Hi, I recently joined the Macoupin County Genealogical Society as a lifetime member ($100). And, I plan on doing the same with the Macoupin County Historical Society when they can catch me or when I remember. I also sent $24 to Rootsweb Genealogical Cooperative this year. Ok, so you don't have to go that far but we NEED to support our societies in the county and support Rootsweb because Rootsweb provides for at least 15 megs of information on the Macoupin County ILGenWeb page free to anyone who cannot afford to donate. Also, Rootsweb provides free space for many other USGenWeb counties and other databases on the internet. So, for $10, you can join the Macoupin County Genealogical Society, PO Box 95, Staunton, IL 62088-0095 There is a membership form here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_gsform.htm And/or for another $10, you can join the Macoupin County Historical Society, Box 432, Carlinville, IL 62626 And/or for $12, you can sponsor RootsWeb and get a free maillist with a set of boards. Rootsweb, P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 More Rootsweb info here: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html So, please choose one or all and help the societies breath easy and Rootsweb to continue to provide free space so those new young researchers who don't have much money can research for free. Thanks for listening. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier ILGenWeb Western Regional Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/western.htm\ Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm Rock Island County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/index.html FRAZIER-L maillist

My bit on NEVINS is collateral for my RICHARDS line so won't have much. I have this: Patterson NEVINS b: 28 Nov 1828 d: 03 Nov 1900 Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, North Palmyra Twp Macoupin Co IL +Sarah CHAPMAN b: Aug 1829 d: 08 Sep 1875 m: 04 Sep 1851 in Macoupin Co IL Fact 2: Oak Grove Cem, North Palmyra Twp Macoupin Co IL Father: John CHAPMAN Mother: Charity C RICHARDS Charlotte NEVINS +George W CHAPMAN b: 01 Jan 1834 d: 01 Apr 1881 in Macoupin Co IL m: 20 Nov 1857 in Macoupin Co IL Buried Oak Grove Cem N Palmyra Twp Macoupin Co IL Father: John CHAPMAN Mother: Charity C RICHARDS Albert L CHAPMAN b: Aug 1859 d: 04 Jul 1873 in Macoupin Co IL Buried Oak Grove Cem N Palmyra Twp Macoupin Co IL Emily CHAPMAN b: 20 Apr 1865 d: 25 Dec 1865 in Macoupin Co IL Buried Oak Grove Cem N Palmyra Twp Macoupin Co IL Jennie M CHAPMAN b: 1867 in North Otter Twp Macoupin Co IL d: 15 Mar 1883 Buried Oak Grove Cem, North Palmyra Twp Macoupin Co IL. +Robert SIMS b: Abt. 1857 in Nilwood Macoupin Co IL m: 18 Nov 1881 in Macoupin Co IL Father: E SIMS Mother: Mary E GOOCH At 08:39 AM 9/20/99 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 9/20/99 3:07:46 AM Central Daylight Time, >dholmes@bigsky.net writes: > ><< Looking for information about the Nevins Family of Macoupin Co. My > gggrandmother was Emma Jane Nevins born 1854 in Macoupin Co., her parents > were William Nevins and Sarah Steele. Emma married Thomas E. Wilson. >> > >I have a two NEVINS that I haven't traced yet. > >Ella May NEVINS >b ? >d ? >+ Robert L. Sims February 24, 1895 > b March 08, 1858 in Nilwood, Macoupin Co., IL > d April 30, 1938 > >Ella was his second wife. My g-grandmother was the daughter of his first >wife Jenny Chapman. > >Charlotte Nevins >b ? >d ? >+ George W. Chapman November 20, 1857 in Macoupin Co., IL > b January 01, 1834 > d April 01, 1881 Macoupin Co., IL > >George and Charlotte are the parents of Jenny Chapman mentioned above. > >~~Rhonda Ashby Coulter > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >To post a message so everyone on ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D receives it, send the message to: > ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com >It will then be sent on to everyone in both ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D. You don't need to send it explicitly to both. > > ------------------ Gloria Frazier ILGenWeb Western Regional Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/western.htm\ Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm Rock Island County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/index.html FRAZIER-L maillist

Looking for information about the Nevins Family of Macoupin Co. My gggrandmother was Emma Jane Nevins born 1854 in Macoupin Co., her parents were William Nevins and Sarah Steele. Emma married Thomas E. Wilson.

In a message dated 9/20/99 3:07:46 AM Central Daylight Time, dholmes@bigsky.net writes: << Looking for information about the Nevins Family of Macoupin Co. My gggrandmother was Emma Jane Nevins born 1854 in Macoupin Co., her parents were William Nevins and Sarah Steele. Emma married Thomas E. Wilson. >> I have a two NEVINS that I haven't traced yet. Ella May NEVINS b ? d ? + Robert L. Sims February 24, 1895 b March 08, 1858 in Nilwood, Macoupin Co., IL d April 30, 1938 Ella was his second wife. My g-grandmother was the daughter of his first wife Jenny Chapman. Charlotte Nevins b ? d ? + George W. Chapman November 20, 1857 in Macoupin Co., IL b January 01, 1834 d April 01, 1881 Macoupin Co., IL George and Charlotte are the parents of Jenny Chapman mentioned above. ~~Rhonda Ashby Coulter

The following message FYI pertains to our search engines on county pages like the one we have on the Macoupin County ILGenWeb page. gf >Subject: Re: ETA for Genseeker? >Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 11:32:20 -0700 >From: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com > > >-- Your message was: (from "Susan Chambless") > >> How is the work on the seeker server(s) going? Just checking >> (Acutally, I am waiting with bated breath). -- S > > ------------------ > > >Slowly but not at all forgotten. > >We haven't sorted out why the old server failed yet, but two days >ago we received a new server that we can allocate to SEEKER. > >The staff are going nuts because (a) we're just having a new DS-3 >wire installed (that's more than *4* times more bandwidth than we >have now) and (b) we're working on a business arrangement that could >allow us to bring a *huge* (almost on the scale of the Salt Lake >City's Family History Library) amount of genealogical data online. > >Anyway, we're spread *really* thin right now but we'll have SEEKER >back online as soon as possible. Sorry about the delay, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com > > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > >

Don't have time to go get more stuff so will get this out. CORMACK-POWERS Cemetery listing (lost cemetery) Staunton Twp http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/cemcorm.htm "Big John" MALNAR - Sergeant Major John M. Malnar (Sawyerville son) served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/6162/warhero.html American Colonist's Library - Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html First anniversary for: IMMIGRANT SHIP TRANSCRIBERS GUILD http://istg.rootsweb.com/ Many ships' passenger lists already online. The PAF 4.0 program is offered free online. you can download it and use it. http://www.familysearch.org/OtherResources/paf4 The St. Charles County Gene. Soc. and the St. Charles County Community College are co-sponsoring a genealogy workshop on 25 Sept in St.Charles, Missouri. For more information, see: http://www.rootdig.com/stcharles.html IL State Government page on Cemetery Care: Here you will find information and pathways to who to contact etc. http://www.ioc.state.il.us/CemeteryCare/index1.cfm Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Hi! Does anyone out there have Macoupin County cemetery books? I would surely appreciate if those with cemetery record books would do a look-up for me. I have just about exhausted all the sensible resources--and some nonsensical ones too!!! I don't know which cemetery they would be buried in and I don't know when the people died. It seems as if there are hundreds of cemeteries in the county!! The burials I am looking for are: Eliza (SMITH) JONES (wife of Jonathan, she died after 1870 Macoupin Co. census) Jonathan JONES (died after 1870 Macoupin Census) Jesse B. EDWARDS (died in Macoupin Co in 1869) Angeline (SMITH) EDWARDS (wife of above Jesse) (She died after 1870 Macoupin Co census) They all lived in Carlinville Twp. at time of 1870 census---except Jesse who was deceased. I have looked at every record on line that I can think of. I have looked at everything my local LDS has on Macoupin County. I've checked the GenWeb search functions and the Ancestry. There has to be one that would tell all that I have missed----but what???? Eliza JONES had a son Thomas HOGAN by her first marriage. He also lived near them on 1870 census. Probably just a coincidence re the same surname but does anyone have access to the HOGAN Cemetery records and could look for these people in it? (It's in North Palmyra Twp.) Thank you everyone! Joanne in CA erictem@earthlink.net

Hi, I was sent a gedcom file for a brother to my great grandmother's husband, and there are other brothers and sisters and spouses. Delila Doty m. Andrew P. GILLISPIE 25 Nov 1847 Macoupin County Mary Doty m. Matthew CORDER 21 Jul 1851 Macoupin County, IL Sarah Doty m. Bazil DAVIS Francis Doty m. Mary <unknown> 1865 Elijah Doty Jr. m. Marih Frances CORDER 5 Dec 1861 Macoupin County Elizabeth Doty m. James O. PATTERSON 16 Nov 1861 Macoupin County Susannah Doty m. Samuel HESS 20 sep 1866 Macoupin County If anyone is connected or knows of information or someone researching these names, would you please email me? Thanks. ciao, Ron

I checked a couple of links on the obituary index page and worked. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/obits/m_obitx.htm The search engine on the main county page is probably still down. Guess "they" will tell us when it is back up. Said it crashed but the links on the obit index page to the actual obits do work. Do you know where Eliza Smith Hogan Jones died? Gloria At 05:56 PM 9/14/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi! > > I was able to get to the Macoupin Co obit site but I could not get the >links to function!! >I desperately need to find a death record or obit for >Eliza (SMITH/Hogan) JONES. > >She was the wife of Jonathan JONES, a carpenter, on the 1870 Macoupin Co., >Carlinville, US census, pg 49.. >She was born in VA around 1813 to 1819. Grew up in Scioto County, OH. > >Married first to Amaziah HOGAN in Sioto Co., OH. Widowed and married >Jonathan JONES before 1857 in Scioto Co, OH.. > >Had children Thomas HOGAN born abt 1821 in OH. , > and Henrietta JONES born abt 1857 in OH. Son Amaziath. Others? > >Need info from a death record or obit as to identity of her mother. Need >Eliza's mother's maiden name. > >Eliza (SMITH/Hogan) JONES was the daughter of Townley SMITH of VA and >Scioto co., OH. >But who was her mother???? > >Any and all info will be appreciated. >Joanne in CA > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >To see who is researching your Macoupin County IL surname: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_surdex.htm > >

Hi! I was able to get to the Macoupin Co obit site but I could not get the links to function!! I desperately need to find a death record or obit for Eliza (SMITH/Hogan) JONES. She was the wife of Jonathan JONES, a carpenter, on the 1870 Macoupin Co., Carlinville, US census, pg 49.. She was born in VA around 1813 to 1819. Grew up in Scioto County, OH. Married first to Amaziah HOGAN in Sioto Co., OH. Widowed and married Jonathan JONES before 1857 in Scioto Co, OH.. Had children Thomas HOGAN born abt 1821 in OH. , and Henrietta JONES born abt 1857 in OH. Son Amaziath. Others? Need info from a death record or obit as to identity of her mother. Need Eliza's mother's maiden name. Eliza (SMITH/Hogan) JONES was the daughter of Townley SMITH of VA and Scioto co., OH. But who was her mother???? Any and all info will be appreciated. Joanne in CA

I am looking for my ancestor's brother, William H. Kerr. The Kerr family came to Macoupin in the 1840's. William is listed in the 1850 and 1860 Macoupin census - Shaw's Point. I can't find him in an 1870 IL index, but we all know that that doesn't necessarily mean he's not in the area. I believe William might be raising his brother's son, Cassius M. "Cash" Kerr, ca 1870. thanks, Nancy _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I'm also interested in old records of these old mines going back into 1870's. Do you thnk anyne has them? Thanks, Maureen

Interested in accident at Moore Mine located near Woodburn/Bunker Hill on Jan. 26, 1939. Where can I find these records? Thanks.

