Kathy I have not experienced anything from Rootsweb or Ancestry.  I usually look for one or more every day.  Just before sending this message I tried a few I knew who have died in 2009 and had no problems. If Dee or others are having that problem, it might be a problem within their computer.  I have heard that some viruses can affect the results of any search.  Wish Dee would have given a couple of surnames and the town she is referring to so that others could see if they are getting the same results. Debbi --- On Wed, 12/9/09, KathieMir@aol.com <KathieMir@aol.com> wrote: From: KathieMir@aol.com <KathieMir@aol.com> Subject: [ILMACOUP] Last name ony in SSDI To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 9:35 AM I received the below e-mail from another list.  If anyone on the  Macoupin List has problems with obtaining SSN information - please e-mail me off  list.  I have access to both Ancestry and Footnote and will look up the  information for you. Kathie Mirabella From: "Dee Dee  King, Certified Genealogist"  <king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> To: apgmembersonlylist  <apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org> Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 9:28:11  PM Subject: [APG Members] Re:  Last name ony in SSDI <<Has anyone noticed a trend for 2009  listings in the SSDI to only have a last name, no first or middle?  Is this  something new?>> Several people emailed offlist that they had  not experienced this.  A check of all the 2009 deaths in a little town  where we used to live - 1/4 of the 2009 listings with only last name visible  through the _ancestry.com_ (http://ancestry.com/)  SSDI.  My brother, who died in Sept.  but in a different area, was fully listed in Nov., now shows only by last name  on ancestry.com.  _Footnote.com_ (http://footnote.com/)  had the full names for the same searches, but  only the last 4 digits of the SSN.  If these are trends with the two  companies, we may have to search multiple SSDI online. Perhaps footnote.com to  get the full name, then ancestry.com for the full SSN if we need to order SS-5s,  etc. Dee Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Macoupin County was officially formed out of parts of Madison and Greene County January 17, 1829. ----- Original Message ----- From: <kathiemir@aol.com> To: <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 3:48 PM Subject: [ILMACOUP] 1825 Macoupin County on Atlas of Historical CountyBoundaries > Look at Macoupin County, IL in October 5, 1825 - it appears part of > Macoupin County was Madison County. > > Kathie Mirabella > > > > In a message dated 12/5/2009 4:28:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kathiemir@aol.com writes: > > The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries – is online, for free, at the > Newberry Library _http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/_ > (http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/) > (Click View Historical State and County Maps). You can change map by > changing date. > > Also, changing the layers revel some interesting data. Look at Macoupin > County, IL in 1820 with Historical Counties and Unsuccessful Proposal > Layers > turned on. > > > Happy Hunting. > > Kathie Mirabella > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kathy I was always my understanding from 8th grade IL constitution studies that Macoupin Co was created from Greene Co and Madison Co as well as a small piece of Bond Co.and possibly Montgomery Co although most records indicate Greene Co and Madison Co only.  Debbi --- On Sat, 12/5/09, kathiemir@aol.com <kathiemir@aol.com> wrote: From: kathiemir@aol.com <kathiemir@aol.com> Subject: [ILMACOUP] 1825 Macoupin County on Atlas of Historical County Boundaries To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 3:48 PM Look at Macoupin County, IL in October 5, 1825 - it appears part of  Macoupin County was Madison County.  Kathie Mirabella In a message dated 12/5/2009 4:28:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  kathiemir@aol.com writes: The  Atlas of Historical County Boundaries – is online, for free, at  the  Newberry Library  _http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/_ (http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/)    (Click  View Historical State and County Maps).   You can change map by changing  date.  Also, changing  the layers revel some interesting data.  Look at  Macoupin  County, IL in 1820 with Historical Counties and Unsuccessful   Proposal Layers turned on. Happy Hunting. Kathie   Mirabella Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at  http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/.  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please  send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe'  without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kathie, Are these files available for an iMac as well as a pc? Carl On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:26 PM, kathiemir@aol.com wrote: > The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries – is online, for free, > at the > Newberry Library _http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/_ > (http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/) (Click View Historical State and > County Maps). You can change map by > changing date. > > Also, changing the layers revel some interesting data. Look at > Macoupin > County, IL in 1820 with Historical Counties and Unsuccessful > Proposal Layers > turned on. > > > Happy Hunting. > > Kathie Mirabella > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http:// > www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Look at Macoupin County, IL in October 5, 1825 - it appears part of Macoupin County was Madison County. Kathie Mirabella In a message dated 12/5/2009 4:28:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kathiemir@aol.com writes: The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries – is online, for free, at the Newberry Library _http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/_ (http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/) (Click View Historical State and County Maps). You can change map by changing date. Also, changing the layers revel some interesting data. Look at Macoupin County, IL in 1820 with Historical Counties and Unsuccessful Proposal Layers turned on. Happy Hunting. Kathie Mirabella Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries – is online, for free, at the Newberry Library _http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/_ (http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/) (Click View Historical State and County Maps). You can change map by changing date. Also, changing the layers revel some interesting data. Look at Macoupin County, IL in 1820 with Historical Counties and Unsuccessful Proposal Layers turned on. Happy Hunting. Kathie Mirabella

