The Census Project at Rootsweb is located at: http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=Rootsweb+Census+Archives&page=1&offset=2&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D45259eb0ba996f40%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DRootsweb%2BCensus%2BArchives%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.rootsweb.com%252F%257Eusgenweb%252Fcensus%252F%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPTop%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rootsweb.com%2F%7Eusgenweb%2Fcensus%2F You just find your state, then find your county and see what has been transcribed. It's free. Jan Lund [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce or Patti Lawson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Re: Knox County courthouse > For Ken and the rest of you too.....here is another site that has a good deal of records online. Some here that are not on the rootsweb site and vice-versa. One thing I think is lacking on any site for Knox Co is census readings. > > http://www.iltrails.org/knox/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dr Kenneth L Goldsberry > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:22 AM > Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Re: Knox County courthouse > > > Sharon... would you please provide the URL for the Knox county website you > said had most of the old records available. I'm starting searches for the > Bainbridge family that was in the Galesburg, > area around 1890's to 1920+, Ernest Roberts family from about 1920-1990's > and Ransom Goldsberry family 1915ish - 1933. > > Do you know of a good book or two that tells about Galesburg from 1910 > onward. I know it was a railroad hub... Thanks, Ken G. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 11:21 AM > Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Re: Knox County courthouse > > > > 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/1756.2 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Fortunately most of Knox County material is on line if you can find it > first then they would not have to search. Woodford County charges 5.00 to > search and then a dollar per record that is not certified. They will hand > the book to you and then they must go get the record. Some courthouse do not > charge a search fee but they charge 7 to 10 dollars per record. Nothing is > free any more. I must say Johnson County Iowa knows how to do it. The public > records are in a seperate part of the room and you can search to your hearts > content, then you write down every thing you need and they get it for you at > a nominal charge for copying the material certified does cost more and if > you deal by mail it is 10.00 a record and if they can't find it they keep > the money for research time. Sharon > > > >