>The best way to locate a current land owners is to locate a current plat >book. I have one but it is about 10 years old. But the Chaney Cemetery I >am familiar with is On timbered knoll abt 1/2 mile south on 1200N, abt 5 >miles west of Easton in Havana township. Interesting that the one you say >is Chaney is also on 1200N but close to Logan County? Joan >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:36:18 -0400 >From: "Penny Duncan" <penduncan@hotmail.com> >To: ILMASON-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <F203ZLEZF98vvwNeZsj00009b69@hotmail.com> >Subject: [ILMASON] Chaney Cemetery >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >I am trying to find the name of the family that owns the farm that the >Chaney Cemetery is on. I have been to the cemetery and know the >directions, however I do not have a mailing address. It is located about >a half mile from the Logan County border on 1200 North. > >Our family would like to go there are clean up the run down cemetery and >want to contact the owner of the property. > >Thanks, > >Penny Duncan >penduncan@hotmail.com

Steve Holland sent me the following message: These are pictures that I cannot identify from the estate of Hazel Holland who was born in 1895 in Sheridan Township on a Scully farm - she taught school in Logan County from about 1912 to 1971 and died in 1979. http://community.webshots.com/album/18786990PgxDEPqSVl This is up in the northwest quadrant of Logan County so they might include folks from Mason and Tazewell Counties. Have a look -- you may find an ancestor. If you can identify anyone let us know. Penny Duncan also has a web page with unidentified pictures from this same general area -- you can see them at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adoptaphoto/ Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

A two Saturday seminar on internet genealogy will be held September 8 & 22 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm in Pekin, IL. It is sponsored by the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society. For more details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs/workshop.htm Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

According to the History of Menard and Mason Counties, 1879, M.W. ROGERS' son, John, "has taught school and is now attending the institute at Mason City." Can anyone tell me anything about this institute? Also, are there any records that would tell me when John ROGERS taught school?

The Decatur Genealogical Society has cemetery listings for many counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildecgs/ They have other publications as well. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

I am trying to find the name of the family that owns the farm that the Chaney Cemetery is on. I have been to the cemetery and know the directions, however I do not have a mailing address. It is located about a half mile from the Logan County border on 1200 North. Our family would like to go there are clean up the run down cemetery and want to contact the owner of the property. Thanks, Penny Duncan penduncan@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Here are some upcoming Illinois genealogy events as posted in Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Cyndi Howells will present three Internet genealogy programs and a question and answer session at an all-day conference hosted by McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society at McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois on September 29, 2001. For additional information and to request a registration flyer, contact: mcigs@mcigs.org Explore the Future of Your Past with Michael John Neill on Saturday, September 29, 2001 at the 2001 Fall Conference of Fox Valley Genealogical Society in Naperville, Illinois. Lectures by Mr. Neill will include "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources," "Tried and Tested Tidbits," "Documentation Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway" and "How to Use the LDS Family Search Website." For more information, look at: http://members.aol.com/fvgs1/index.html/ The Fox Valley (Illinois) Genealogy Society's 2001 Fall Conference will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2001. This year's event will feature "Explore the Future of Your Past" with Michael John Neill. Lectures by Mr. Neill will include "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources," "Tried and Tested Tidbits," "Documentation Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway" and "How to Use the LDS Family Search Website." Genealogy vendors; lunch provided. Early registration strongly suggested. Information is available from: orienespri@aol.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

This is not an endorsement and is forwarded for your information. The following is a review from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2001 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. It might be cheaper to buy the CD than to obtain the records from the National Archives but you need to know EXACTLY which CD you need. - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files Heritage Quest has just released a new set of CD-ROM disks with a long name: "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants." In fact, this huge set of 898 CD-ROM disks contains images of the original applications. I didn't have time to test all of the 898 CD-ROM disks, but I did spend some time this week with one of the disks. The CD-ROM disks offers enhanced digital images of the National Archives M-805 microfilm series in an easy-to-use CD-ROM format. Each CD is copied from the microfilm and assigned a number to correspond with the microfilm's National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) identification number. I used disk M805-293, which conveniently has all Revolutionary pension applications for men named Eastman as well as other names that are close to Eastman when arranged alphabetically. Some years ago I examined the same records on microfilm. I inserted the CD-ROM into my PC, loaded the software, and dove in without reading any instruction. I was soon able to find ancestors in the index and then see the original pension application records. These are not transcribed records; they are images of the original handwritten records. Most applications contain 6 or more pages on each individual. Quoting from Heritage Quest's description: The records contain both genealogical and historical information. A veteran's pension application normally gives his former rank, unit, and period of service, age or date of birth, his residence, and sometimes his birthplace. Property schedules often give names and ages of a veteran's wife and children. The application of a widow seeking a pension or a bounty land warrant may give her age, residence, maiden name, date and place of her marriage, and date and place of death of her husband. Application papers submitted by children and other heirs or dependents seeking pensions or bounty land warrants generally contain information about their ages and residences. Applicants often submitted the family-record pages from family Bibles and other documents to substantiate their claims. These Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files contain genealogical records from an estimated 80,000 individuals who served in the American military, navy, and marines, both officers and enlisted men, in the Revolutionary War. Most of the records were dated between 1800 and 1900. I found the navigation of the Heritage Quest software to be a bit confusing at first. However, within a few minutes I was able to figure out the indexing software and then I was able to navigate easily. There is no manual with the CD-ROM, but there is a built- in Help file. Once I had used the CD-ROM disk for a while, I found that I could navigate through all the images and then enhance, magnify, zoom, copy, save and print any of the original source documents that I wished. Printing one of the documents on the CD-ROM produced a better image than most of the photocopies of the microfilm images that I have made in past years. Also, I was able to enhance some of the images within the Heritage Quest software. I was able to adjust the brightness, contrast and gamma. However, for more advanced image enhancement, I simply saved the image to my hard drive as a .TIF file and then used a more sophisticated image-editing program. I could then import the image into a word processing document or into many modern genealogy programs. You can use the image of the Revolutionary War pension application in the same manner as any other scanned image. The handwriting on these records varies a lot. Some of the records are in beautiful penmanship while other applications appear to be filled out by paintbrush. By zooming in on individual letters and occasionally enhancing the images in a sophisticated graphics editor, I was able to decode words on a letter-by-letter basis, something I could not have easily done had I seen the same images on microfilm. In short, I found the CD-ROM images to be better than the microfilmed images of the same records. Heritage Quest's new "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants" CD-ROM disks require Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, a 100 MHz Pentium or faster CPU, at least 16 megabytes of RAM memory, a 4- speed or faster CD-ROM and 88 megabytes free hard drive space. These new digital CD's are offered with a special "Buy 3 Get 1 Free" offer through September 30th. The retail price is $19.95 although members of the Heritage Quest Research Club pay $14.95. Those prices do not include postage or any possible taxes. Earlier I wrote that the "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files" CD-ROM disks are new. In fact, they are so new that I could not find them listed on Heritage Quest's Web site. I suspect this will change within a very few days. I'd suggest that you frequently check http://www.HeritageQuest.com. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

