Thank you for this wonderful information!!!! I truly appreciate it Dianne. I do think I'll contact Verda. And in the small world category - I went to the Streator Library this morning to look up some old obit's and who do I meet but Joan Johnson of our list. She too had mining relatives and was able to enlighten me some on the days of old. I found my long lost Jacob Carmean of Livingston who died way down in St. Clair County. Seems the poor old chap was still mining and met his death by walking in front of a moving train. I'm most anxious to understand more about the mining industry in Livingston so when I learn enough I'll post it to the list for future researchers! Thanks!!!!! Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Dillon <sdillon@cts.com> To: <ILLIVING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:48 PM Subject: [ILLIVING] IL Research > I have not had any luck finding Livingston County, IL information on the > web. It seems > internet genealogy has not taken hold there. I started my family search at > the Newberry > Library by sending for a surname search of the IL Death Index. This is for > deaths over > 50 years ago. It cost $7.00. The web site is at http://www.newberry.com. > This gave me > birth and death dates. I then sent for the certificates. This in turn gave > me addresses > where they lived, relatives and addresses of those present at the time the > death certificate > was filled out and cemetary locations. Since my relatives were buried at > the Chatsworth > Cemetary I wrote to Verda Gerwick. Her address is: > Lexington Genealogy and Historical Society, Inc. > 318 W. Main St. > Lexington, IL 61753 > > The secret to getting Verda's assistance is to send a SASE, ask for > specific info, > be grateful and send her a check. For a cemetary listing of a surname I > sent $10.00. > This got me a burial location, more dates, relatives buried next to them > and some- > times an obit. She does not have obits that ran only in the Chatsworth > newspapers. > I have been unable to find cemetary listings for this area anywhere else. > > I also have found that if you email the Newberry about where to find info > on a particular > group (nurses or miners) they can point you in the right direction. You > will need a > specific location and time period. IRAD has numerous listings on coal > mining. I don't > know if they are in Livingston or not. > > Diane > Poway, CA > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >