Hi Joanne, Just one idea here, which may or may not pay off. You might consider writing to the County Clerk of both Madison & Macoupin counties, and ask if they have probate records for your Jesse B. EDWARDS. Since you have his year of death, that should not be a problem for them to check. Probate is always done in the county wherein the person died, so if he was visiting his Aunt Mamie in Alaska, you won't find at home, but Madison and Macoupin should be able to tell you if they have his records. As for his wife, with no death year, that could be a bit more complicated, but ask anyway! I don't know what sort of cost they would ask, maybe nothing for the records check, and a few bucks if they find the records, but I've done such things elsewhere and it's never exhorbitant. Also I've always gotten a response within a couple weeks or so, rather than getting stuck waiting for months. The Midwest counties have always been very friendly to me. I'm sorry I don't have the addresses for the Macoupin or Madison county clerks handy, but they should not be hard to find, probably on the respective GenWeb pages. So give that probate search a shot, and hopefully you will get lucky with one county or the other. Happy hunting! Gloria Atwater At 10:30 AM 3/20/99 -0800, you wrote: >Hello! >I am loking for the burial place of Jesse B. EDWARDS born 1811 and died >1869 in either Madison or Mccoupin County, IL. Also of his wife, >Angeline (Smith) EDWARDS, born abt 1816. Don't have any date of death >for her. > >They were both natives of Scioto County, OHIO, and lived in Iroquois >County, IL before moving to the Madison/Macoupin Counties area between >1860 and 1869. > >Records are conflicting as to which county they resided. Outside of >purchasing about 100 cemetery books and looking for them, I do not know >what to do to find them. Any suggestions?