Interesting! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Czerniak, James, SSG, 217EIS, ISE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:38 PM Subject: RE: [ILMADISO-L] Illinois "sucker" > Check out this site for a long and drawn out explanation... > > > http://newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/200-299/nb233.htm > > > > > I found some letters on microfilm at the Family History Library from George > Churchill of Troy to his nephew William Weeks in the Oregon Territory, and > George uses the term Sucker or Illinois Sucker. > > Does anyone know its origin? I assume it's a term like "badger" for > Wisconsinites. > > thanks, Karen > > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Search Engine for Genealogy Madison County Illinois > http://www.google.com/search?q=Genealogy+Madison+County+Illinois&btnG=Google > +Search > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Passenger Lists on the internet search: > http://www.google.com/search?q=Passenger+Lists&btnG=Google+Search > > >