Hi Jim, Thus far from what I have gotten it was on section 3 of St Charles township. I stopped by the police station when I was in St Charles Tuesday and talked to an officer of thirty years experience. He says that section 3 is along the east and west side of the river at Five Islands. Rice Fay, and others, had meetings in Rice's home there which led to the formation of a Baptist church. I don't know if that church still exists. Brother Elijah had not yet moved to Elgin and was in Racine Wisconsin founding a Baptist church there. The little settlement Rice Fay lived in was called Fayville, and had their own post office for a time. I don't know yet if it was on the east or west side of the river. It may be that Fayville became part of South Elgin in time, or possibly St Charles.......I need to look at a plat map, preferably from about 1840. Rice Fay built "a substantial stone dwelling" which was later occuppied by the Keatins and known as the Keating house. I have not been able to locate it, if it even exists anymore. I am tenetively planning a trip to St Charles tommorrow, to speak with the researcher/archivist at the historical society. These would be very old records I would be looking for and I don't think many survive to today. Any ideas on what cemetary they might be buried in? Bob ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim Beckman" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:46:44 -0400 Please let me know where the house you describe is located I was born in St.Charles and would be interested ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert W. Fay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Hi Patricia, > > Now that is a good idea! And someone else wrote about the St Charles > Historical Society so I am trying to get connected to them to visit > tommorrow. > > Thanks, > Bob > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [email protected] (Patricia Meyers) > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Rice Fay & Elijah Fay in Kane County, 1833-1900 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:22:09 -0500 (CDT) > > Hi, Bob, > Doesn't the Federal Archives in Chicago keep some sort of records on > postmasters? You may find something there...Pat Meyers, Worth, IL > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > RootsWeb accepts donations in any amount at any time. See how you > can help at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a message to mailto:[email protected] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com