I'm trying to find a John Leonard b. abt 1822. I think he was born in KY because his sister Mary Elizabeth was born there in 1834. With the age difference he could have been born somewhere else. I know Mary was in Macoupin Co. in the early 1850's. John was in Alton, IL in 1900 living with relatives at the age of 78. He might have died between 1901or 1902 in Alton but I could be wrong. Any help would be great. Thanks Mary

Rootsweb has changed to a new mail list program called Mailman. The old one was called Smartlist. Not all mail lists have been converted - Macoupin County mail list has been. It has at least three things we do not like. 1. If you try to send a msg to a rootsweb mail list and, at the same time, you try to copy other individuals or other mail lists, the msg will bounce. You can only send to one rootsweb mail list at a time. If you send to more than one mail list - You and your message end up in mail list jail!! Kathleen will be able to get you out - no bail required. 2. You have garbage at the top of the message. 3. We can't put more than one tagline at the end of the message at a time. If we want to change the tagline we have to go in and manually change it. Before, we could add up to about 10 taglines and they would rotate on their own. Good luck and Happy Hunting with your research. Gloria Frazier and Kathleen Mirabella

Are you currently in the Navy, Retired from the Navy, 1000% Disabled with Benefits or dependant. Did you know that you can access Ancestry.com Library Edition, ProQuest Heritage Quest and many more online sources for FREE. That is correct FREE right at home!!! First you must been enrolled in DEERS - Defense enrollment eligibility reporting system. Next (and this is the best) register and logon to Navy Knowledge OnLine - _https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil/portal/splash/index.jsp_ (https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil/portal/splash/index.jsp) (note this is WWWA and not WWW) Once you are in - select "REFERENCE" top right on page. Next select "E=Content" left side of page. Wait for all the choices to load. You can than select Ancestry, Heritage Quest and many other items. If you need help PLEASE e-mail me off the mail list. I only know about the Navy - do not know if this is offered by other services. Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella - [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])

The Macoupin County Genealogical Society will meet on Monday, September 18th at 7 p.m. at First United Baptist Church, 604 N. Franklin in Staunton. Membership is not required to attend our meetings. Refreshments will be served. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

In a message dated 9/8/2006 12:50:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:08:48 -0400 From: "sherrymorellshelts" <[email protected]> Subject: [ILMACOUP] Best Place To Get obit from 1999? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello List Members, We need very much to get a copy of the obit for "Bessie E CLARK" who died in Gillespie on 29 March 1999. I have sent the obit for Bessie directly to Sherry. Marianne in CA

I received this on another list - it worked for me. Kathie ********** This is making the rounds. Google has a free search engine to historical newspapers, some of which include NewspaperArchive.com (which I believe is part and parcel of Ancestry.com??). The links take you to at least part of the article plus the newspaper title and date which you can then use to get the articles from local or state historical facilities without signing up for the subscription--good if you are on budget. Some of the articles have undergone OCR and consequently have some jumbled words. http://news.google.com/archivesearch I tried it for a couple people of interest - works for me!

Hello List Members, We need very much to get a copy of the obit for "Bessie E CLARK" who died in Gillespie on 29 March 1999. Would it be best for us to contact the Gillespie Public Library or the Macoupin Co Genie Society to get this obit? We are desperately trying to find out who Bessie's parents were, as her "unknown mother" was married to Oyeton PETERSON when he died in Torch, Mo in 1925, at a young age. The obit of one of Oyeton's daughters names Bessie E CLARK as one of her 3 step-sisters. We hope Bessie's obit will tell us who her parents were, and who her husband/children are, so we can try to contact someone in her down-line, in the hope of gathering as much information as possible concerning Bessie's parents, etc. Thank You for any help or suggestions, Sherry Morell Shelts

In a message dated 8/29/2006 5:01:15 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm Hey Marilyn....He looks like he could be a relative of mine with that clef chin. Mary Did you find out who he was? I wonder if you checked any census records for him? Know you probably did. Schools, Churches where they may have met? Now you have me interested. What a sad story. Mary Lusk

The two Cash pictures are stored on the Macoupin page in an "images" subdirectory. Here is the url for their exact location. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/cash-1.jpg http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/cash-2.jpg linked from the html page describing at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm Hope that helps. Gloria At 11:05 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote: >I have it now! Thank you. Someone wrote and said they had no trouble >getting it either. Must be just me. We tried while at John Alexander's >place aroung noon today. He owns the bookstore on the square in Virden. >Neither of us could even find the photos and when I got home I had trouble >too. Where exactly is it stored in the Macoupin Co. site? Under pictures >we tried lots of things, but to no availe. Also we tried to search it by >name CASH. Nothing either. So I came home and tried it. > >Thank you! Marilyn >PS I was only able to get it by pasting the link you had sent me earlier. > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "G Frazier" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:00 PM >Subject: Re: [ILMacoupin] Aug 2006 - #1 Little bits and pieces > > >>Hi Marilyn, >> >>I didn't have any problem but I reuploaded all again. >> >>Gloria >> >>At 10:04 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote: >>>Hi Gloria, >>> >>> Today we tried to open and search for the photo of CASH I sent in as >>> the unknown beau of my grandmother. We never could find it. Please >>> advise me where it is located in the Macoupin Co. site. >>> >>>Thanks, Marilyn >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm This did not >>>work for us. >> >> >>==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >> *** NEW *** >>Macoupin County Death index 1878-1910 >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/death/index-lk.htm > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >Set a timer for 15 minutes and spend that time filing and organizing your >genealogy papers. Work as fast as you can and try not to get sidetracked >by reading everything. >

I have it now! Thank you. Someone wrote and said they had no trouble getting it either. Must be just me. We tried while at John Alexander's place aroung noon today. He owns the bookstore on the square in Virden. Neither of us could even find the photos and when I got home I had trouble too. Where exactly is it stored in the Macoupin Co. site? Under pictures we tried lots of things, but to no availe. Also we tried to search it by name CASH. Nothing either. So I came home and tried it. Thank you! Marilyn PS I was only able to get it by pasting the link you had sent me earlier. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Frazier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [ILMacoupin] Aug 2006 - #1 Little bits and pieces > Hi Marilyn, > > I didn't have any problem but I reuploaded all again. > > Gloria > > At 10:04 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote: >>Hi Gloria, >> >> Today we tried to open and search for the photo of CASH I sent in as >> the unknown beau of my grandmother. We never could find it. Please >> advise me where it is located in the Macoupin Co. site. >> >>Thanks, Marilyn >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm This did not work >>for us. > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > *** NEW *** > Macoupin County Death index 1878-1910 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/death/index-lk.htm >

Hi Marilyn, I didn't have any problem but I reuploaded all again. Gloria At 10:04 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote: >Hi Gloria, > > Today we tried to open and search for the photo of CASH I sent in as > the unknown beau of my grandmother. We never could find it. Please > advise me where it is located in the Macoupin Co. site. > >Thanks, Marilyn >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm This did not work >for us.

Marilyn G. <[email protected]> wrote: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm This did not work > for us.> It worked for me! Carl in Texas

Hi Gloria, Today we tried to open and search for the photo of CASH I sent in as the unknown beau of my grandmother. We never could find it. Please advise me where it is located in the Macoupin Co. site. Thanks, Marilyn http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm This did not work for us. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Frazier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:47 AM Subject: [ILMacoupin] Aug 2006 - #1 Little bits and pieces > David Richard has donated for use Slaughter pictures > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/slau-00.htm#slaughter%20family > and an article about Lester Kahl of Shipman murdering Marguerite > Slaughter Kahl of Gillespie in 1924. Lester's hanging may have been the > last hanging in Macoupin County. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/slau-00.htm#murder > David also donated for use 3 Benld school pics, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1920-benld-3rd.jpg > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1920-benld-6th.jpg > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1930-benld-3rd.jpg > 1 Gillespie school pic > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1920sumthng-gillespie.jpg > and a pic of the Jubilee Gypsies Band of Gillespie. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/gillespie-jubilee-gypsies.jpg > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Marilyn Galvan sent in this unknown person about 1904-05 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm > Do you know who it is? > I will give you Marilyn's email address if you know. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Census upload for Macoupin IL 1900 > ED:48 (Brighton Township) > > Transcribed by: Sharon Partridge Hyde > Proofread by: Kelly E. Browning > > The FTP URL is: > http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/macoupin/1900/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From Cheryl: > This is truly the wave of the future. St. Michael's > Cemetery<http://haasgis.cob.uwf.edu/website/cem/viewer.htm>, > Pensacola, FL, has been mapped. [ > http://haasgis.cob.uwf.edu/website/cem/viewer.htm ] > > Go to the web site. Zoom in far enough to see the name for each individual > tombstone. Then click on pictures on the left side of the screen. Isn't > this > great? Don't you wish they had this for every cemetery? > > Go to the main St. Michael's Project > <http://www.uwf.edu/gis/smc/index.cfm>web site [ > http://www.uwf.edu/gis/smc/index.cfm ] to see what they did. They also did > some wild things using technology on a satellite to determine where bodies > were buried and the stone missing. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Coady Hatlen Memorial page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/hatlen_coady.htm > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Send your Haunted Macoupin County stories to Dan Mathis. > http://www.geocities.com/hauntedmacoupin/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I have about 5 projects going on right now so I haven't got the queries > indexed. > Next pieces, I hope. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > A good beginning. > More cemetery pics up each week thanks to Rick Doty. I will take some more > when I get back to IL. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/cemetery/index.htm > ------------------------------------------ > The Prairie Farmer Index is about 3/4 done. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pfd/index.htm > --------------------------------------------- > > Gloria > > > ------------------ > Gloria M. Frazier > <[email protected]> > Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm > Morgan County ILGenWeb County Coordinator > http://ww.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/ > Maillist manager for FRAZIER-L > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > Macoupin County, IL Widows' Pension Files > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/widows.htm >

Re: Faye Scroggins of Palmyra The passing of Faye Scroggins of August 23rd will surely affect many persons on this list. She was very helpful to me in my Lair research. A beautiful photograph of her appears on the Stults-Neece Funeral Home website with her obituary: _http://www.airsman-hires.com/obituaries/viewobit.php?oid=1867_ (http://www.airsman-hires.com/obituaries/viewobit.php?oid=1867) Although I had never met her, I know she must have been a very dear lady. Linda R.F. Arnold Menifee, California

Marita, if you are on this list, please contact me about the Prairie Farmer page typing. If you can't get it typed, I will find someone else. I am on your spam list and I don't care to "jump hoops",.ie fill out a form to send email.<g> Thanks. Gloria

David Richard has donated for use Slaughter pictures http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/slau-00.htm#slaughter%20family and an article about Lester Kahl of Shipman murdering Marguerite Slaughter Kahl of Gillespie in 1924. Lester's hanging may have been the last hanging in Macoupin County. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/slau-00.htm#murder David also donated for use 3 Benld school pics, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1920-benld-3rd.jpg http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1920-benld-6th.jpg http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1930-benld-3rd.jpg 1 Gillespie school pic http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/school-1920sumthng-gillespie.jpg and a pic of the Jubilee Gypsies Band of Gillespie. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/gillespie-jubilee-gypsies.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marilyn Galvan sent in this unknown person about 1904-05 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pictures/m_cash.htm Do you know who it is? I will give you Marilyn's email address if you know. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Census upload for Macoupin IL 1900 ED:48 (Brighton Township) Transcribed by: Sharon Partridge Hyde Proofread by: Kelly E. Browning The FTP URL is: http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/macoupin/1900/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Cheryl: This is truly the wave of the future. St. Michael's Cemetery<http://haasgis.cob.uwf.edu/website/cem/viewer.htm>, Pensacola, FL, has been mapped. [ http://haasgis.cob.uwf.edu/website/cem/viewer.htm ] Go to the web site. Zoom in far enough to see the name for each individual tombstone. Then click on pictures on the left side of the screen. Isn't this great? Don't you wish they had this for every cemetery? Go to the main St. Michael's Project <http://www.uwf.edu/gis/smc/index.cfm>web site [ http://www.uwf.edu/gis/smc/index.cfm ] to see what they did. They also did some wild things using technology on a satellite to determine where bodies were buried and the stone missing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coady Hatlen Memorial page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/hatlen_coady.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send your Haunted Macoupin County stories to Dan Mathis. http://www.geocities.com/hauntedmacoupin/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have about 5 projects going on right now so I haven't got the queries indexed. Next pieces, I hope. ----------------------------------------------------------------- A good beginning. More cemetery pics up each week thanks to Rick Doty. I will take some more when I get back to IL. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/cemetery/index.htm ------------------------------------------ The Prairie Farmer Index is about 3/4 done. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pfd/index.htm --------------------------------------------- Gloria ------------------ Gloria M. Frazier <[email protected]> Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm Morgan County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://ww.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/ Maillist manager for FRAZIER-L

In a message dated 8/20/2006 8:06:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: In sorting my family tree materials I have run across a 1906 Palmyra High School Commencement Exercises pamphlet. Does Macoupin County have a museum that I could donate it to? It was among a few pictures of my grandfather Clinton Ebert LeMarr's. He and his siblings were teachers and a few of the pictures are of them and their pupils but I have no idea who the students are or what schools they were taken at. Thank you, Regina LeMarr Mooney Hi, Macoupin County, IL has a Genealogical Society and a Historical Society. They both have libraries, they each have genealogical query section in their newsletters and they both sell books of interest to genealogist. Following are libraries that might be of interest to you. If I have address or phone numbers wrong - someone please correct.. Macoupin County Historical Society Museum Library P.O. Box 431 Carlinville, IL 62626 Phone: 217-854-2850 The Museum will put on file in its library any family records that you care to share. It has family histories and many research records. Please call or write before planing a visit to verify hours and access. Staunton Public Library George and Santina Sawyer Genealogy Room 306 West Main Staunton, IL 62088 Phone: 618-635-3852 Direct all correspondence concerning this collection to Macoupin County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 95, Staunton, IL 62088. The Macoupin County Genealogical Society will put on file in this library any family records that you care to share. Printed and filmed census records are part of the collection. This library has county histories, cemetery list, membership surname lists, quarterlies, family histories and many other books of interest. Carlinville Public Library Carlinville, IL 62626 Phone 217-854-3505 This library has a huge list of resource materials including Macoupin County census films, Carlinville newspapers, county histories, cemetery listings, family histories and many other items of interest to both historians and genealogist. Since this library is located in the Macoupin County seat you may want to arrange your research time between the courthouse and library. Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella

In sorting my family tree materials I have run across a 1906 Palmyra High School Commencement Exercises pamphlet. Does Macoupin County have a museum that I could donate it to? It was among a few pictures of my grandfather Clinton Ebert LeMarr's. He and his siblings were teachers and a few of the pictures are of them and their pupils but I have no idea who the students are or what schools they were taken at. Thank you, Regina LeMarr Mooney

The following is what the Illinois Dept of Vital Stats. Death records before 1916 were maintained exclusively by the county clerks. Most county clerks did not record deaths until 1877. Copies of death records filed before 1916 may be obtained from the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system if IRAD holds death records for that particular county or from the county clerk in the county where the death occurred. Search the IRAD Local Governmental Records Database for death records held by the IRAD system. Click here for the addresses of the county clerks of all 102 counties in Illinois. This is the website to find the link to IRAD http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html#before1916 Good Luck MJ “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars.” Les Brown

Thanks for the interesting site Wayne. Enjoyed seeing present day Gillespie where I visited as a child with my grandmother.