The search engine on the Macoupin page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm is down and I don't know when it will be back up. A couple of days ago, admin said a couple of days, but not back up yet. Sorry for the inconvenience. gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 99 21:35:02 PDT From: Jill To: Cindy Leonard Subject: The Macoupin County Genealogical Society will hold it's monthly meeting on September 20, 1999 in the Genealogy Room at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Litchfield, IL. at 7:30 pm. The society will receive a tour of the material available to do research. Call 217-324-2396 for directions if needed. On October 18, 1999, the society will hold it's meeting at the Carlinville Public Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

History of Piasa compiled by Mrs. Howard Reno adds another research aid for Macoupin County. Mrs. Reno has given her written snail mail permission for us to use the History of Piasa compilation on the Macoupin County ILGenWeb page. I want to thank Mrs. Reno for allowing us to use her work. I also want to thank Chuck Courtwright for bringing it to my attention and to Mrs. Reno's daughter LuAnne Mundy for sending the update via email. The History of Piasa: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/history/m_piasa.htm I also received a nice letter from Mrs. Reno. She mentions that her research has included Edmund Harker Forwood (her husband's mother's line), the Reno line, and the Rhoads family who were early settlers of the Medora area, originally called Rhoads Point until the 1870's. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

>From here: https://www.ancestry.com/guest.htm to the "Guest Registry" button at the bottom of the page which takes you to: https://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/signup/SignupUser.asp?SignupType=G uest where there is just a guest registration form to choose a user id and password. There is no credit card stuff here. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

There is a lady living in Macoupin County named Dixie Ellege who is interested in the Crum line. Anyone out there researching this line, please email me your home address and I will forward to Dixie and she can contact you. She has alot of information on Macoupin County Crum line, but is not on the Internet. Thanks.

I sent the following message about an Ancestry free trial out the other day and since then I have had two complaints. The complaints say you have to fill out membership forms, etc. I am asking Ancestry but it might be a bit before I get an answer. My contact is on an airplane so hang on and we will see or I will wish I had never mentioned it. If anyone who is not a member of Ancestry is having success without filling out membership forms or giving a credit card number, let us know how you are doing it. Thanks Gloria --------------- Former message was: Shhhh. Don't tell John I am passing this on. I found it somewhere......... gf >Dear Former Guest: > >You�re invited to come back to Ancestry.com FREE for 14 days! > >Since you were last at our site, we�ve made significant improvements and >added millions of new names to Ancestry.com. We now have over 274 million >names in over 1650 databases, plus tons of useful material to help your >research. It doesn�t matter if you are a beginner or an expert genealogist, >come visit us FREE for 14-days. It�s our way of helping you discover your >past. > >Take advantage of this exciting offer by visiting the following address: >https://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/signup/signupplans.asp?SignupCode =F99AB > >Enjoy your discoveries! > > >Sincerely, > >Steve Hirchak >Ancestry.com > >P.S. As a special bonus, you will receive your own FREE private family web >site just for trying Ancestry.com for 14-days. ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Recv'd your message on Macoupin List, plus another message from Gloria Frazier, Coordinator, and went to Girard Library this AM for microfilm for 190l and 1897. Had good luck with 1901, but 1897 is checked out my another Girard researcher. Have made copies of this lengthy obit for Margaret Bowersox Carr for you and if you send your home address, will gladly forward same. Will borrow microfilm from other party and obtain Harmen Carr's obit for you and forward too. History of Girard pub. 1955 states, "Bowersox is the second oldest continuous business. The firm was established by Bailey and Carr in 1867, the first exclusive clothing store. This was considered more or less a risk in a country community since "store clothes" were not yet worn by all people. The trade grew rapidly, however, for Girard soon became a wealthy farm community. The store became Carr & Lowe, then Jacob Bowersox became a partner of Carr in January 1882. Jacob Bowersox left the business in 1905. Others owned the store for a few years. Then in 1910 Othel Bowersox and Bert Finney of Auburn purchased the business. After Mr. Finney's death in 1944, Othel Bowersox became the sole owner."