Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/Knox/777 Surname: Witherspoon ------------------------- Does any one on the Knox County list have access to the Daily Republican Register. I am looking for an obit fo James M witherspoon who diedon June 16, 1912. He lived outside of Rio. His sons obit was published in this paper in 1917 and I was hoping his was too, since he died to early for a death certificate. Thank you Sharon Haney

Peter Godfrey A farmer, he is the son of James and Keziah Godfrey, natives of Maryland and Delaware, respectively. he was born in Sussex Co., Delaware on Feb 5, 1810. He was reared on the farm and attended common schools, and came to Illinois in 1832. He has served as Supervisor 4 or 5 terms from Orange Twp., Justice of the Peace, and Trustee of Hedding College. He was married to Nancy SUMNER on Feb. 7, 1839. They have two adopted children. His wife joined the M. E. Church in 1836, he in 1862,and is Steward and Trustee. A Republican. P. O. Abingdon. Joan

Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/776 Surname: GODFREY ------------------------- I am looking for any information regarding the surname GODFREY, Thomas/Mariah in Knox County, Illinois. Also looking for descendants of GODFREY/Enoch and GODFREY/Peter.

I would be interested in getting a copy of the obit for LUCYLLE ENGLAND, also. I know of someone who is interested in the England family, and she would like to have a copy of this obit. Thanks! ~ Peggy

Hi Pat, I have the obit from the "The Galesburg Post and The Knoxville Journal" edition of 27 July, 2000. Yes Lucille d. on 17 July, 2000. I can either type it and e-mail to you, but I'd also make a copy and snail mail to you, if you'd like. The Galesburg Post did not list deceased brother and sisters. Ginny in WI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Thomas" <ptthomas@hbci.com> > I was looking for something and found that my first cousin, twice removed > just died in Knox county on 17 July 2000. I wondered if there are obits > online or if anyone could easily find an obit for Lucylle Stevenson > England. > > Pat

Pat, I just checked www.legacy.com which has an obit button - great info... incredibly, they list the Abingdon Argus, but the Galesburg Register Mail - - sorry. Jim Ferris

> I was looking for something and found that my first cousin, twice removed > just died in Knox county on 17 July 2000 > > Hi Pat... > > Nothing online Peoria doesn't have archives yet and Abingdon didn't have >her listed. here are links for later use. > http://www.pjstar.com/ > http://eaglepublications.com/obituaries.html > http://eaglepublications.com/other.html > But I could get you a copy if it was in the Galesburg paper. will check >for you tomorrow. > She died in Knoxville, I think, so I thought that it might be in Galesburg. I found her sister in the Ancestry.com Peoria paper and was in hopes of finding this one. Thanks for your help. Pat Pat Thomas Post Office Box 885 Winona, Minnesota 55987-0885 1-507-452-8290 mailto:ptthomas@hbci.com Knox County, Illinois USGENWEB CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knindex.htm

I was looking for something and found that my first cousin, twice removed just died in Knox county on 17 July 2000 Hi Pat... Nothing online Peoria doesn't have archives yet and Abingdon didn't have her listed. here are links for later use. http://www.pjstar.com/ http://eaglepublications.com/obituaries.html http://eaglepublications.com/other.html But I could get you a copy if it was in the Galesburg paper. will check for you tomorrow. Till later, Patti patti31556@home.com

I was looking for something and found that my first cousin, twice removed just died in Knox county on 17 July 2000. I wondered if there are obits online or if anyone could easily find an obit for Lucylle Stevenson England. Pat Pat Thomas Post Office Box 885 Winona, Minnesota 55987-0885 1-507-452-8290 mailto:ptthomas@hbci.com Knox County, Illinois USGENWEB CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knindex.htm

I have found some information that there was a Justice of the Peace in Knox County around the 1850's by the name of John T. Smith. Would anyone have any additional information on him in so far as family, birthdate, or place of birth? Thanks.

I don't have any Blankenship information, but Illinois has a few on-line databases at http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/database.html I did check for a Calvin marriage and found none, but there is a William T who married a Jane in 1846. Good luck. Charlotte RuABlankenship@aol.com wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > This is my first post to the list, and it isnt a very good one. The > reason being is that I am looking for my Calvin BLANKENSHIP without much to > go on.

Thank you for all of the responses to my question about scanning equipment. They were very helpful. As a follow-up question, does anyone have experience working with either of the following equipment? HP OfficeJet G85 Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier - I am considering this for general purpose sheet scanning, but I am attracted to the many additional features it offers. HP CapShare 920 Portable Copier - I am considering this for hand scanning from fragile books. Thanks for any experiences you can pass on to me. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Miller [mailto:Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 12:25 PM To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com; NYCATTAR-L@rootsweb.com; ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Scanning Equipment I am looking to purchase some scanning equipment. I want to be able to scan the pages of fragile old books so that I can work with the image or retrieve the text into a Microsoft Word for further editing. I also want to be able to easily scan from a volume of single sheets so that I can work with the images or text. I realize that I may need more than one piece of equipment to affectively work with both kinds of source documents. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I had a bad experience with a flatbed scanner. I wasn't an expensive model but if you plan on scanning books, on some models the glass will not support the weight of a book. Judy -----Original Message----- From: Rex Cherrington [mailto:cherrington@gallatinriver.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:23 PM To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Scanning Equipment I have been using an Olympus C-2500L digital camera to make copies of fragile documents, much less trauma to the fragile paper using a scanner, generally. At the highest resolution it beats any scanner I could afford and does so much more, with copying photos, even takes pictures! I don't think there is any OCR software to link these images to Microsoft Word for easy editing. They require retyping. I will be anxious to see what other angles people are using. My primary concern is minimize the damage to the book or other document. Rex At 12:11 PM 10/17/2000 -0700, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> >To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:25 AM >Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Scanning Equipment > > >> I am looking to purchase some scanning equipment. >> >> I want to be able to scan the pages of fragile old books so that I can >work >> with the image or retrieve the text into a Microsoft Word for further >> editing. I also want to be able to easily scan from a volume of single >> sheets so that I can work with the images or text. I realize that I may >> need more than one piece of equipment to affectively work with both kinds >of >> source documents. >> >> Does anyone have any recommendations? >> > >Bob: I have 3 different scanners and all are Hewlett Packard's, and >certainly not and endorsement of their brand. > >If you are to do large numbers of single sheets I would recommend one with a >sheet or document feeder, usually you can scan 25 sheets at a time, if you >can find the older scanners they will scan 200 sheets. > >Also being able to scan large sheets 8 1/2 x 14 should be a consideration. > >Resolution and color is very important at least 600 dpi preferably 1200 dpi. >If you are to do lots of pages the scan speed becomes all important. > >Don't get a scanner that shares your printer port, they are slow and usually >will not work properly. If your computer has a USB ports, get a USB scanner >although some of the older USB ports are not fast enough. > >Another consideration is the Software that processes the scanned text and >photos is very important the soft ware that comes packaged with your scanner >is usually not adequate. > >I find that Paperport ver 7.0 works well and that can be linked to a good >OCR optical character recognition software. > >Ensure that you have hard drive of adequate capacity, I have 40 Gb and >starting to run low on space so will eventually will upgrade to a 75 Gb hard >drive. > >Hope this will answer a few of your questions. If you have any other >questions feel free to contact me any time. > >Sincerely Mike Baker > > > > > >

and certainly not and endorsement of their brand. ... DOES THIS MEAN WHAT YOU DO LIKE HEWETT PACKARD, OR YOU DO NOT?

I have been using an Olympus C-2500L digital camera to make copies of fragile documents, much less trauma to the fragile paper using a scanner, generally. At the highest resolution it beats any scanner I could afford and does so much more, with copying photos, even takes pictures! I don't think there is any OCR software to link these images to Microsoft Word for easy editing. They require retyping. I will be anxious to see what other angles people are using. My primary concern is minimize the damage to the book or other document. Rex At 12:11 PM 10/17/2000 -0700, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> >To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:25 AM >Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Scanning Equipment > > >> I am looking to purchase some scanning equipment. >> >> I want to be able to scan the pages of fragile old books so that I can >work >> with the image or retrieve the text into a Microsoft Word for further >> editing. I also want to be able to easily scan from a volume of single >> sheets so that I can work with the images or text. I realize that I may >> need more than one piece of equipment to affectively work with both kinds >of >> source documents. >> >> Does anyone have any recommendations? >> > >Bob: I have 3 different scanners and all are Hewlett Packard's, and >certainly not and endorsement of their brand. > >If you are to do large numbers of single sheets I would recommend one with a >sheet or document feeder, usually you can scan 25 sheets at a time, if you >can find the older scanners they will scan 200 sheets. > >Also being able to scan large sheets 8 1/2 x 14 should be a consideration. > >Resolution and color is very important at least 600 dpi preferably 1200 dpi. >If you are to do lots of pages the scan speed becomes all important. > >Don't get a scanner that shares your printer port, they are slow and usually >will not work properly. If your computer has a USB ports, get a USB scanner >although some of the older USB ports are not fast enough. > >Another consideration is the Software that processes the scanned text and >photos is very important the soft ware that comes packaged with your scanner >is usually not adequate. > >I find that Paperport ver 7.0 works well and that can be linked to a good >OCR optical character recognition software. > >Ensure that you have hard drive of adequate capacity, I have 40 Gb and >starting to run low on space so will eventually will upgrade to a 75 Gb hard >drive. > >Hope this will answer a few of your questions. If you have any other >questions feel free to contact me any time. > >Sincerely Mike Baker > > > > > >

I saw this notice and was wondering if your Rebecca Moore is the daughter of William A. Moore and Rebecca Gose who married 15 August 1858 in Knox County, Illinois. She'd have been young then, but I have one ancestor who married at age 15 in Knox County. Joan Nisley Vienna, VA Sid Moore wrote: > Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/775 > > Surname: Moore, Barr > ------------------------- > > I have since found that Rebecca Moore married Albert L. Barr on September > 04, 1873 in Knox Co., IL. At the time on her settlement of her father's > estate in July 1889 she was living in Fairfield, Iowa.

>From another list, here are the news NARA fees sheduled to go into effect Nov. 13, 2000. Better get your orders in before Nov 13. http://www.nara.gov/nara/newfees.html Kathryn Jennings

I love my paperport Visioneer it shares a port with my printer, but you can remove the top for bulky books as a lot of the old ones are. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 12:25 PM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Scanning Equipment > I am looking to purchase some scanning equipment. > > I want to be able to scan the pages of fragile old books so that I can work > with the image or retrieve the text into a Microsoft Word for further > editing. I also want to be able to easily scan from a volume of single > sheets so that I can work with the images or text. I realize that I may > need more than one piece of equipment to affectively work with both kinds of > source documents. > > Does anyone have any recommendations? > >

I am looking to purchase some scanning equipment. I want to be able to scan the pages of fragile old books so that I can work with the image or retrieve the text into a Microsoft Word for further editing. I also want to be able to easily scan from a volume of single sheets so that I can work with the images or text. I realize that I may need more than one piece of equipment to affectively work with both kinds of source documents. Does anyone have any recommendations?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Miller" <Bob_Miller@rdmiller.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:25 AM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Scanning Equipment > I am looking to purchase some scanning equipment. > > I want to be able to scan the pages of fragile old books so that I can work > with the image or retrieve the text into a Microsoft Word for further > editing. I also want to be able to easily scan from a volume of single > sheets so that I can work with the images or text. I realize that I may > need more than one piece of equipment to affectively work with both kinds of > source documents. > > Does anyone have any recommendations? > Bob: I have 3 different scanners and all are Hewlett Packard's, and certainly not and endorsement of their brand. If you are to do large numbers of single sheets I would recommend one with a sheet or document feeder, usually you can scan 25 sheets at a time, if you can find the older scanners they will scan 200 sheets. Also being able to scan large sheets 8 1/2 x 14 should be a consideration. Resolution and color is very important at least 600 dpi preferably 1200 dpi. If you are to do lots of pages the scan speed becomes all important. Don't get a scanner that shares your printer port, they are slow and usually will not work properly. If your computer has a USB ports, get a USB scanner although some of the older USB ports are not fast enough. Another consideration is the Software that processes the scanned text and photos is very important the soft ware that comes packaged with your scanner is usually not adequate. I find that Paperport ver 7.0 works well and that can be linked to a good OCR optical character recognition software. Ensure that you have hard drive of adequate capacity, I have 40 Gb and starting to run low on space so will eventually will upgrade to a 75 Gb hard drive. Hope this will answer a few of your questions. If you have any other questions feel free to contact me any time. Sincerely Mike Baker