I really appreciate those of you who have the cemetery books and are willing to lookup the HOLTON family who are buried somewhere in Centralia. I have looked through all the on-line resources and they are not listed. I have listed that there should be at least Alice Holton and William M. Holton. I think there should be a family plot with more than these as the family lived there. Any HOLTON's would be appreciated. Thank you so much!!! Kathy Florida http://terri9.home.mindspring.com/ Researching: Jost, Petry, Peter, Freunscht, Koob, Moller, Schroeder, Urban Holton, Welsh, Springsteel, Stinson, Hard, Whelan Graham, White/Whyte, Robertson, Earston Johnson, Stevens, Glen, Mabie/Mabee, Peek, Sanders, Van Dyke, Van Eps, Van Patten, Van Slyke, Van Vorst, Wendel Davis, Folts, Lott, Sutphin, Lapdon

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4 Odin Raccoon Sandoval EXCLUDING Hillcrest Cemetery That leaves the two most populus townships-----Salem and Centralia unpublished.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