I am guessing from your email address that you are living in the Centralia area. Have you been to the library and looked for a news story about the fire in the newspapers from that time? Have you been to the Salem library to the genealogy room there? Do you have the address of the house that burned down? Is so you could do a land sales search to find out a little more about the owners of that land at that time. There should have been an obituary posted for Thomas near the date of the fire as well that should turn up in a newspaper form that time. The obit should list a lot of useful information on his family. If he was buried from a church (obit info) then there may be a church record or two to help you out as well. I don't know if it is possible that your Josephine could have been married once before marrying Thomas, but I found this record at the Illinois Archive site : MILLER, THOMAS E HUNTER, JOSEPHINE DAVIS (MRS) 08/12/1900 3 /97 5829 UNION I'm sure there is a lot more information out there, but I am new to genealogy searches myself and this is what I'd do to start. Good luck, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Kay Markham" <birdmarc@egyptian.net> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 9:33 AM Subject: [ILMARION] Miller's in Marion Co., Il > Around 1901 my great grandparents along with my grandparents moved to Centralia, Marion Co., Il. I have no idea what my greatgrandfather did for a living but my grandfather was a miner. Thomas and Josephine Miller nee Ganshaw along with Charles and Elsie Miller Ford came to Centralia. I have been told most of Thomas's children followed them there. However, all I really know is what Thomas's death certificate says that he died from a fire when either his or his brothers house burned in Centralia in Feb of 1914. How do I go about finding out more about this. Can anyone help me. Thanks, I am Kay at birdmarc@egyptian.net > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >