Thanks Kim....I'm usually at Hayner library. It's just hard to read some of the papers. Some are so dark you can't make out what it's saying. I've been trying to find out who their parents were. I figure Macoupin County has the answer or John's death certificate. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] John Leonard > You could try contacting the Haynor Public Library in Alton. They > have an index to the local papers, and I know it covers that time > period as I found my an obit for an acestor that died in 1898 when I > was there last year. > The web page for Haynor is > > http://www.haynerlibrary.org/genealogy.htm > > Kim Kolk > --------------------------------------- > [email protected] > Researching DEBEE, HAHNENKAMP, JANCO, KOLK, MAXWELL, PETRINI, > POYNTER, WEISS > > > On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:02 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:55:59 -0500 >> From: "Mary Wallendorff" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [ILMACOUP] John Leonard >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >