It is indeed the New Hope Cemetery. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RDSANSAM@aol.com> To: <ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 6:09 PM Subject: [ILMAGA] Muddy cemetery > Does anyone know the location of the "Muddy" cemetery? Does anyone have a > listing of its occupants? I don't believe that it is the same one that is > located at the New Hope Church just west of Waverly. > > Richard > > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > New 1911 Macoupin County Book Bio Index now online: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/p2index.html > >

Just FYI, the Marine Corps birthday was November 10. Semper Fi, Marines And, if you've got a flag . . . fly it today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Kaylor" <kaylorma@one-eleven.net> To: <ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 12:15 PM Subject: [ILMAGA] Birthday Message/Veterans Day > HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!! > > Today is the 226th Birthday of the United States Marines! > > And today is the day to honor all the 3 million Armed Forces (active & > inactive) in America. > > Our thanks to all who have helped preserve our freedom! We are eternally > grateful! > > Mary Ann > > > --------------------------------------------------- > Mary Ann Kaylor > > MY FAMILY GENEALOGY > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html > > CONVERSE CONNECTIONS > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html > CONVERSE MAIL LIST Adminstrator > > TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator > > KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review > KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/ > > > > > > > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > Greene County is well covered on the MAGA site. Find the 1855 State Census as well as the 1860 and 1880 Federal Census. Many biographies from the 1879 Greene History are online with indexes of Bios from the 1879 and 1905 Histories. >

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!! Today is the 226th Birthday of the United States Marines! And today is the day to honor all the 3 million Armed Forces (active & inactive) in America. Our thanks to all who have helped preserve our freedom! We are eternally grateful! Mary Ann --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html CONVERSE MAIL LIST Adminstrator TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/

Source: Jacksonville Area Genealogical & Historical Society (416 South Main Street, Jacksonville, IL; E-mail: jaghs@cps.net) publication: "Illinois Courier's Jacksonville Directory 1890-'91" Higgs Edward, teamster, res 724 Bedwell. Higgs William, res 613 N Main. Hope this helps.

Seeking any information on my Great Great Grandparents and their children. All lived in the Jacksonville area, Morgan County. William Higgs - born England--died 1904 buried East Jacksonville Cemetery Susan Higgs - born England--death date unknown buried East Jacksonville Cemetery Children: Henry Higgs married Mary Marshall 1874 Edward Higgs married Mary M Newman 1877 Does anyone have any connection to these families? Kindest Regards, Jacque Patton California

hi, New additions of massive amounts of old information to my web pages, to the extent that i unexpectedly ran out of room three months ahead of schedule, have caused the following changes: 1) changing the URL to <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/livingstoncounty/myhomepage/business.html"> Livingston County, Illinois, Family History Research: Genealogy</A> and my e-mail address for matters on Livingston County has now been changed to: LivingstonCounty@aol.com This web page is a master index of every family known to have lived in Livingston County with the decade of residence, type of information, source of information all clearly documented with most of the information available on line with the URL noted. 2) <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/illinoygenealogy/myhomepage/writing.html"> Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of Each Illinois County</A> now covers all 102 Illinois Counties, as does my e-mail address of IllinoyGenealogy@aol.com The web page now has a complete listing of past and present place names, mainly towns and townships, and a listing of US Post Offices of 1859/60 Livingston County alone has additional information... Current Area Archives, Organizations, and Zip Codes Presently only ten counties have full coverage, meaning: Place names: Elevation, Incorporation Date, Former Names, Later Name, Post Office Dates of Operation, Population, Railroads, Rural Route, Towns, Townships, US Post Offices 1859/60, Zip Code... each county has "last updated date" at the beginning of each county listing... each county has a listing of each railroad that runs through it with each town listed The ten counties with full coverage: Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, McLean, Putnam, Tazewell, and Woodford Expanded coverage, meaning everything above EXCEPT any changes made since about 1965... populations, Post Office closings, RR name changes... of the following counties, soon to be complete coverage of the next five counties during November: Kankakee, De Witt, Logan, Vermilion, and Champaign (in the sequence given) and i plan on at least expanded coverage of ten more counties by year's end: Boone, De Kalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will, Winnebago, and Cook The 25 counties listed above will cover the complete northeast quarter of the state... hopefully most will be done by this year's end and fit on one page. Don't expect either web page to pop up in ten seconds, especially if one tries to hop on around 10:00pm as the page is rather large. If you get a message that AOL is busy just tap on your reload button a few times and AOL wakes up and lets you in. The factors that have slowed me down are tedium, eye strain, and the inability to type while eating popcorn... the latter one being most important to me... and my stomach agrees. happy hunting 8>:) dennis

Hello, I am looking for any information on the following people who were in Jacksonville at one time. Joseph C. Smith m Andrizza deFreitas in Maderia Portugal. Their children were born between 1865 and 1887. Plus they raised 2 grandchildren. Joseph Abt 1865 Mary Abt. 1867 Charles Abt. 1872 Possibly a twin of my David) David June 1, 1872 Minnie L. Abt. 1876 Lula Louise Abt. 1879 Frank Abt. 1881 Eleanor Abt. 1884 Leonard Abt. 1887 Russell A. De Silva 1897 Willard De Silva 1899 Any help will be appreciated. Penny

Hi Kathy, Thanks for the great tip. Lorma

Try railroad calk. It is a special type of calk that is very soft and will work wonders. Usually a hardware store will carry it. Take the piece of calk and rub it across the face of the stone and the lettering will pop out at you. I have used this many times. It will not hurt the stone and usually washes off with the first rain. Kathy Stovall

Hi, In the Hodge, cemetery a few miles from Merdosia, their is white stone, a person can read, Wash, the rest of the name is not readable. I was trying to find who kept the cemetery book, and was told maybe a church. I am hoping this could be Washington Thompson, he died some time in 1895. Can any one help please. Paper and char- coal will not help. Thank You. Lorma

I'm looking for help from a Sheppard researcher. Robert E. Scott Jr. married Harriet Elizabeth Sheppard 13 Jan 1857 in Morgan Co. They appear on 1860 Morgan Co. census with children Thomas Joel born abt 1858 and Elijah C. born abt 1860. By 1880 Thomas and Elijah appear in the household of N.B. Bisbee in Johnson Co. NE. I found a marriage record for N.B. Bisbee and Margaret Scott 24 May 1869 in Johnson Co. NE. I don't know which Sheppard family that Harriet or Margaret belongs to. Can anyone confirm that Harriet and Margaret are the same woman and help with her parents? Many thanks. Cathy Stoppel

I'm researching Dennis Rockwell b 1793, d 1868 and his descendants upon arriving in Illinois. He started out in Edwardsville, and ended up in Jacksonville. Any information on his four sons, Austin b 1822, Charles b 1825, William b 1827 or Henry b 1831 would be welcome. I have lineage for William. Patti

Is anyone researching the Covey's? I would like to locate descendants of John & Zulah Covey who lived near Murrayville in Morgan Co. at the turn of the century, through his sons Forrest and/or Howard Covey. Howard was b. 1902 or 1903 near Murrayville, and died at Carrollton, Greene Co., in perhaps the 1970's. They were neighbors of my Kehl/Edwards/Rogers family, and I have photographs of Forrest and Howard that I would like to share with the family. Thank you, Juli Claussen

Would it be feasible to list each name researched with the researcher's e-mail address next to it? It could be done in a table format with the name in one column and the interested e-mail addresses in the other. That way one only has to click on the e-mail link to inquire about the name. I agree that e-mail addresses change, but it is not practical for some people to put their phone numbers in an open forum like this (For (one) example, my other half works until 3 am and I don't take calls until after noon at least so he won't be awakened.) Unless that is what "roll call" is, then, never mind! :-) Sharon Bookmyer Shirley Aleguas wrote: > Am thinking of adding a page or pages to the MAGA site which consists of: > > Researcher Name > Your email address > Surname(s) you are researching > County(ies) you are searching in > > I stopped doing Roll Calls last year because of the volume of mail they generate to the list, but would like to find a way to facilitate finding others who might be researching the same surnames you are working on. > > Don't send me your information yet, I'm just trying to determine whether there is interest or a need for this kind of page. > > Please please respond to me directly at saleguas@motion.net rather than responding to the list and let me know whether you would like to have this type of page included on the MAGA site. > > Shirley > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > Greene County is well covered on the MAGA site. Find the 1855 State Census as well as the 1860 and 1880 Federal Census. Many biographies from the 1879 Greene History are online with indexes of Bios from the 1879 and 1905 Histories.

Shirley: This sounds "Great" as the roll calls are so hectic to open each one to see if the names you are researching are theirs, too. Ken has a great idea also on the Surname and the contact information to that name listed. Great ideas to both of you !!! Cheri cheri@adams.net http://leavesoftime.homestead.com/clc.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Aleguas" <saleguas@motion.net> To: <ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 3:50 PM Subject: [ILMAGA] Surnames > Am thinking of adding a page or pages to the MAGA site which consists of: > > Researcher Name > Your email address > Surname(s) you are researching > County(ies) you are searching in > > I stopped doing Roll Calls last year because of the volume of mail they generate to the list, but would like to find a way to facilitate finding others who might be researching the same surnames you are working on. > > Don't send me your information yet, I'm just trying to determine whether there is interest or a need for this kind of page. > > Please please respond to me directly at saleguas@motion.net rather than responding to the list and let me know whether you would like to have this type of page included on the MAGA site. > > > Shirley > > > > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > Greene County is well covered on the MAGA site. Find the 1855 State Census as well as the 1860 and 1880 Federal Census. Many biographies from the 1879 Greene History are online with indexes of Bios from the 1879 and 1905 Histories. > >

Am thinking of adding a page or pages to the MAGA site which consists of: Researcher Name Your email address Surname(s) you are researching County(ies) you are searching in I stopped doing Roll Calls last year because of the volume of mail they generate to the list, but would like to find a way to facilitate finding others who might be researching the same surnames you are working on. Don't send me your information yet, I'm just trying to determine whether there is interest or a need for this kind of page. Please please respond to me directly at saleguas@motion.net rather than responding to the list and let me know whether you would like to have this type of page included on the MAGA site. Shirley

I think something like this would be a good idea. But to make it usable, you need to have separate entries for each ancestor surname (alphabetized) that we are working on. To have a listing of researchers with all the surnames they are working on would not be so good. We would have to read through ever person to find a possible match with our ancestor surname. And every few months we would have to search the entire list to see if someone working on our line had been added. Other ideas: -date each researcher is added, and perhaps a phone number as well. Email addresses change. -Determine some way to delete out-of-date persons. Maybe ask people to check-in every year or so, so we know they are current. I've written to dozens of people who are registered in libraries as researching one of my lines, and only had 2-3 responses. It seems to be an exercise in futility. -kk -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Aleguas [mailto:saleguas@motion.net] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 2:51 PM To: ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILMAGA] Surnames Am thinking of adding a page or pages to the MAGA site which consists of: Researcher Name Your email address Surname(s) you are researching County(ies) you are searching in I stopped doing Roll Calls last year because of the volume of mail they generate to the list, but would like to find a way to facilitate finding others who might be researching the same surnames you are working on. Don't send me your information yet, I'm just trying to determine whether there is interest or a need for this kind of page. Please please respond to me directly at saleguas@motion.net rather than responding to the list and let me know whether you would like to have this type of page included on the MAGA site. Shirley ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== Greene County is well covered on the MAGA site. Find the 1855 State Census as well as the 1860 and 1880 Federal Census. Many biographies from the 1879 Greene History are online with indexes of Bios from the 1879 and 1905 Histories.

Probably not the place to give this URL, but since I have "God Bless the USA" music at the top of three web sites (MAGA, Converse Connections and My Family Genealoigy - URL's below in my signature) thought one might be interested in knowing the words to the song, as well as view all the pics associated with it. This is a great site and I get goose bumps. http://www.top-greetings.com/cards/299/ Mary Ann Researching Your Roots in Central IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html

http://www.geocities.com/fcruble/velmasfamilygenealogy.html Lora's Photography at http://www.lorasphotography.nitemyste.com I wanted to share this information with you that was shared on another list. I wasn't aware of this, but its very interesting to read. Alli Did you know there is a secret language of quilts ? I did not, and found it to be fascinating. Quilts were used in the slave days as a means of communicating for the underground railroad. Different quilts told slaves different things necessary to their traveling the underground railroad. These secret message quilts were hung over porch railings, or on clothes lines and were 'read' just like a message or roadmap. The Monkey Wrench quilt told them to start preparing for their flight north. It said, gather up your tools, the things you will need to make the trip to freedom in the north. The Wagon Wheel quilt told them to start the trip. The symbolism is obvious here, wagons travel, so do you. The Bear's Paw quilt told them to follow this path or route, just as the bear did, to find water, food, a well traveled path. It was a sign to the slaves that they were on the right path. The Crossroads quilt announced that they had arrived at the crossroads and needed help in deciding which direction they would take next. The crossroads of the underground railroad was usually Cleveland, Ohio. From that point on slaves decided if they went to Ohio, Canada, New Your, etc. So, once on free land, Ohio, how did the slaves find 'conductors' who could lead to in the right decision and direction ? The Log Cabin quilt told them where to find lodging that was sympathetic to their cause. They knew there was a kindred soul at the house displaying a Log Cabin quilt, someone who would provide lodging, food and safety. >From that point they looked for Shoofly quilts. A Shoofly quilt indicated a conductor, someone who could help them make decisions, lead them along a path, show them the route to whatever dream they cherished. There is a book mentioned on the program called "Hidden In Plain View" that I am sure will explain it in much more intelligent means than I have done, but I thought it was a very interesting bit of information. I had no idea that quilts had been use for communicating secret messages. So, if you have old quilts that your ancestors made, get a book of quilt patterns and see if you have one of these signal quilts. Since most of the quilts I have collected come from my southern ancestors I do not have any underground railroad quilts in my collection. However, my mother's side of the family were Northerners, and many from Ohio. Next time I am up north I am going to look at all their quilts. ==== ADAMS Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE in MAIL mode use: Adams-l-request@rootsweb.com To UNSUBSCRIBE in DIGEST mode use: Adams-D-request@rootsweb.com ANY Problems or questions contact ME (ALLI) at iamcherokee@qwest.net Archives: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/a/d/ADAMS For help getting rid of a virus/worm visit www.angelfire.com/or/matney/page1.html

Shirley and list, Alex. Bailey does not appear on SSDI. His aunt, Mary Smith, spinster, died Dec. 5, 1931 and probably left a will in which he was beneficiary. I wrote to Morgan County court House and they replied saying there were too many Mary Smiths and did I have her middle initial. As far as I know, Mary Smith did not have a middle initial. How am I going to find her will ? I have the names of all her living heirs (nephews and nieces) I know her attorney was her nephew Wm. T. Wilson, Jacksonville. Advice needed. Marion Baker