Thanks. I will give google a try and see what all it has to say. Roberta.

Hi, am sorry but I didn't get anything. Please send again. Roberta.

I tried my trusty GOOGLE search engines for fun and came up with alot of fun sites after typing in PIONEER+MCDANIEL. It's not your specific folks,but may have some good reading about the McDaniel clan. Dollyrae1@aol.com

me. Thanks for the visit, hope this helps! Dollyrae1@aol.com

Hi All, Am looking for the parents of Martin McDaniel and Amos McDaniel and thought someone on the list might be able to help. Martin married Hannah Rebecca Bell/Beal 01 Mar 1857 in Mason Co. IL and Martin died 05 Feb 1903 in Fairbury ,Thayer Co. Nebraska. Amos McDaniel married Nancy DeWalt 10 Mar 1864 in Mason County and that is all I have on him. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. Roberta Summers.

Here's a resource for information on Odd Fellows and Rebekahs: http://norm28.hsc.usc.edu/IOOF/FamilyResearch.html The grand lodge for Illinois is located in Lincoln, Logan County: Grand Lodge Secretary - Lyndall Pigg, PO Box 248, Lincoln IL 62656-0248. e-mail: glioof@ccaonline.com Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

Is anyone able to do any census look-ups for me? Can't get to Mason County until later to do some research, and I'm anxious to learn what I can. Looking for 1860, 1870 or 1880 census. Anything you can give me would be of help. Mareen or Marine ROGERS and wife Rebecca (found him in the History of Mason Co. as M.W. ROGERS) Benjamin C. ROGERS Joseph F. ROGERS George W. SMITH and wife Mary Ann Linda

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kat92593@aol.com wrote: > I am searching for a John W. Schoonover from Illinois and he married a Mary ellen story or mcfarland in Gallatin Illinois and had at least one boy named George Schoonover. Time frame was 1885 -1910. Thanks e-mail me direct > > ==== ILMASON Mailing List ==== > Visit Mason County, ILGenWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmason/ Hi Kat, Contact Bob Schoonover (RBobJim@aol.com) He is the main researcher for the Schoonover clan in Mason Co. The Schoonovers were neighbors of my 4th GR-Grandparents in West Deer, Allegheny, PA. and journeyed with them to Lynchburg Township in 1842 to homestead the area. Bob Barnes Jr.

Thanks Mardi, I forwarded info to my Mother in IL, hoping she can follow-up on this info. I will post soon as I learn anything. Thank you again for your info Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: <mardicar@yahoo.com> To: <ILMASON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 3:37 PM Subject: [ILMASON] Re: Gordon > > > Rebecca, > I have just returned from Havana and 2 full days of research and tramping the area. I think I determined that there are two Gordon families with different ancestries. Once I figured that out I didn't pursue the one that was obviously not mine. Mine came from PA, and the other came from Scotland through KY. I would suggest that you contact the Havana Public Library where they have family group sheets on the William Gordon line. I have the probate papers of Mayfield Gordon whose wife was Elizabeth. Their children were John P. Gordon, Mary L. Hill, Margaret Matthews, Edward L. Gordon, Harry N. Gordon and Olive Rathgeber. I think Mayfield's father was John, son of William, but I could be mistaken. I think I saw the name Gunterman somewhere, but again, I could be mistaken. > > > ==== ILMASON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send an email to ILMason-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. >

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Rebecca, I have just returned from Havana and 2 full days of research and tramping the area. I think I determined that there are two Gordon families with different ancestries. Once I figured that out I didn't pursue the one that was obviously not mine. Mine came from PA, and the other came from Scotland through KY. I would suggest that you contact the Havana Public Library where they have family group sheets on the William Gordon line. I have the probate papers of Mayfield Gordon whose wife was Elizabeth. Their children were John P. Gordon, Mary L. Hill, Margaret Matthews, Edward L. Gordon, Harry N. Gordon and Olive Rathgeber. I think Mayfield's father was John, son of William, but I could be mistaken. I think I saw the name Gunterman somewhere, but again, I could be mistaken.