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 > >