Twila: I discovered, or rather rediscovered, a really great source of information on mines in every county in Illinois. It's called "County Coal Mine Maps and Directories" and the URL is http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/servs/pubs/county-coal-maps/coalmine_for.htm. The best way to view the file for any given county is to right-click on a county name and choose "Save Target As," then you can download the PDF file and view it on your PC. There is a county map of mines, plus much detail on the many mines: type, name, dates operated, etc. People may recognize family names from some of the smaller slope-mine operations. Best wishes, and again I apologize if I have been heavy-handed in recent posts on the list. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Twila yednock [mailto:twila2@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:25 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Hi Joanie, You inadvertantly answered a question I had. Our family was Slovak, and they also were miners, as I believe they were in the "Old Country". I wondered if this book had the smaller mines, but you say it doesn't. Is there any history or record that does?

Tim, It is interesting that you sent that site on mines because I had just started looking into it and reading the information. Thank you Cindy (o: Tim Bryant <tpbryant9@yahoo.com> wrote: Twila: I discovered, or rather rediscovered, a really great source of information on mines in every county in Illinois. It's called "County Coal Mine Maps and Directories" and the URL is http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/servs/pubs/county-coal-maps/coalmine_for.htm. The best way to view the file for any given county is to right-click on a county name and choose "Save Target As," then you can download the PDF file and view it on your PC. There is a county map of mines, plus much detail on the many mines: type, name, dates operated, etc. People may recognize family names from some of the smaller slope-mine operations. Best wishes, and again I apologize if I have been heavy-handed in recent posts on the list. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Twila yednock [mailto:twila2@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:25 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Hi Joanie, You inadvertantly answered a question I had. Our family was Slovak, and they also were miners, as I believe they were in the "Old Country". I wondered if this book had the smaller mines, but you say it doesn't. Is there any history or record that does? ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

Thanks, Tim. I can't find my Biography in Black.... CHERRY MINE DISASTER We have three twenty page booklets abt. the Cherry Mine Disaster. They are reprints from the 1959 Memorial Program. The last page has a list of the miners who died. Note: the spelling of the names is from 1909. There are about 15 pictures in the booklet. The price is $2.75 (incl. postage). I tried to contact the lady in Cherry, but it was a nice day, nobody home. The information is at the Cherry Library, but as in most small towns, it is only open a couple of days/evenings a week. I will try tomorrow. The group in Cherry had the 1959 Memorial booklet, Stout's "Black Damp" book, reprints of 3 magazine articles and postcards for sale. I don't know if they have the new book, "Trapped." Even if you did not lose a family member in Cherry, the booklet gives a glimpse of the miner's life and death. My great uncle's body was not brought up till about Easter. By that time, bodies were identified by clothing, boots, etc. In fact there was a fellow helping to bring up the bodies, who "cracked" and made the comment that he had to kill somebody. He killed a Mr. Atherton, who was not even working at the mine in November, but he was a "boss". Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > Karen: > > Don't know whether anyone has responded, but here is the first column in the > index, and your George does not appear: > > Aker, C., 33 > Ammons, Isaac, 25 > Anderson, Andy, 67,130 > Anthony, William, 106 > Antoniese, 98 > Archer, D. W., 92 > Arthur, John, 46 > Axline, Glenn, 140 > Baker, A. J., 30 > Baker, Christopher, 115 > Baldwin, Elmer, 13, 15 > Baldwin, Leon, 77 > Barackman family, 8 > Barclay, Earl, 88 > Barley, C. C., 94 > Barlow, J. C., 67 > Barr, C. C., 65, 126 > Barrackman, Milam J., 25 > Bawden, Ralph, 90 > Bazore, Cal, 25 > Bazore, George, 8 > Bednar, Andrew, 130 > Beeker, John H., 78 > Benner, William R., 92 > Bergen, Abraham S., 10 > Bivins, Nelson, 88 > Black Hawk, 8, 10 > Bowman, William, 11 > Boys, William H., 139 > Bradach, Edward, 143 > Bradish, Burton, 77 > Broomfield, Samuel, 11, 13 > Bronson, George, 12, 46 > Bronson, William, 10 > Brown, Alex, 140 > Brown, William, 88 > Brown family, 11 > Browne, Lee O'Neil, 134, 135 > Brownlee, Tommy, 90 > Bundy, Charles, 140 > Bundy, John, 95 > Burke, Pat, 70 > Busch, Adolphus, 43 > Busch, Peter, 133, 135 > Bussard family, 11 > > Best wishes, > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Mentzer [mailto:rileymom@copper.net] > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:43 PM > To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Re:bio in black lookup > > > would you please check and see if a George Brotton or Broughton is there? > Not thinking he would be but was in Streator a few years > Thank You > Karen Mentzer > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Karen: Don't know whether anyone has responded, but here is the first column in the index, and your George does not appear: Aker, C., 33 Ammons, Isaac, 25 Anderson, Andy, 67,130 Anthony, William, 106 Antoniese, 98 Archer, D. W., 92 Arthur, John, 46 Axline, Glenn, 140 Baker, A. J., 30 Baker, Christopher, 115 Baldwin, Elmer, 13, 15 Baldwin, Leon, 77 Barackman family, 8 Barclay, Earl, 88 Barley, C. C., 94 Barlow, J. C., 67 Barr, C. C., 65, 126 Barrackman, Milam J., 25 Bawden, Ralph, 90 Bazore, Cal, 25 Bazore, George, 8 Bednar, Andrew, 130 Beeker, John H., 78 Benner, William R., 92 Bergen, Abraham S., 10 Bivins, Nelson, 88 Black Hawk, 8, 10 Bowman, William, 11 Boys, William H., 139 Bradach, Edward, 143 Bradish, Burton, 77 Broomfield, Samuel, 11, 13 Bronson, George, 12, 46 Bronson, William, 10 Brown, Alex, 140 Brown, William, 88 Brown family, 11 Browne, Lee O'Neil, 134, 135 Brownlee, Tommy, 90 Bundy, Charles, 140 Bundy, John, 95 Burke, Pat, 70 Busch, Adolphus, 43 Busch, Peter, 133, 135 Bussard family, 11 Best wishes, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Karen Mentzer [mailto:rileymom@copper.net] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:43 PM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Re:bio in black lookup would you please check and see if a George Brotton or Broughton is there? Not thinking he would be but was in Streator a few years Thank You Karen Mentzer

May I suggest for those of us who are only Digest subscribers, that the surnames you are researching should always be in the subject line...not the subject of your message...because Digest people only review the subject line...never read the message unless the subject line has a surname in their tree. Thanks much. Jo-Ann SEITZINGER

I have a William Brady and Hannah O'Leary with a daughter, Mary Emily Brady who married Francis Peter McIntyre. They lived in Ransom in LaSalle County. Any connections? Jim Kinnally in Arkansas

Go to google and type in Cherry Mine Disaster Illinois and there is info there and even a book you can buy from Amazon. Might be a good idea to do a book search in old and out of print books online. As near as I can tell this disaster didn't include any of my family Tootsie

Hi, Dick: As Joanie has mentioned, despite its title, the book is not concentrated on coal or coal mines or coal miners. "Biography in Black" is simply a reference to the single or main enterprise on which Streator was founded. One chapter in the book, "1860-1979: Coal and the Colonel," is devoted specifically to mines in and near Streator. "Biography in Black" is a very good history of Streator from prior to 1829 to about 1945, and you can supplement the early information with publications like "The History of LaSalle County," available through HeritageQuest if you have access to that through, for example, a library, or especially a good university library or through inter-library loan, where you might be able to get your hands on an actual hardbound copy. The Cherry Mine Disaster is covered on various websites (I posted the URL for one recently) and in books specifically written about it. There are two books listed on Amazon.com, both titled "Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster," and you can get copies of either one for cheap. I watched a special about it on PBS that was really good. Someone else recently inquired about other mines in LaSalle County. I picked up just such a book in Streator a few months ago called "Black Diamond Mines." You can get a synopsis of it at http://www.ivcc.edu/ivleader/Fall2001/Sept13-2001/Arts&Entertainment/Bluemer .htm. I personally didn't find it particularly well written or informative, but I might give it another shot if I can find it in all the clutter. (Now watch--I'll find that book and start reading it again and won't want to part with it because others want it.) Hope I haven't been overbearing, Dick. If I can help you locate any specifics, let me know. My main instrument of research is Google, but I'm blessed here in Urbana with a really good university library and free access to HeritageQuest through the local library. Best to you, Tim -----Original Message----- From: RCorri8411@aol.com [mailto:RCorri8411@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 3:35 PM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILLASALLE] BIOGRAPHY IN BLACK DOES THIS BOOK MAKE ANY REFERENCE TO THOSE THAT CAME (AND DIED) IN THE CHERRY MINE DISASTER AT CHERRY, ILL ? DICK CORRIGAN ORLAND PARK, IL

DOES THIS BOOK MAKE ANY REFERENCE TO THOSE THAT CAME (AND DIED) IN THE CHERRY MINE DISASTER AT CHERRY, ILL ? DICK CORRIGAN ORLAND PARK, IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain ILLASALL-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 17 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in [bluejay201@mchsi.com] #2 Re: Book: Biography in Black [Cltiv8tr@aol.com] #3 Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in ["Glenda Argo" <sh4739_e@mindspring] #4 RE: [ILLASALLE] Re: Book: Biograph ["Tim Bryant" <tpbryant9@yahoo.com>] #5 Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in [Twila yednock <twila2@sbcglobal.ne] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ILLASALL-D, send a message to ILLASALL-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:03:38 +0000 From: bluejay201@mchsi.com To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <012320051303.21128.3d2b@mchsi.com> Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Col. Plumb went to England to get money and miners. The English mine owners lost too many men, so they asked their gov. to put a stop to it. Then agents were employed to encourage miners from eastern Europe to come. Many of these families came in the late 1870's, Bartko, Merks, Pearchard(Perhach?), Urich, Fellow, Martin, Cheveny, Harcharik, Super, Masley. Most of the Polish people seem to come at or after the turn of the century. Don't know when the Italians came, probably after 1900, not many of them work/stayed in the mines in Streator. Migration routes are interesting. Most of the information I have comes from obituaries or funeral home records. The words "spent a year in New York, then came to Streator", later obituaries have "came directly to Streator in 189?" Some funeral home books had the question, "how long a resident of U.S./or state." If everything is OK, I will be at the museum this afternoon, going to miss the Eagles at the Rock. We have a couple of the annual coal mining reports, what year did John Kerestes die? Long time ago, I asked the Streator library if they could get the books on an interlibrary loan, but no luck. They could not find the books. There HAS to be copies of the books somewhere. I checked the state library in Springfield, maybe I should try the U of I? I have several John Kerestes John Kerestes, jr 1873 - 1944 married to Anna Bakalar, who had a son named John John Kerestes, sr, 1843 - 1927 married to Anna Botko? John Kerestes married to Pauline Plesko, had a dau. Barbara 1927 - 1928 John Kerestes, abt 1913 - 1948, married to Viola (maiden name unknown) John Kerestes, prob. above John's father, married to Anna Kochis Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. ______________________________ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:10:40 EST From: Cltiv8tr@aol.com To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <24.690c088b.2f252680@aol.com> Subject: Re: Book: Biography in Black Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Would you mind checking your copy of the book for the HOOTON or MASKER or MASEKER surnames? They lived in Streator from the early 1880s to just before 1900. Thank you, Shelly in California ______________________________ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:04:33 -0600 From: "Glenda Argo" <sh4739_e@mindspring.com> To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001d01c50186$c2cbd1b0$e73af504@glenda5ht5v6li> Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joanie, I see there is a copy of the book at this location. It will be #11 on the page. Maybe someone might be interested. I found this through Google. http://www.tomfolio.com/bookssub.asp?subid=2211 Glenda Argo ----- Original Message ----- From: <bluejay201@mchsi.com> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black > Col. Plumb went to England to get money and miners. The English mine owners > lost too many men, so they asked their gov. to put a stop to it. Then agents > were employed to encourage miners from eastern Europe to come. Many of these > families came in the late 1870's, Bartko, Merks, Pearchard(Perhach?), Urich, > Fellow, Martin, Cheveny, Harcharik, Super, Masley. Most of the Polish people > seem to come at or after the turn of the century. Don't know when the Italians > came, probably after 1900, not many of them work/stayed in the mines in > Streator. > Migration routes are interesting. Most of the information I have comes from > obituaries or funeral home records. The words "spent a year in New York, then > came to Streator", later obituaries have "came directly to Streator in 189?" > Some funeral home books had the question, "how long a resident of U.S./or > state." > > If everything is OK, I will be at the museum this afternoon, going to miss the > Eagles at the Rock. We have a couple of the annual coal mining reports, what > year did John Kerestes die? > Long time ago, I asked the Streator library if they could get the books on > an interlibrary loan, but no luck. They could not find the books. There HAS to > be copies of the books somewhere. I checked the state library in Springfield, > maybe I should try the U of I? > > I have several John Kerestes > John Kerestes, jr 1873 - 1944 married to Anna Bakalar, who had a son named John > John Kerestes, sr, 1843 - 1927 married to Anna Botko? > John Kerestes married to Pauline Plesko, had a dau. Barbara 1927 - 1928 > John Kerestes, abt 1913 - 1948, married to Viola (maiden name unknown) > John Kerestes, prob. above John's father, married to Anna Kochis > > Joanie > > > -- > Streatorland Historical Society > 306 South Vermillion Street > Streator, Illinois 61364 > Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 > Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ______________________________ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:52:53 -0600 From: "Tim Bryant" <tpbryant9@yahoo.com> To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <AHEGKJEMGKPEMDEPFADCOEKECGAA.tpbryant9@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: [ILLASALLE] Re: Book: Biography in Black Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Shelly, I see none of these names in the index. Best wishes, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Cltiv8tr@aol.com [mailto:Cltiv8tr@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:11 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILLASALLE] Re: Book: Biography in Black Would you mind checking your copy of the book for the HOOTON or MASKER or MASEKER surnames? They lived in Streator from the early 1880s to just before 1900. Thank you, Shelly in California ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx ______________________________ X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:10:41 -0800 (PST) From: Twila yednock <twila2@sbcglobal.net> To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20050124061041.51731.qmail@web80109.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The first John, m. Anna Bakalar is Tim's maternal grandfather. I don't have my genaealogy here, and can't go back further from memory. (They all had the same names!) Twila --- bluejay201@mchsi.com wrote: > Col. Plumb went to England to get money and > miners. The English mine owners > lost too many men, so they asked their gov. to put a > stop to it. Then agents > were employed to encourage miners from eastern > Europe to come. Many of these > families came in the late 1870's, Bartko, Merks, > Pearchard(Perhach?), Urich, > Fellow, Martin, Cheveny, Harcharik, Super, Masley. > Most of the Polish people > seem to come at or after the turn of the century. > Don't know when the Italians > came, probably after 1900, not many of them > work/stayed in the mines in > Streator. > Migration routes are interesting. Most of the > information I have comes from > obituaries or funeral home records. The words "spent > a year in New York, then > came to Streator", later obituaries have "came > directly to Streator in 189?" > Some funeral home books had the question, "how long > a resident of U.S./or > state." > > If everything is OK, I will be at the museum this > afternoon, going to miss the > Eagles at the Rock. We have a couple of the annual > coal mining reports, what > year did John Kerestes die? > Long time ago, I asked the Streator library if > they could get the books on > an interlibrary loan, but no luck. They could not > find the books. There HAS to > be copies of the books somewhere. I checked the > state library in Springfield, > maybe I should try the U of I? > > I have several John Kerestes > John Kerestes, jr 1873 - 1944 married to Anna > Bakalar, who had a son named John > John Kerestes, sr, 1843 - 1927 married to Anna > Botko? > John Kerestes married to Pauline Plesko, had a dau. > Barbara 1927 - 1928 > John Kerestes, abt 1913 - 1948, married to Viola > (maiden name unknown) > John Kerestes, prob. above John's father, married to > Anna Kochis > > Joanie > > > -- > Streatorland Historical Society > 306 South Vermillion Street > Streator, Illinois 61364 > Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 > Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Has anyone tried the Coal Association of Illinois? At 8:05 AM -0600 1/24/05, Tim Bryant wrote: >Joanie-- > >I've searched the U. of I's catalog for mining reports, but as I recall, >there wasn't anything that went real far back except reports on the Cherry >Mine disaster. > >Tim

I also have Brady from Ottawa here. I start with Michael Brady born in Ireland - possibly County Cork approx. 1835. He married Bridget Burns in an unknown location before 1853 when their first child John was born. Their children were John 1853 Alice 1859 Edward 1860 (my ggf) Katherine "Kate" (abt 1861) Elizabeth (1861) George (1864) went to Butte Montana Sarah Anne (1865) Eliza Jane (1866) William Henry (1872) went to Butte Montana James Thomas (1876) married a woman named Elizabeth b. 1880 Pennsylvania. Some of their children will be born in Pennsylvania as well. I have not found the Pennsylvania connection but my line recalls there were relatives there. Plus my cousin descends from another Brady line in the northern part of the county AND (of course) my ggga married Bryan Bernard Brady from Ireland. They lived in LaSalle County, then Benton County, Indiana and eventually South Dakota and Chicago. Would love to hear from you if any of this rings a bell with your Brady research. I'll be glad to connect you with my cousins if their lines ring a bell as well. Margaret mrcarmean@sbcglobal.net

Nope--sorry, Sooz. I will see if I can post the whole list. Tim -----Original Message----- From: sooz2511@aol.com [mailto:sooz2511@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 6:06 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Is there a George Lacey name there or any other Laceys from England???? susan

Joanie-- I've searched the U. of I's catalog for mining reports, but as I recall, there wasn't anything that went real far back except reports on the Cherry Mine disaster. Tim -----Original Message----- From: bluejay201@mchsi.com [mailto:bluejay201@mchsi.com] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:04 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Col. Plumb went to England to get money and miners. The English mine owners lost too many men, so they asked their gov. to put a stop to it. Then agents were employed to encourage miners from eastern Europe to come. Many of these families came in the late 1870's, Bartko, Merks, Pearchard(Perhach?), Urich, Fellow, Martin, Cheveny, Harcharik, Super, Masley. Most of the Polish people seem to come at or after the turn of the century. Don't know when the Italians came, probably after 1900, not many of them work/stayed in the mines in Streator. Migration routes are interesting. Most of the information I have comes from obituaries or funeral home records. The words "spent a year in New York, then came to Streator", later obituaries have "came directly to Streator in 189?" Some funeral home books had the question, "how long a resident of U.S./or state." If everything is OK, I will be at the museum this afternoon, going to miss the Eagles at the Rock. We have a couple of the annual coal mining reports, what year did John Kerestes die? Long time ago, I asked the Streator library if they could get the books on an interlibrary loan, but no luck. They could not find the books. There HAS to be copies of the books somewhere. I checked the state library in Springfield, maybe I should try the U of I? I have several John Kerestes John Kerestes, jr 1873 - 1944 married to Anna Bakalar, who had a son named John John Kerestes, sr, 1843 - 1927 married to Anna Botko? John Kerestes married to Pauline Plesko, had a dau. Barbara 1927 - 1928 John Kerestes, abt 1913 - 1948, married to Viola (maiden name unknown) John Kerestes, prob. above John's father, married to Anna Kochis Joanie

HELLO MARGARET & RANDY, MY BRADY'S COME FROM SOME PLACES AS YOURS. LASALLE ILL& OTHER AREAS OF ILL, ALL PARTS INDIANA,PA,W.VA,VA I HAVE A SURNAME SITE @ tribalpages.com/tribes/bradygirl ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT. Margaret & Randy <mrcarmean@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I also have Brady from Ottawa here. I start with Michael Brady born in Ireland - possibly County Cork approx. 1835. He married Bridget Burns in an unknown location before 1853 when their first child John was born. Their children were John 1853 Alice 1859 Edward 1860 (my ggf) Katherine "Kate" (abt 1861) Elizabeth (1861) George (1864) went to Butte Montana Sarah Anne (1865) Eliza Jane (1866) William Henry (1872) went to Butte Montana James Thomas (1876) married a woman named Elizabeth b. 1880 Pennsylvania. Some of their children will be born in Pennsylvania as well. I have not found the Pennsylvania connection but my line recalls there were relatives there. Plus my cousin descends from another Brady line in the northern part of the county AND (of course) my ggga married Bryan Bernard Brady from Ireland. They lived in LaSalle County, then Benton County, Indiana and eventually South Dakota and Chicago. Would love to hear from you if any of this rings a bell with your Brady research. I'll be glad to connect you with my cousins if their lines ring a bell as well. Margaret mrcarmean@sbcglobal.net ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx Ms.Brady --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

Is there a George Lacey name there or any other Laceys from England???? susan

HELLO GWEN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, I HAVE MY FAMILY TREE @ tribalpages.com/tribes/bradygirl MY SURNAMES COME FROM IN,ILL,PA,W.VA,VA& OTHER UNKNOWN PLACES Gwen B <gwenb@wccta.net> wrote: Brady, I have the surname of BRADY in my ancestry tree from Indiana. If you care to get a hold of me we may be able to exchance information. Gwen ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx Ms.Brady --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

Brady, I have the surname of BRADY in my ancestry tree from Indiana. If you care to get a hold of me we may be able to exchance information. Gwen

LOOKING FOR SURNAMES OF BRADY,CLIFTON,FISHER,HOWELL. I HAVE MANY SURNAMES AS WELL OF 460. I HAVE A SURNAME SITE tribalpages.com/tribes/bradygirl MY SURNAMES COME FROM ILL,IN,VA,PA,W.VA,& OTHER UNKNOW PLACES. LOOKING FOR ANY INFO ON WILLIAM MICKINELY BRADY DOB FEB 5,1906 W.VA DOD JUNE 14,1987 LASALLE ILL, MARRIED TO PRUDENCE LAST NAME UNKNOWN (WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HER MADIEN NAME) DOB APRIL 15,1908 DOD 2003 LASALLE ILL. ===== Ms.Brady __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The first John, m. Anna Bakalar is Tim's maternal grandfather. I don't have my genaealogy here, and can't go back further from memory. (They all had the same names!) Twila --- bluejay201@mchsi.com wrote: > Col. Plumb went to England to get money and > miners. The English mine owners > lost too many men, so they asked their gov. to put a > stop to it. Then agents > were employed to encourage miners from eastern > Europe to come. Many of these > families came in the late 1870's, Bartko, Merks, > Pearchard(Perhach?), Urich, > Fellow, Martin, Cheveny, Harcharik, Super, Masley. > Most of the Polish people > seem to come at or after the turn of the century. > Don't know when the Italians > came, probably after 1900, not many of them > work/stayed in the mines in > Streator. > Migration routes are interesting. Most of the > information I have comes from > obituaries or funeral home records. The words "spent > a year in New York, then > came to Streator", later obituaries have "came > directly to Streator in 189?" > Some funeral home books had the question, "how long > a resident of U.S./or > state." > > If everything is OK, I will be at the museum this > afternoon, going to miss the > Eagles at the Rock. We have a couple of the annual > coal mining reports, what > year did John Kerestes die? > Long time ago, I asked the Streator library if > they could get the books on > an interlibrary loan, but no luck. They could not > find the books. There HAS to > be copies of the books somewhere. I checked the > state library in Springfield, > maybe I should try the U of I? > > I have several John Kerestes > John Kerestes, jr 1873 - 1944 married to Anna > Bakalar, who had a son named John > John Kerestes, sr, 1843 - 1927 married to Anna > Botko? > John Kerestes married to Pauline Plesko, had a dau. > Barbara 1927 - 1928 > John Kerestes, abt 1913 - 1948, married to Viola > (maiden name unknown) > John Kerestes, prob. above John's father, married to > Anna Kochis > > Joanie > > > -- > Streatorland Historical Society > 306 South Vermillion Street > Streator, Illinois 61364 > Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 > Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Shelly, I see none of these names in the index. Best wishes, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Cltiv8tr@aol.com [mailto:Cltiv8tr@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:11 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILLASALLE] Re: Book: Biography in Black Would you mind checking your copy of the book for the HOOTON or MASKER or MASEKER surnames? They lived in Streator from the early 1880s to just before 1900. Thank you, Shelly in California ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx