Donna send what you have and I will see what i can do I just joined the genealogy society at Salem and will be going every day now so will look see what I can find out Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Davis" <desk79@citlink.net> To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Death Certificates > I guess I could have still said who it was I'm looking for!! Sorry. I am > looking for information on my family members, Ruth Ann FULTON CLARK > MIDDLETON, Ruben CHANCE (several spellings), Thomas Jefferson FULTON, > Solomon Allen FULTON, "Princess" CHANCE, and many more (Dreisbachs and so > on). I have the cemeteries where they are buried, but I am hoping to find > church records somewhere. > Thanks again for responding, Donna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Bollhorst" <sandy@usafast.us> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Death Certificates > > > > Donna > > I have walked and recorded the Old Bethal Cemetery personally. What names > > are you looking for > > Sandy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Donna Davis" <desk79@citlink.net> > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILMARION] Death Certificates > > > > > > > I have been looking for death certificates in Marion county for 1898, > and > > > 1877 and even 1959, with no luck. I was told that the county health > > > department holds many of the records and that there might be more > success > > > there for some of the certificates I'm looking fir, but by and large, I > > have > > > not been able to find death certificates for that time period. The > > cemetery > > > information in the Marion County cemetery books is incorrect on several > of > > > my family members, so you have to watch your sources very carefully, > > > especially where there are several individuals with the same name living > > in > > > the same town. Most of the family members I am looking for were buried > in > > > the old Bethel Cemetery. I am trying to find out if the Presbyterian > > Church > > > ever stood there , and if anyone knows where their records may have > gone. > > > If your family members where buried in a churchyard and you can find the > > > records, you may have more luck. Hope you have better luck than I did. > > > Donna > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > > > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:38 AM > > > Subject: RE: [ILMARION] Death Certificates > > > > > > > > > > Death certificates were not mandatory then. I don't know if one exists > > and > > > > if it does what it would say. They vary dramatically. Someone might be > > > able > > > > to tell you their experience with Marion County during that period. > > > > > > > > Just as a point of information, the details on death certificates are > > > > provided by a possibly unreliable source. There is no guarantee that > the > > > > person providing the information really knew the information given. > I've > > > > seen many death certificates with incorrect information. It is not > > > uncommon > > > > for children not to know their mother or grandmother's maiden name or > > > where > > > > she was born for example. > > > > > > > > That death certificate would NOT be one the ISGS will get for you. > They > > > are > > > > only obtaining the ones from the State Archives Death Index. > > > > > > > > Cheryl Rothwell > > > > logancty@mindspring.com > > > > Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb > > > > www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > > > > Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > > > > Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >