This is the last book. It is called Snow Birds. Poll Books of Sangamo County 1821-30. There is an alphabetical surname only index. The book contains 194 pages and costs $12. It is an older book, published in 1983, and the the printing on some pages is a bit blurry but, in general, it is fine. This book lists all the elections during that period and who voted. In some cases it tells you who they voted for. Apparently they didn't have secret ballots in early Sangamon County. What is in each record depends on the election. There is also some other copy included such as the Early Logan Settlers List which appears on the web site [and should NOT be considered a complete list]. It is not clear where these records exist, possibly IRAD. In all of these books I have taken their word for the fact that the records are at IRAD. Things change and you should check. The holdings of IRAD are listed on the State Archives web site. I'm going to use Downing as it is only a surname index and other names produce too many page numbers. For Downing there are three pages: 28, 71, 88. Page 28 tells me Robert Downing voted in Union Precinct at the house of Thomas Constant on August 2, 1824. This is consistent with the fact that he settled along Salt Creek in 1822. Page 71 tells me the same Robert Downing voted in Salt Creek Precint at the home of Robert Mc lure [Mc Clure in other places] on November 18, 1826. Bowmans, Turleys, Buckles are among the voters there on that day. The election was for Sheriff and they probably voted for John Taylor as he won with 17 votes. Garret Elkins had four votes and William Kendal had none. Page 88 tells me Robert Downing was a candidate for Constable in the election of August 6, 1827. The election was held at the home of John Buckles and called for the election of two Justices of the Peace and two Constables. No voter list survives. Robert did not get elected. I find this book very interesting reading. I don't know if I would list it high in usefulness unless you have no other information. The name 'Snow Birds' refers to it covering the period before the 'winter of the deep snow,' ie, the winter of 1830-31. It is quite a stretch but I didn't name it. This is the last book that I purchased. There are many other books available from Sangamon County and if your ancestors were in Sangamon County you will want to look over the whole list. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com Coordinator, Logan County, ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Harding mailing list> HARDING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas