The research fees for the STATE ARCHIVES have gone up, but the Illinois Regional Archive Depository fee has not. From their web page at http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/irad/refpol.html "The research services of the IRAD system are provided at no charge. Therefore, when requesting information by mail a self-addressed stamped envelope is not necessary. However, there may be a photocopy fee for which you will be billed. Unless an expenditure limit is set in advance by the researcher, authorization to produce photocopies will be requested for billings that exceed $5.00." These Regional Archives are located at various universities and are basically a depository for the counties so that records are not destroyed. I order from the one at Western Illinois University "stuff" from Knox County. They don't always have all the records that you need, but they do have most marriage and death records. What they have depends on what the county has sent them or what they have on microfilm. Most of the research is done by college students. If you aren't acquainted with IRAD see their home page at http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html Joyce -----Original Message----- From: marge vallazza [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Knox County courthouse experiences & The price has gone up on those as well. Look on the website for IRAD and see! Marge Vallazza:) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim&Joyce Hagerty <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: RE: [ILKNOX-L] Knox County courthouse experiences & > Hi everyone > > Don't forget, too, that the Illinois Regional Archives have microfilms of > the original marriage and death records, except for recent years, and that > the indexes are online. You can get copies of these for about 50 cents each > with a minimum of $1.00. You can call them and get the certificates within > a couple of weeks. IRAD is definitely a lot cheaper. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1756.4.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Patti, I really liked your comments. They were great. I actually live in Knox county and was just at the courthouse yesterday and you'll never guess what the stupid lady and I mean she was stupid. I got carded..... Asked for my I D and what relationship the dead lady was to me? I've been in that clerk's office a zillion times and gotten records for other people who aren't even related to me to send to others; and then here comes this woman, I couldn't believe it. But I was nice. I gave her my I D. and told her she was a cousin and we are trying to verify where she is buried so we can put a DAR marker on her grave. There is no head stone for her. The Knoxville Council doesn't have any records before 1900 and nobody seems to know what happened to the cemetery records; but all of them before 1900 are gone. So, my daughter tells the lady that maybe we should just go out and dig her up to see if she is really buried there. I about died. You should of seen the look on the ladies' face at the Knoxville Council office. I thought she was going to die. But then she covered herself and said sounded like a good idea to her... I really don't mind the ones at the courthouse in Galesburg either. I just make them do more if they give me a hard time or act like they don't want to help me. They are suppose to be there to serve us so I just grin and bear it. Because I will still go back every time. And I've bought alot of their documents for my records and for others. You just have to save for them. I didn't do all it once. Over a period of years. And still find I will go back and get more. I emailed the lady in question about this directly cause she said I could. I hope she reads what you put. I loved it...... Isn't genealogy fun.... I just have a ball with it. I spent all last week, with a splitting head ache, at the library looking for a Harriet Hobb's orbit, on microfilm and went through two years of paper just find out. Nobody bothered to put it in the paper. Now I wish there was a way around that? hahahahaha....... Have a great day and keep up the good work... Foxie http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/county/warren/

