At 05:47 AM 12/16/1999 -0600, you wrote: >Thank you for the compliment on the Macoupin page. > >Probably one of the best genealogy pages on the web! Yep...one of the best......got a good CC. I have two of the other best...<grin> >There's a standing joke that the people south of Macoupin Creek >pronounce the county name: > >Muh GOOP un Hmmm....my Mom and Dad, grandparents, etc. lived North and they said "Muh GOOP un" Just my two cents worth. Mary Ann - ------------------------------------------------------ Mary Ann Kaylor Morgan County ILGenWeb Coordinator & Mail List Owner http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/morgan.htm Sangamon County ILGenWeb Coordinator & Mail List Owner http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/sangamon.htm Menard County ILGenWeb Mail List Owner