Marge, Thanks so much for the reply. W.S STOKES is my gggrandfather. I received the information from another person also. I wonder who submitted the data to the book because the information about Rev. Milton is incorrect. I'd hate to have misinformation used by other Stokes researchers and hope no one takes offense to my corection. Rev. Milton STOKES is not the father of W.S. and the rest of the 'sons', but their brother. Milton was born Dec 1846, too young to be the father of Civil War soldiers. Robert F. and Sally Ann STOKES are their parents. Here is the family as I have researched it, some is directly from the Clara Etta STOKES, daughter of W. S.: Robert Firman STOKES b. 12 Sep 1812 Montgomery, KY d. 16 Sep 1869 m. Sarah 'Sally' Ann WILSON (b. 1 Nov 1814 d. 15 Feb 1855, McDonough Co., IL bu: Old Macomb Cemetery) 22 May 1832, Putnam Co., IN m2: Hannah JONES, widow (b. ? d. 1874 Brown Co., KS) 10 may 1855 McDonough Co., IL Robert & Sally Ann's sons: Samuel Brinton b. 7 jul 1836 Putnam Co., IN d. 28 May 1864 Decatur, AL m. Sarah Ann LUDDEN 25 Feb 1857 Russell Thompson b. 17 Apr 1840 Putnam Co., IN m. S. Annie HART 25 Nov 1867 William Simpson b. 14 Jan 1842 Putnam Co., IN d. 4 Oct 1862 Corinth, MS bu:Old Macomb Cemetery Melville Keith b. 15 May 1849 m. Fanny Nelson Wesley Strange b. 8 Apr 1844 Putnam Co., IN d. 18 Nov 1905 Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA m1:Mary Catherine Grigsby (b. 9 Jul 1848 OH d. 1 Jun 1883 Black Hawk Co., IA) 12 Feb 1868 Henderson Co., IL Milton Jimison (Rev.) b. 19 Dec 1946 Putnam, IN d. 3 Mar 1926 m. Emma Hopper 18 Nov 1869, Belleville, IL Melvin Keith b. 15 may 1849 John Nelson b. 15 Jan 1851 Rober & Hannah's daughter: Susan Emaline b. 2 Apr 1856 Macomb, McDonough Co., IL d. 23 Oct 1941 m. Robert Bird SINDLE >Saw you inquerie and I have the book "McDonough Co. IL. Cemeteries, Old >Macomb, Macomb IL" that I purchased from the gen. society. This is what is >printed in the book. [I also am a volunteer for the McDonough Co. website.] > >pg. 106 >Stokes >William Simpson, Co. B, 10th MO. INF. - PVT. >Cornith, Mississippi 4 October 1862 > >Sally Ann, wife of Robert F., d. 18 February 1855 age 40y 3m 17d (stone) > >Rev. Milton Stokes was a pioneer Methodist preacher. He and Mrs. Stokes had 5 >sons serving during the Civil war. Russell and William S. served in the 10th >Missouri Infantry. Two sons served under Capt. B. A. Griffith, and the fifth >with Capt. Farwell in McDonough County units. >"R.T. Stokes, a brother of W S Stokes, killed at Cornith, Mississippi, in >October 1863(sic) and buried in the Old Cemetery, was appointed postmaster at >Garnett, Kansas. He is a son of Rev. Stokes, and lived on "Uncle Jimmie >Head" farm in Emmet township. [MJ 22 August 1889] > >These burials are in the northwest area. > > >Hope this helps in some way! > >Margie >Wamak@aol.com

Looking for information regarding family of Robert Firman and Sally Ann WILSON STOKES. They are the parents of 7 sons: Rev. Milton Stokes Robert Firman William Simpson Russell Thompson Samuel Brighton Wesley Strange Melvin Keith John Nelson Five of the sons served in the Civil War, some killed in action, but do not know specifics. Sally Ann, William & Milton are buried in the Old Macomb Cemetery. I have conflicting information that Robert F. was buried there also, but may have been buried in KS. Robert married a second time to Hannah Jones in 1855, they had a daughter Susan that married a SINDLE. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Cindy

Hello, Am new to the list. Posting my husband's family names found in McDonough Co. IL: JOHN C. PADGETT b. 12 Jan 1821 Washington Co., KY, d. 6 Sep 1905 San Jose, Calif., m. 20 Nov 1843 in Washington Co. KY to MARGARET MCDANIEL b.30 Apr 1821 Mercer Co. KY d. 14 Oct 1908 San Jose, Calif. This family was found in McDonough Co., IL by the 1860 census. They had 5 known children: Frances O. Padgett b. 1847 KY; Martha A. Padgett b. 1854 McDonough Co., IL; Tobias A. Padgett b. 1858 McDonough Co., IL; DAVIS/DAVID H. PADGETT (my husband's line) b. 29 May 1860 McDonough Co., IL, d.22 Nov 1897 San Jose, Calif.; Matilda A. Padgett b. Aug 1864 Illinois. This family removed to Santa Cruz, Calif. by 1890, then to San Jose, Calif. where they remained. Am hoping to obtain more info. regarding this family while in McDonough Co., what town they lived in, did they own any land, or run a business, etc. Also need more info. on sibs of DAVIS PADGETT. My info. is very sparse at this time. Thank you, Kathy Gregory KMdalgreg@aol.com Vancouver, WA

If you have any male ancestors of military age who lived in Illinois during the Civil War years, there is a searchable database at Illinois State Civil War Archives http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html Enter the surname only and it will list all with that surname and include their regiment, company and county of enlistment. It also gives instructions on ordering official copies of military records via snail mail. By cross-referencing this database with the Andersonville database, I was able to determine the first name of a Craig ancestor who died at Andersonville but whose first name we did not know. I now know his grave number, date of death and most importantly his first name....Simeon. Another good Illinois site is Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html This gives data on land sale transactions and is searchable. Official copies are available by mail. I recently discovered a possible land purchase by one of the five wives of my Richard Craig (that's right, folks, FIVE wives!) Am still researching this one. Chris B. MusicaXina@aol.com

This came from another list I'm on. Revolutionary War Warrants http://www.sos.state.ky.us/intranet/revwarwar.htm Sara

Forwarding this for a near cousin. Please contact him directly. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Schuyler Co, IL Billingsleys Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ILSCHUYL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:44:03 -0500 From: Dann Norton <mrnor10@shawneelink.net> To: ILSCHUYL-L@rootsweb.com July 16, 1999 The Schuyler County, Illinois Billingsleys will celebrate their sesquicentennial (150 years) in 2001. I am creating a list of ALL the descendants of Joseph and Sarah Warfield Billingsley, the ancestors of the Schuyler Co line. I am up to 663, and counting. If you are, or think you are, a descendant of Joseph and Sarah, please e-mail me at mrnor10@shawneelink.net Joseph and Sarah had seven children: JAMES HARVEY--descendants in MO, AR, OK, CO, CA MARY ANN PHILLIPS PERKINS--desc. in Schuyler Co, and other parts of IL WILLIAM PRUITT--desc. in St. Louis(Fulks), sons moved "West." HENRIETTA STRAUSBAUGH--desc. in Schuyler Co, elsewhere? ROBERT JOSEPH--desc. in Schuyler Co, Warren Co, IL, Muskogee, OK, CA SAMUEL MCCLUNG--only daughter died young in OK. BENJAMIN WARFIELD--desc. in Schuyler, Brown, McDonough Co, IL, and Florida. Hope to hear from you. Dann Norton 20 Dann Norton

My DAR membership has hit a snag. It made it passed the state level but the National DAR still needs the following IL information. I live in Oregon and would very much appreciate some help from a kind, IL GenAngel; 1) PROOF of date and place of death for Eber MILLER. Our family records show he died in Macomb, McDonough, IL, but not the year of his death. However, one of his sons; Willard Franklin Miller was married in McComb, McDonough, IL on 10 Oct 1852 (Eber would have been 66 at that time). If anyone can find that marriage information we may also find Eber's wife Argerath (also called Asenith) and learn her maiden name. Please help if you can and know that I am truly appreciative of any assistance received. srose@jeffnet.org Thank you, Sarah

Great site for searching Indiana marriages. Best if you just put in one surname and scroll through the search results. Putting in info on both bride and groom came up with no one found but on putting on one surname in, I found the marriage I was looking for. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [INROOTS] Indiana marriage site Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 19:00:19 -0600 From: Bob George <moravia@DOITNOW.COM> Reply-To: Bob George <moravia@DOITNOW.COM> To: INROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU References: <00a501beca74$e47a7400$3c5cbdcc@oemcomputer> Unless there are more than one of them, the Indiana Marriage site is on the State Library Server and is still up and running at http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html One thing that must be remembered about state and university websites and servers, is that many tend to shut down around major holidays and become unavailable for three or four days. Holly Jenks wrote: > > Here is the reason for not being able to get to the site. Indiana > Historical society has a new building and a new site. Please revisit and > change your book marks. <snip> > -- Bob George Surprise, Arizona http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/index.html The Crooked Tree's Census On Line & The Taulbee Pages George, Taulbee, Brady, Bailey, Dressback - --------------------------------------------- To contact the list owner, use stephenL@indiana.edu For information on available lists, other list options, and other generally useful information, visit http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm

Hi, Just did a quick search of 1870 & 1880 and no Anderson fitting your age of James 43 and William 22. On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, ILMCDONO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Content-Type: text/plain > >ILMCDONO-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 44 > >Today's Topics: > #1 James Anderson ["Kathy Lathrop" <llathrop@Prodigy.] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from ILMCDONO-D, send a message to > > ILMCDONO-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:56:48 -0500 >From: "Kathy Lathrop" <llathrop@Prodigy.net> >To: ILMCDONO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <002901becbc6$c0905480$1f0c9cd1@default> >Subject: James Anderson >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Does anyone have access to the 1870 McDonough Co. census? I'm looking for >information on James Anderson and William Anderson and whoever lived in >their households. James would have been about 43 years old, William about 22 >years old. >Kathy >

Does anyone have access to the 1870 McDonough Co. census? I'm looking for information on James Anderson and William Anderson and whoever lived in their households. James would have been about 43 years old, William about 22 years old. Kathy

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let you know how lucky you are to have Robin Petersen as your site coordinator. I am a regular visitor to another county site that she is coordinator of and she does an excellent job. I am sure the McDonough site will soon be a topnotch site. Regards, Carolyn Barrett

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could do a lookup in the 1840 census for McDonough County, for information on Charles Moore and/or Solomon Moore. These are father and son, so they might be together, or there might only be the son, Solomon, with his wife Julia Ann Willis. They were married in 1839 in Casey Co., KY, and their first child, Kesiah Ann, was born on August 22, 1940, in McDonough County, IL. The census was supposed to have been taken on August 1st. Solomon moved on to Hendricks Co., IN, for the 1850 census, and then back to Schuyler Co., IL, for the 1860 census. He died in Schuyler Co., in 1877. Also, if anyone knows anything of either Charles or Solomon and their stay in McDonough County, maybe with a relative, I would really appreciate getting whatever one can give me on that. Ralph Moore p024979b@pb.seflin.org

Forwarded from another list. Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:54:09 EDT From: BOOTSIE729@aol.com Reply-To: kirkland@onelist.com To: Kirkland@onelist.com Revolutionary War Bounty Land A land bounty is a grant of land from a government as a reward to repay citizens for the risks and hardships they endured in the service of their country, usually in a military related capacity. By the time of the Revolutionary War, the practice of awarding bounty land as an inducement for enlisting in the military forces had been a long-standing practice in the British Empire in North America. Besides imperial bounty land grants, both colonial and municipal governments had routinely compensated participants in and victims of military conflicts with land. Land was a commodity in generous supply, and governments seized upon its availability for accomplishing their goals In their colonial tradition, the Revolutionary governments patterned their struggle for independence from Great Britain on the principle of bounty lands. They generally offered free lands in exchange for military service, but they strategically did so on the presumption that they would be victorious in their struggle. They would not actually award the lands until the war had been concluded and the British defeated. Such a policy not only imposed no financial constraints on the war effort but also insured a degree of support for the Revolutionary cause. The Revolutionary governments were cognizant that to the victor belonged the spoils and that defeat brought no reward. Bounty lands were an effective propaganda technique for enrolling support for the war among the citizenry and preventing them from lapsing into the British fold when the tide of battle ebbed. Those colonies with unseated lands used their advantage to enlist support for the cause with the offer of free lands. Unfortunately, some of the Original Thirteen enjoyed no such advantage. There was no bounty land policy in Delaware, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont. Those states lacked enough vacant land to support such a policy. Bounty lands were a feature, however, in Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Administratively, these nine states selected reserves in their western domains for the location of bounty lands. Such a choice was seemingly quite logical. By placing veterans on the frontier, the states would be able to rely upon a military force which in turn would be able to protect the settlements from Indian incursions. These state governments also realized that they had to encourage the ex-soldiers to occupy their newly awarded bounty lands, so they granted exemptions from taxation ranging from a few years to life to those veterans who would locate on their respective bounty lands. Such a policy also had the effect of retarding the exodus of a state's population. Since most of the Indian nations had supported the British during the Revolutionary War, the Thirteen States were cautious in approaching their former enemies. Populating the frontier with citizens skilled in defense offered the best prospect in enticing other settlers to join them. Veterans were knowledgeable in the use of firearms and in military strategy. Knowing that they would be defended if the need arose was reassuring to many settlers. The state governments also realized that the revenue derived from the sale of vacant lands in the west was badly needed. The extension of settlements on the frontier would, in time, also increase the tax rolls and contribute to the reduction of their Revolutionary War debts. In the aftermath of the war, the states with transappalachian claims ceded some of those claims to the federal government, but not until they had the assurance of being able to fulfill their bounty land commitments. Accordingly, the issue of bounty lands has far wider geographical implications than the area encompassed by the nine state governments which instituted the practice. Besides the original states of Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia, the future states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, and Tennessee were directly affected by the bounty land system. While the administrative records were, with one exception, the purview of the former nine, the bounty land reserves involved the five transappalachian states. The states of Georgia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina either had no claims to transappalachian territory or relinquished their claims to the national government. Accordingly, their reserves for bounty lands lay within their own western borders. In the cases of Georgia and New York, these reserves were to be situated on the definition of their western borders as they existed in 1783. The bounty land reserves in those two states today would be described as being centrally located. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts allotted its bounty lands in the then District of Maine, which in 1820 achieved statehood status. While most of the states awarded bounty lands for military service, there were two exceptions. Connecticut compensated its citizenry with lands in Ohio if their homes, outbuildings, and businesses were destroyed by the British. The Nutmeg State seemingly awarded no bounty land for military service per se. Georgia also issued lands to its civilian population who had remained loyal, or at the very least neutral, to the Revolutionary cause after the British restored royal control. There were no Revolutionary War bounty land grants within the current borders of the southern states of North Carolina and Virginia. The former issued its bounty lands in its western lands which became Tennessee. The latter selected reserves for its bounty lands in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio before ceding its claims to the federal government. The Continental Congress also made use of the policy of bounty lands. The federal government likewise selected a reserve in the Northwest Territory where bounty land warrants could be used to locate land. The U.S. Military Tract in Ohio encompassed portions or all of the counties of Coshochton, Delaware, Franklin, Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Marion, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, and Tuscarawas. With the exception of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the other states permitted qualified veterans and/or their dependents to receive bounty lands from both the federal and the respective state governments. Accordingly, there may be relevant bounty land files for soldiers in the Continental Line at both the federal and state levels. While New York made some adjustments, double dipping was the norm in the other states. Following the American victory at Yorktown in 1781, the various governments sought to implement their bounty land programs. The delay in establishing a governmental agency to fulfill the bounty land pledge holds dual benefits genealogically. Firstly, it increases the likelihood of the survival of a paper trail for proving Revolutionary War participation for many individuals who may not be mentioned in any other record. Secondly, because the benefits were still being processed as late as the 1870s in some jurisdictions, there may be a wealth of information pertaining to heirs in bounty land files. Not only do the records locate the veteran in time and place him in a given locality during the Revolutionary War, they also do so for him and/or his dependents in the years following independence when internal migrations within the nation complicate the identification of specific individuals in their various removals. The index to those claims appears in the Index to Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1976). The federal bounty land records are included in the National Archives micropublication, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Series M804, 2,670 rolls. Abstracts of these files appear in the four-volume work of Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (Waynesboro, Tenn.: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1990-1992). The appearance of an individual or family in the west after 1783 offers considerable challenge in learning the former domicile or in establishing filiation. A master index to the bounty land grants of the relevant state governments seemed to offer expeditious access to the records holding the potential solution to such a dilemma. While access to the federal records has long since been available in a master index, and while many localities have been treated individually by others works of varying quality, the absence of an overall index has impeded effective use of these significant records. --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Attention ONElist list owners! http://www.onelist.com/info/news.html Check out the new "DEFAULT MODERATED STATUS" option. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

<< Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted...We shouldn't. So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid..............

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I have hit another snag in my research. Robert Steele and Mary Arnold had children: William Steele who married Jennie Pruitt Robert Steele who married 1st Susan Stoneking and 2nd Margaret Jane Stoneking Alexander Steele married 3 times, 1st Lavina E. Stoneking, 2nd to Anna A. Starr Elgin and 3rd to my great grandmother Elizabeth Tandy. John Steele married Mary C. Stoneking Melinda Annie Steele who was married to unknown and divorced, then married James Ferguson. I can only find them in the 1880 census. Robert and Susan were living in Sciota and married within the year. Mary was a widow and living in Walnut Grove Twp. as were the following children: Alex, Melinda, John, Nancy. When Alex's 1st wife died his obit mentions 5 children surviving. Who are they, were did they go to live? Alex and his 3rd wife are buried in Gibson cemetery, as are other family members of their immediate family. Alex's second wife divorced him in Jan of 1895 and I have written to McDonough Co. and the IRAD and no one can seem to find the papers. This information came from "Pease Newspaper Abstracts" Volume VI. Also living with Mary and children were Lydia Pestel age 4 and Mary Pestel age 9/12 mo. Whose children were they? Could they possibly have been Melinda's children by her 1st husband? Who was he and where did they marry? If anyone has any information on the above people, I would like to hear from them. I have extensively researched the Stoneking family and come up empty handed. Where did Alex's siblings go? What happened to his father? Where is his mother buried? HELP Thank you Shirley (Steele) Thielbar ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I am trying to get in contact with the Ruth Kern who has entered the Anderson Surname on the McDonough Co. Surname Page. I can't get thru to her at that site. Thank you very much. Carol Dowell - -------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com

Does anyone know about the Chockley family? I am interested in information regarding James Toland and Sarah Chockley who were married in McDonough County in 1867. Thanks! Susan Obeyeron@unicom.net

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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: McDonough Co. ILGenWeb > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:52:41 -0600 (MDT) > From: Robin Petersen <robin@firedragon.com> > To: ILMCDONO-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi everyone, > > I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and let everyone know > that I am the new coordinator for the McDonough County ILGenWeb site. Our > first upload was tonight. I am really excited about this opportunity and > have great plans for the site! My thanks to Dave Leininger for tending > the website and mailing list and making the transition painless. > > The Schuyler County ILGenWeb site is my other joy - and those who know me, > know that I add new information daily. That's my goal for McDonough, also. > > When I adopted Schuyler County six months ago, I had 20 years of research > and resources gathered with which to expand the site. Unfortunately, > that's not the case with McDonough, but we (my husband, Karl and I) will > be combing the countryside in search of material for the site. > > As new residents of Illinois, it is wonderful to be living so close to > where my ancestors lived in Schuyler and McDonough Counties - I know first > hand how hard it is to find material on your family when you live miles > and miles away. So, that is my main goal - to add as much historical, > genealogical, and anecdotal information to help _you find your family and > provide an insight into their lives. > > Please consider submitting material to help make this a great site. > > Robin Petersen > robin@firedragon.com > And I'd like to add my thanks as Robin is much better suited and equipped to handle the Site than I (am/was) due to my location out here in Champaign County. I'm sure Robin will be able to serve the County MUCH better than I was and also apologize to those of you that I was unable to get answers for. I will now be able to devote full time to the two counties that I "grew up" in and even the fact that they are 100 miles away. (I own property and have one mother and two brothers in the area.) (along with a gazillion "cousins") Thanks for the support and patience you showed during my tenure as CC. daVe Leininger CC Marshall + Putnam Counties (we have a Clear Creek 4th of July Celebration at the Grange Hall in Putnam County) Yes, it's on the 4th! Picnics old farm equipment show and 150 years of history in the museum.