Thank you, Bill, for serving our country. and all the other veterans. Freedom costs. Gloria At 04:26 PM 7/11/2006, you wrote: >I commend you for all your hard work. It is a worthy task and more of us >need to be involved. I live way down here in Texas, I am 80, a WWII veteran >and within the last 6 months I have had open heart surgery and brain >surgery. > >An uncle of mine, James Burgoyne and some his family are buried in one of >the Staunton cemeteries; a set of one of my grandparents (Burgoynes) and >some of their relatives are buried in the Miles Station church cemetery; and >some of my great grandparents and the other set of my grandparents >(Schneebergs) are buried in the Brighton city cemetery. I lived in Brighton >with my parents from 1926 - 1940. > >I have delayed joining the Macoupin County Researcher (?) - publication, so >send me information as to how I subscribe to it. > >Bill Schneeberg >2922 South Country Club Road >Garland, TX 75043-1306 >Phone: 972-278-2851 >Email: [email protected] >Researching: SCHNEEBERG; GILL; BURGOYNE; SAUERWEIN; BOSTON; GRAHAM; STETHEM; >AND SCHWAB. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 10:30 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Burials/ Civil War or own farm land > >Cindy, > Just want to say thank you to you and your family for all of your >hard work! > >Kim Kolk >- ------------------------------------- >[email protected] >Researching DEBEE, HAHNENKAMP, JANCO, KOLK, MAXWELL, PETRINI, >POYNTER, WEISS > > >On Jul 10, 2006, at 8:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > From: "Chuck & Cindy Leonard" <[email protected]> > > Date: July 9, 2006 10:24:58 PM CDT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ILMacoupin] Burials/ Civil War or own farm land > > > > > > When a local mowing service, hired to mow our City Cemetery (the > > oldest one > > in Staunton), came to the city council and wanted to take all the > > broken > > tombstones and dispose of them, our society members gathered and > > sent a > > letter to the city council objecting to this and to make a long > > story short, > > the State Historical Preservation Association told us to contact them > > immediately if we saw any indications of stones being removed and > > they would > > send State Police to stop the removal. It didn't come to that, but as > > usual, yours truly wound up on the reorganized City Cemetery > > Association and > > the broken stones were repaired; my children walked the creek bed > > in search > > of stones that may have been thrown down there but that search > > proved to be > > cement borders that were removed from around grave plots. My > > husband made a > > "probe" for me to use in the oldest section and we found numerous > > original > > stones that had been broken over the years and covered by dirt. > > They were > > repaired and re-set (we kept them close to the original spot they were > > found) - the original plot listing of burials was long gone and > > believe me, > > our group did some hard searching. Of course, if anyone finds the > > records, > > it would be great to have them..... > >______________________________ > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >To post a message so everyone on ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D receives it, >send the message to: > [email protected] > It will then be sent on to everyone in both ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D.

Bill Membership in the Macoupin County Genealogical Society is $15.00 per year and includes our quarterly the Macoupin County Searcher. Mail your check or money order to: Macoupin County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 95, Staunton, IL 62088. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Frazier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [ILMacoupin] RE: Burials/ Civil War or own farm land > Thank you, Bill, for serving our country. > > and all the other veterans. Freedom costs. > > Gloria > > At 04:26 PM 7/11/2006, you wrote: > >I commend you for all your hard work. It is a worthy task and more of us > >need to be involved. I live way down here in Texas, I am 80, a WWII veteran > >and within the last 6 months I have had open heart surgery and brain > >surgery. > > > >An uncle of mine, James Burgoyne and some his family are buried in one of > >the Staunton cemeteries; a set of one of my grandparents (Burgoynes) and > >some of their relatives are buried in the Miles Station church cemetery; and > >some of my great grandparents and the other set of my grandparents > >(Schneebergs) are buried in the Brighton city cemetery. I lived in Brighton > >with my parents from 1926 - 1940. > > > >I have delayed joining the Macoupin County Researcher (?) - publication, so > >send me information as to how I subscribe to it. > > > >Bill Schneeberg > >2922 South Country Club Road > >Garland, TX 75043-1306 > >Phone: 972-278-2851 > >Email: [email protected] > >Researching: SCHNEEBERG; GILL; BURGOYNE; SAUERWEIN; BOSTON; GRAHAM; STETHEM; > >AND SCHWAB. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 10:30 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Burials/ Civil War or own farm land > > > >Cindy, > > Just want to say thank you to you and your family for all of your > >hard work! > > > >Kim Kolk > >- ------------------------------------- > >[email protected] > >Researching DEBEE, HAHNENKAMP, JANCO, KOLK, MAXWELL, PETRINI, > >POYNTER, WEISS > > > > > >On Jul 10, 2006, at 8:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > From: "Chuck & Cindy Leonard" <[email protected]> > > > Date: July 9, 2006 10:24:58 PM CDT > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [ILMacoupin] Burials/ Civil War or own farm land > > > > > > > > > When a local mowing service, hired to mow our City Cemetery (the > > > oldest one > > > in Staunton), came to the city council and wanted to take all the > > > broken > > > tombstones and dispose of them, our society members gathered and > > > sent a > > > letter to the city council objecting to this and to make a long > > > story short, > > > the State Historical Preservation Association told us to contact them > > > immediately if we saw any indications of stones being removed and > > > they would > > > send State Police to stop the removal. It didn't come to that, but as > > > usual, yours truly wound up on the reorganized City Cemetery > > > Association and > > > the broken stones were repaired; my children walked the creek bed > > > in search > > > of stones that may have been thrown down there but that search > > > proved to be > > > cement borders that were removed from around grave plots. My > > > husband made a > > > "probe" for me to use in the oldest section and we found numerous > > > original > > > stones that had been broken over the years and covered by dirt. > > > They were > > > repaired and re-set (we kept them close to the original spot they were > > > found) - the original plot listing of burials was long gone and > > > believe me, > > > our group did some hard searching. Of course, if anyone finds the > > > records, > > > it would be great to have them..... > > > >______________________________ > > > > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > >To post a message so everyone on ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D receives it, > >send the message to: > > [email protected] > > It will then be sent on to everyone in both ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D. > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > ***** Check ****** > Macoupin County Home Page for updates and added information. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.