The price has gone up on those as well. Look on the website for IRAD and see! Marge Vallazza:) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim&Joyce Hagerty <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: RE: [ILKNOX-L] Knox County courthouse experiences & > Hi everyone > > Don't forget, too, that the Illinois Regional Archives have microfilms of > the original marriage and death records, except for recent years, and that > the indexes are online. You can get copies of these for about 50 cents each > with a minimum of $1.00. You can call them and get the certificates within > a couple of weeks. IRAD is definitely a lot cheaper. > > Joyce Hagerty > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Knox County courthouse experiences & > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1756.4.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Maxine, > > I feel compelled to post a closing comment on this issue and it will be a > long one. Forgive me all. . My trips to Knox courthouse have been similar > to Foxie's. I think she is a local girl like me and has been there a few > times. LOL. I live 15 miles north of Galesburg and I was born there. (OK I > haven't got around much in my life!) > > The Warren Co office workers response to me implies that they just seem to > expect that genealogy is a given in their duties, they are quite prompt and > helpful and the charges for records are amazingly low. Some in Knox seem to > be annoyed, some not, some very busy, some not. As in all walks of > life......you find those who seem to not enjoy the job or perhaps not do the > job. Perhaps that is an issue that the voters might address in the next > election. > > Anyways........i would suggest you do not give up on Knox Co. They have a > very good collection and when you finally get it, it may be worth a $10.00 > fee. I myself am a cheapskate in research, (don't misunderstand me, not > saying that you are) but I have paid 5-10 for many a non producing record in > my searches. Example...I know they were born in Sweden but the death cert > just lists Sweden. So WHERE in Sweden ???? > > I went and got my g-grandpa's death cert from Knox last year. He died in > 1935. I already knew that, his wife, his mother, father, siblings and > everything else I could want to know that would come from that record. BUT > what i wanted to know was his mother's mother's maiden name. Of course that > would not be on it. I just went to get it to have it cause good grief he > died in the county I was born in so go get it!. > > His mother's maiden name was Aldridge, as I already knew. I had strong > reasons to think her mom's maiden name was Duty. On the death cert, my > grandmother listed her dad's mom's maiden name as ALDUTY. I first looked at > it and said "Well that's not right, who even has that surname and I know it > is Aldridge....... or maybe what I think is right is wrong" and then > realized it was Aldridge & Duty combined. It had to be. > > My grandma lived many years past that day, until 1973 and always stated that > her dad's mother was Nancy Aldridge born 1819 in Posey Co, IN. Which proves > to be true. In 1935 at the time of her father's death, in her grief, she > just happened to recall another name in the family line...Duty. That oops > on the death cert confirmed a great deal of what I had suspected in my > beginning research and convinces me of the Duty line in the family. > > Knox has a register of deaths, a big fat book/books of old death records. > they are alphabetical and time line entered, not that every death is > there..Illinos started keeping death records in 1877 but not legally > required until much later. They are right there up front under the counters > as I recall everytime they hauled them up on the desk. they didn't have to > get a search party to find them all the times I have been there. > > If you go back again, just ask to look at the old death registers. If you > just give them a name like Joe Smith died whenever, they will not help you. > Walk in there, armed with names, app. dates and tell them you would like to > to see the old death books. "i'm sorry to inconvience you, I have so many > ancestors i am trying to find so can I just look at the book myself and > I'll let you know if I see anything I need?" AND IF YA HAVE A PROBLEM......I > will see your boss does not get re-elected and you will not have your job. > > Harsh words but I say that because I have a family member who works in the > clerk's office in another county and she tells me how the whole political > thing works in her line of work and how power tripping those can be who are > in charge of such. . > > If you can't pay to get every copy........who can? Just try to get the date > and then you take it to the Galesburg Library for possible obits. > > Who are you looking for ? You never stated tha in you original posting. Us > locals might be able to help you. Did you tell them you had traveled far to > do this ? > > This aggravates me, I don't live in Knox Co but have lots of voters, family > members who do. Who are you looking for ? > > > >

