It is always great to read what all of you write & ask abt - I love just to be able to read what all are looking for that day - life is great -huh? I need anything on the Hastings my Greatgrand parents were George Hastings & Una (Blaine) Hastings - Georges father was High Hastings & his mother was a Kirksey ( I have no first name ) for her -there children: 1. Alfred 2. George 3. James 4. Margaret 5. Sally 6. Molly Hastings Alfred never married - George married Una Blaine ( she was born in Stwart Co Tn) - James Hastings married Cena Taylor - Margaret Meg Hastings married a Croxton - Sally married a man named Barr & we know nothing on them at all - Molly Hastings married Fine Knight from Murray kY, I need real help on any of this - I want anything that anyone has just so I can get ahold of something - I remember when George Hastings died & we went to Alton to the funeral also when Una Blaine Hasting died but I dont even know where in Alton they are buried - Thanks to all - you make it easy to look for family - Maggie

Dotty, Try contacting Kevin Shaw at the Upper Alton Cemetery. He is a very nice man. He has all the info on who is buried there and will be willing to look it up for you. The phone number is: 618-462-1672. All he will need is names. Lisa Davis

Shirley, You can go to www.haynerlibrary.org/genealogy.htm -- or you can write to Hayner Public Library District, 401 State Street, Alton, Illinois 62002. Their phone # (618) 462-0651. The young lady who has been helpful to me is named Cathie. She has an email address too but I can't seem to locate it right now. Good luck on your research. Marian

Marhsa: The code appear to be four letter abbreviations of cities or states. i.e., Baden Baden, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Bremen, ?, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, ?, ?, Hessian, ?, ?, ?, Mecklenburg, ?, Munster, ?,( West) Phalia, ?, ?, ?, Saxon?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Thuringer, (Swartz) Wald, Wurtzburg. Perhaps someone else can make corrections and fill in the blanks. Roger Monterey Marsha Ensminger wrote: > Santa brought the Heritage Quest "Germans in the 1870 US Federal > Census" CD last year. The search process is rather klunky, and they > use a four letter code for birthplace that I haven't found a table of > equivalencies for, but the general breakdown looks like this: > > In the 1870 census there were 4111 heads of households in Madison Co., > IL identified as "German". Of these, 1816 or 44% had their birthplaces > recorded as either Prussia or Germany. > The remaining birthplaces (using the 4 letter code) were: > BADE - 489, BAVA - 443, BRAN - 2, BREM - 5, BRUN - 39, FRNK - 1, HAMB - > 7, HANO - 493, HCAS - 27, HDAR - 147, HESS - 71, HDEC - 1, LDET - 27, > LSCH - 4, MECK - 22, MSCH - 3, MSTR - 1, OLDE - 12, PFAL - 1, POME - 1, > RSCH - 1, SALT - 2, SAXO - 117, SCHW - 6, SCOG - 1, SHOL - 22, SILE - > 3, SWEE - 7, THUR - 2, WALD - 66, WEST - 6, WURT - 226, UNKN - 23, NCOD > - 12, ASEA - 2. > > I would guess that the last three are "unknown", "no code", and "at > sea", bringing the unidentified to 45% of the total. > > ===== > Marsha L. Ensminger > searching for Westerhold/t/z in the US and ? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Keep an eye on this census site because more census' are going up every day. > http://www.us-census.org/usgwcens/ > and this one: http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states.htm

Looking for info on Mark Fisher and his wife Lenora.. this is my husbands Great Uncle. He was a musician and wrote songs such as " When your smiling the whole world smiles with you " during the Big Band era......Mark and Lenora live in Long Lake....any little tid bit would be appreciated..., thanks Darlene

Hello I am looking for the information on the tombstone of Edward Thomas Jones b.Mar. 5, 1811 d. Feb. 9, 1883 his wife Patronella J. Jones B. Feb. 9, 1809 D. April 17, 1892. Family have told me they were buired in Alton?? Could someone who has a book on the cemerty look it up for me? If they are found are there other members listed? I was told there is a large marker?? Where is the cemtery found?? I live in Texas so have not been able to do any actual on site research. Thank you for your help. I enjoy reading your emails but so far have not read any of my family long lost members, but will continue to enjoy all the information about Madison Co. Once again thanks for any help in this search. Dotty

Dottie Edward Thomas Jones and his wife Patronella are not buried in any of the Alton cemeteries. However, they are buried in the Bethalto Methodist Cemetery. Back in the 1980's my husband and I inventoried this cemetery and came upon their stone(s). When I went back a few years later looking for Thomas' stone it was missing. At that time I was under the impression that he was the Thomas Jones who married Elizabeth "Betsy" Preuitt, but later learned that there were two Thomas Jones in the Bethalto area at time same time and both were born about the same time. I remember at the time it was very hard to decipher the dates on the stone(s) due to weathering problems - limestone tombstone. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

Marsha Let's take that percentage down a bit with these codes BADE - 489 - Baden BAVA - 443 - Bavaria BRAN - 2 - Brandenburg or Braunsweig BREM - 5 - Bremen BRUN - 39 Brunswick? FRNK - 1 - Frankfort HAMB - 7 - Hamburg HANO - 493 - Hanover HCAS - 27 - Hesse Castle HDAR - 147 - Hesse Darmstadt or Hessendame HESS - 71 - Hesse, Hessen or Hessian HDEC - 1 - ? LDET - 27 - Lippe Detmold or Lippe Darmstadt LSCH - 4 - Lippe Schaumberg MECK - 22 - Mecklenburg MSCH - 3 - ? MSTR - 1 - ? OLDE - 12 - Oldenburg PFAL - 1 - Pfaltz or Pfalz POME - 1 - ? RSCH - 1 ? SALT - 2 - ? SAXO - 117 - Saxony, Saxe or Saxon SCHW - 6 - ? SCOG - 1 - ? SHOL - 22 - ? SILE - 3 - ? SWEE - 7 - ? THUR - 2 - ? WALD - 66 - Waldeck WEST - 6 - Westphalia WURT - 226 - Wurtemburg UNKN - 23 - Unknown NCOD - 12 - No Code ASEA - 2 - At Sea Hope this helps. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

Santa brought the Heritage Quest "Germans in the 1870 US Federal Census" CD last year. The search process is rather klunky, and they use a four letter code for birthplace that I haven't found a table of equivalencies for, but the general breakdown looks like this: In the 1870 census there were 4111 heads of households in Madison Co., IL identified as "German". Of these, 1816 or 44% had their birthplaces recorded as either Prussia or Germany. The remaining birthplaces (using the 4 letter code) were: BADE - 489, BAVA - 443, BRAN - 2, BREM - 5, BRUN - 39, FRNK - 1, HAMB - 7, HANO - 493, HCAS - 27, HDAR - 147, HESS - 71, HDEC - 1, LDET - 27, LSCH - 4, MECK - 22, MSCH - 3, MSTR - 1, OLDE - 12, PFAL - 1, POME - 1, RSCH - 1, SALT - 2, SAXO - 117, SCHW - 6, SCOG - 1, SHOL - 22, SILE - 3, SWEE - 7, THUR - 2, WALD - 66, WEST - 6, WURT - 226, UNKN - 23, NCOD - 12, ASEA - 2. I would guess that the last three are "unknown", "no code", and "at sea", bringing the unidentified to 45% of the total. ===== Marsha L. Ensminger searching for Westerhold/t/z in the US and ? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

When I asked that question at Hayner they gave me the name of Cathie Lamere. You can contact her at the following address: Hayner Public Library 326 Belle St Alton, IL 62002 Attn Cathie Lamere Darrell Wesley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Goad" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:55 AM Subject: [ILMADISO-L] Alton Public Library > About 2 week ago someone put some info on the Public Library in Alton would look up an obit for you. I thought I printed the information out but I guess I didn't. This would be for the year of 1930. Would some kin soul help me out on this. > Thanking you in advanvce > > Shirley G > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Keep an eye on this census site because more census' are going up every day. > http://www.us-census.org/usgwcens/ > and this one: http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states.htm > >

Does anyone know if there is an index for the 1855 or 1865 Illinois State census? Thanks, Mimi

About 2 week ago someone put some info on the Public Library in Alton would look up an obit for you. I thought I printed the information out but I guess I didn't. This would be for the year of 1930. Would some kin soul help me out on this. Thanking you in advanvce Shirley G

Two weeks ago, Robin M posted the following: Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 20:26:09 +0000 > From: "Robin M" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ILMADISO-L] AMBUEHL, ARNOLD, WAGNER, WIDMAN/WITMAN > > Anyone have any information on these folks from Madison County? > AMBUEHL, John, b. 1863 Leef, IL, m. Bertha Widman > ARNOLD, Rose b. 1890 OH, d. 1934 Highland, IL > WAGNER, (female) b. circa 1890 m. Elliot Gruenenfelder > WIDMAN/WITMAN family of Saline,IL and Grantfork, IL area ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- Robin, My secret VERY VERY secondary source has the following. PLEASE CONFIRM ALL WITH PRIMARY SOURCES FOR YOURSELF. Sorry to take so long to reply; I've had a monster of a flu. John Jacob AMBUEHL b. 11 Mar 1862 in Highland, Madison Co, Illinois, USA d. 26 Oct 1897 place unk. 1st Married Bertha WIDMAN, b. 28 Aug 1863 place unk, d. 10 May 1886 in Grantfork, Madison Co, Illinois. 2nd Married Mathilda WEHRLI, b. 1877 in Highland, d. 03 Jul 1957 in Highland. Date of 1st marriage unknown. Date of 2nd marriage 06 Aug 1889 in STAPLEHURST, NEBRASKA. Children UNKNOWN. Rose C. Henke ARNOLD b. 01 Jun 1890 d. 9 Apr 1933. I would say that her maiden name was HENKE/HENCKE, another Highland area surname, but Robin says she was born in OH. I have no info on her ARNOLD husband. She also married Charles Elliot GRUENENFELDER, b. 20 Aug 1884 in Millersburg (formerly Baden Baden), Bond Co, Illinois, d. 09 Mar 1970 in "Mascoutah, Clinton Co, IL." This place has some sort of mistake, because Mascoutah is in neighboring St. Clair Co. Charles Elliot GRUENENFELDER also had another wife, Helen Katerine WAGNER, b. 17 Feb 1882 in Pierron, Bond Co, IL, d. 08 Jul 1924 in Alton, Madison Co, IL. Children listed under Helen are Paul, Robert, Orville Leo, Felton John, Alberta Helen, and Esther Rose (all GRUENENFELDER). I have more on children. I have 32 other WIDMANs and 1 other WITMAN, with dates ranging from 1836 to present. It is important to understand that these data are completely disjointed and unconnected. I could have 32 different events on one family, or 32 events on 32 different families. It's like having the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle loose in a box, but I don't know if the pieces are from 1 puzzle or 32 puzzles Bon Appetit', Larry Wernle [email protected]

Thanks, Debbi. Unfortunately, I was too hasty, the one I wanted is the right one after all, darn. Is there any way to get 1894 birth certificates? Elsie Debbi Geer wrote: > Elsie > > According to the US Gen Web Madison Co IL site - > > Madison County Clerk, PO Box 218, Edwardsville, IL, > 62025. Include a photo of your driver's license or > state id and $9.00 per Marriage Record. > > However, I would call and verify as prices can change > without notice on the web. Sometimes the coordinators > who are volunteers can only update as they receive > information from users such as us. > > Debbi > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Difference between ILMADISO-L and ILMADISO-D: > ILMADISO-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to ILMADISO as a separate email. > ILMADISO-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a single large message. -- West Hurley, NY --------------- Remember, to add -request before the @ sign of ANY Rootsweb list address to unsubscribe. Put only unsubscribe in subject and body.

Thank you, Ken. Ken Doty wrote: > $4.00 uncertified $9.00 certified when I got one last week. + copy of > drivers license. > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Links-Lots of helpful links for your research. > http://www.cyndislist.com/ -- West Hurley, NY --------------- Remember, to add -request before the @ sign of ANY Rootsweb list address to unsubscribe. Put only unsubscribe in subject and body.

$4.00 uncertified $9.00 certified when I got one last week. + copy of drivers license.

Thank you, Jill. I was there but did not find the amount. Someone else told me it's $9.00. Thanks and happy hunting. Elsie [email protected] wrote: > Elsie, > Go to this website it will give you the information you are looking > for. > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/cgi-bin/archives/marriage.s > Hope this helps, > Jill > Troy, IL > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Passenger Lists on the internet search: > http://www.google.com/search?q=Passenger+Lists&btnG=Google+Search -- West Hurley, NY --------------- Remember, to add -request before the @ sign of ANY Rootsweb list address to unsubscribe. Put only unsubscribe in subject and body.

McDonough County General: <A HREF="http://www.livgenmi.com/mcdonoughIL.htm">1895 U.S. Atlas </A> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Evilsizer4/McDon.html">Illinois Trails County History & Genealogy </A> <A HREF="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=5647408&siteid=39218725&bfpage=bfrd&bfurl=http://www.ancestry.com/rd/befree/affprodredirect.asp?key=Uhttp://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IL/McDonough/">RootsWeb </A> <A HREF="http://www.macomb.com/~ilmcdono/">USGenWeb </A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/mcdonough/mcdonough.htm">USGenWeb Archives </A> <A HREF="http://vitalrec.com/ilcounties12.html#McDonough">Vital Records Information </A> Cemeteries: <A HREF="http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MD.html">The Political Graveyard </A> Census: <A HREF="http://censuslinks.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=viewlink&cid=001014040">Census Links </A> <A HREF="http://www.census-online.com/links/IL/McDonough/">Census Online </A> <A HREF="http://www.heritagequest.com/cgi-bin/nspage26.cpg?catalog=qsearch&file=quickdata.htm&@[email protected]=Illinois&@where.title=McDonough">Heritage Quest - Microfilm & Microfiche Records </A> Libraries, Archives & Museums: <A HREF="http://www.bushnell.lib.il.us/">Bushnell Public Library District </A> <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=199056&subject_disp=Illinois,_McDonough&columns=*,180,0">Family History Library Catalog </A> <A HREF="http://www.macomb.lib.il.us/library/">Macomb Public Library District </A> Mailing List(s): <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-il.html#ILMCDONO">ILMCDONO </A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-il.html#IL-WESTERN">IL-WESTERN </A> Societies & Groups: <A HREF="http://www.macomb.com/mcgs/">McDonough County Genealogical Society </A> keep this web site handy....www.cyndislist.com you will use it over and over again......GOOD LUCK !!! HAPPY HUNTING

Elsie According to the US Gen Web Madison Co IL site - Madison County Clerk, PO Box 218, Edwardsville, IL, 62025. Include a photo of your driver's license or state id and $9.00 per Marriage Record. However, I would call and verify as prices can change without notice on the web. Sometimes the coordinators who are volunteers can only update as they receive information from users such as us. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

Elsie, Go to this website it will give you the information you are looking for. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/cgi-bin/archives/marriage.s Hope this helps, Jill Troy, IL