[email protected] wrote: > This item recently appeared in the Montgomery County News, Thursday, > September 14, 2000, and I thought might be of interest to you listers. > > Stories of Former Local Businesses Needed For Litchfield History Book > > With the deadline for family histories in the Litchfield Sesquicentennial > Book having passed, the committee has now turned its attention to collecting > the histories of local businesses no longer in existence. > Stories of former businesses will be accepted without cost and may include a > picture and text up to 500 words. Deadline for their submission will be the > end of the year. The stories will be accepted from family members. > Also being solicited are memories of local businesses from anyone in the > community, according to Mrs. David A. Jackson, co-chairman on the project > with Al Lopinot. > The stories may be addressed to Litchfield History Book Committee, P.O. Box > 43, Litchfield, IL 62056. > Also being accepted now are orders for the book which wil be available in the > summer of 2002. Oders for the book may be placed with a $20 deposit to > reserve a copy of the pre-publication price of $54.95 plus $3.43 state sales > tax. > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ In response to the item about the history of Litchfield businesses---I am in Chicago where the library I use has a copy of the Montgomery County 1913 Farmers' and Breeders' Directory. This guide provides information on whether the farmer/breeder is tenant or landowner, if tenant who owns the land, what breeds of what animal they produce, and what make of car they drive, if any. The book also carries ads for local businesses. If anybody wants a lookup, drop me a line. Nora

This item recently appeared in the Montgomery County News, Thursday, September 14, 2000, and I thought might be of interest to you listers. Stories of Former Local Businesses Needed For Litchfield History Book With the deadline for family histories in the Litchfield Sesquicentennial Book having passed, the committee has now turned its attention to collecting the histories of local businesses no longer in existence. Stories of former businesses will be accepted without cost and may include a picture and text up to 500 words. Deadline for their submission will be the end of the year. The stories will be accepted from family members. Also being solicited are memories of local businesses from anyone in the community, according to Mrs. David A. Jackson, co-chairman on the project with Al Lopinot. The stories may be addressed to Litchfield History Book Committee, P.O. Box 43, Litchfield, IL 62056. Also being accepted now are orders for the book which wil be available in the summer of 2002. Oders for the book may be placed with a $20 deposit to reserve a copy of the pre-publication price of $54.95 plus $3.43 state sales tax.

Hi List I have a marriage license for my gggrandparents William H. Thompson age 20 and Maude Marie Hoots age 16, filed 9-15-1902, in Greene Co. Illinois William's residence is Roodhouse and was born to Marion and Mary Mitchell Thompson in Litchfeild Illinois, Anyone look familiar ? Thanks Dave Starr

Can anyone tell me who is the keeper of the records for Asbury Cemetery at Raymond? I have tried to contact the Hough Funeral Home there but have not gotten a response. Thanks! Sue

To All: If this is the same cemetery that I noticed, well over a year ago, that they were taking up the gravestones and putting little flags in their places. This was on the East end of the airport, east of the SWA terminal at the end of a runway. I was appalled to see this happening. Seems some folks think grabbing that next piece of land is far more important than preserving the final resting places of individuals and families. It appears to me that in another 100 years there will be many many more cemeteries scoured off the face of the earth. For some of us who are trying to trace our families and families of friends and acquaintances, today's society is trying to desecrate, rather than preserve, our history. When a loved one passes away their family should feel secure in knowing the place is sacred. Not having to fear that somewhere down the road their resting place will be tossed aside for a road, a building or a runway!! The airport knew that cemetery was there when they decided to build!! This is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please pass this on to the City of St. Louis and Southwest Airlines and whomever might need to read it. Would they like for their grandmother to be "dug up" and "thrown out" somewhere else?? Linda Collins Decatur, Illinois

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Hi Been awhile since I wrote, so thought I would see if anyone out there now is also searching. I have the following given names and info: Johan/John Detmers died 2/18/1878 in Rountree Twp - will or obit? Antje/Angie died 1916 - will or obit? Antje or Agnie b. 1857 married Niesman or Weisman Augusta married George R. EKhoff 1877 Rountree Twp Johanna married John Henrechs in 1880 at Hillsboro Boyd/Boye Trientje Weerts, John/Johan - children born in Nokomis,moved to Nebr after 1875 Weert (brother to John) married Angeline Detmers 1871 - don'tknow what happened to them If anyone has access to census' 1870, 1880 and 1900 would sure appreciate a look-see for the Detmers and Weerts. Thanks Pat

Would anyone be able to do an obituary look-up for me in the Montgomery county papers for William Henry FERDON, who died in Litchfield on May 4, 1880. He lived in Sangamon County from about 1840-1858, moved to Macoupin, then to Montgomery about 1871. He was also an auctioneer, an interesting profession. I do not live in Illinois any longer, so I would appreciate any help. Thank you! Patricia Hansen

Hi Barbara, I happened to view a film of the Montgomery Co. 1855 State enumeration today at my local Family History Center. I looked for your names, but only found a William Parrish at Hillsboro township, page 80 of the census, with 1 male (I assume Wm.) in the household, age 20-30. Maybe he is connected to your Isaac? Juli Claussen Carbondale, IL

Eileen- Springfield is about 45 minutes from Hillsboro. I think he meant 2 hours from St. Louis. From St. Louis take I-55 north and the Litchfield exit. This puts you on Hwy 16 (or Union Avenue through town) The library is at the center of town - intersection of State St. and Union Ave. The library has recently been through some renovation and remodeling. The Historical section is now upstairs and under lock and key - literally!! You will be issued a key for the room. You may not take any purses, bags or backpacks into the room. Guess some folks have to ruin it for others and things have been disappearing. They have a copier, microfilm reader/printer in the room. The local paper is on film - a few reels are missing, I have discovered. There are also several books and indexes published by the local genealogical society and Mr. Sanders. If you have done any research in Illinois, you will become very familiar with his name. Hillsboro, the county seat, is located just east of Litchfield. Get back on Hwy 16 (Union Ave) and head in the same direction you came in to town. Hwy 16 runs you smack into the center of Hillsboro and the courthouses - old and new. Depending on what kind of records you are looking for, they will be located in one of these two buildings (across the street from each other). I have found the clerks to be very friendly and helpful in both locations. In the new courthouse you may have to wait if a clerk is unavailable. There you must be escorted downstairs, but they will help you look for what ever you need. And they were right, wear old clothes - it is a bit dusty. Hillsboro also has a library with a genealogy section. The local newspaper, Montgomery County News, is also located across the street from the old courthouse. I grew up in this area and have haunted many of these spots!! Marilyn Kailua, Hawaii

This is in response to Barbara CAPPS GARLAND's query regarding the availability of Illinois censuses on-line. Following is a hyperlink to one of my favorite sites which provides links to all of the United States and Canadian censuses that are on-line: <A HREF="http://census-online.com/links/index.html">Census Online - Links</A>. Unfortunately, there are no Montgomery Co., IL, censuses listed as being on-line at this time. Also, if you have not already done so, be sure to check out the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900, through the following hyperlink: <A HREF="http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage">Marriage Search</A>. Sue Tilleman List Administrator for the BOLDWYN, CARLOCK, and CEARLOCK Rootsweb Mailing Lists <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.html"> Home Page of Susan Cearlock Tilleman</A> -----ORIGINAL MESSAGE------ From: Barbara Garland [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 4:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILMONTGO] Parish & Delaplain Hi everyone, I'm new on this list. My gggrandparents were married in Montgomery cty. so I'm trying to find more out. His name was Isaac Parrish and hers was Mary Delaplain. Could someone direct me to an Illinois census online? probably 1840, 50, or 60? Thanks Barbara Capps Garland

Eileen I would recommend planning on visiting both the Montgomery County Courthouse and the State Capitol in Springfield. When you go to the Montgomery Cty courthouse, wear something you don't mind get getting dirty - they let you handle the records yourself. These are large heavy books with red binders (it washes out though). I found quite a few land purchases and marriage records in Montgomery. There is also a Montgomery County Historical Society located in Litchfield (address I think is at Montgomery Cty web site off of http://www.usgenweb.com) They do have a public library, though I didn't think they had an awful lot. There is a "new state capitol" and an "old state capitol" in Springfield. Personally, I found the "old" to have more info - It's a huge library - wall-to-wall books with all kinds of stuff. They do have newspapers on microfilm going quite a ways back. If you go the IL Geneaology Society from http://www.usgenweb.com on the IL home page, there's a link and a search engine for newspapers. The staff at each is very nice. Your drive from St.L. I believe is 1 hour and then Springfield is 2 hours from Hillsboro. I'd visit all three - I allowed two days for both of these and it seemed adequate. There is a place called "Red Rooster Inn" right across the street from the courthouse in Hillsboro - about $35 for one night. Happy Hunting! Cory, OKC

Dear Donna and Pat, THANK YOU both so very much!!! So, had Marys last name spelled wrong? Maybe thats been my problem. Thanks again, Barbara Capps Garland http://community.webtv.net/BarbG3/MemoriesofJason

Hi, I saw your request PARRISH, ISAAC DELAPLAIN, MARY J (DOLAPLAIN) MONTGOMERY 02/24/1863 / 2506 from the Ill marriages website. http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage Good luck, Donna

Eileen My experience is that I have found more information in Montgomery county than at the Archives in Springfield. Bob Drennan eileends wrote: > Greetings, Montgomery County researchers. During a visit home to St. Louis > next week, I plan to spend a day researching a link between my ancestors > (Frederick HORNBURG, husband of Elizabeth KASSEL) and Montgomery County. > One of the connections is that the family lived in Butler Township during > the 1870 federal census. Secondly, although the family moved to St. Louis, > MO, Frederick was buried in Butler, IL in 1887, his daughter Anna HORNBURG > METTY was buried in Hillsboro, IL in 1910, and his wife, Elizabeth KASSEL > HORNBURG was buried in Bethania Cemetery in 1904 (the only cemetery I've > found with this name is in Cook County, IL). I haven't found where in > Butler and Hillsboro the father and daughter are buried. > > I'm seeking your advice on what my plan should be: My visit is simply to > find more connections to Montgomery County and to Illinois in general for > this and another set of ancestors (FOGARTY-FITZGERALD) who may have lived in > Illinois for a time. Should I plan to visit both Montgomery County > libraries as well as the State Archives in Springfield? I understand > Hillsboro has a public library with some genealogical information. Are > there other worthwhile places to visit? Is it fairly easy to negotiate your > way around the State Archives if you haven't been there before? > > Any advice is most appreciated! > > Eileen in SD > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Dianne Curry Morris, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! mail to:[email protected] > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/

Hi everyone, I'm new on this list. My gggrandparents were married in Montgomery cty. so I'm trying to find more out. His name was Isaac Parrish and hers was Mary Delaplain. Could someone direct me to an Illinois census online? probably 1840, 50, or 60? Thanks Barbara Capps Garland

eileends wrote: > Greetings, Montgomery County researchers. During a visit home to St. Louis > next week, I plan to spend a day researching a link between my ancestors > (Frederick HORNBURG, husband of Elizabeth KASSEL) and Montgomery County. > One of the connections is that the family lived in Butler Township during > the 1870 federal census. Secondly, although the family moved to St. Louis, > MO, Frederick was buried in Butler, IL in 1887, his daughter Anna HORNBURG > METTY was buried in Hillsboro, IL in 1910, and his wife, Elizabeth KASSEL > HORNBURG was buried in Bethania Cemetery in 1904 (the only cemetery I've > found with this name is in Cook County, IL). I haven't found where in > Butler and Hillsboro the father and daughter are buried. > > I'm seeking your advice on what my plan should be: My visit is simply to > find more connections to Montgomery County and to Illinois in general for > this and another set of ancestors (FOGARTY-FITZGERALD) who may have lived in > Illinois for a time. Should I plan to visit both Montgomery County > libraries as well as the State Archives in Springfield? I understand > Hillsboro has a public library with some genealogical information. Are > there other worthwhile places to visit? Is it fairly easy to negotiate your > way around the State Archives if you haven't been there before? > > Any advice is most appreciated! > > Eileen in SD > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Dianne Curry Morris, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! mail to:[email protected] > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ Hello from Chicago---I made a research trip to Montgomery County last spring. First of all, the courthouse at Hillsboro isn't open weekends, as I'm sure you know already. Second, it closes M-F at about 4 PM, so save your evenings for strolling around graveyards and so on. Third, in Hillsboro you have (across the street from each other) the old courthouse and the new courthouse. The new one has wills and estate records: ask at the desk. They will take you to the basement and pull the wills, then you sit at a table right there to work---you can't take them out of the room. So be prepared to take a lot of notes. Ask for every surname you can think of and have them pull all the records at once, while they're at itn. I found some I'd never imagined would exist, and where there was no will, the estate records can still be very revealing (estate inventory, claims against estate, records of sale of stuff, etc.)/ At the old courthouse just ask at the desk and they will show you into a room where you help yourself to records of birth, death, marriage, and land purchase. You work on your own. Standing up---there's noplace to sit down and the tables are of a height that you'd have to stand up anyway. Death certificates didn't start until 1917 but there is an old Death Book (very incomplete) with some records before that. I didn't go to the Hillsboro library but the one in Litchfield has a whole little upstairs genealogy department where I found great riches. If you are staying overnight, forget the Red Rooster Inn, a B & B online. Its location is convenient, right across the street from the courthouse at Hillsboro, but the place is a disaster. The porch furniture is so rusty that you dare not sit on it lest you ruin your clothes. The lobby isn't too bad as the local Good Ole Boys eat breakfast at the hotel, but upstairs is like something from The Addams Family, with long spooky corridors. Our room had filthy dirty carpet and bedspread, stained and mismatched furniture, and piles of dirt in the corners. There was no door on the bathroom, just shutters that didn't meet, and in the middle of the night while we were sleeping, one of the so-called bathroom doors fell down and crashed to the floor, just came right off the hinges. The toilet needed about sixteen flushes in order to flush. The windows were sealed shut. Outside in the hall, the door to the fire escape (second floor) led to a landing hanging loose in space, as the stairs to the ground had fallen off or been removed. As for this being a B & B (as it's advertised) the second B is invalid as we were charged for breakfast. You can get a fairly decent breakfast or lunch at the Red Rooster, and, in any case, there isn't much choice of places to eat. Main Street is full of boarded-up stores, and the Red Rooster is just across from the side doors of the Old Courthouse. There are several chain motels in Litchfield if you have to stay over. The only cemeteries I can tell you about are Clear Springs and Elmwood. The former is impossible to find without close directions from Carol Berry <[email protected]> who maintains this old pioneer graveyard. Elmwood is big and much more modern but the super is seldom in his office---you have to go chase him around the cemetery as he mows grass etc.. He is rather curt so have your list of names at hand if you finally corner him. Springfield: we went only to a library I think is called the Lincoln Library---has a big genealogy department, found a lot of stuff there. Didn't get to the Archives this time. Where to eat: Hillsboro has essentially nothing, not even a supermarket, just one convenience store. We found ourselves going back to Litchfield. Best place we found there was a bakery called Jubelt's which does light meals and has excellent coffee cake and so on. There is also a branch in mid-downtown Springfield. ...so, you want to look in the Death Book and see if you find your folks. If you do, the cemetery will be named. You can also check various cemeteries. By the way, James Starr, the brother of my gg-grandfather, was the surveyor who laid out the town of Butler. At the courthouse I found estate records from that uncle's death at age 31 of diphetheria. His surveying instruments were bought at the auction by his father, obviously to give to his other son, who probably didn't have the money to buy them ($35, a lot in 1863). The surviving son, my gg-grandfather, used them well as he served as Montgomery County Surveyor for 44 years. Good luck in your search. In don't know whether I have helped at all, except to say that I learned so very much from a few days in Montgomery County, and what I got there was information I could never have found anywhere else. Nora Tocus

There is a Lookup Volunteer who will do the index for you on where they are (page # and township). The web site address for the Montgomery County Genweb is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/3648/montgo2.html Mary Collins is your Lookup person. After you have the index information, you can check with Illinois State Archives or libraries in the area to either visit and check the census record on microfilm, or order from your library on interlibrary loan (particularly if you are out of state). Also, your local LDS Family History Center might have the film as well. Pat Hansen -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Garland [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 4:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILMONTGO] Parish & Delaplain Hi everyone, I'm new on this list. My gggrandparents were married in Montgomery cty. so I'm trying to find more out. His name was Isaac Parrish and hers was Mary Delaplain. Could someone direct me to an Illinois census online? probably 1840, 50, or 60? Thanks Barbara Capps Garland ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

The Litchfield Carnegie Public Library also has an extensive genealogical section, including the holdings of the Montgomery County Genealogical Society. Happy hunting! JKD ----- Original Message ----- From: eileends <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 5:39 PM Subject: [ILMONTGO] Mont. County research > Greetings, Montgomery County researchers. During a visit home to St. Louis > next week, I plan to spend a day researching a link between my ancestors > (Frederick HORNBURG, husband of Elizabeth KASSEL) and Montgomery County. > One of the connections is that the family lived in Butler Township during > the 1870 federal census. Secondly, although the family moved to St. Louis, > MO, Frederick was buried in Butler, IL in 1887, his daughter Anna HORNBURG > METTY was buried in Hillsboro, IL in 1910, and his wife, Elizabeth KASSEL > HORNBURG was buried in Bethania Cemetery in 1904 (the only cemetery I've > found with this name is in Cook County, IL). I haven't found where in > Butler and Hillsboro the father and daughter are buried. > > I'm seeking your advice on what my plan should be: My visit is simply to > find more connections to Montgomery County and to Illinois in general for > this and another set of ancestors (FOGARTY-FITZGERALD) who may have lived in > Illinois for a time. Should I plan to visit both Montgomery County > libraries as well as the State Archives in Springfield? I understand > Hillsboro has a public library with some genealogical information. Are > there other worthwhile places to visit? Is it fairly easy to negotiate your > way around the State Archives if you haven't been there before? > > Any advice is most appreciated! > > Eileen in SD > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Dianne Curry Morris, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! mail to:[email protected] > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi, Again, Eileen, Someone else will have to answer about the Montgomery research, but I can tell you about my first trip to the Springfield libraries a few months ago. Traveling wise, it's a piece of cake. First I did my home work by internet so that I knew which item was in which library. I'll list the links below. That served me well, my notes kept me reasonably organized for a one day trip. First I went to the Historical Museum which is in the Old Capitol Building - you can't miss it. The interstate exit is on 6th street which runs one-way north. By the time you get "downtown", stay in the left lane - it will take you straight to the underground parking garage of the old capitol. The elevator up is sort of hidden in the left corner of the building that you just drove by. (I missed it when I was there). At the counter, get a map on how to get to the Archive Library. When you leave there, you go out the other side of the building which I guess is either 5th or 7th and it will take you straight back to the interstate. One way going south. See what I mean about a piece of cake? The Archive Library is a few blocks to the south and a few blocks to the west. Remember the name of the building that it's in (Margaret Cross Norton), there is a parking lot to the west of it. This is the place that will have that 1865 microfilm for you. Both places have delightful, willing to help, people working there. Seems like it was a full day for me. I believe one place closes as 4 and maybe the other closes at 4:30. It's probably at least 100 miles from St. Louis. I'm assuming you have visited the downtown St. Louis public library. They have a lot of microfilm in the basement. And the St Louis County library has some good stuff, too, maybe not for you. Historical Library http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/ - Includes newspaper microfilms This is in the same building - I didn't know about this one http://www.prairienet.org/ishs/ Archives Library http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html - includes the 1865 census on microfilm that you wanted. I think I remember a snack bar in the building to the east of the Archive building. Closes maybe at 2. Don't know if there is a location besides the internet for this http://www.tbox.com/isgs/ I never made it to this one http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/ Wasn't even interested in that one. Dorothy -----Original Message----- From: eileends <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:37 PM Subject: [ILMONTGO] Mont. County research Greetings, Montgomery County researchers. During a visit home to St. Louis next week, I plan to spend a day researching a link between my ancestors (Frederick HORNBURG, husband of Elizabeth KASSEL) and Montgomery County. One of the connections is that the family lived in Butler Township during the 1870 federal census. Secondly, although the family moved to St. Louis, MO, Frederick was buried in Butler, IL in 1887, his daughter Anna HORNBURG METTY was buried in Hillsboro, IL in 1910, and his wife, Elizabeth KASSEL HORNBURG was buried in Bethania Cemetery in 1904 (the only cemetery I've found with this name is in Cook County, IL). I haven't found where in Butler and Hillsboro the father and daughter are buried. I'm seeking your advice on what my plan should be: My visit is simply to find more connections to Montgomery County and to Illinois in general for this and another set of ancestors (FOGARTY-FITZGERALD) who may have lived in Illinois for a time. Should I plan to visit both Montgomery County libraries as well as the State Archives in Springfield? I understand Hillsboro has a public library with some genealogical information. Are there other worthwhile places to visit? Is it fairly easy to negotiate your way around the State Archives if you haven't been there before? Any advice is most appreciated! Eileen in SD ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Dianne Curry Morris, list administrator with questions concerning this list! mail to:[email protected] ============================== Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at http://resources.rootsweb.com/