Hello list, I am working on re-building the Monroe County site, I will trying to add something every day or so. Currently I am working on adding well over 2000 Monroe Co Funeral cards. They are from the scanned collection of Vernon Ritter. Thank you Vernon. I just finished uploading A-C, they are big lists. Yesterday I uploaded a page with WWI soldiers, as I receive or find more that will also be updated, there are plans for a WWII, Korean page. Also added are some obituaries. There have been some school group pictures and the 1938 Columbia High year book pictures added. As you can see there are several things listed as coming soon, I will get as much as I can uploaded as soon as possible. As soon as I get caught up I will want to do a researcher-surname list with your emails and surnames you are researching., I know the genealogy society has one but this one will be for all who are researching Monroe Co names. I will try to post here as I add data, pictures and such. If anyone has any pictures from Monroe County, or data, soldier bio's or anything that will be of interest and want to share it you can email me at lworth1@charter.net. Together we can make the site a great place to research. Thank you to all who have submitted the materials so far and to those for their warm welcome. Sharon

I would like to introduce Sharon Hackworth as the new County Coordinator for Monroe Co IL ILGenWeb site. I know she will do a great job so please welcome her to ILGenWeb. She told me she will be updating the site daily. Good for those researching Monroe Co IL. !!!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/ I asked her to tell a little about herself. I live in Southeast MO. I currently am coordinator of the Madison County, MO GenWeb site and the Iron County, MO Genealogy Society webpage. My maternal ancestors were all from Monroe County and I have researched in that area for several years. I am a member to several Genealogy Societies, director of publications of the Iron Co, MO Society and participate in volunteer transcription projects with the Missouri State Archives. I look forward to working on the Monroe Co site and getting to know those who visit the site. Tim Casey ILGenWeb Southern Region Coordinator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schanz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/226 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on the Schanz family in Waterloo, Illinois. Any information you can provide will be helpful. More specifically, I am trying to locate the cemetery where Audrey Jane Schanz is buried. She was born and died in Waterloo, Il. in 1930.

I need the lady who I spoke to about Monroe Co IL ILGenWeb site, my computer crashed and I lost your email. Tim Casey ILGenWeb Southern Region Coordinator. timcasey59@earthlink.net

If Sharon Bradley is on this list, would you please contact me regarding Jacob GERLACH and Philippine BAUM? Thank you very much. Jan Heiskell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grosse, Gauch, Weinel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hh.2ADE/225 Message Board Post: I am a descedant of Ernst Grosse and Katherine Stuck through Amanda Anna Grosse's marriage to Eduard Phillip Gauch. I would like to contact any descendants as I know Gauch's, Weinels and Grosse's intermarried. in Monroe Cty. The Grosse family lived on North Main Street in Columbia.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/224 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Lawrence Powell. Would be very grateful for any information you would be willing to Share. Information that comes close to matching what is known about Lawrence comes from the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis Missouri: Known to be in the Navy in 1930 and believed to have been a Career Sailor and Retired in 1953.Jack POWELL, LAWRENCE EDWARD GMC US NAVY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown - 11/01/1953 [Enlisted in Early 1930's]-Jack DATE OF BIRTH: 09/01/1906 [Wetzel County,West Virginia] DATE OF DEATH: 01/17/1961 DATE OF INTERMENT: 01/19/1961 BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 2702 JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY 2900 SHERIDAN ROAD ST. LOUIS , MO 63125

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kaiser Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/223 Message Board Post: Interested in information on Bernard Kaiser d. Jan. 17, 1946 and Elizabeth Becker d. Jan 15, 1920. They lived at Hecker, IL Also any of there family Teresa, Rose, Ann, Pete, Louie, Joseph and Ed.

Many years ago - about 15 i think - there was a program on PBS about archaeolgists researching some small town in Maryland - and they turned up another town underneath that one. They found amazingly intact female bodies in a small cemetery - even the nosegay bouqets placed in their hands were simply dried and intact. They were doing testing on the females to find out if they were who they thought they were - thru lineage testing of current residents. A follow up program was promised - but I never saw it or missed it if it was shown. Does anyone else remember this? Linda

I found this interesting. Any direct male descendants out there who are interested? ----- Original Message ----- From: "James V. Elliott" <jvance@tiac.net> To: "Janet Flynn" <jflynn11@htc.net> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [OGLE] Border Reiver DNA Project Is Seeking Ogle Participants > Janet, > > Our project is based on Y chromosome DNA markers, which are passed from > father to son. > > (There are people who are doing studies based on mitochrondrial markers, > which are passed from mother to child - but those studies naturally are not > conducive to surname studies. If ours were a matrilineal culture, instead > of a patrilineal one, we'd be using those markers instead to track > surnames.) > > Sincerely, > > James V. Elliott > Group Administrator > Elliott (And Border Reivers) DNA Project > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet Flynn" <jflynn11@htc.net> > To: <jvance@tiac.net> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: [OGLE] Border Reiver DNA Project Is Seeking Ogle Participants > > > > Why males only? (I am a female direct descendant of Capt. Joseph Ogle.) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <jvance@tiac.net> > > To: <OGLE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 3:04 PM > > Subject: [OGLE] Border Reiver DNA Project Is Seeking Ogle Participants > > > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > Surnames: OGLE > > > Classification: Query > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ck3.2ACEB/555 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > If you are an adult male paternally descended from the Anglo-Scottish > > Border family Ogle, and have ever considered getting your Y chromosome > > tested, you may do so at a substantial discount by joining the Border > Reiver > > DNA Project at Family Tree DNA. > > > > > > The Border Reiver DNA Project is a serious genetic and genealogical > study > > started this March by two customers of Family Tree DNA, James V. Elliott > and > > David B. Strong. Although it began as a study of the Elliott Border Reiver > > family, it has since expanded to include members of other Border Reiver > > families, including a direct descendant of the legendary Border Reiver, > > Johnnie Armstrong, a senior officer of the Clan Hall Society, Dixons, > > Irvings, Kerrs, Littles, Taylors, Carruthers, Davisons, Ogles, Hunters and > > others. Members of all Border Reiver families are welcome now, and we > > emphatically encourage your participation. > > > > > > The home page for our study, which includes many links to other web > pages > > about the Scots, the Britons, the Border Reivers and their ancestors, may > be > > accessed at the URL below: > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/elliott_border_reivers_ > > dna.htm > > > > > > We are conducting our study of the Border Reiver families using Y > > chromosome DNA markers, because the Y chromosome is passed, just like a > > surname, from father to son with very few changes over many generations. > > That makes these DNA markers an ideal tool for tracing paternal descent > and, > > by extension, the history of families. > > > > > > The goals of the Border Reiver DNA Project are as follows: > > > > > > 1) James Leyburn, in his excellent book "The Scotch-Irish: A Social > > History", characterized the ancestry of the Anglo-Scottish Border people > as > > a diverse mixture of Picts, Brythonic Celts, Scotti, Irish Gaels, both > > Danish and Norwegian Vikings, Angles and Saxons, troops and settlers from > > all over the Roman Empire - as well as Normans, Flemish and many others. > We > > intend to use Y chromosome analysis to explore the ancestral origin of > > Border Reiver descendants, both individually (if we can) and as a group. > We > > have already done substantial reading about both the history of Europe and > > the latest developments in population genetics, and have compiled a > database > > of more than 350 likely Border Reiver descendants obtained from public > > databases at Family Tree DNA and elsewhere. > > > > > > The URL below will give you some idea of the extent of our ongoing > study: > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/dna_by_haplogroup.htm > > > > > > 2) The Border Reivers rode during a period of extreme chaos in the > history > > of the Anglo-Scottish Border. Many young mothers were widowed, and many > > children were orphaned. The social customs of the Reivers, affected by a > > need for self-reliance and the shifting circumstances of the era, favored > > trial marriages, and allowed even married women to keep their surnames. > The > > larger Border Reiver clans themselves were like tribes or military units > as > > much as families, and many born with different surnames joined these clans > > for protection, eventually assuming the clan surname as their own. As a > > consequence of all these factors, Border Reiver descendants are to this > day > > closely interrelated. Many with different surnames share the same > ancestors, > > and many with the same surname are descended from genetically distinct > > paternal lines. Our DNA Project seeks to determine the relationships among > > these descendants, both on an individual and a family level. > > > > > > The URL below will give you some idea of the families already included > in > > our study: > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/dna_by_surname.htm > > > > > > The group rate for joining the Border Reiver DNA Project is 99 USD for a > > 12 marker Y chromosome test, or 169 USD for a 25 marker test. The 12 > marker > > test easily suffices to determine your "deep ancestry", and can provide > > enough data to suggest a shared paternal ancestry within the last 14 or 15 > > generations. The 25 marker test, more favored by DNA genealogists, can > > identify a shared paternal ancestry within the last 7 generations. > > > > > > These group rates represent a substantial savings over the cost of > joining > > Family Tree alone. For instance, the cost of getting the 12 marker test is > > nearly 40 percent less than what I paid for the same test last summer. > Once > > you join our group, you will have full privileges as a Family Tree DNA > > customer. Family Tree DNA will store your genetic material with absolute > > privacy and security for twenty years, and will publish information about > > your Y chromosome markers, their likely ethnic origin, and the e-mail > > addresses of exact matches, on your own personal, password-protected web > > page. In addition, all other DNA tests you wish to order will be available > > to you at a considerable discount. > > > > > > Despite the foregoing discussion of cost, this is a serious study, not a > > commercial venture. If you are interested in joining us, or would simply > > like more info, please contact James V. Elliott at jvance@tiac.net. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > James V. Elliott > > > Group Administrator > > > Elliott (And Border Reivers) DNA Project > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >

I'm in need of a travel companion to SW Germany for mid-September. My husband is adamant that I not go alone. Since there are many Monroe County researchers with Germany ancestry, I am hoping this opportunity might be of interest to someone, and I beg your forgiveness for my trying to reach you this way. I will be doing some genie research along the way, in lands where many Monroe ancestors originated. I welcome inquiries. Thank you. Marsha in St. Louis County

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mueller / Miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/222 Message Board Post: Looking for: Charles Miller/Mueller Head of Household in 1880 Census, New Design Township - age 30, bp Saxony; wife Augusta [Hesse]; Rosina (mother), age 54, bp Saxony; Anna age 13, bp Illinois. I can't read the 1900 Census for New Design precinct - SD 15, ED 40, Sheet 2b - line 70 - Charles Miller, b July 1850, age 49 b Germany; ____ Daughter, age 16; Rosina, Mother, age 71 and the rest is unreadable. Can anyone read the rest of this page???? Thanks, Laine TN

James LEMEN, Sr. descendants On Sunday, June 6, 2004, 1:00 P.M., the Whiteside Chapter of the NSDAR will dedicate and mark the grave of Rev. War soldier James Lemen. The monument is located south of Waterloo, behind the farm implement store. Interested parties e-mail me for directions.

Hi everyone, As a reminder, Mr. Bob Burke and I are still in the planning stages for holding a Rogers Reunion and Seminar in Waterloo, Monroe Co., Illinois over Labor Day weekend 2004. Bob and I are descendents of Elder Peter Rogers (1755-1849). A long time resident of Waterloo and Rev War Vet. With his three wives, Peter Rogers had 13 children. My website: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/o/n/Stephen-R-Von-hitritz-VA/PDFGENE973.pdf contains info on 627 known descendents of Mr. Rogers This event will be rather loose, as Bob and I are not pros in planning or doing reunions. We have a tentantive agenda: Sep 3: Reception and Meet and Greet, Time Location TBD (maybe Morrison House) Sep 4: A.M. Kickoff and Presentation on Elder Peter Rogers and his descendants @ Peterstown House upper floor. Peterstown House Tour Lunch P.M. Presentation by Dryden Rogers/Isaiah Moses Combs author Cemetery Tour Masonic Lodge, Sword Sep 5: A.M. Attend church of choice/Open P.M. Inventory of Burke/Rogers paraphenalia Parents Stuff Close The above agenda depends on availability of Morrison House on Sep 3 and Peterstown House for the three days. Bob is checking on that. I would like to publisize this event as much as possible, but since I live in Richmond, VA and Bob lives in Greensboro, NC, there is not much we can do from a distance. As we know the Rogers family was huge in Waterloo and many desc still live in the area. If you are interested in attending, send me an email and I will keep you posted as plans come together. Steve

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/16.1 Message Board Post: Was Johanna ever married to a Laforge ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laforge Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/221 Message Board Post: Seeking information about the Laforge family that lives in New Design, Monroe Co. 1800s

Reminder Roland Paul from Kaiserslautern, Germany lectures on Koerner and the Engelmanns (and I'm sure will be open to many questions afterwards) Sun May 23 2004 doors open at 1 for set up Lecture begins 2 p.m.; questions and answers after, out by 4 p.m. St. Luke's Parish Hall 301 N. Church Streets, Belleville $10.00 admission to benefit the Koerner House Preservation Audio tapes will be available for $12.00 postpaidhandling ($10 if you pick up at the Museum about 2 weeks after the lecture) - send check payable to Koerner House c/o SCCHS 701 E. Washington St. Belleville, IL 62220

I just uploaded the new main page for ILGenWeb Monroe Co IL main page. I have added the Ancestry.com query board , now all queries will be automatically loaded. Remember you can add obits, pension records , wills etc here and those researching can see them, the message board queries will go directly to the Monroe Co IL Mail list also. I also added the Genforum query board for Monroe Co IL which is Family Tree Maker. The url for the ILGenWeb Monroe Co IL site is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/ The Monroe Co IL Genealogy Society has their own website now with current information their new url is : http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmcghs/ I will be adding more of the old material as I go thru the pages. Tim Casey timcasey6@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Hi Monroe Co IL List My name is Tim Casey and I am the Southern Regional Coordinator for ILGenWeb, I have temporarily become the coordinator for Monroe Co IL. In doing this I am in the process of updating the Monroe Co IL website, fixing links, etc. I am not a Monroe Co IL researcher not that I am not interested in Monroe Co IL however I am interested in promoting its genealogy for those wanting free information and help. To improve the ILGenWeb Monroe Co IL site I would like your help , again this site needs your help, photos, stories, history of the towns , town folks. I live in Southern Illinois in Union Co IL , I have been to Waterloo, Columbia, etc , I lived in Randolph Co IL as a child. I would like this site to be a contribution from those researching Monroe Co IL , the material you submit is yours and you will be acknowledge for it. Until a new coordinator is found I will be doing the website. Anyone interested contact me at timcasey59@earthlink.net. If you would like to discuss or have any ideas or want to help with Monroe Co IL please email me at timcasey6@earthlink.net and in your subject line type MONROECOIL. Please do not send email to the mail list send to timcasey6@earthlink.net. Thank you for your time Tim Casey ILGenWeb Southern Regional Coordinator Monroe Co IL Temp Coordinator. Tim Casey timcasey06@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.