Hi everyone Don't forget, too, that the Illinois Regional Archives have microfilms of the original marriage and death records, except for recent years, and that the indexes are online. You can get copies of these for about 50 cents each with a minimum of $1.00. You can call them and get the certificates within a couple of weeks. IRAD is definitely a lot cheaper. Joyce Hagerty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Knox County courthouse experiences & This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1756.4.1.1 Message Board Post: Maxine, I feel compelled to post a closing comment on this issue and it will be a long one. Forgive me all. . My trips to Knox courthouse have been similar to Foxie's. I think she is a local girl like me and has been there a few times. LOL. I live 15 miles north of Galesburg and I was born there. (OK I haven't got around much in my life!) The Warren Co office workers response to me implies that they just seem to expect that genealogy is a given in their duties, they are quite prompt and helpful and the charges for records are amazingly low. Some in Knox seem to be annoyed, some not, some very busy, some not. As in all walks of life......you find those who seem to not enjoy the job or perhaps not do the job. Perhaps that is an issue that the voters might address in the next election. Anyways........i would suggest you do not give up on Knox Co. They have a very good collection and when you finally get it, it may be worth a $10.00 fee. I myself am a cheapskate in research, (don't misunderstand me, not saying that you are) but I have paid 5-10 for many a non producing record in my searches. Example...I know they were born in Sweden but the death cert just lists Sweden. So WHERE in Sweden ???? I went and got my g-grandpa's death cert from Knox last year. He died in 1935. I already knew that, his wife, his mother, father, siblings and everything else I could want to know that would come from that record. BUT what i wanted to know was his mother's mother's maiden name. Of course that would not be on it. I just went to get it to have it cause good grief he died in the county I was born in so go get it!. His mother's maiden name was Aldridge, as I already knew. I had strong reasons to think her mom's maiden name was Duty. On the death cert, my grandmother listed her dad's mom's maiden name as ALDUTY. I first looked at it and said "Well that's not right, who even has that surname and I know it is Aldridge....... or maybe what I think is right is wrong" and then realized it was Aldridge & Duty combined. It had to be. My grandma lived many years past that day, until 1973 and always stated that her dad's mother was Nancy Aldridge born 1819 in Posey Co, IN. Which proves to be true. In 1935 at the time of her father's death, in her grief, she just happened to recall another name in the family line...Duty. That oops on the death cert confirmed a great deal of what I had suspected in my beginning research and convinces me of the Duty line in the family. Knox has a register of deaths, a big fat book/books of old death records. they are alphabetical and time line entered, not that every death is there..Illinos started keeping death records in 1877 but not legally required until much later. They are right there up front under the counters as I recall everytime they hauled them up on the desk. they didn't have to get a search party to find them all the times I have been there. If you go back again, just ask to look at the old death registers. If you just give them a name like Joe Smith died whenever, they will not help you. Walk in there, armed with names, app. dates and tell them you would like to to see the old death books. "i'm sorry to inconvience you, I have so many ancestors i am trying to find so can I just look at the book myself and I'll let you know if I see anything I need?" AND IF YA HAVE A PROBLEM......I will see your boss does not get re-elected and you will not have your job. Harsh words but I say that because I have a family member who works in the clerk's office in another county and she tells me how the whole political thing works in her line of work and how power tripping those can be who are in charge of such. . If you can't pay to get every copy........who can? Just try to get the date and then you take it to the Galesburg Library for possible obits. Who are you looking for ? You never stated tha in you original posting. Us locals might be able to help you. Did you tell them you had traveled far to do this ? This aggravates me, I don't live in Knox Co but have lots of voters, family members who do. Who are you looking for ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1756.4.1.1 Message Board Post: Maxine, I feel compelled to post a closing comment on this issue and it will be a long one. Forgive me all. . My trips to Knox courthouse have been similar to Foxie's. I think she is a local girl like me and has been there a few times. LOL. I live 15 miles north of Galesburg and I was born there. (OK I haven't got around much in my life!) The Warren Co office workers response to me implies that they just seem to expect that genealogy is a given in their duties, they are quite prompt and helpful and the charges for records are amazingly low. Some in Knox seem to be annoyed, some not, some very busy, some not. As in all walks of life......you find those who seem to not enjoy the job or perhaps not do the job. Perhaps that is an issue that the voters might address in the next election. Anyways........i would suggest you do not give up on Knox Co. They have a very good collection and when you finally get it, it may be worth a $10.00 fee. I myself am a cheapskate in research, (don't misunderstand me, not saying that you are) but I have paid 5-10 for many a non producing record in my searches. Example...I know they were born in Sweden but the death cert just lists Sweden. So WHERE in Sweden ???? I went and got my g-grandpa's death cert from Knox last year. He died in 1935. I already knew that, his wife, his mother, father, siblings and everything else I could want to know that would come from that record. BUT what i wanted to know was his mother's mother's maiden name. Of course that would not be on it. I just went to get it to have it cause good grief he died in the county I was born in so go get it!. His mother's maiden name was Aldridge, as I already knew. I had strong reasons to think her mom's maiden name was Duty. On the death cert, my grandmother listed her dad's mom's maiden name as ALDUTY. I first looked at it and said "Well that's not right, who even has that surname and I know it is Aldridge....... or maybe what I think is right is wrong" and then realized it was Aldridge & Duty combined. It had to be. My grandma lived many years past that day, until 1973 and always stated that her dad's mother was Nancy Aldridge born 1819 in Posey Co, IN. Which proves to be true. In 1935 at the time of her father's death, in her grief, she just happened to recall another name in the family line...Duty. That oops on the death cert confirmed a great deal of what I had suspected in my beginning research and convinces me of the Duty line in the family. Knox has a register of deaths, a big fat book/books of old death records. they are alphabetical and time line entered, not that every death is there..Illinos started keeping death records in 1877 but not legally required until much later. They are right there up front under the counters as I recall everytime they hauled them up on the desk. they didn't have to get a search party to find them all the times I have been there. If you go back again, just ask to look at the old death registers. If you just give them a name like Joe Smith died whenever, they will not help you. Walk in there, armed with names, app. dates and tell them you would like to to see the old death books. "i'm sorry to inconvience you, I have so many ancestors i am trying to find so can I just look at the book myself and I'll let you know if I see anything I need?" AND IF YA HAVE A PROBLEM......I will see your boss does not get re-elected and you will not have your job. Harsh words but I say that because I have a family member who works in the clerk's office in another county and she tells me how the whole political thing works in her line of work and how power tripping those can be who are in charge of such. . If you can't pay to get every copy........who can? Just try to get the date and then you take it to the Galesburg Library for possible obits. Who are you looking for ? You never stated tha in you original posting. Us locals might be able to help you. Did you tell them you had traveled far to do this ? This aggravates me, I don't live in Knox Co but have lots of voters, family members who do. Who are you looking for ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGill, Fuqua, Wilson & Sage Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1756.4.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the replies. That was the first time I had done research in northern Illinois. My research had been from Champaign south to southern Illinois. I guess I have been spoiled, for in southern Illinois I am free to search any & all records that I am interested in. There is only a charge if you want a copy. Any inquires by mail would probably have a fee. As in the Knox Co. search, I might not always know the year & there might be a name listed that I hadn't known about previously. I agree that the blonde at the courthouse was very nice & helpful but an older lady that works there kept scowling at us as though we were the enemy. Do you know where else I could find birth, death & marriage info? I won't be going back to that courthouse - - I'm not that rich!!! You may email me direct if you would like.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunbar, Curtiss, Howd, Stone, Pond, Stanford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4g.2ADE/551.2 Message Board Post: Hi Diane, I am related also to the Dunbar family( Joel, Nancy, Elizabeth). I am not sure if it yours but we have traced our family to CT. Other surnames... Dunbar, Curtiss, Howd, Pond, Stone, Stanford,Fuller.Do you have any connections to any other names. This family would have settled in New York state around 1790's - mid 1800's then many of the children moved away some going to Utah. Thanks, JoAnn

Can someone please check the 1910 census for a Frank OLSON/OLSEN? He was born about 1903 in Illinois. His mother may have been Pearl or Patricia. Father's first name unknown-may have already died. They might have been living on a Thrush Avenue near Knoxville. Grand Parents lived in Peoria-he isn't with them. Thank you very much. Pam PamelaVi[email protected]

I have a Pearl or Patricia OLSON (maiden name DUBUIS) who states in an article that she lived at Thrush Avenue near Knoxville in earlier times and her father used to come to visit her. I know he died in 1906 and she wasn't married in 1900, so it was between those dates. She had a son, Frank OLSON-middle name may be DUBUIS), born about 1902-03. Are there any directories for those years for the area? I do not know what her husband.s name was and hr died before 1910 I believe. Thank you for your help. Pam [email protected]

Hope Cemetery is transcribed online http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/cemeteries/cemeteries.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Cemetery Lookup Hi Listers: I am trying to locate someone who does lookups for Hope Cemetery in Galesburg Township. I would like to obtain information on the burial site of Mary E Wallace, died March 29, 1902, and was buried at Hope according to her death record. Does anyone have any leads for me to follow to find a volunteer? Thanks, Judy Ramsay-Jensen Morrisonville, WI

Hi Listers: I am trying to locate someone who does lookups for Hope Cemetery in Galesburg Township. I would like to obtain information on the burial site of Mary E Wallace, died March 29, 1902, and was buried at Hope according to her death record. Does anyone have any leads for me to follow to find a volunteer? Thanks, Judy Ramsay-Jensen Morrisonville, WI

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1767 Message Board Post: I seek info on Andrew and Johanna Johnson . They came to U.S. about 1868 from Sweden. They lived in Wataga, IL until approx.1880. They then moved to Sutton, NE area. Any info on the family of Andrew and Johanna would be appreciated. I have info on their children , need info about Andrew and Johanna's brothers, sisters, etc. and why left Ilinois and where in Sweden they came from.

Lucy Lucille Hammond - b. abt 1870; d. 6/2/1961 married James Elliott Daughter of Theodore Hammond, Jr. They resided in Galesburg; she was a member of Galesburg/Knox County DAR Mrs. Elliott was my grandmother's sister (Mrs. Julia Theodosia Hammond Addis). It is thought that Mrs. Elliott's daughter was in the process of furthering a compilation of family members through the Hammond line. Presently there are 2 volumes of "The Hammond Book" by Frederick Hammond, which references up to my grandmother who was born in 1872. Does anyone know of the 3rd Hammond Book or of Mrs. Elliott's descendents? Thanks in advance, Pat Addis Schmidt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1695.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Steve, Sorry, I have been super busy and have had the one orbit on your stecks and am putting it in the mail to you today. I lost you snail mail address and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting her or just email me a reminder. I'm doing look ups right now on the microfilm newspapers at the library and will look for yours at the same time. Be back in touch later. thanks Foxie [email protected] http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/county/warren/

On Jun 15, 2004, at 8:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Burnaugh Could the name be BRUNAUGH or BROnaugh ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1765.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much. I had the name for that son as "Alfred" and thought that might be where he belonged.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1766 Message Board Post: I am searching for any information on a Viola Stevenson that married a Charles Emery Burnaugh in Knox County Illinois. She is listed in census records as being born in Illinois, but lived in Linn County Kansas at the age of three in 1880. She is also listed as Viola Beaty in the household of her grandmother, Mary Drake Beaty in that census. She is believed to be born around 1877 and the picture that I have of her in a 5 generation family she appears to have been bornmaybe a little later by a year or two. Any information would be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laird Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1765.1 Message Board Post: 1870 census, Oxford township, Henry Co, IL John Laird, 53 farmer b. PA Mary, 49, keeps house, b. PA Allen, 29, farm laborer, b. PA John, 9, b. IL Andrew Byers, 16 farm laborer b. IL Right next door is a Joseph Laird, 55, b. PA. Wife Charlotte, 43 b. CT., children Minerva, 25 and Samuel, 22, both b. PA. Joseph likely a brother to John. 1880 census, Galesburg, Knox, IL John Laird, 63, grocer b. PA, father b. IRE, mother b. VA Mary, 59 PA PA PA John, 18, clerk, IL PA PA Anna, 13, PA PA PA The actual image shows this home was on West St in Galesburg. Although Anna is not on the 1870 census she is listed as daughter in 1880.

Just received the obit for my GGG Grandmother Sarah Hoxworth Dennison. According to it she was born to Israel and Rachel Hancock Haworth on 19 Dec 1830 in Bucks county PA, Her mother was the a cousin to Winfield Scoot Hancock of Civil War fame. The family moved to Knox county when she was a young girl and it was there that she met and married Martin Denison on Jan 7, 1849 Would be interested in any info on her parents. Rick

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1754.2 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on a Viola Stevenson that married was supposed to have married a Viola Stevenson. She lived in Linn County Kansas, but according to FamilySearch was married in Illinois. Could your Charles be the same one?