Dot I too have cemetery books 2 & 3 and would be happy to add my name to your to do look ups but have no idea how to get to the site to add myself. If you would loke help please tell me how to get there LOL. I also live in Marion County and have walked and recorded most of the cemeteries there andI am in the process of getting them off the recorder and onto paper then Ican do research from them also Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Marion Co. Cemetery books > I thought a few words about cemetery books for Marion Co. might be of help. > > The Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society has published four > cemetery books. None of them include Centralia. The cost of each book is > $35 plus shipping. Most of them are 300 pages or more and one is probably > over 500 pages. > > Each book includes a few townships. > > Book # 1 > Patoka > Foster > Carrigan > Tonti > > Book # 2 > Alma > Kinmundy > Meacham > Omega > Those two books above cover the upper half of Marion Co. > > Book # 3 > Haines > Iuka > Romaine > Stevenson > This book covers the southeastern corner of Marion Co. > > Book # 4 > Odin > Raccoon > Sandoval > EXCLUDING Hillcrest Cemetery > > That leaves the two most populus townships-----Salem and Centralia > unpublished. > > I understand that it takes a LOT of work to inventory cemeteries, type the > data, cross reference for notes, proofread and then have books printed. The > index of each book has a full name index----every person, alphabetical > order, not just a surname. All of this is done by volunteers. Many members > of the genealogical society, live out of state so that leaves a few people > who do a lot. > > I can say that as a volunteer to do lookups, it very rewarding to help > people find some long lost relative or conquer a "brick wall". But when > someone asks for ALL of a surname, and it is a common surname---at least in > Marion Co., it can be a bit overwhelming. It is helpful if requests are > made for specific people. That way more people can be helped without > spending hours for one lookup and maybe the names sent include only a few > that they really know anything about at all. > > Thanks for letting me have my say. > > Dot > > > > ==== 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 > >

To volunteer to do lookups in resources that you have, contact the coordinator for the rootsweb site for Marion Co. IL----or whatever county you can volunteer for. Most of the county rootsweb sites work the same way. For Marion Co. Kim Phillips Randolph is the coordinator. You can click on her name on the opening page for the website. By doing so it brings up a pre-addressed email. There you write what resources you have in which you are willing to do lookups. I appreciate Sandy's offer for help very much. I may just use that help when it is busy, but it is really best to write to Kim Phillips Randolph so she can get your name and the name of your resource on the website as a volunteer. Dot

I am not sure when all of the cemetery books came out. I made an inquiry several years ago about the surname Dougherty, especially Thomas and Honorah, who would probably be buried in a Catholic cemetery. Any chance there is some new information published in my area of interest?

Hi to all you wonderful people that offer to do look ups. I have a "very big brick wall" and I would be so very appreciative if someone could help. My great grandmother Mary Lourene LANDRUM b.1832 in TN moved to Fayette County and later to Marion Co. along with her parents. (possibly Mary and John?) Mary Lourene married Thomas C. WILLIAMS in 1850 and after he died she married David HANNA in 1877 in Marion County. I have never been able to find any trace of any LANDRUMs in Marion County. Are there any in the cemeteries? Thank you so much for any help...I've been on this search for 10 years. Very Sincerely, Cathy Whitney in Fountain Valley, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Bollhorst" <sandy@usafast.us> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Marion Co. Cemetery books > Dot > I too have cemetery books 2 & 3 and would be happy to add my name to your to > do look ups but have no idea how to get to the site to add myself. If you > would loke help please tell me how to get there LOL. I also live in Marion > County and have walked and recorded most of the cemeteries there andI am in > the process of getting them off the recorder and onto paper then Ican do > research from them also > Sandy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gengar" <gengar@centurytel.net> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Marion Co. Cemetery books > > > > I thought a few words about cemetery books for Marion Co. might be of > help. > > > > The Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society has published four > > cemetery books. None of them include Centralia. The cost of each book is > > $35 plus shipping. Most of them are 300 pages or more and one is probably > > over 500 pages. > > > > Each book includes a few townships. > > > > Book # 1 > > Patoka > > Foster > > Carrigan > > Tonti > > > > Book # 2 > > Alma > > Kinmundy > > Meacham > > Omega > > Those two books above cover the upper half of Marion Co. > > > > Book # 3 > > Haines > > Iuka > > Romaine > > Stevenson > > This book covers the southeastern corner of Marion Co. > > > > Book # 4 > > Odin > > Raccoon > > Sandoval > > EXCLUDING Hillcrest Cemetery > > > > That leaves the two most populus townships-----Salem and Centralia > > unpublished. > > > > I understand that it takes a LOT of work to inventory cemeteries, type the > > data, cross reference for notes, proofread and then have books printed. > The > > index of each book has a full name index----every person, alphabetical > > order, not just a surname. All of this is done by volunteers. Many > members > > of the genealogical society, live out of state so that leaves a few people > > who do a lot. > > > > I can say that as a volunteer to do lookups, it very rewarding to help > > people find some long lost relative or conquer a "brick wall". But when > > someone asks for ALL of a surname, and it is a common surname---at least > in > > Marion Co., it can be a bit overwhelming. It is helpful if requests are > > made for specific people. That way more people can be helped without > > spending hours for one lookup and maybe the names sent include only a few > > that they really know anything about at all. > > > > Thanks for letting me have my say. > > > > Dot > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > ==== 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 >

His wife is listed as Mary HOWELL. Daughter of Jackson Howell and Agness Gray. mebrimberry