I am searching for information regarding the Wilshire family in Massac County. My great great grandmother was Elizabeth Wilshire, daughter of James Wilshire. She married my great great grandfather, William Garrett, on July 29, 1871, in Perry County, and I always assumed that's where the family was from. However, I can find no Wilshires there. I noticed on the Illinois Statewide Marrriage Index that there were quite a few Wilshires in Massac County, and since that is not too far from Perry County, I thought maybe I'd find something. Elizabeth was born in England on March 29, 1852. Her name on the marriage index is listed as Elizabetta. That is all I know about her early life. Any help would be appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

Hello. Searching for info on Barbara Morrison and husband J. Seyster who married there in ca 1885 or so. Searching for children of Seyster couple plus to find out if they died there. Also wondering if other Morrison or Seyster's lived there as well. Thank you. Viola.

Greetings, Searching for BERRY, GRAVES, NEAL, TYREE, VAUGHN, YOUNGBLOOD. These ancestors go back 200 years and more in Southern Illinois history as well as Missouri and Tennessee. Any other researchers of these lines are greatly appreciated. Bill Neal

Greetings, Searching for BERRY, GRAVES, NEAL, TYREE, VAUGHN, YOUNGBLOOD. These ancestors go back 200 years and more in Southern Illinois history as well as Missouri and Tennessee. Any other researchers of these lines are greatly appreciated. Bill Neal

So anyone working on this family? One of my great-grandfather's [Rufus Calvin Davidson] sisters was Mary Frances DAVIDSON. I need help with any additional information on this family. Thanks for anything, Judy Generation No. 1 1. Mary Frances3 DAVIDSON (Oliver Perry2, John1) was born 01 October 1858 in near Ohio River, Livingston Co KY/Pope Co IL. She married (1) William J. BUCHANAN 28 September 1876 in Pope Co IL, son of John BUCHANAN and Martha E.. He was born 1855 in TN. She married (2) Bryant McDERMON 21 December 1899 in Pope Co IL by Andrew J. KERR, J.P. at his res., son of Henry McDERMON and Sarah STURDEVANT. He was born 1858 in TN, and died December 1921 in Rosedale, MS [Buried Family Cem., Fairview, Pope Co IL]. She married (3) Henry BAYNES Abt. 1922. More About Mary Frances DAVIDSON: 01 October 1858, LCKY Birth Records-written as Mary Frances DAVISON More About William BUCHANAN and Mary DAVIDSON: Marriage: 28 September 1876, Pope Co IL More About Bryant McDERMON and Mary DAVIDSON: Marriage: 21 December 1899, Pope Co IL by Andrew J. KERR, J.P. at his res. More About Henry BAYNES and Mary DAVIDSON: Marriage: Abt. 1922 Child of Mary DAVIDSON and William BUCHANAN is: + 2 i. Perry Mox4 BUCHANAN, born 05 July 1878 in MO; died 09 September 1953. Generation No. 2 2. Perry Mox4 BUCHANAN (Mary Frances3 DAVIDSON, Oliver Perry2, John1) was born 05 July 1878 in MO, and died 09 September 1953. He married Lula Anna WEEKS 29 November 1903 in Azotus, Pope Co IL, daughter of Ransom WEEKS and Emma GARNER. She was born October 1885 in Bay City, Pope Co IL. More About Perry BUCHANAN and Lula WEEKS: Marriage: 29 November 1903, Azotus, Pope Co IL Children of Perry BUCHANAN and Lula WEEKS are: 3 i. Perry5 BUCHANAN, born 1905 in Bay City, Pope Co IL. He married Beatrice DEAKMAN 26 November 1931 in Golconda, Pope Co IL by Erwin A. DOW, Minister (Source: Pope Co IL Original Marriage License, Page 273, #6747 ~ Gracey FLOYD & D.F. HENLEY.); born Abt. 1915 in Curtis, OH. More About Perry BUCHANAN and Beatrice DEAKMAN: Marriage: 26 November 1931, Golconda, Pope Co IL by Erwin A. DOW, Minister (Source: Pope Co IL Original Marriage License, Page 273, #6747 ~ Gracey FLOYD & D.F. HENLEY.) + 4 ii. Lena BUCHANAN, born 1906; died 19 March 1996 in Paducah, McCracken Co KY. 5 iii. Tressie BUCHANAN, born 1912 in Charleston, MO. She married Oren HARRIS 10 February 1929 in Bay City, Pope Co IL by R.L. WEEKS, J.P.; born 1905 in Brookport, Massac Co IL. More About Oren HARRIS and Tressie BUCHANAN: Marriage: 10 February 1929, Bay City, Pope Co IL by R.L. WEEKS, J.P. 6 iv. Wilma BUCHANAN, born 1914 in Charleston, MO. She married (1) KENRNEY. She married (2) Lee SMITH 16 February 1935 in Golconda, Pope Co IL by J.A.B. WALTHER, J.P.; born 1910 in Golconda, Pope Co IL. More About Lee SMITH and Wilma BUCHANAN: Marriage: 16 February 1935, Golconda, Pope Co IL by J.A.B. WALTHER, J.P. Generation No. 3 4. Lena5 BUCHANAN (Perry Mox4, Mary Frances3 DAVIDSON, Oliver Perry2, John1) was born 1906, and died 19 March 1996 in Paducah, McCracken Co KY. She married Strader SIDENER. Child of Lena BUCHANAN and Strader SIDENER is: + 7 i. Strader6 SIDENER, Jr.. Generation No. 4 7. Strader6 SIDENER, Jr. (Lena5 BUCHANAN, Perry Mox4, Mary Frances3 DAVIDSON, Oliver Perry2, John1) Children of Strader SIDENER, Jr. are: 8 i. Nancy7 SIDENER. She married WINTERS. 9 ii. Nina SIDENER. Judy Foreman Lee UdyDee43@aol.com <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss/">Lee and Foss, Southeastern Illinois Genealogy Publishers</A> <A HREF="http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/archives.html">Welcome to the Illinois State Archives</A> <A HREF="http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/marriage.html">Illinois Statewide Marriage Index</A> <A HREF="http://www.vitalrec.com/il.html">Illinois Vital Records Information - birth or death certificate,</A><A HREF="http://www.vitalrec.com/il.html">divorce record</A> <A HREF="http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.html">Illinois Statewide Death Index</A> <A HREF="http://www.southern-illinois-ancestors.com/index.htm">Southern Illinois Ancestors</A> <A HREF="http://www.southernillinoisan.com/">The Southern Illinoisan</A> <A HREF="http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~jgholson/southern.htm">Southern IL.Photo Exchange</A> <A HREF="http://www.illinoishistory.com/genealogy.html">ILGenWeb sites for Southern Illinois</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohns2/index.html">Johnson County Illinois History & Genealogy</A> <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IL/Massac/">Massac Co. IL</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmcgs/index.html">Massac County, Illinois Genealogical Society</A> <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/massac/index.html">Massac County-ILTrails, History and Genealogy</A> <A HREF="http://www.popeco.net/">Pope County, Illinois on the Internet</A> <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/pope/index.html">POPE COUNTY</A> <A HREF="http://www.shawneelink.net/~fayebow/">Faye's New Homepage</A> <A HREF="http://www.kygs.org/index.html">Kentucky Genealogical Society</A> <A HREF="http://www.paducahsun.com/">The Paducah Sun- Paducah, Kentucky</A> <A HREF="http://www.google.com/">Google</A> <A HREF="http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm">Tennessee State Library and Archives</A> <A HREF="http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html">Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants</A> Happy Hunting

Just a reminder about our special guest speaker for the July 20th meeting. It will be held in the library basement. Hope you can attend. ***************************************************** The Massac County Genealogical Society will present Glen Bishop, Civil War speaker, July 20th at 1:00 p.m. at the Metropolis Library meeting room. Bishop, dressed in Union attire, will give accounts of the battles of Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Grierson's Raid, and Guntown...the battles that the southern Illinois men fought in. He will also give an account of the "General Lyon" tragedy that was the cause of death of so many men from the 56th IL Infantry. After his program, Bishop will be available to answer questions The library will also have a Civil War display by Ann Laird which will include photographs, maps, and regimental histories. Refreshments will be provided by the library staff. If you've wondered what it was like for your relative to serve in the Civil War plan to attend!!!!! The Metropolis Library is located at 317 Metropolis St. SYL Norma Jean Huss Secretary/Treasurer, MCGS dowhat@hcis.net "The only Rose without a thorn is Friendship"

Hi I hope someone can help me I would like to have a Obit put in the Metropolis newspaper can someone tell me what to do are who to contact and possible a price. I emailed the Planet and never got a Reply. Thanks pattie

Here is the link to the Toler Family Reunion 28th year it is slow loading but gives alot of info on the activities for this year. There will be a historian Glenn Bishop who will talk about the Toler's in Union Co IL and what part they served in the Civil War. Any questions please email Tim Casey at timc@midwest.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohnso/jcireunion/tolerreunion.htm

I have been compiling this Toler Family History since 1995 from Cecil Toler's research my mother Barbara Toler Casey born in Union Co IL , The Toler family along with many others such as Throgmorton, Grammer, Welker, Gourley, Wiggs, Goddard , Bridges, Sellers just to name a few. I am sending this to the mail lists I manage. Any questions email Tim Casey at timc@midwest.net not the list. I wanted you all to know that I have finally finished this project. A History Of The Union Co IL Toler's And Allied Families. Cecil Oliver Toler Tim Casey compiler from research of Cecil Oliver Toler and other family members. This Toler History has over 4000 names that descend from William Toler and Ann Parker of Wayne Co NC. Descendants of this family are found all over the United States. Lewis , John Marshall, Powell, Silas, Stephen Ashley, William Toler and their sister Elizabeth Toler Wiggs all came to Union Co IL with Jesse Toler their Uncle. This migration happened between 1825 and 1829. This is the ancestors of many Toler families who migrated to the western lands. A History of The Union Co IL Toler's and Allied Families is the children of Stephen Thomas Toler and Elizabeth Powell. The book includes photos submitted by the descendants of these 6 brother's and sister's who came to Union Co IL. Jesse Toler and Catherine Irvin descendants are well documented as well, Jesse brother to Stephen Thomas Toler both sons of Thomas Toler and Mary Winnifred Massey. The book includes not just the Union Co IL Toler"s but those children of William Toler and Ann Parker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- To order the A History of The Union Co IL Toler's and Allied Families . Please send your check, money order to: Cecil Toler POB 361 Dongola IL 62926 The price prepaid is $45.00 + $5.00 per book shipping. This price is until July 13, 2002. The price after July 13, 2002 will be $50.00 per book + $ 5.00 shipping per book. We hope to have the books at the Toler Reunion Sept. 8 , 2002 for those who have prepaid their order and will be attending. You can purchase a book at the reunion if extras are available at that time. You may contact Cecil Toler at 618-827-3957.

That marriage index only goes to 1900. The marriages I need took place between 1910 and 1920. > [Original Message] > From: Steve Miller <geneoguy@hotmail.com> > To: <gmckenz@earthlink.net> > Date: 6/14/02 2:22:34 PM > Subject: Re: Marriage Lookup, Please > > Go to google and type in "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index" > > > >From: "Glenda Mckenzie" <gmckenz@earthlink.net> > >Reply-To: gmckenz@earthlink.net > >To: ILMASSAC-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Marriage Lookup, Please > >Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:29:7 -0700 > > > >Does anyone have access to marriage records? My grandmother was married > >four times, twice between 1910 and 1920. If anyone can help me, I need > >lookups of the 2nd and 3rd marriage records. > > > >2nd Marriage > > Brides's First Name: Mae or Mabel > > Bride's Last Name: Leftwich OR Krichbaum > > Groom's Last Name: Clark(e) > > Date: 1910-1915 > > > >3rd Marriage > > Brides's First Name: Mae or Mabel > > Bride's Last Name: Clark(e) > > Groom's First Name: Leon or Leonard > > Groom's Last Name: Hines > > Date: 1915-1920 > > > >I would also like to find date of divorce from Clark(e) if possible. > >Can anyone help? > > > >Glenda in Phoenix > >gmckenz@earthlink.net > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx --- gmckenz@earthlink.net

Does anyone have access to marriage records? My grandmother was married four times, twice between 1910 and 1920. If anyone can help me, I need lookups of the 2nd and 3rd marriage records. 2nd Marriage Brides's First Name: Mae or Mabel Bride's Last Name: Leftwich OR Krichbaum Groom's Last Name: Clark(e) Date: 1910-1915 3rd Marriage Brides's First Name: Mae or Mabel Bride's Last Name: Clark(e) Groom's First Name: Leon or Leonard Groom's Last Name: Hines Date: 1915-1920 I would also like to find date of divorce from Clark(e) if possible. Can anyone help? Glenda in Phoenix gmckenz@earthlink.net

I would love to come to this meeting, is it members only?? I have ancestor's in the battle of Donaldson, and Stone's river on both sides of the battles. (And both sides of the family!) My Family tree is full of NUTS!!! Maternal: Stebbing/Stebbins, Woodward, Hinsdale, Whiting, Johnson, alexander, Dickinson, Osborne, Newlin, Mendenhall, Dicks, Buckles, Brown, Gerrard, Frary, Dickinson, Harvey, Bolin-Osborne, Maddock, Zorn, Ruhlman, Stratton, Carter, McPherson, Clark, Hiatt, Wakefield, Eye, Birt, Tennerey, hibbert, Reardon/Rariden, Chandler, Cowger, Hawkes, Wilson, Chew, Green, Doan, Larimer, Dickerson. Paternal: Threlkeld, Travis, De Loach, Champion, Fitzgerald, Bronaugh, Holloway, Foster, Rice, Pippen, Hardin, Wells, Collier, Dunning, Fisher, Davenport, Carter, Bray, Vaughn, Canada/Kennedy, Thurman, Parker, McMican, Brooks, Carrick, Rucker, McGrew, Coleman, Kelly, Melton, Thrift, Holland. HUSBANDS: Rose, Petty, McQue/McHugh, Ford, Alton, Johnson, Welsh, Stephens, Williams, Schimpf, Cline.

Hi, Sandy, 1860 Humphreys Co Tn shows this: Summers, William 38 , Mary J. 32 , Raleigh, 11 , Sarah 9 , Thomas 4 Hooper, E. 24 Eudora 7 I believe that this William, My ancestor James Ira and Raleigh Summers were all brothers. They all lived in Tn and moved to Massac Co Ill where James Ira and Raleigh are on the 1850 census there. William moved there later. Would love to know if you have more information on them. I have proof that Raleighs father was Benjamin. Wilma

1870 June 25th, pg 18 & 19 Metropolis City P.O. Town 15 S. Range 5 East of 3rd P.M., Massac Co.,IL 122/122 Summers, William 47 farming TN Mary J 44 kp hs KY Judora C 16 TN Thomas B 13 TN Andrew J 9 TN Martha T 6 IL Lucinda J 4 IL Family history says Mary J died in 1877 in Metropolis City, IL. Wm d Oct 1880 in Union City, TN. In 1880 Lucinda (my great-grandmother) and Thomas were in Union Twp.,Ste.Genevieve Co.,MO. I don't know where Thomas went after that and know nothing about any of the other siblings. There may have been another sister, Sarah Elizabeth b 1855. Sure would like to find links to this family! Sandy

To ALL: Plan ahead to attend this meeting coming up in July at the Metropolis Public Library. Be sure to mark you calendar. This should be a very, very interesting talk about the Civil War. Hope to see you there. I will try to be sure to send out a reminder a week in advance too. NJH ****************************************** The Massac County Genealogical Society will present Glen Bishop, Civil War speaker, July 20th at 1:00 p.m. at the Metropolis Library meeting room. Bishop, dressed in Union attire, will give accounts of the battles of Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Grierson's Raid, and Guntown...the battles that the southern Illinois men fought in. He will also give an account of the "General Lyon" tragedy that was the cause of death of so many men from the 56th IL Infantry. After his program, Bishop will be available to answer questions The library will also have a Civil War display by Ann Laird which will include photographs, maps, and regimental histories. Refreshments will be provided by the library staff. If you've wondered what it was like for your relative to serve in the Civil War plan to attend!!!!! The Metropolis Library is located at 317 Metropolis St. SYL Norma Jean Huss Secretary/Treasurer, MCGS dowhat@hcis.net "The only Rose without a thorn is Friendship"

I picked up a page from the Johnson Co. Register of Marriages, and one of the records pertains to someone born in Massac County. I hope this helps someone out! No. of License: 1219 Date of License: July 31st, 1885 Full Name of Groom: Willis M. Foster Place of Residence: Johnson Co., Ill Occupation: Farming Age next Birthday: 22 Years Race or Color: white Place of Birth: Johnson Co., Illinois Father's Name: J. F. Foster Mother's Maiden Name: T. J. Self No. of Groom's Marriage: first Full Name of Bride: Forest (?) Rose Homer Place of Residence: Johnson Co., Ill Age next Birthday: 23 years Race or Color: white Place of Birth: Massac Co., Ill Father's Name: W. H, Homer Mother's Maiden Name: Margaret Rentfro When and Where Married: Residence Bride - Johnson Co., Ill, Aug. 2nd, 1885 Witnesses: G. W. Cummins, Wesley Cummins (?) By Whom Certified, Name and Office: D. Crow (no office given)

Good morning County Listers, I'm sure by now everybody has heard the IL death index so on line, but just in case you haven't....here it is. Judy <A HREF="http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.html">Click here: Illinois Statewide Death Index</A> Judy Foreman Lee UdyDee43@aol.com <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss/">Lee and Foss, Southeastern Illinois Genealogy Publishers</A> <A HREF="http://www.google.com/">Google</A> <A HREF="http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html">Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants</A> <A HREF="http://www.southernillinoisan.com/">The Southern Illinoisan</A> <A HREF="http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~jgholson/southern.htm">Southern IL.Photo Exchange</A> <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/pope/index.html">POPE COUNTY</A> <A HREF="http://www.illinoishistory.com/genealogy.html">ILGenWeb sites for Southern Illinois</A> <A HREF="http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/archives.html">Welcome to the Illinois State Archives</A> <A HREF="http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/marriage.html">Illinois Statewide Marriage Index</A> <A HREF="http://www.vitalrec.com/il.html">Illinois Vital Records Information - birth or death certificate, divorce record</A> <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IL/Massac/">Massac Co. IL</A> <A HREF="http://www.shawneelink.net/~fayebow/">Faye's New Homepage</A> <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/massac/index.html">Massac County-ILTrails, History and Genealogy</A> <A HREF="http://www.southern-illinois-ancestors.com/index.htm">Southern Illinois Ancestors</A> <A HREF="http://www.popeco.net/">Pope County, Illinois on the Internet</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmcgs/index.html">Massac County, Illinois Genealogical Society</A> Happy Hunting

hi, At one time it was common practice to have several towns of the same name in the state, and many towns and cities had former names with a few having had several, so if you have used a current map to find an old town name you may have created your very own brick walls or even worse you have connected with the wrong lines. "Bloomfield" is an excellent example of this common practice, just look at any current map and find it now in Johnson County close to Vienna, in 1958 it had a population of 80. Did you know there was another Bloomfield in Adams County? Close to Quincy, in 1958 it had a population of 25. There were others in Edgar, Fulton, Greene, Johnson and Scott Counties and all were spelled "Bloomfield." Plus precincts in Johnson and Scott Counties by the same name of "Bloomfield." Nine localities, all named "Bloomfield." Do you need more examples, maybe hundreds of examples? Sure hope you can easily see the point i am trying to make... many genealogies are out there now with improper connections because an inexperienced genealogist has picked the wrong county and matched up the wrong "SMITH" or "JONES" or "WHOEVER" because they thought they had the right county to chose from. Wrong connections are now made as the names that were available in that county were close so they figured a few misspellings or similar names would suffice. Or the town was the correct town but the county changed several times? Some still can't make the connection and are experienced enough to know that close doesn't always count, so they know they have hit a brickwall. My suggestion is that you jot down the towns your ancestors are known to have lived in and look them up on the statewide list of over 16,000 place names using your Ctrl/f keys to do the search. Copy down each county that each town appears in after the town name and you'll probably be amazed to find that instead of them moving all around the state they lived in a few neighboring counties. For details of when the town was active you could consult the web pages listed below for the 25 Northeast Counties as those are now online, the 44 South Counties will all details online by the end of this month, and the last 33 West Counties should have details online beginning this summer. When those new pages are up and running i'll send out an updated e-mail here and i'll post it on each Rootsweb county list as each county becomes available for research. BTW every fact is documented on every page. The following web pages are enormous and each will take over four minutes to download if your connection is a dial up modem and AOL is NOT busy and your computer is PROPERLY tuned. If you get a message that AOL is busy just rapidly tap on your reload button a few times and AOL wakes up and lets you in. It works for me as i use the IE browser instead of the AOL browser... here are the url's: <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/illinoygenealogy/myhomepage/writing.html"> Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of Each Illinois County</A> is a statewide list of over 16,000 towns, cities and townships known to have ever existed, grouped by county, covers all 102 counties. Each county now has "last updated date: brief description of the last update" at the beginning of each county listing. Each county has it's own listing of US Post Offices of 1859/60. For the 25 Northeast Counties and most of the 44 Southeast Counties, if a dash (-) after the name that indicates it is either obsolete or you won't find it on most current maps but it may appear on an older more detailed map, and as other counties are completed this will show on them as well. If i determined a listing was made either in error or it conflicts with other more reliable sources i've listed the source of information. This is the most complete list of its kind to be found anywhere. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/illinoygenealogy/myhomepage/tv.html"> Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of the Northeast 25 Counties</A> is a detailed list of everything known about each town, city and township, with over 5567 listings. Each county now has "last updated date: brief description of the last update" at the beginning of each county listing. Each county has it's own listing of US Post Offices of 1859/60 as well as a listing of the 1876 RR's and the towns the RR ran through. When the list is complete, as the first 17 of the 25 counties are, the following will be listed on each town or city, if known, in this order: how it got it's name; former name; alias name; later name; present name; a dash (-) after the name indicates it is either obsolete or you won't find it on most current maps; the township the town or city is in; another county the town may overlap into; date of incorporation; elevation; railroad name of old and new; (Post Office history of: former name; when established and in which county; when discontinued; new name if changed; if active and the current zip); RFD in 1960 or 1990 mail to town; and 1990 population. For each township, if known: how it got its name; former name; later name; every town that has ever been in that particular township; currently the town that accepts mail for this township; and 1990 population. The following 17 counties are completely done: Boone, Champaign, De Kalb, De Witt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston, Logan, Marshall, McLean, Putnam, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Woodford. The following eight counties are not yet completely done, each has all towns and townships known to be in existence from before 1818 up to 1990, but lacks the inclusion of the 1876 atlas: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will, and Winnebago and should be complete by the end of this month. (BTW Cook Co is complete only as far as A-P but should be complete by the end of this month) <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/dennisvcarter1/myhomepage/heritage.html"> Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of the Southeast 44 Counties</A> has just begun with the following recent county additions (# of place names): Alexander (119), Bond (115), Christian (112), Clay (71), Clinton (103), Coles (136), Crawford (82), Cumberland (77), Dane (0), Douglas (63), Edgar (136), Edwards (45), Effingham (96), Fayette (120) , Franklin (137), Gallatin (85), Hamilton (103), Hardin (53), Jackson (169), Jasper (79), Jefferson (122), Johnson (84), Lawrence (86), Macon (178), Macoupin (202), Marion (120), Massac (83), Menard (81), Monroe (125), Montgomery (157), Moultrie (65), Perry (100), Pope (134), Pulaski (78), and Randolph (178), each starting off with all towns, cities and townships known to have been in existence from before 1818 up to 1960. Later... current information, up to 1990, will follow in the summer or fall with over 5261 listings in total. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/dcarter956/myhomepage/heritage.html"> Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of the 33 Western Counties</A> is in development and will begin early this summer, with over 5209 listings. Will start off with all towns, cities and townships known to be in existence from before 1818 up to 1960 and current information, up to 1990, will follow in the fall or winter. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/livingstoncounty/myhomepage/tv.html"> Illinois Family History Research: Timeline for Genealogy</A> is from the year 1400 to present, a chronological history of Illinois, United States, Germanic, British, France, and other European countries, each of these events have a bearing on family history. This list has been designed to help you also study your other lines that lived outside Illinois and each of the several thousand entries has been cited with its own source, over two dozen sources cited, and links to "the rest of the story" in many cases. This is the most complete list of its kind to be found anywhere. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/livingstoncounty/myhomepage/business.html"> Livingston County, Illinois, Family History Research: Genealogy</A> is a master index of every family known to have lived in this county from 1831-1985. Several thousand surnames are listed alphabetically and each surname has each source cited, several hundred surnames have multiple sources cited, and 30 sources have so far been used. Many of these sources are online so you can easily confirm your suspicions of connections within a few minutes. Sources include records from biographies, cemetery, census, church, death, land and deed, marriages, military, etc., and a system is used so that by looking at the code following a surname you'll know the decade the record came from as well as the type of record and actual source. Many researchers from other states have found quickly found their missing connections from this index and i challenge other researchers to do this with a county of their choosing so others may quickly confirm their connections and be encouraged to research their roots. happy hunting dennis

Hello and I am seeking information or family of the Lawless/Lollis family in the area. I have been told there were some in the county and was trying to find anyone that might be related to them. I believe it was in the 1800's but anything on this family is most welcome. Thank you Robin Holt

I Have added new wills and the index to the 1850 Census, Metropolis Precinet I will be adding the index for the complete 1850 Massac County Census There is a link to the 1850 Census on line at the Massac Co. Archives Check back often http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmassa2/