Dorris Thanks for the reply,, After your reply I checked the 1930 Census, it list him in Wood River Township. That part of Alton is in Wood River Township. If I use a magnifying glass after Wood River, in very small print four choices, Village, City, Township, or Road District. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: <doriswaggoner@juno.com> To: <ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] Stating location of place of death > > I would certainly put all that info in your notes, just to make sure it doesn't get lost. The answer may depend on the date you're talking about. I have a vague memory of someone on this list talking about the time period when the various towns of Alton, Upper Alton, and Wood River changed boundaries. Upper Alton may have been or may still be a neighborhood, not a distinct town. But neighborhoods are important to identifying where a location is. And an address may have been in Wood River at one time and in Upper Alton at another and in Alton at yet another. You may want to check back in the Archives to see if you can find old messages from someone who lives there and can help you out more than I can! Looking at current maps in my Rand McNally Atlas, and the church directory of a Wood River church from the early 1990s, I don't think Upper Alton currently exists as a legal entity now. But I know it once did. > > Doris Waggoner > Seattle > > -- "Kent & Tracy" <cdr2002@mchsi.com> wrote: > My GG-grandfather death certificate list his "Place of Death" as 3304 Fernwood Ave, Wood River, IL. > As a kid this house was still in the family. Across the street from the old Milton school. In what I always refered to as Upper Alton. I checked there is NO Fernwood Ave in Wood River, IL > Was this area once considerd Wood River? > Why would they list it as Wood River? > > In my FTM file, if I list the palce of Death as alton ,shold I put a note in saying the Death Cert states Wood River but it should have been Alton? > > Thanks Kent > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Links-Lots of helpful links for your research. > http://www.cyndislist.com/ > > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > LDS Family Search Engine: > http://www.familysearch.org/ > Illinois State Archives Databases including pre 1900 IL marriages and Civil War soldiers: > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html > >