Illinois county lines did not change from 1870-1920 according to William Thorndale and William Dollarhide's book "Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses" Janet Pearson Naperville, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: [ILKANE] Re: Kane County Lines > In a message dated 11/7/2000 2:01:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << From: [email protected] (DEBS) > Subject: [ILKANE] County lines > > Does anyone know if there's a site that has a map of Illinois showing > the different county lines around 1890-1920. I only have access with > webtv and the sites I found that say they have this type of map I can't > get into. If someone has time can you look and see if Elwood, IL > Bloomington, IL, and Gilman IL are all in the same area. They are > making my searches pure hell. I've received several, and also > different types of documents on the same people, and each one lists a > different location of birth. For example, I have a Florence Lloyd. Her > death cert. says she was born in Gilman IL, her marriage cert. has > birth place as Elwood IL, and on a death cert. of one of her children, > it lists the mothers place of birth as Bloomington. The same > conflicting info is found on 4 different people...it varies back and > forth between the three towns. I'm guessing the towns might be in the > same county, or possibly in a corner where the counties run > together...if anyone knows please fill me in,....thanks debs > >> > Debs, > Check your local library and genealogical societyies or Family History Center > for a book by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, title Map Guide to > the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920; published by Genealogical Publishing > Co. in Baltimore, MD. It has maps of all the states and territories with > county lines for every ten year period when the federal census was done. > Very useful book. > Bob Trapp > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > >