Sharon Thomas wrote: > > Hi List, > I am a little confused..which is nothing new with my search for my > ancestors. I was told that John, Mary, William, Helen, Margaret HICKEY were > all buried in Holy Cross cemetery in Logan, county. However when I tried to > get contact for the Holy Cross cemetery, I was told that there wasn't one, > but was instead Holy Family. I am in Kansas, so couldn't physically check > this out. I talked to someone at the Holy Family rectory and they said that > they had the Holy Family cemetery and for me to send a written request and > they would check their records. I have done this, but no response yet. I > am not sure if Holy Family is the right church. > If someone has the cemetery records, could they check and let me know any > information about these people or the cemetery. They are Catholic if that > helps. > Thank you for any information. > Sharon > > ===Dear Sharon: Lincoln, Logan Co. IL at one time had two Catholic churches. St. Patrick's and St. Mary's. St. Mary's burned 09 Dec. 1976 and the congregation joined with St. Pat's 15 March 1978 and they named it Holy Family Church. I have cousins who belong to that church. I belong to the Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society and was given a printout of 2 pages of Cemeteries cared for by Logan County, including 12 cemeteries not cared for by County Cemetery Deparment. Among these 12 are listed Holy Cross in Broadwell Twp. Section 2; and St. Mary's in West Lincoln Section 34. This had to be before 1986. The persons to contact then were Carl Hurley or the priest at St. Patrick's and Paul Logan or the priest at St. Mary's. I suppose the priest at Holy Family has the records for both cemeteries now. In my 1878 History of Logan County, John Hickey, farmer, Sec. 1, P.O. Lincoln; democrat; Catholic; from Ireland; William Hickey, farmer, Section 1; P.O. Lincoln, democrat; Catholic; born in Ireland. They were listed in Sheridan Township, Logan Co., IL. In the 1982 History of Logan Co., IL the Hickey's listed are: America, Brian, Dennis, Ellen, Helen, Hilda Tomlinson, James, Jo Anne, John, and Marjorie Leever. Sincerely, Alberta McKinley Lisk yoshukai@wrldnet.net