The DAR has opened their files for individuals to research. You do not need to be a member of the DAR. These are not the pension applications but the lineage from the families. _http://216.36.105.133/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1&Tab_ID_Sub=2&Action=Search_ (http://216.36.105.133/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1&Tab_ID_Sub=2&Action=Search) Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella

Thank you for putting this website together.  I still didn't find my relative, but will continue to look. --- On Tue, 12/1/09, W Hinton <wmhntn@frontiernet.net> wrote: From: W Hinton <wmhntn@frontiernet.net> Subject: [ILMACOUP] Mine Fatalities To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 3:37 PM I have added a vast amount to the Mine Fatalites with more to be added in the near future. http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/minefatal.html and also a lot of new material on Coal Mining in SE Macoupin County. http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/mining.html Happy Holidays, Wayne Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Re: Paul Shiere (sp?) was killed. around 1940-41. Staunton/Mt. Olive Coal Co. Yes it is in Madison Co., IL. Paul Shirer December 16, 1938 rest in private e-mail

Is any more mine data available for Mine #2 at Williamson (near Livingston)? I'm not sure if that was Macoupin/Madison County. I remember a mine fatality when I was very young (6 years ago or so) when my neighbor Paul Shiere (sp?) was killed. That would make it around 1940-41. Any info appreciated! I also think it was called the Staunton/Mt. Olive Coal Co. Thanks, Grace Hicks -----Original Message----- From: W Hinton <wmhntn@frontiernet.net> To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 10:37 am Subject: [ILMACOUP] Mine Fatalities I have added a vast amount to the Mine Fatalites ith more to be added in the near future. ttp://gillespieil.com/gillespie/minefatal.html and also a lot of new material on oal Mining in SE Macoupin County. ttp://gillespieil.com/gillespie/mining.html Happy Holidays, ayne Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

I have added a vast amount to the Mine Fatalites with more to be added in the near future. http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/minefatal.html and also a lot of new material on Coal Mining in SE Macoupin County. http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/mining.html Happy Holidays, Wayne

O.K., I got it this time. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Larry Clark <leclark57@gmail.com> To: ilmacoup@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 1:49 am Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] DAR Announcement Woolary, I did not have any trouble with the sites and actually found an ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War. I knew he served and searched and found him, however the last two generations did not show up. Nice tool to guide you in your search. Try again.

If you had trouble with the links to DAR. Note than in the first line of links, there are two. Only copy one of the links. It finally worked for me. Thanks for sharing the DAR information. Ivan D. Lancaster on the Trafalgar Moraine A LANCASTER and DENNISON of Macoupin

Thanks, Debbi. You are right. The DAR use to be a lot more lax on submitting proofs. I had one on my husband's side that is not right. They have tightened their rules on entries the last I heard. Gloria At 05:25 AM 11/19/2009, you wrote: >Thanks Gloria. One word of advice to all who access the applications >available online - Use them with caution and prove the information correct >or incorrect with as many resources as possible. I have found numerous >errors in one particular Patriot's descendants information on the >applications of numerous branches. I realize typos by the volunteers or >employees for DAR can be made, but we need to remember that the >information provided by this should be used as a guide for our own >research. Members at any given time in the DAR's history have been known >to submit incorrect information and that can easily be seen if you happen >to find a notation on a patriot's listing indicating that the patriot's >service has been found to be incorrect or the patriot's child linking the >member may have been an incorrect assumption of father/child >relationship. When this occurs anyone who submits an application for the >given patriot must really dig into their own research for the patriot's >service and prove he truly is a patriot or their membership application >will be denied even though they may be related to one of the patriot's >descendants listed on a previously accepted application. Debbi Debbi Geer >--- On Wed, 11/18/09, G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> wrote: >From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> Subject: [ILMACOUP] DAR >Announcement To: ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, >8:21 PM Passing on from Cheryl: --------------- After nearly a decade of >scanning, indexing, and other behind-the-scenes work by DAR members and >employees, the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce >the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System on our public >website. Here are the direct links: ><http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm >or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at >the top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). The GRS is a >growing collection of databases that provide access to many materials >collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this collection >of databases is the GRC National Index which has been available to >researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re >working out here and there. When you go to the link above, you will find >several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases: Ancestor >­ establlished DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic information about >them with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined >the DAR [updated daily] Member ­ limited access to information on >deceased/former DAR members ­ not current members. Descendants ­ in index >of generations in applications between the DAR member and the >Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and >nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] GRC ­ >everyname index to 20,000 typeescript volumes (some still being indexed) >of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This index is not >limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. Resources [In >particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card >Index and the Analytical Index Cards. Other information sources will be >coming in the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary War service, >bibliographies, Forgotten Patriots (updates), etc. Read the introductions >to these to learn why these are both important genealogical indexes. For >example, the Rev. War pension index includes the names of people mentioned >in those pensions that were abstracted (not just the pensioner or >widow)!!!!] Library Catalog ­ our bbook, periodical, and manuscript >holdings Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each >is given more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information >in many search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to >protect the identity of our members while providing historical >genealogical information to researchers. The national numbers of members >(without the names of living members) given in the search results are >needed to order copies of applications and supplemental applications. They >do not lead online researchers to any other information about the member. >Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at >http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To >unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Check out Macoupin >County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send >an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Gloria. One word of advice to all who access the applications available online - Use them with caution and prove the information correct or incorrect with as many resources as possible.  I have found numerous errors in one particular Patriot's descendants information on the applications of numerous branches.  I realize typos by the volunteers or employees for DAR can be made, but we need to remember that the information provided by this should be used as a guide for our own research.  Members at any given time in the DAR's history have been known to submit incorrect information and that can easily be seen if you happen to find a notation on a patriot's listing indicating that the patriot's service has been found to be incorrect or the patriot's child linking the member may have been an incorrect assumption of father/child relationship.  When this occurs anyone who submits an application for the given patriot must really dig into their own research for the patriot's service and prove he truly is a patriot or their membership application will be denied even though they may be related to one of the patriot's descendants listed on a previously accepted application. Debbi Debbi Geer --- On Wed, 11/18/09, G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> wrote: From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> Subject: [ILMACOUP] DAR Announcement To: ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 8:21 PM Passing on from Cheryl: --------------- After nearly a decade of scanning, indexing, and other behind-the-scenes work by DAR members and employees, the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System on our public website. Here are the direct links: <http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at the top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). The GRS is a growing collection of databases that provide access to many materials collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this collection of databases is the GRC National Index which has been available to researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re working out here and there. When you go to the link above, you will find several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases: Ancestor – established DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic information about them with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined the DAR [updated daily] Member – limited access to information on deceased/former DAR members – not current members. Descendants – index of generations in applications between the DAR member and the Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] GRC – everyname index to 20,000 typescript volumes (some still being indexed) of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This index is not limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. Resources [In particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card Index and the Analytical Index Cards. Other information sources will be coming in the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary War service, bibliographies, Forgotten Patriots (updates), etc. Read the introductions to these to learn why these are both important genealogical indexes. For example, the Rev. War pension index includes the names of people mentioned in those pensions that were abstracted (not just the pensioner or widow)!!!!] Library Catalog – our book, periodical, and manuscript holdings Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each is given more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information in many search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to protect the identity of our members while providing historical genealogical information to researchers. The national numbers of members (without the names of living members) given in the search results are needed to order copies of applications and supplemental applications. They do not lead online researchers to any other information about the member. Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Neither of the web sites worked!!! -----Original Message----- From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> To: ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 9:21 pm Subject: [ILMACOUP] DAR Announcement Passing on from Cheryl: --------------- After nearly a decade of scanning, indexing, and other behind-the-scenes work by DAR members and employees, the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System on our public website. Here are the direct links: <http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/librar y/online_research.cfm or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at the top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). The GRS is a growing collection of databases that provide access to many materials collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this collection of databases is the GRC National Index which has been available to researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re working out here and there. When you go to the link above, you will find several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases: Ancestor – established DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic information about them with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined the DAR [updated daily] Member – limited access to information on deceased/former DAR members – not current members. Descendants – index of generations in applications between the DAR member and the Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] GRC – everyname index to 20,000 typescript volumes (some still being indexed) of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This index is not limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. Resources [In particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card Index and the Analytical Index Cards. Other information sources will be coming in the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary War service, bibliographies, Forgotten Patriots (updates), etc. Read the introductions to these to learn why these are both important genealogical indexes. For example, the Rev. War pension index includes the names of people mentioned in those pensions that were abstracted (not just the pensioner or widow)!!!!] Library Catalog – our book, periodical, and manuscript holdings Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each is given more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information in many search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to protect the identity of our members while providing historical genealogical information to researchers. The national numbers of members (without the names of living members) given in the search results are needed to order copies of applications and supplemental applications. They do not lead online researchers to any other information about the member. Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Woolary, I did not have any trouble with the sites and actually found an ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War. I knew he served and searched and found him, however the last two generations did not show up. Nice tool to guide you in your search. Try again. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM, <woolary@aol.com> wrote: > Neither of the web sites worked!!! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> > To: ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 9:21 pm > Subject: [ILMACOUP] DAR Announcement > > > Passing on from Cheryl: > --------------- > After nearly a decade of scanning, indexing, and other > behind-the-scenes > work by DAR members and employees, the Daughters of the American > Revolution > is pleased to announce the availability of the DAR Genealogical > Research > System on our public website. Here are the direct links: > > <http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/librar > y/online_research.cfm <http://www.dar.org/librar%0Ay/online_research.cfm> > > or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at > the > top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). > > The GRS is a growing collection of databases that provide access to > many > materials collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in > this > collection of databases is the GRC National Index which has been > available > to researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re > working out here and there. > > When you go to the link above, you will find several tabs that will > enable > searching in the various databases: > Ancestor – established DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic > information about them with listings of the applications submitted by > descendants who joined the DAR [updated daily] > > Member – limited access to information on deceased/former DAR members – > not > current members. > > Descendants – index of generations in applications between the DAR > member > and the Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and > nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] > > GRC – everyname index to 20,000 typescript volumes (some still being > indexed) of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This > index is not limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. > > Resources [In particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary > Pension > Extract Card Index and the Analytical Index Cards. > Other information sources will be coming in the near future, mostly > relating to Revolutionary War service, bibliographies, Forgotten > Patriots > (updates), etc. Read the introductions to these to learn why these are > both > important genealogical indexes. For example, the Rev. War pension index > includes the names of people mentioned in those pensions that were > abstracted (not just the pensioner or widow)!!!!] > > Library Catalog – our book, periodical, and manuscript holdings > > Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each is > given > more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information in > many > search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to protect the > identity of our members while providing historical genealogical > information > to researchers. > > The national numbers of members (without the names of living members) > given > in the search results are needed to order copies of applications and > supplemental applications. They do not lead online researchers to any > other > information about the member. > > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > the message > > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Passing on from Cheryl: --------------- After nearly a decade of scanning, indexing, and other behind-the-scenes work by DAR members and employees, the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System on our public website. Here are the direct links: <http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at the top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). The GRS is a growing collection of databases that provide access to many materials collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this collection of databases is the GRC National Index which has been available to researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re working out here and there. When you go to the link above, you will find several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases: Ancestor – established DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic information about them with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined the DAR [updated daily] Member – limited access to information on deceased/former DAR members – not current members. Descendants – index of generations in applications between the DAR member and the Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] GRC – everyname index to 20,000 typescript volumes (some still being indexed) of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This index is not limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. Resources [In particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card Index and the Analytical Index Cards. Other information sources will be coming in the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary War service, bibliographies, Forgotten Patriots (updates), etc. Read the introductions to these to learn why these are both important genealogical indexes. For example, the Rev. War pension index includes the names of people mentioned in those pensions that were abstracted (not just the pensioner or widow)!!!!] Library Catalog – our book, periodical, and manuscript holdings Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each is given more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information in many search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to protect the identity of our members while providing historical genealogical information to researchers. The national numbers of members (without the names of living members) given in the search results are needed to order copies of applications and supplemental applications. They do not lead online researchers to any other information about the member.

Linda Kay (Clark) Atwood of Staunton, IL, member of and vice-president of Macoupin County Genealogical Society, passed away Friday, November 13, 2009 at St. John's hospital in Springfield, IL. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, at the funeral home. Interment is in Spangle Cemetery in rural Livingston. Memorials are suggested to the Staunton American Legion Scholarship Fund.

Weather permitting we will meet the 3rd Tuesday in January 2010 - the 19th if I can read a calendar correctly. I don't know yet where we will meet but will post it as usual. If you are coming to visit at another time, let us know and we will try to arrange someone to meet you at the library. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Monaghan" <accentjan@hotmail.com> To: <ilmacoup@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] ILMACOUP Digest, Vol 4, Issue 157 > > Chuck and Cindy, > > > > Could you tell me when the next quarterly meeting of MCGS will be held? If I don't get it on my calendar now, I"ll miss it, and I've been planning to attend for a long while and never seem to get my act together to get there. > > Thanks for any information you can provide. > > > > Janet Kramer Monaghan > > researching Schoen and deWerff (and many others) in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:22:22 -0600 > > From: "Chuck & Cindy Leonard" <leonardc@madisontelco.com> > > Subject: [ILMACOUP] Fw: MCGS Meeting notice > > To: <ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <004e01ca4d2d$9072a520$6400a8c0@cindyme84w6t3t> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Subject: MCGS Meeting notice > > > > > > The Macoupin County Genealogical Society will hold their quarterly meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Staunton Public Library, 306 W. Main. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. The program will be a video of Tom Emery's recent talk at Carlinville City Cemetery. All are welcome. Membership not required to attend. Refreshments will be served. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message