The Milton part of Alton was part of Wood RIver township. At some point in the late 50' or early 60's it was annexed into the city of Alton. By that time, Upper Alton had long been officially part of Alton city. There was an area referred to as Upper Alton, where the businesses were. I guess the boundaries were pretty fuzzy and in the mind of the beholder, but we always referred to the area off Milton Road as the Milton area, and the business area off Brown and Main/Washington as Upper Alton. It may be that everything west of Milton Rd, which would include Fernwood, was already part of the city, and everything on the other side was still unannexed when my parents bought their house. On Monday, December 27, 2004, at 03:00 AM, ILMADISO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: "Kent & Tracy" <cdr2002@mchsi.com> > Date: Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:46:00 PM US/Central > To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Stating location of place of death > > > 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