The IRAD has wills and probate records for Madison County for that time period. You might also check the Alton Telegraph newspaper to see if there were any article(s) when your ancestors died that may mention what happened with the children. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tim Hoehn/Boydston <bacchus1@hotmail.com> Reply-To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Missing Children in 1873 Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 09:57:36 AKDT Melissa, That is a help.I never heard of IRAD. Does anyone have any suggestions about this? My GGG Grandparents died in Alton and are in the city cem. with only death yrs. 1872 and 73.Many of their 7 children were young, under 10. I know the last one born in 71 went to an uncle in davenport.Only one uncle was in Alton and None of them are on a census with him.Where would the children be , if they all say that they grew up in Alton on Obits?And how could I find them? I need to see if a will exists for the parents in 1872 or 3.Hopefully the single dad thought of it in case he died. Thanks ,Tim _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! http://www.rootsweb.com/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com