The Illinois State Genealogical Society is sponsoring the 9th annual Genealogical Institute of Mid America in Springfield, Illinois, July 2003. This 4-day intensive institute is held on the campus of the University of Illinois-Springfield with four separate tracks taught by nationally known lecturers. Build your research skills, network with other genealogists, and learn about genealogy for four straight days. There's a lot of learning and sharing and the evening dinners are absolutely excellent! There's more information at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs/announcement.html PLEASE feel free to pass this notice to any other lists you are on.

Please respond to mailto:Rea7669@aol.com or the list. Dear listers, I again want to thank those who have been so helpful in my past searches for my Snows and Eckblades. Is anyone doing naturalization look-ups? I am curious if the records for Albert Eckblade (it was probably spelled Ekblad then) state his place of birth in Sweden. He emigrated from Halmsted, Halland, Sweden, in 1901,but that was not his birthplace. Is there also a record for his wife Brita Lena? She came a several months later. Thank you. Elizabeth in Fl.

The Pikes Peak Regional Libraries, in Colorado Springs, CO all charge $0.10/per copy using the black & white copier and microfilm reader/printer - after the first 10 copies -- which are free. Dwight Haverkorn DwightHkorn@msn.com Peyton, CO ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Van Dusen Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 6:08 PM To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILKANE] OT: Library Copying Costs Hi everyone....The Elgin library is considering increasing the costs for using the black and white copier and the microfilm reader/printer and one of the board members asked if I could take a survey. They currently charge $.10 each for either an 8.5x11 or 11x17 copy on either the copier or the reader/printer. What does your local library charge? Do the machines take coins only or can you use coins or a copy card? Thanks for your response. You can reply to me directly...no need to post to the list. Judy Van Dusen jvandusn@foxvalley.net Elgin, IL p.s. could you also tell me where your library is located? ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com

The Aurora Public Library, Aurora, IL. charges $.10 per copy for all black and white copies. We have one color copier in our computer lab and those copies cost $1.00 each. Some of our machines take coins only (microfilm reader/printers)and our public copier will make change. Our internet computers and word processers are all connected to centrally located printers at or near the circulation desks. Patrons pay for these copies at the circ desks. Mary Ann Pirone Aurora Public Library -----Original Message----- From: Judy Van Dusen [mailto:jvandusn@foxvalley.net] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:06 PM To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILKANE] OT: Library Copying Costs Hi everyone....The Elgin library is considering increasing the costs for using the black and white copier and the microfilm reader/printer and one of the board members asked if I could take a survey. They currently charge $.10 each for either an 8.5x11 or 11x17 copy on either the copier or the reader/printer. What does your local library charge? Do the machines take coins only or can you use coins or a copy card? Thanks for your response. You can reply to me directly...no need to post to the list. Judy Van Dusen jvandusn@foxvalley.net Elgin, IL p.s. could you also tell me where your library is located? ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com

