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    1. Marine, IL cemetery question
    2. Re the "Marine" versus "Marinetown" question I suspect one refers to the village and the latter to the township. One of my BUSCH ancestors (Matilda BUSCH) is listed in the 1850 census as being in "Marine Settlement," which I'd assume was another attempt to distinguish between the two names. Maybe we genealogy word purists should avoid the use of the word "town" because it has too many varied legal and social meanings. My cemetery question: Less than two miles south of the village of Marine (in Section 28) is a well kept cemetery out in a field which is contains some of my BUSCH ancestors. It is shown on the USGS quadrangle map as the "Marine Cem." which is NOT correct according to a cemetery list found in the Edwardsville library. No onsite signage either, but the list says this cemetery is the "St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery." In the library are at least nine volumes of cemetery lists done by the very busy Madison County Gen. Soc. but none of them list THIS cemetery. QUESTION: Who has the list of "residents" for the St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery? (No, I couldn't find a nearby Catholic church with that name.) Thank you. DW in MN

    10/09/1998 03:03:42