The main public library (downtown)in Alton has a room set aside for history and fenealogy. There are quite a few city directories there. The Alton Evening Telegraph has been publishing since the mid 1800's and should also have some information Dick Neumann neumannr@gte.net > -----Original Message----- > From: DRWGen@aol.com [mailto:DRWGen@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 1998 11:41 AM > To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Any suggested Madison Co. research sites? > > > Please forgive the subject question re where to do genealogical > research in > Madison Co. I just learned about this list and this is my 3rd day as a > subscriber. I'm hoping someone has saved the answers to my > "newbie" question > and will forward them to the list again. > > From the excellent Madison Co. web page at > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm) I learned about the > Madison Co. > Genealogy Soc. (http://ns.plantnet.com/~mcgs/) and the > Edwardsville Public > Library at 112 S. Kansas, in Edwardsville. > > I have two days this coming Fri. & Sat. (Oct. 2 & 3) that I'll be able to > visit this area. I know it is presumptuous to assume I'll find everything > interesting in two days but some of you may be able to suggest where to > concentrate my too short time. > What information sources would there be in Alton? Would I be > more likely to > find records of interest in St. Louis? > > There are two families of interest to me that lived in Madison > Co. One was > the family of Samuel E. MCGREGORY who apparently moved to Alton (from MA) > sometime after the 1850 census. He is listed in a Madison Co. > history as a > County Surveyor in 1857. The only Alton city directory I've > found is for 1858 > and he is the Alton City Engineer. Where would other Alton City > Directories > be located? > His name appears in an advertisement in the Weekly Madison Press > of 15 Sept. > 1858. Where are microfilms of this paper so I can make a copy? > He and his family are listed in the 1860 census, in Alton, but > with a number > of name errors. Sometime in the 1850's he apparently married a > Matilda BUSCH. > Where would I locate a marriage record for them? > Matilda (Busch) MCGREGORY apparently died 4Apr1861. Where > would I locate > her death certificate and her cemetery listing? > On 7Aug1862 Samuel MCGREGORY joined the 97th Illinois Infantry > Regiment. I > have all his military and pension papers. After the war he lived > and worked > in St. Louis. > > I believe his 1st wife Matilda was a daughter of Henry & Elizabeth BUSCH. > Henry, a female his age, and three young females appear in the > 1840 census in > "Marine Settlement." How may I locate the property on which > he farmed? I > have checked the online Illinois land ownership records and the > Henry Busches > listed are all in other counties. > In the 1850 census however, only Elizabeth and children appear. > How and where > could I learn what happened to Henry and when? > Where can I locate the death and cemetery records for Henry and Elizabeth > BUSCH? > > I would be very please to receive any suggestions and thoughts > you have on how > I can maximize my minimum about of time in Madison Co. > > Don Wester in MN > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Madison County Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm > >