CONGRATS to Gloria and all her helpers for getting this important census online! I appreciate your efforts as I am sure many others do. Mary Ann At 08:43 AM 5/21/99 -0500, Gloria Frazier wrote: >We now have Littleton P. Bradley's book, Macoupin County Illinois >1860 Federal Census, copyright 1984, at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/1860census/intro.htm > >This is an alphabetical transcription. > >We want to thank Littleton P. Bradley, a lifetime Virdenite before >his retirement, for allowing us to use his book. We recognize and >appreciate the time he spent in transcribing the census in >alphabetical order using 24,000 index cards. > >Mr. Bradley also donated for our use his 1850 Macoupin Census >transcription which we have on the county page. > >The last time I heard from Littleton, he still had not seen the >Macoupin County web page. If you find the 1850 and 1860 useful in >your research, a Thank You card would be nice. Littleton P Bradley, >6109 E Anaheim St, Mesa, Arizona 85205 > >I want to thank all who helped with this project. I wouldn't have >done it without the tremendous help I received. Thank you all!!!! >Scanner, typists, and proofreaders who transcribed the original >Bradley book for the web: >Diana Bagans, Carolynn Bettis, Robert Bissell, Gwen Chaar, Larry >and Gerry Clark, Robert Commagere, Jack Cox, Pat Crouse, Shirley >Dawson, Debi Faris, Sharon Haennelt, Marlene Bates Johnson, Joanne >Kleppe, Sue Landers, Sue McMurry, Reba Mathis, Joan Miley, Pam >Monroe, Charles Neff, Richard Neumann, Joyce Riechmann, Yvonne >Stedman, Mark Strohbeck > >Please let me know of any mistakes you find. There are 24,550 >names/rows. If there should be fifty row mistakes, yet, which is >not good for researchers but errors in quality control would be at >.02%. Pretty good quality stats for any corporation.<g> Now, if we >would look at 100% sampling percentages for cell errors........50 >divided by (24,550 times 17)........... > >Enjoy! > >Gloria > > >------------------ >Gloria Frazier >Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >Please send questions, comments and ideas for the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Home Page and Mail List to: >Eric Adcock, Macoupin County, IL GenWeb Coordinator - eadcock@dave-world.ne >Kathleen Mirabella, Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Mail List Manager - KathieMir@aol.com > > > CC & Mail List Manager Jersey County ILGenWeb

We now have Littleton P. Bradley's book, Macoupin County Illinois 1860 Federal Census, copyright 1984, at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/1860census/intro.htm This is an alphabetical transcription. We want to thank Littleton P. Bradley, a lifetime Virdenite before his retirement, for allowing us to use his book. We recognize and appreciate the time he spent in transcribing the census in alphabetical order using 24,000 index cards. Mr. Bradley also donated for our use his 1850 Macoupin Census transcription which we have on the county page. The last time I heard from Littleton, he still had not seen the Macoupin County web page. If you find the 1850 and 1860 useful in your research, a Thank You card would be nice. Littleton P Bradley, 6109 E Anaheim St, Mesa, Arizona 85205 I want to thank all who helped with this project. I wouldn't have done it without the tremendous help I received. Thank you all!!!! Scanner, typists, and proofreaders who transcribed the original Bradley book for the web: Diana Bagans, Carolynn Bettis, Robert Bissell, Gwen Chaar, Larry and Gerry Clark, Robert Commagere, Jack Cox, Pat Crouse, Shirley Dawson, Debi Faris, Sharon Haennelt, Marlene Bates Johnson, Joanne Kleppe, Sue Landers, Sue McMurry, Reba Mathis, Joan Miley, Pam Monroe, Charles Neff, Richard Neumann, Joyce Riechmann, Yvonne Stedman, Mark Strohbeck Please let me know of any mistakes you find. There are 24,550 names/rows. If there should be fifty row mistakes, yet, which is not good for researchers but errors in quality control would be at .02%. Pretty good quality stats for any corporation.<g> Now, if we would look at 100% sampling percentages for cell errors........50 divided by (24,550 times 17)........... Enjoy! Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Hello, Nice to be among you. I am in need of help in trying to locate a couple who used to live in Virden, IL. I only have the last name of the man, Mead(e). I am told he was a bricklayer. He was married to Mary Sharp. I hear that they traveled quite a bit after they retired, living only a few months of the year in Virden. As far as time frame, well, I can only guess. The woman who related this to me graduated high school in 1937. Mary Sharp would have been her first cousin but perhaps a little older. So, I will guess that these peope lived in Virden around 1940 to 1960. Sorry to be so unprecise. I hope someone within in the group either lives in Virden and can check records or perhaps a reverse directory exists listing the people in Virden. I understand it is quite small. I figured everyone knew each other. Thanks for any efforts you make on my behalf. Cordially, Richard Sergeant

SBerry1932@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for information on Christopher Gilpin ,my gggpa he fought in the > Black Hawk War. Could this be part of your GILPIN line? Descendants of Albert Gilpin 1 Albert Gilpin . +Mary Randle ...... 2 Clarence Gilpin b: January 13, 1883 in Raymond, Illinois d: September 16, 1964 in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Litchfield, Illinois .......... +Illinois Alexander b: June 27, 1890 in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois m: February 05, 1905 in Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois d: October 04, 1973 in West Los Angeles, California Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Litchfield, Illinois -- Michael and Janet Don Quixote's Virtual Home (Michael's Web Site) http://www.execpc.com/~perkodle/LaMancha.htm Post-Polio Resource Group of Southeastern Wisconsin http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4760/ pprg@geocities.com Genealogy: Looking for ODLE, CRONIGER, WEAVER, BATES, PARNELL, CONLEY, and HEFLEY in central IL, TN, KY, NC, and PA.

Looking for descendants of the HOLLY, HOLLEY, DEW, or PINKLEY families who moved from Alleghany Co., Va in 1849 to Macoupin Co., IL. They lived near Scottsville or Barrs Store Township. Judy Holly Whisler ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

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Listmembers, I have a scan of "Staunton St. Michael's School Room No. 1" class from about the early 1900s. There are abt 45 young school children and the nun pictured. I am not able to identify any of the persons pictured, but will send the scan to anyone interested - just email me privately and I will send. (The JPG file is 93KB in size.) Mike Bozovich

Sally Hathaway sent this information to me from the Illinois Roots List. I don't know anything about the journals and books. Mary owns them or finds them to sell so ask her, please. Old journals and books. Maybe some new books if she looks for them for you. Please contact Mary Clapp <YelloLeaf@GlobalEyes.net> if you are interested. Genealogy Society of So. Illinois Journals, 1997 $7.50 each + $1.50 postage. 64 pages each. SUMMER 1997 The Brockmeyers, Randolph & Jackson Cos. Family of James R. & Lucy Hatter Sneed, Gallatin, Franklin, Hamilton Cos.j The Allens & Wards, Franklin Co. William Jones Family, Perry Co. The Search For Harriet Rebecka Burton, Union Co. Creal Springs Cemetery, Williamson Co. Justice of the Peace Records, Ralph Gillispie Williams, 1877 Divorce Records 1877-1878, Jackson Co. Divorce Records 1837-1855, Franklin Co. Index, queries, and more. FALL 1997 Problems with Leards, Randolph Co. Priebes of Dombrowo, Germany, Randolph Co. Pope Co. 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KEEPERS OF THE SEAL, A History of Illinois Secretaries of State, 1977, from Illinois Territory 1809, photos, biographies from Nathaniel Pope, 176 pages, x-library, $15 postpaid. SOME FOUNDING PAPERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 1967, Richard A. Hatch, Birth of Land-Grant movement, Morrill Act, 1871, John Gregory, 139 pages, x-library, $15 postpaid. IT HAPPENED IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, 1968, John W. Allen's Classic. Southern Illinois Univ. Press. Author of folkways & regional history, "Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois," old towns, Boy of Battleford (ca 1840 Rev. W. S. Blackman), Cave-In-Rock, Gypsy Caravans, strange beliefs about birds, Josiah Nickolson's Civil War Story, Mother Bickwedyke, Dr. Anna Bigsby, "Bat" Masterson, "Wild Bill" Hickok of LaSalle Co.,and much more. 100s of names, 400 pages, index, no dust jacket, as new, $25. + $3 p/h HISTORICAL & CULTURAL AGENCIES & MUSEUMS IN ILLINOIS 1989-90 Stinson Library, Anna, IL in Union Co. is on the Cover. 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Found 'em! bearings, that is. I wanted to let everyone know I am working on the 1860 census and to give you the excuses why it isn't up...... I am looking at a week or two to start getting the pages up. The typing. The proofreading. I decided I would take one at a time so I wouldn't "burn" like I did on the 1850. Setting up/sorting. Littleton Bradley, compiler of the book, who gave me permission to use his 1850 and 1860 had put the 1860 ALL in alphabetical order but included good sort columns to put back into original page/census taker order. I almost slip in my thinking once in awhile ----hmmm, working from the original might have been easier. Then the faded and hard to read pages changes my mind. What a major and lengthy task Littleton had in completing his book! That is another email....... Having left the setting up/sorting until the last few days I found a major sort problem (at least for me) in Excel on the column for census taker pages which I thought the most important. Yes, I need a course/practice in the Access program (database program), but I don't take the time. Sooo, still using Excel. If I knew Access, I could ask David Arnsmeyer or Charlie Neff, who just told me he uses it all the time, First problem was removing trailing spaces and errors. Lost my macro for trailing spaces which works great and which Frank Oglesby sent to me. His email address is broken so hope he is ok. So removed my trailing spaces manually which weren't many. Another problem was sorting alpha numerical entries like A1, A23, A111. They wanted to sort in A1, A111, A23. Doug, the husband, came thru last nite after I played with it for SOME hours. I knew I had to have some kind of custom sort but wasn't a master of that either. He isn't either but his "Spock" mind will figure it out. So, I now know how to do a custom sort at least on the type of entries A1, A23, A111. If interested in how to do that, holler. Another problem was I am still using Excel for 95 and a sheet will only take 16,384 rows. After I stripped headings, etc, there are about 23,000 rows for the 1860. Well, with the sort problem taken care of, I can live with two files for now. The week or two to get things going entails the sorting, dividing into the page breaks, eliminating columns and/or replacing columns with meaning substitutes for numbers, adding the copyright info and basics for the html page, uploading, listening to the complaints, redoing, reuploading and keeping any sanity I may have left. Let's see.......555 typed pages......wonder how many pages I can use on one page to make the time for downloading a page so no user will SCREAM/USE THOSE CHOICE WORDS at me?? That is my jabber for now. And, you have to promise that you have skimmed this enough to know why the 1860 isn't up and you won't need to SCREAM at me!!! Well, at least for a couple of weeks.......... Thanks. Gloria with brain intact ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Does anyone have any details of a train wreck in Carlinville, Macoupin Co, IL area on October 4, 1910? While looking in the books of Heinz Funeral Home (now located at the Carlinville Library) I came across all of these people killed in a RR Accident date of death Oct 4, 1910. Many were from St Louis area. Here are the names and I hope it helps someone. I do not have any other information, just name date of death and what I list here. Mary H.B. Robinson, Mrs. H.B. Robinson, John Blotna, Mrs. John Blotna > Candry to Gillespie E.M. Rose (casket ordered by H.E. Rose) age 32, >shipped to Indianapolis Hannah Cloud J.W. Miller H.C. Garroway >Reifensberg funeral home Her. Bauer, Mrs. Her Bauer, Riefenberg to St Louis > shipped to St Louis T.J. Kerwin, Mrs L. G. Buntine >Rhoades to St Louis>shipped to St Louis Beatrice Sinnegar, (ordered by A Jacobs to Auburn) Dr. B. F. Redshaw, >by H.E. Dillon> Branson to Springfield A. Price, >by H.E. Dillon> Branson to Springfield D.E. Black> by H.E. Dillon> Branson to Springfield Miss Ella Sawyer,>shipped to Gaully W.Va age 18 S.C. Hill (could be TC Hill),age 35> shipped to Gaully W.Va Mrs. T.C. (or S.C.)Hill,age 24>shipped to Gaully W.Va. J. Bruegge, Mrs J. Bruegge, John G. Schaefer> to St Louis M.A. Indermill J.R. Habbegger Mrs. F.W. Reed >to Peoria E. Werner Mrs. S.J. Henry>to Peoria

Hi, The wreck of the ITS train occurred Oct. 4, 1910 between Benld and Staunton on the main track between Cahokia Creek bridge and Dingerson Curve. Staunton Star Times, Oct 7, 1910 Gives account. Complete list of those dead: Bauer, Herman St. Louis, MO. Bridge and Building Dept, Ill. Traction System Bauer, Mrs. Herman of St. Louis, wife of Herman Berry, J. E. of Springfield, Il., land commissioner, Illinois Traction System Black, D. E. Springfield, Assistant superintendent of motive power machinery ITS Blotna, John Benld, IL, teamster Blotna, Mrs. John of Benld, wife of John Bruegge, J., St. Louis Bruegge, J. Mrs. , St. Louis Bunton, Mrs. G. L., St. Louis Cloud, Mrs. William, Benld, IL Galloway, Mrs. H. C. (colored) Decatur, IL Galloway, Dr. H. C. (colored) Decatur, IL Habbegger, J. R. Jamestown, IL merchant Henry, S. T. Princeville, IL Hill, S. C. Belleville, IL Hill, Mrs. S. C. Belleville, IL Indermill, Manuel A. Baden Baden, IL insurance agent Kane, Mrs. C. H. Granite City Kerwin, T. J. St. Louis, salesman Kuenze, Adolph, Belleville, IL McPherson, Miss Elizabeth, Gillespie, IL McPherson, Miss Lulu M. , Gillespie, IL Miller, J. W. , Gillespie, superintendent of the mines of the Superior Coal Co. Price, A. A., Champaign, IL auditor of disbursments, ITS Reebel, Frank O'Fallon, IL Reed, Mrs. F. W. Peoria, IL Redshaw, Dr. B. F. Curran, IL Redshaw, Mrs. B. F. Curran, IL Rose, E. M. Chicago, solisitor Collier's Weekly Robinson, H. B., Benld, IL Sawyer, Miss Ella, Belleville, IL Street, W. W. Staunton, IL division superintendent Sinnegar , Miss Beatrice of Springfield, IL Werner, A. Chapin, IL Oct. 14, 1910 gives obit. of W. W. Street who was killed in the wreck. Has his picture. It says remains were sent to former home in Davenport, IA . Then in Jan. 26 issue, 1912, page 1 it says his remains were taken to Springfield and placed in a vault at Oak Ridge cem. In Star Times issue of Oct 21, 1910, page 1, it says C. A. Bradley hears of his own death on the ITS wreck. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone have any details of a train wreck in Carlinville, Macoupin Co, IL area on October 4, 1910? While looking in the books of Heinz Funeral Home (now located at the Carlinville Library) I came across all of these people killed in a RR Accident date of death Oct 4, 1910. Many were from St Louis area. Here are the names and I hope it helps someone. I do not have any other information, just name date of death and what I list here. Mary H.B. Robinson, Mrs. H.B. Robinson, John Blotna, Mrs. John Blotna > Candry to Gillespie E.M. Rose (casket ordered by H.E. Rose) age 32, >shipped to Indianapolis Hannah Cloud J.W. Miller H.C. Garroway >Reifensberg funeral home Her. Bauer, Mrs. Her Bauer, Riefenberg to St Louis > shipped to St Louis T.J. Kerwin, Mrs L. G. Buntine >Rhoades to St Louis>shipped to St Louis Beatrice Sinnegar, (ordered by A Jacobs to Auburn) Dr. B. F. Redshaw, >by H.E. Dillon> Branson to Springfield A. Price, >by H.E. Dillon> Branson to Springfield D.E. Black> by H.E. Dillon> Branson to Springfield Miss Ella Sawyer,>shipped to Gaully W.Va age 18 S.C. Hill (could be TC Hill),age 35> shipped to Gaully W.Va Mrs. T.C. (or S.C.)Hill,age 24>shipped to Gaully W.Va. J. Bruegge, Mrs J. Bruegge, John G. Schaefer> to St Louis M.A. Indermill J.R. Habbegger Mrs. F.W. Reed >to Peoria E. Werner Mrs. S.J. Henry>to Peoria ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== Please send questions, comments and ideas for the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Home Page and Mail List to: Eric Adcock, Macoupin County, IL GenWeb Coordinator - eadcock@dave-world.ne Kathleen Mirabella, Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Mail List Manager - KathieMir@aol.com

Wanna see what your County Coordinator looks like? (She can't throw a brick this far, so I am safe :-) Gloria and I met, for the first time, in Springfield last month and had an enjoyable visit. I am CC for Jersey County, in case anyone is interested <g> http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljersey/glomar.html Mary Ann Jersey County ILGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljersey/index.html KAYLOR Mailing List, to subscribe - KALER-L-request@rootsweb.com

I want to thank the following people for helping to complete the proofreading of the 1860 Macoupin County Census. Diana Bagans <Oldgirl46@aol.com> Carolynn Bettis <bettis@ctllc.com> Robert Bissell <r2macb@webtv.net> Robert Commagere <rcommage@ix.netcom.com> Jack Cox <jack_cox@kc.net> Shirley Dawson <bd.sd@townsqr.com> Sharon Haennelt <shaen@jps.net> Joanne Kleppe <rlklep@net999.com> Sue McMurry <sumcm@worldnet.att.net> Joan Miley <jmiley@ckt.net> Pam Monroe <PAMILAM@aol.com> Joyce Riechmann <bjbond@agtelco.com> Yvonne Stedman <stedman@westsound.com> Mark Strohbeck <strohbmw@wt.net> Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Civil War - IL Infantry 32nd, Co C HEDLEY, Fenwick Y Musician Carlinville 24 Oct 1861(Muster date) Re-enlisted as Veteran HEDLEY, Fenwick Y Veteran Carlinville 02 Jan 1864 (Muster date) Prom. 1st Lieut.and Adj't 1870 Census Fenwick Y HEDLEY, 26yrs, Bunker Hill Twp, newspaper publisher, born Scotland Extensive history on Fenwick Hedley in Macoupin History Book page 150 for time thru 1879 Marriages: HEDLEY, FENWICK Y HARLAN, MARY E 5 6350 MACOUPIN 09-16-1868 HEDLEY, FENWICK SANBORN, SARAH P 6 101 840 MACOUPIN 09-20-1882 Bunker Hill Cem Mary Elizabeth w/o FY (plot/grave 206) Sarah S (sure this is second wife with the S for Sanborn) (plot/grave 291) Bunker Hill (Macoupin Co) Newspaper Publisher, said to be well thot of. Involved in shooting the Mayor of Bunker Hill in 1897, trial and acquitted early 1898 but drank. 2nd wife used the drinking for filing and receiving divorce in Aug 1898. A thot that he might have gone to St Louis. Anyone knowing the burial place for Fenwick Y HEDLEY, please contact me. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm

Does anyone have the indices for the 1870, 1880 and/or 1890 censuses and would look up BINNEY and BISSELL for me? Send the pages themselves, if possible. Thank you much. Robert Bissell

Do any of you have a copy of the Bunker Hill Cemetery book? (Out of print) I am looking for Horatio Nelson and wives Angeline Moore and Mary ? Can any of you provide me with the address of the cemetery (or directions from the village of Bunker HIll?) Thanks.

To any that may have wondered or may yet one day wonder, LDS Film No. 1689023 does in fact appear to reproduce the Naturalization Loose Papers 1849-1887 indexed at ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/misc/naturalization/natural.txt The quality of the film I reviewed was very poor. Perhaps 5% of the papers are too dark to even make out a single word. It appears that they were having exposure problems as others are also too light. Most of the film which is readable is blurry, some with double images. But I estimate that one could decipher about 90% of the film if they tried hard enough. Few of the papers would make suitable photocopies, however. I assume the problems I saw were not unique to the film I had. I am hoping IRAD either has a better filming or will make copies from the originals because, now that I have a date, I can get a copy from IRAD. As for content, the papers I saw generally included both intention and final papers. Later papers were mostly fill in the blank forms, earlier papers handwritten letters--probably a notary public. My experience has been that naturalization papers from the mid 19th century were not informative by nature, but these seemed to be about as informative as any. Mine at least had the county of origin in Ireland of my ancestor. The papers are organized roughly, if not rigorously, based on date of final papers. I can understand why IRAD will not search without the date since only a careful page by page search will turn up results otherwise. I estimate that the whole film could be reviewed in about an hour. Most papers are accompanied by a copy of the back of the page which has the name written on it. For this reason, you don't have to search each letter or form for the name, but can just check the name on about every other page....An index and page numbers would speed things up though! Hope someone finds this information useful. Good Hunting. Mark W. Strohbeck strohbmw@wt.net

>Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 19:11:23 -0500 >From: Marsha Wilcox <mwilcox@lnd.com> >Subject: LDS Site! >The FHL catalog is working! Now you can get your film #s from the >comfort of your home! > >Yippppeeee!!!! > http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp > >Marsha

The Macoupin County Historical Society will hold their Spring Festival on May 29 & 30, 1999 at the Museum Grounds on Breckenridge Street in Carlinville, IL. There will be almost 200 craft booths and several demonstrations, including weaving, whittling, sheep shearing, wheat threshing, blacksmithing, basketry to name a few. The mansion/museum is open for tours for donations of $2.00 per adult and $1.00 for child. Admission to the Festival is free. We have a one room school house and another building filled with antiques for touring. The Agriculture Club will have various antique tractors and machinery on display. The Blacksmith Shop is also very interesting to observe. Entertainment of guitarists, barber shop quartet, strolling minstrels, is also provided. Food served will include chicken and noodles with homemade biscuit, BBQ sandwiches, and Illinois grown (not California or Mexico contaminated) strawberries freshly picked and hulled with homemade shortcake. MMMmm Good! ----------------- I have attended this festival a time or two and it is great! Food is superb and the people very friendly. Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm