her grandmother had dies when her father was only 5 and they had never seen what she looked like. It might be worth a try. Good Luck! Carol Sherman Houghton Researching: Sherman, Briggs,Carpenter, Lovejoy, Mosher, Winslow, Jewell, Dexter in MA,& RI Hall, Getchell, Richardson in ME Smith,Gibbs, Aldrich, Dexter in NH & VT Houghton, Palmer, Moore,Carter, WVa, Va Franklin, Jewell, Rickerson, in NY& PA _________________________________________________________________ Get MSN 8 and help protect your children with advanced parental controls. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/parental

Carol, Thank you for that suggestion. I have followed it. Hopefully someone will recognize this as part of their family. :-) Christine At 03:54 PM 9/3/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hello Christine, > >Just a thought but you might try searching on the GenForum for the >Westcott Family Forum and posting a message there. I had some pictures of >a young girl from the 1880's that I found when my gram passed away and was >able to find enough information to find her granddaughter who was >delighted with the pictures as her grandmother had dies when her father >was only 5 and they had never seen what she looked like. It might be >worth a try. Good Luck! > > > >Carol Sherman Houghton >Researching: >Sherman, Briggs,Carpenter, Lovejoy, Mosher, Winslow, Jewell, Dexter in MA,& RI >Hall, Getchell, Richardson in ME >Smith,Gibbs, Aldrich, Dexter in NH & VT >Houghton, Palmer, Moore,Carter, WVa, Va >Franklin, Jewell, Rickerson, in NY& PA

Betty, Thank you for your kind words and for asking about the other surnames. There are a few, but not many. The publication date of the Bible is 1867. Marriages: Judah W. Westcott and Mary L. Chandler Jan. April 17th 1850 Chardon Ohio George A. Hurd and Emma J. Westcott April 21st 1875 Aurora Illinois Charles Willard Westcott and Cora A. Hart Jan 2nd 1884 Births Judah West Westcott Sept 7th 1822 Wiristed [?] Connecticutt Mary Louise Chandler January 13th 18311 [?] Mt. Morris New York Julia Maria Westcott Sept 11th 1851 Squaw Grove Ills Emma Jane Westcott Feb 17th 1855 Aurora Ills Charles Willard Westcott Oct 2 1857 Aurora Ills Minnie Arvillia Westcott Feb 9 per GB 1866 Aurora Ills George A Hurd July 12th 1853 New York City Cor 22nd St + 9 Ave. Deaths Julia Maria Westcott April 17th 1854 Aurora Ills Judah West Westcott Aug 12th 1901 This is everything that is in this Bible. It is 4 inches thick by 9 inches wide by 11 inches tall. It does not have any entries for Clarence Westcott, who is enumerated in the 1900 Census in the household with Judah, Mary, and Charles in Aurora. Census records indicate that Judah, Mary, and Charles Westcott were farming in DeKalb County in 1880. In 1910, Mary was living with Lenard [?] and Minerva Watkins in Aurora, IL, and I have not been able to find a 1910 Census record for Charles. In 1920, Charles was married to someone named Kate and still living in Aurora. By 1930, Charles was married to someone named Annie and was still in Aurora. Near as I've been able to tell, there are no Westcotts in Aurora now, at least not listed in Anywho.com. If this family sounds familiar to anyone, please let me know. Christine At 09:10 AM 9/2/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Are there any other surnames in the Bible? I think you are so thoughtful >for sharing this find. >Betty > > >>From: Christine <thewebwoman@earthlink.net> >>Reply-To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com >>To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [ILKANE] Family Bible >>Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 00:45:54 -0500 >> >>I have come into possession of a Family Bible for Charles W and Cora >>Westcott, who were married in 1884, according to what is written therein. >>I believe Charles died in Kane County. >>If this Bible belongs to someone on the list, or you know the person to >>whom it belongs, I am willing to send it to the appropriate party for the >>cost of shipping. >>Christine >> >> >>==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >>The companion web site for this list is found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Enter for your chance to IM with Bon Jovi, Seal, Bow Wow, or Mary J Blige >using MSN Messenger http://entertainment.msn.com/imastar > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project.

Are there any other surnames in the Bible? I think you are so thoughtful for sharing this find. Betty >From: Christine <thewebwoman@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com >To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILKANE] Family Bible >Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 00:45:54 -0500 > >I have come into possession of a Family Bible for Charles W and Cora >Westcott, who were married in 1884, according to what is written therein. >I believe Charles died in Kane County. >If this Bible belongs to someone on the list, or you know the person to >whom it belongs, I am willing to send it to the appropriate party for the >cost of shipping. >Christine > > >==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== >The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > _________________________________________________________________ Enter for your chance to IM with Bon Jovi, Seal, Bow Wow, or Mary J Blige using MSN Messenger http://entertainment.msn.com/imastar

I have come into possession of a Family Bible for Charles W and Cora Westcott, who were married in 1884, according to what is written therein. I believe Charles died in Kane County. If this Bible belongs to someone on the list, or you know the person to whom it belongs, I am willing to send it to the appropriate party for the cost of shipping. Christine

Dear Listmembers, The old German newspaper "Ostfriesische Nachrichten" was published by Pastor L. Hündling [Huendling} in 1882 in Iowa as a connecting paper between the people in the new American settlements and die old homeland with news and events in Ostfriesland and the "New World". Later you could find this newspaper all over the U.S. and Ostfriesland. For the period between 1882 and 1915 the issues were microfilmed around 20 - 30 years ago. According to a descendant of Pastor Huendling about 10 years ago, most of the issues between 1916 and 1971 got lost on the way to a processing center to be microfilmed. Besides Rev. Kenneth DeWall and others, who published in the past some indexes of (only) obituaries, we started in 1997 reading each newspaper for 1882 - 1915 and 1916 - 1971 (single issues) from the front to the back and taking all of the personal data in obituaries and local news into computer files. We added also interesting stories about the events in the New World - especially for the German readers -. So far we have listed 10,300 names of deceased between 1882 and 1915 plus 12,300 names of relatives, and until 1971 only 2,000 deceased / 5,000 relatives. Now we are looking for issues of this newspaper between 1916 and 1971. The undersigned would appreciate your answer if you have access to those issues. We have the microfilms from Crest Information Technologies and Heritage Crest, both in Cedar Rapids, IA. Most of the single issues after 1916 are scattered all over the U.S. and Germany. We guess, maybe finding them in the attics, etc. of old East Frisian settlements in the States. Thank you very much in advance for your help in preserving the data. Sincerely, Hans-Georg Boyken Ostfriesland-Society of Iowa, Inc.

Hi Cheryl, Thanks for answering. I do not know David Wilson's father, all I know of him is he was born in VT but married in NY. I do have some Mich. land purchase records of a Truman and John Wilson buying land Dec. 14, 1836 in Mich. saying they were from Duchess Co., NY. They bought jointly 2 different parcels, Truman one and John one each with a James Hoag. Truman would have been about 16 at the time. That is not the land he settled on though, and where the farm is that is still in the family, after 152 years. It is in approx. area though. Betty-Jane bjlee@gate.net

arlington heights memorial library too.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Van Dusen To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Cemetery Transcriptions The Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin has a very large set of the books. I'm don't knowwhat the Aurora or St. Charles libraries have. Maybe another list member will know. Judy Elgin, IL go3141@ameritech.net wrote: > Where is the most complete set of cemetery transcription books stored > within the county (or nearby)? > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb.

Dear Listers, I have received notification that the following publication is now available and includes names from Kane County. Please refer to website or contact Dennis Northcott (dennis@ngpublications.com) directly regarding any questions. This message is not an endorsement, but an informational posting. Thank you, Marcia Holpuch ILKANE List Admin NOTICE: Announcing a new book that contains death records of more than 32,000 Union Civil War veterans who served in regiments from 36 states. "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois, Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947" By Dennis Northcott and Thomas Brooks (ISBN 0-9728344-0-0, soft cover, 537 pages) The Grand Army of the Republic was the largest association of Union Civil War veterans. Entries in this book usually contain the veteran's name, rank, company, regiment or ship, name and location of post to which he belonged, and date of death. Some records include age and place of burial. Arranged alphabetically. Book includes more than 770 members of the G.A.R. posts in Kane County. Ordering information and further details are available at www.ngpublications.com. (If you can't access this link when you click on it, copy-and -paste or type the web address into the URL box in your browser.) Coming next: Transcription of the death rolls of the G.A.R.'s Department of Indiana (22,000+ names!)

Thanks Judy, I'll try St. Charles and Elgin first and see. It looks from the "Surname Guide to Kane County, Illinois Cemeteries" by Dean McMakin, that many of the cemeteries in the county have been transcribed. This is a shot in the dark, but I just came across your surname today for the first time in my research. Any chance that Alvin & Mary (BALL) VANDUSEN are in your family's history? They were married in 1835 in Cattargus Co., NY, and lived in Winfield, DuPage Co. in 1850. Alvin, born 1812 NY, was son of Henry, who was born in Germany. I don't know what happened to Alvin & Mary after 1850. On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 07:32 PM, Judy Van Dusen wrote: > The Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin has a very large set of the > books. I'm don't knowwhat the Aurora or St. Charles libraries have. > Maybe another list member will know. > > Judy > Elgin, IL > > go3141@ameritech.net wrote: > >> Where is the most complete set of cemetery transcription books stored >> within the county (or nearby)?

The Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin has a very large set of the books. I'm don't knowwhat the Aurora or St. Charles libraries have. Maybe another list member will know. Judy Elgin, IL go3141@ameritech.net wrote: > Where is the most complete set of cemetery transcription books stored > within the county (or nearby)? > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > > >

Where is the most complete set of cemetery transcription books stored within the county (or nearby)?

You might consider DiBattista, also. We have an Attilio 1925-1947 in Chicago/Wheeling. gk

Researching John L. Bautista (1864-1927) JP genealogy website: http://www.ancestry-web.com/