Think deeds are amazing, try searching the Numerical Index to lands and follow the legal description of your ancestor's land for 100 years. At 02:36 PM 11/5/2006 -0500, you wrote: > >In a message dated 11/5/2006 10:46:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >Whoo hoo!!! No Bell's, but John and Maggie Williamson are listed: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pfd/pfd-w.htm > >Williamson, John J. (Maggie K. Bell) Ch William, Harry, Tillie, >Agnes, Robert, May, Arthur, Frank, Joseph; Gillespie R12 Gillespie >Sec5 T160a J. Williamson Est. (1867) > >I wish it mentioned how much land they had. We'll have to go dig >through the land records sometime. Makes me wonder when they moved >north to Staunton. > > > > >It would appear that the land John J. Williamson was farming was owned by J. >Williamson, no doubt dating from 1867. You might want to search the land >records around the 1867 time frame. The land records are great! Amazing >things turn up in the deeds. > >Linda Arnold >California > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >__________ NOD32 1.1853 (20061103) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com Mary Clement Douglass, CG Your Kansas research specialist www.historical-matters.com CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by those who have passed BCG's rigorous examination process.

Mary, I have not paid too much attention to the recent discussions. I am wondering where you would find the Numerical Index to lands. I have found a couple of relatives in the Prairie Farmer's Dir. Thanks, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Douglass" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Prairie Farmer's Directory Macoupin County 1919 > Think deeds are amazing, try searching the Numerical Index to lands and > follow the legal description of your ancestor's land for 100 years. > > At 02:36 PM 11/5/2006 -0500, you wrote: >> >>In a message dated 11/5/2006 10:46:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>[email protected] writes: >> >>Whoo hoo!!! No Bell's, but John and Maggie Williamson are listed: >> >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pfd/pfd-w.htm >> >>Williamson, John J. (Maggie K. Bell) Ch William, Harry, Tillie, >>Agnes, Robert, May, Arthur, Frank, Joseph; Gillespie R12 Gillespie >>Sec5 T160a J. Williamson Est. (1867) >> >>I wish it mentioned how much land they had. We'll have to go dig >>through the land records sometime. Makes me wonder when they moved >>north to Staunton. >> >> >> >> >>It would appear that the land John J. Williamson was farming was owned by >>J. >>Williamson, no doubt dating from 1867. You might want to search the land >>records around the 1867 time frame. The land records are great! Amazing >>things turn up in the deeds. >> >>Linda Arnold >>California >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >>__________ NOD32 1.1853 (20061103) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com > > Mary Clement Douglass, CG > Your Kansas research specialist > www.historical-matters.com > > CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists, > used under license by those who have passed BCG's rigorous examination > process. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In the same office that records the deeds. These are rarely, if ever, microfilmed. This is something you have to do either in person or get someone on-site to do for you. First you find your ancestors names in the General Index, aka Grantor/Grantee Indexes. Note their land descriptions. Next go to the Numerical Index that contains that tract of land. Follow the land instead of the personal names. The numerical indexes are invaluable for finding the heirs, migration paths, and married names of daughters. Good Hunting! Mary Douglass At 08:21 PM 11/5/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Mary, >I have not paid too much attention to the recent discussions. I am >wondering where you would find the Numerical Index to lands. >I have found a couple of relatives in the Prairie Farmer's Dir. >Thanks, >Pat >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Douglass" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:13 PM >Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Prairie Farmer's Directory Macoupin County 1919 > > > > Think deeds are amazing, try searching the Numerical Index to lands and > > follow the legal description of your ancestor's land for 100 years. > > > > At 02:36 PM 11/5/2006 -0500, you wrote: > >> > >>In a message dated 11/5/2006 10:46:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > >>[email protected] writes: > >> > >>Whoo hoo!!! No Bell's, but John and Maggie Williamson are listed: > >> > >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/pfd/pfd-w.htm > >> > >>Williamson, John J. (Maggie K. Bell) Ch William, Harry, Tillie, > >>Agnes, Robert, May, Arthur, Frank, Joseph; Gillespie R12 Gillespie > >>Sec5 T160a J. Williamson Est. (1867) > >> > >>I wish it mentioned how much land they had. We'll have to go dig > >>through the land records sometime. Makes me wonder when they moved > >>north to Staunton. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>It would appear that the land John J. Williamson was farming was owned by > >>J. > >>Williamson, no doubt dating from 1867. You might want to search the land > >>records around the 1867 time frame. The land records are great! Amazing > >>things turn up in the deeds. > >> > >>Linda Arnold > >>California > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >>__________ NOD32 1.1853 (20061103) Information __________ > >> > >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >>http://www.eset.com > > > > Mary Clement Douglass, CG > > Your Kansas research specialist > > www.historical-matters.com > > > > CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for > > Certification of Genealogists, > > used under license by those who have passed BCG's rigorous examination > > process. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >__________ NOD32 1.1854 (20061106) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com Mary Clement Douglass, CG Your Kansas research specialist www.historical-matters.com CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by those who have passed BCG's rigorous examination process.