Passing this information along from another list: <<I just wanted to let anyone who may not already be aware of it, the availability of census searches through the Illinois State Archives. If you have the name (preferably the head of household) and the county in which you know or believe him/her to have lived, you can request a search (actually two searches at a time) of the census archives. If the researchers at the Archives can find a record for the family, they will mail you a photocopy of the actual page on which the entry is found. It will include information on all of the individuals who were living in the household at the time the census(s) was taken. Uncertified photocopies of requested records are available at NO charge (there is some confusion among the genealogy community regarding this, but I can assure you that at this time there is no charge) - also don't bother to send a SASE, they will just return it to you). You can request copies of documents by mail, by fax, by telephone, or by personal visit. You can write/phone/fax your request to the following: Illinois State Archives Reference Unit Margaret Cross Norton Building Capitol Complex Springfield, IL 62756 Telephone: (217) 782-3556 Fax: (217) 524-3930 OR, to make it really easy, you can visit the following URL and complete the request form you will find there. http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/arcreq.s Some things to keep in mind when making requests are listed below. Request no more than two specific names or items per mailing. For name searches try to provide (if you have it, but if you don't have all of it don't let that stop you from making your request): 1) the individual's complete name, age, and birthplace, 2) county and township names, and 3) the year of the census(s) to be searched. Wait for a response to one request before submitting another one. The following is the main web page for the Archives, you might want to check it out to see what else is available: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html Hope this helps, Karima>> -----Original Message----- From: G Minklein [mailto:minklein@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:01 AM To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Lookup, Gilbert Swart Denise, On the 1870 Knox Co., IL census index, there is a Gilbert Swart, white male, age 57, born in Virginia, living in Knox Township. This is on Roll 241, page 269 of the 1870 census microfilm. Sorry, I don't have the actual census, but perhaps someone can look it up for you to get the additional information. Georgia Minklein
Pat, Thank you for the information, I will write and request a copy. I hate snail mail, but I love having the actual copy. Thanks again, Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat :@)" <patwhite@sprynet.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 10:06 AM Subject: RE: [ILKNOX-L] Lookup, Gilbert Swart > Passing this information along from another list: > > <<I just wanted to let anyone who may not already be aware of it, the > availability of census searches through the Illinois State Archives. If you > have the name (preferably the head of household) and the county in which you > know or believe him/her to have lived, you can request a search (actually > two searches at a time) of the census archives. > > If the researchers at the Archives can find a record for the family, they > will mail you a photocopy of the actual page on which the entry is found. > It will include information on all of the individuals who were living in the > household at the time the census(s) was taken. > > Uncertified photocopies of requested records are available at NO charge > (there is some confusion among the genealogy community regarding this, but I > can assure you that at this time there is no charge) - also don't bother to > send a SASE, they will just return it to you). > > You can request copies of documents by mail, by fax, by telephone, or by > personal visit. > > You can write/phone/fax your request to the following: > > Illinois State Archives > Reference Unit > Margaret Cross Norton Building > Capitol Complex > Springfield, IL 62756 > Telephone: (217) 782-3556 > Fax: (217) 524-3930 > > OR, to make it really easy, you can visit the following URL and complete the > request form you will find there. > > http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/arcreq.s > > Some things to keep in mind when making requests are listed below. > > Request no more than two specific names or items per mailing. > > For name searches try to provide (if you have it, but if you don't have all > of it don't let that stop you from making your request): > > 1) the individual's complete name, age, and birthplace, > > 2) county and township names, and > > 3) the year of the census(s) to be searched. > > Wait for a response to one request before submitting another one. > > The following is the main web page for the Archives, you might want to check > it out to see what else is available: > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html > > Hope this helps, > > Karima>> > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Minklein [mailto:minklein@earthlink.net] > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:01 AM > To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Lookup, Gilbert Swart > > > Denise, > > On the 1870 Knox Co., IL census index, there is a Gilbert Swart, white male, > age 57, born in Virginia, living in Knox Township. This is on Roll 241, > page 269 of the 1870 census microfilm. Sorry, I don't have the actual > census, but perhaps someone can look it up for you to get the additional > information. > > Georgia Minklein > >