for those that like to check out the archives )like you know who) and find that loooooooonnnnngggggg line without a line wrap on all those very posts that YOU are interested in, you will be pleasantly surprised that it has had some rootsweb magic done on it.... viola! line wrap! (but if you do find one of those long ones, copy and paste it with the headers and send along to the help desk - you know that is found on the rootsweb.com home page.... (there might be some stragglers, out there for unique reasons....) and those poor folks that have common surnames or names that have several variant mailing lists, you owe it to yourself to check out the Mailing Lists Index because there has been a very nice change.... for example, you can click on surname SMITH and when you get to that page where you would be able to subscribe to Smith, you will find another secondary table of contents with hot links for all the lists where SMITH might occur.... so you would see all of these [AUS-SMITH-LOST] [George-Sterling-Smith] [NIMROD-SMITH] [SMITH] [SMITH-AL] [SMITH-AR] [SMITH-AUS] [SMITH-CA] [SMITH-CANADA] [SMITH-CT] [SMITH-DAVID] [SMITH-DE] [SMITH-ENG-LANCASHIRE] [SMITH-FREEDMEN] [SMITH-GA] [SMITH-HANTS-UK] [SMITH-ID] [SMITH-IL] [SMITH-IN] [SMITH-KS] [SMITH-KY] [SMITH-MD] [SMITH-MISSOURI] [SMITH-MN] [SMITH-MO] [SMITH-MS] [SMITH-NC] [SMITH-NEW-ENGLAND] [SMITH-NJ] [SMITH-NYC] [SMITH-OK] [SMITH-PA] [SMITH-SC] [SMITH-SCOTTISH] [SMITH-SWITZ] [SMITH-TN] [SMITH-TX] [SMITH-UK] [SMITH-VA] [SMITH-WI] [SMITH-WV] and then be able to click on that or scroll down the page to get to the subscribe links.... this only is available so far for SURNAMES not locales... and i for one, am going to overload the INDEX today, checking the new presentation for all my surnames..... might just find myself a new list....

The Aurora Library, Kane Co. charges $.10 and so does the Wheaten Library in Dupage, Co. Ill. Barb Smith Judy Van Dusen wrote: > Hi everyone....The Elgin library is considering increasing the costs > for using the black and white copier and the microfilm reader/printer > and one of the board members asked if I could take a survey. > > They currently charge $.10 each for either an 8.5x11 or 11x17 copy on > either the copier or the reader/printer. What does your local library > charge? Do the machines take coins only or can you use coins or a copy > card? > > Thanks for your response. You can reply to me directly...no need to > post to the list. > > Judy Van Dusen > jvandusn@foxvalley.net > Elgin, IL > > p.s. could you also tell me where your library is located? > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com

Hi Judy, My library is in Champlin Minnesota. Copies are still a dime a piece. Just another limb, Laura search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Van Dusen To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: [ILKANE] OT: Library Copying Costs Hi everyone....The Elgin library is considering increasing the costs for using the black and white copier and the microfilm reader/printer and one of the board members asked if I could take a survey. They currently charge $.10 each for either an 8.5x11 or 11x17 copy on either the copier or the reader/printer. What does your local library charge? Do the machines take coins only or can you use coins or a copy card? Thanks for your response. You can reply to me directly...no need to post to the list. Judy Van Dusen jvandusn@foxvalley.net Elgin, IL p.s. could you also tell me where your library is located? ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com

Hi everyone....The Elgin library is considering increasing the costs for using the black and white copier and the microfilm reader/printer and one of the board members asked if I could take a survey. They currently charge $.10 each for either an 8.5x11 or 11x17 copy on either the copier or the reader/printer. What does your local library charge? Do the machines take coins only or can you use coins or a copy card? Thanks for your response. You can reply to me directly...no need to post to the list. Judy Van Dusen jvandusn@foxvalley.net Elgin, IL p.s. could you also tell me where your library is located?

Ricky, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Carol Brummel with RAOGK is doing this for me. -Kathy -----Original Message----- From: Ricrac186@aol.com [mailto:Ricrac186@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:07 AM To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Newspaper Obits Hi Kathy, If no one else has offered, I could go to the library and do the look ups for you. Just give my what you need. Ricky Harris ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== The companion web site for this list is found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project.

Hi Kathy, If no one else has offered, I could go to the library and do the look ups for you. Just give my what you need. Ricky Harris

I suggest that you contact the Kane County Coroner's office (630) 232-3535 for these records. The staff is helpful and will be able to answer your questions. For those interested in records of the coroner's office and living in the area, current Kane County Coroner, Chuck West, will be the guest speaker at the October 23rd meeting of the Kane County Genealogical Society. For more details see the KCGS website at www.rootsweb.com/~ilkcgs Susan

Does anyone know if the Aurora Historical Soc. might have old Coroner's record's. Would that be a place to maybe find recorded deaths before they had death certificates? Still at my brick wall for Peter Linden's place of birth or sibling's. TIA, Laura

do check the archives on this list... rootsweb.com home page... interactive search.... ilkane keyword olivet and there is a link there..... maybe you will be lucky to have a transcription... and if the cem is still active...the office may know if someone/some group has transcribed.... certainly always worth asking... valentine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Wallace" <kwallace@newnorth.net> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: [ILKANE] Newspaper Obits > To the Kane County List members: > > > > 1) It appears from the web that the Aurora Beacon News is an old > publication and is available on microfilm. Does anyone know of any > volunteers who will do obit lookups? Has anyone used the Public Library > for such a request? > > > > 2) Has the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Auoroa ever been read and > subsequently published somewhere? > > > > Thanks for any direction on these. > > Kathy > > kwallace@newnorth.net > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > >

To the Kane County List members: 1) It appears from the web that the Aurora Beacon News is an old publication and is available on microfilm. Does anyone know of any volunteers who will do obit lookups? Has anyone used the Public Library for such a request? 2) Has the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Auoroa ever been read and subsequently published somewhere? Thanks for any direction on these. Kathy kwallace@newnorth.net

You should be able to request the film through inter library loan. I have gotten other Illinois newspapers this way. Look at http://web.library.uiuc.edu/resource/librarycatalogs.html for a catalog of holdings. Doug Little Florida --- Kathy Wallace <kwallace@newnorth.net> wrote: > To the Kane County List members: > > > > 1) It appears from the web that the Aurora Beacon News is an old > publication and is available on microfilm. Does anyone know of any > volunteers who will do obit lookups? Has anyone used the Public > Library > for such a request? > > > > 2) Has the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Auoroa ever been read and > subsequently published somewhere? > > > > Thanks for any direction on these. > > Kathy > > kwallace@newnorth.net > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > The companion web site for this list is found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

In a message dated 5/21/2003 8:36:38 PM Central Standard Time, kateri8@earthlink.net writes: > What exactly are you hoping to find?>>>> > I'm hoping to find ~~~ 1) Caroline's family and where she was born. There are & were some FIERK[E]'s in Elgin, but I have no way of knowing if they're hers as all have passed on. 2) Discover if any of Phillip's family immigrated and what were their whereabouts 3) Discover where Phillip & Caroline were after Germany and before Elgin.. 4) Discover where they met and married. Thank you for your interest. Below is what I know of my BITTINGER/FIERK[E] family previous my generation. Beverly 1  BITTINGER, Kaspar b: April 22, 1849 in Eimsheim, Rhinehessen, Germany .. +SCHMITT, Katharina b: November 21, 1845 in Dolgesheim, Rhinehessen, Germany m: January 11, 1871 in Eimsheim, Hessen, Germany ......... 2  BITTINGER, Elisabetha b: January 5, 1869 in Eimsheim, Rhinehessen, Germany ......... 2  BITTINGER, Brother1 ......... 2  BITTINGER, Brother2 ......... 2  BITTINGER, Philipp b: November 3, 1871 in Eimsheim,  Rhinehessen, Germany d: June 8, 1926 in Elgin, Kane County,  Illinois ............. +FIERKE, Caroline b: November 6, 1871,  Germany m: 1892 based on census information d: July 23, 1947 in Elgin, Kane County,  Illinois ..................... 3  BITTINGER, Edward b: 1894 in Elgin, Illinois d: June 8, 1953 in Elgin, Illinois ......................... +CHAMBERLAIN, Anna b: 1884 in Germany d: June 8, 1953 in Elgin, Illinois ..................... 3  BITTINGER, Alma b: April 14, 1895 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois d: April 17, 1959 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois ......................... +PURKIS, Robert George b: 1892 ..................... *2nd Husband of BITTINGER, Alma: ......................... +WISSER, Eugene b: July 26, 1901 in Ribeauville, Haute Rhin, Alsace-Lorraine, France m: July 16, 1922 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois d: August 1, 1952 in Maywood, Cook County,  Illinois ..................... 3  BITTINGER, Casper b: July 14, 1899 in Elgin, Illinois d: December 7, 1974 in Elgin, Illinois ......................... +BAUMAN, Louise b: August 5, 1905 d: July 22, 1986 in Elgin, IL ..................... 3  BITTINGER, William Philip b: June 27, 1903 in Elgin, Illinois d: April 16, 1973 in Elgin, Illinois ......................... +BREMMER, Esther b: 1907 d: October 29, 1963 ..................... 3  BITTINGER, Carl b: December 19, 1906 in Elgin, Illinois d: April 1977 in Tijuana, Mexico ..................... 3  BITTINGER, Rose b: Abt. 1909 in Elgin, Illinois ......................... +GARCIA ..................... *2nd Husband of BITTINGER, Rose: ......................... +ARCE ......... 2  BITTINGER, Elisabetha b: October 20, 1874 in Eimsheim, Rhinehessen, Germany d: November 15, 1942 in Eimsheim, Rhinehessen, Germany

Good day listmembers My maternal great grandparents, PHILLIP BITTINGER and CAROLINE [CARRIE] FIERK[E]are my brick walls to date.  Phillip was born in Eimsheim, Rhineland, Germany and Caroline was born in Germany, unknown where. They married somewhere in Illinois, made their home and raised their children in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois until their deaths.  Maybe today will be my lucky day and someone on this list is also looking for or found my brickwall.  Thank you for your time. Beverly Mack Zanon

then go to google.com enter in surnameweb and see what you get... you will find what you lost... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Kimball" <rlk4@qwest.net> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] New list information > I subscribe to so many different lists. I did check a few of them today. > The URL someone posted back in March,was SURNAMEWEB, I thought. But I had > found a huge amount of information on this website and thought I bookmarked > it, but somehow I lost it. :(( > It anyone remembers a site like this, could you post the URL, Please. > Thanks Lynn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "... valentine53179" <valentine53179@hotmail.com> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:37 AM > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] New list information > > > > what was the surname? > > have you checked the archives of this list... > > have you gone to the rootsweb.com index or > > to john's list at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > > > if it was a rootsweb.com list, > > i would guess it is the > > > > surname plus -L@rootsweb.com..... > > like KIMBALL-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lynn Kimball" <rlk4@qwest.net> > > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:19 AM > > Subject: [ILKANE] New list information > > > > > > > Hello list > > > A few months ago someone posted a new surname site. I have lost the URL > > and am hoping someone could repost it. > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > > > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > >

I subscribe to so many different lists. I did check a few of them today. The URL someone posted back in March,was SURNAMEWEB, I thought. But I had found a huge amount of information on this website and thought I bookmarked it, but somehow I lost it. :(( It anyone remembers a site like this, could you post the URL, Please. Thanks Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "... valentine53179" <valentine53179@hotmail.com> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] New list information > what was the surname? > have you checked the archives of this list... > have you gone to the rootsweb.com index or > to john's list at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > if it was a rootsweb.com list, > i would guess it is the > > surname plus -L@rootsweb.com..... > like KIMBALL-L@rootsweb.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynn Kimball" <rlk4@qwest.net> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:19 AM > Subject: [ILKANE] New list information > > > > Hello list > > A few months ago someone posted a new surname site. I have lost the URL > and am hoping someone could repost it. > > Thanks > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > >

what was the surname? have you checked the archives of this list... have you gone to the rootsweb.com index or to john's list at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html if it was a rootsweb.com list, i would guess it is the surname plus -L@rootsweb.com..... like KIMBALL-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Kimball" <rlk4@qwest.net> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:19 AM Subject: [ILKANE] New list information > Hello list > A few months ago someone posted a new surname site. I have lost the URL and am hoping someone could repost it. > Thanks > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > >