----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Walsh" <rengen@compu-type.net> To: <ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [ILSTCLAI] Probate Case Files on Film > The correct web URL is > http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/stcabout.htm > > For more information on this project, see the SCCGS web site > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Walsh" <rengen@compu-type.net> To: <ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:18 PM Subject: [ILSTCLAI] Probate Case Files on Film > List, > Great news, the first 100 rolls of probate case files for St. Clair are now > in the drawers at the Belleville Public Library (BPL) > http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/BPL.htm > > An additional 110 rolls of intestate reels should arrive by mid-July. > > Separate indexes are also at the BPL: > > > > Probate Record-Wills [originals,, earliest, not court copy in record book] > Rolls 1-50 > > > > Non-Probated Wills [most in 1960s, 1970s] Rolls 1-6 > > > > Probate Records of the Circuit Clerk [Estates, early] Rolls 1-44. > > > > Several researchers have expressed their support and thanks for this project > by donating towards purchase of a probate roll in memory of an ancestor or > ancestors. SCCGS thanks them for their generosity and thoughtfulness-we all > benefit. For more information on this project, see the SCCGS web site > http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/about.htm > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'truk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hh.2ADE/231.1.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Sharon email me directly - I tried contacting you offline. Tony

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mees Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/1.23 Message Board Post: My great grandmother was a Mees (Josephine Sophia) who married a Steppig (louis). They both were born and died in Columbia, IL which is in Monroe county, IL. I have traced the Mees back to the 1700s. Here is some information on my great-great grandfather Peter came to America on the ship the "Chas. Caroll", landing in New York on January 5, 1833. He initially lived in Philadelphia and later in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Peter Mees family finally settled in the Columbia, IL area. At Peter's urging, his brother Georg brought his family from Pennsylvania to live near or with Peter's family. Story has it that an argument developed and was never reconciled. Georg's family changed the name/spelling of Mees to Maeys after 1844 and in 1845 Georg moved his family to a farm northeast of the present site of Maeystown. Peter Mees (spelled Maess on the 1860 census) and Katherina were both born in Bavaria. Peter was a farmer Hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me for further information

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Otruk, Giglotto, Bowlin, Lake Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hh.2ADE/231.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: I was searching for my father's side of the family - Otruk, and found the family tree you had listed at the website of: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=giglc&id=I12439; with Walter J. Otruk at Ahnentafel, generation #1 through Ahnentafel generation #4 being Henry B. Bowlin & Florence Lake and James K. Lake and Elizabeth Lake. Walter James Otruk was married to Rosalie Eva Idoll, and I was their only child, Sharon Kay Otruk, born March 11, 1952. I would be interested in knowing how we would be related. Thanks. Sharon

A photo of two Ritter children was submitted by Leslie (Bridges) Kohler. On the back are the names Mabel and Lucy RITTER. Leslie state that she "rescued' the picture from an antique shop in Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri. But, since there is no marking to indicate where the picture was made. Leslie would love to find a Ritter family member for this picture. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/unknown_photos/unknown_pics.html

Obit for Woodcock, Mabel M. was submitted by Vernon Ritter and added to the website. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/obits4/woodcock_mabel.jpg Marie Lawrence has added the surname Zeis to the surname page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/Monroe_co_surnames.htm

News article pertaining to the restoration of the Miles Cemetery, submitted by Kerry Patrick. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/newsarticles/miles_article.jpg Obit also submitted by Kerry William M. Whiteside http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/obits4/whiteside_wiilliam_a.txt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REINHOLD, ROUSSIN, FAULKENBERRY, KAUFMANN, KLEMM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/276.1 Message Board Post: Sheryl, I am looking for parents of Frank CROWE, born Nov. 1888 in Illinois, married Margaret Roussin about 1914. She was born in Monroe County 11 April 1883. I don't know of any children. It may be that Frank's parents are Thomas CROWE (b Nov 1857 in Illinois) and Catherine unknown (b Dec 1859 in Illinois). Can you help? Ann

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LUTZ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/304 Message Board Post: I am interested in finding information regarding Moritz LUTZ (d 1948) who was twice married. First wife, Luella Ida REXROTH LUTZ (d 1980). Moritz and Luella had two sons, Warren LUTZ (d 1980) and Otis LUTZ, former Post Master. Second wife, Rose Winterman.

A photo of the tombstone of Jung, Bernard; Jung, Lucille and Jung, Mary Lou was added to the Waterloo City Cemetery. It was submitted by Jean Jung. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/cemeteries/waterloo_city.html sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Miller, Smith (Powell), Brownfield, Modglin, Blue, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/299.1.1 Message Board Post: Kathy, Sorry, but I have no Anne Miller that I know of that married a Nicholas Tremmel. Good luck finding them. Millers are so difficult to trace! Kay

Placed on the website is a List of Current and Past names of places in Monroe Co. This list was compiled and submitted by Michelle Barbeau Chausse. Thanks Michelle. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/mc_places.html

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/299.1 Message Board Post: Might you have an Anna Miller who married Nicholas Tremmel on 17 Feb 1863 in Monroe?

----- Original Message ----- From: Vicky Parrin To: Eva & Carloss Bishop ; Debbie Broughton ; Vickie Childers ; Marie Cope ; Janet Flynn ; Lisa Griffin ; Carole Haas ; Arley Hamilton ; Maggie Hunter ; Diana Jennings ; Debra Jean Koch ; Donna Lattray ; Cathleen O'Connor ; Elizabeth Ann Parrin ; Shirley Pearce ; Jackie Sherrer ; Debi Stengel ; Pat Vickers Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:12 PM Subject: Washing Instructions Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe: This is an exact copy as written and found in an old scrapbook - with spelling errors and all. WASHING CLOTHES Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boiling water. Sort things, make 3 piles 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work britches and rags. To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water. Take white things , rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch. Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch. Hang old rags on fence. Spread tea towels on grass. Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water. Turn tubs upside down. Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings. ================================================ Paste this over your washer and dryer. Next time when you think things are bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine&nb sp;and dryer, and give thanks. First thing each morning you should run and hug your washer and dryer, also your toilet---those two-holers used to get mighty cold! For you non-southerners - 'wrench' means rinse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site!

The following obits have been added to the Monroe site. Bowen, Dallas A. Weissler, Sister Mary Joan http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/

Sorry to announce that the Monroe co. Places were not to go on line just yet, when sent to me I miss read the email, this was not with Michelles permission, I was to contact her and get permission. My mistake. Sorry sharon

Added to the website was a list of Current and Past names of places in Monroe Co. This list was compiled by By Michelle Barbeau Chausse and submitted by Vernon Ritter http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/mc_places.html

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/303 Message Board Post: Historic Atlas Series: 1876 Illinois Counties http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/il_map/il_index.html The Historic Atlas of Illinois counties series consists of (11) discrete Zone atlases. Each Zone consists of 9 or more bordering county maps making up all 102 Illinois counties. Each Zone Atlas contains high resolution scanned images of vintage 19th century county maps that are presented in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Individual Illinois Zones are sold separately at just $9.95 each, or the complete entire state set (Zones 1-11) can be purchased on a single CD for just $69.95! Each atlas includes the following 19th century features: * roads, railroads and canals * cities, towns and villages * post offices and government sites * one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries * rivers, streams and ferries * racetracks, fairgrounds and picnic groves * industrial sites, furnaces and mills * early homesteads and farms - and much, much more The Historic Atlas of Illinois series may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists, Historians and researchers in search of 19th century Illinois places. Thanks, Rich Green Historic Atlas Series http://www.historic-atlas-series.com

The Cash Book of the Town of Columbia is a register of receipts and disbursements made by the town of Columbia for goods and services over a 42 year period from 1859 to 1901. Photographed and submitted by Vernon Ritter. We are working on an index of names from each page but as you will see from the pages, this will take a while. You can view the pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe/cash_book.html