There is a Cress Hill Cemetery on the USGS, United States Government survey map 7.5 Montgomery County that has the road system on it. Try that. If that doesn't work, send an Email to Sandy Leitheiser at the County Clerks Office in Hillsboro. They will give you directions I am sure, Rev. Dewey Leon Everts Jr. Genealogy site below: You can choose friends; you are stuck with relatives. http://community-2.webtv.net/Evertshistory/EVERTSCRITESafamily http://community.webtv.net/Deweyphotos/EVERTSCRITESFAMILY

Does anyone know how to get to Cress Cemetery aka Hill Cemetery? I know there is a Cress Hill Lane just off Chapman T Trl. and according the the Montgomery County Cemetery location maps it appears to be south of where the road turns right. My g-g-grandfather lived on that road in the mid 1800's as did the Moore's and Chumley's. Thanks, Linda

I was looking through The Montgomery County Cemetery Location Maps and found Austin Cemetery listed as #5 on the South Fillmore map. Does anyone know how to find this cemetery? It does not list it as extinct. Thanks, Linda

Warren, Peggy Beach, a classmate of mine, can be found at www.classmates.com under the Class of 1964 for Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Illinois. Good luck!!!! JKD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad & Linda Collins" <oldretcop@wamusa.com> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:11 AM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Peggy BEACH and Sodersinski > Warren: > > In the 1951 Hillsboro phone book I found a Beach family. A T.A. Beach, a > dentist, who lived on St. Louis St. I found no Beach's in the current phone > book. I'll ask my husband if he knew her. > > As for your other question regarding a Sodersinski. I did not find that > name in the 1945, 1951 or the current phone book. I'll ask my husband about > him too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mokurai" <mokurai@dodo.com.au> > To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:41 PM > Subject: [ILMONTGO] Peggy BEACH > > > > Hi all, > > > > This is not genealogy as such...but rather a look for a person who was my > pen pal back in about 1952 when I was 8 or 9. at the time I lived in > Auckland, New Zealand at a seaside resort called Weymouth. My pen pal was an > American girl who lived in Hillsboro, Illinois called Peggy Beach. of course > she would have grown up, married, etc by now and have grandchildren eh. If > SKS knows of her perhaps they could let her know I was asking after her and > give her my email address please. Thanks. > > > > Hooray, > > > > Warren C. O. Power in Ballarat, Australia (ex Kiwi). > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings > are housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield IL.P.O. > Box 212, Litchfield, IL 62056-0212 > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery Co IL Mail List is for Genealogical research do not send Virus warnings to the list. "Problems with the Montgomery Co IL Mail list contact Tim Casey timcasey59@earthlink.net. > >

I am looking for an obituary from nearby Alton/Godfrey area. The family lived there most of the time. This person died in St. Louis MO but nothing is there. Could anyone do an obituary look-up for me? I have dates. Please contact me if you can volunteer for me. Thank you Dora dorac@comcast.net

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Warren: In the 1951 Hillsboro phone book I found a Beach family. A T.A. Beach, a dentist, who lived on St. Louis St. I found no Beach's in the current phone book. I'll ask my husband if he knew her. As for your other question regarding a Sodersinski. I did not find that name in the 1945, 1951 or the current phone book. I'll ask my husband about him too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mokurai" <mokurai@dodo.com.au> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: [ILMONTGO] Peggy BEACH > Hi all, > > This is not genealogy as such...but rather a look for a person who was my pen pal back in about 1952 when I was 8 or 9. at the time I lived in Auckland, New Zealand at a seaside resort called Weymouth. My pen pal was an American girl who lived in Hillsboro, Illinois called Peggy Beach. of course she would have grown up, married, etc by now and have grandchildren eh. If SKS knows of her perhaps they could let her know I was asking after her and give her my email address please. Thanks. > > Hooray, > > Warren C. O. Power in Ballarat, Australia (ex Kiwi). > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings are housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield IL.P.O. Box 212, Litchfield, IL 62056-0212 > > >

Hi All, Whilst with the Far East Fleet in 1962-3 I was on HMNZS Taranaki. During this time I met a number of Marines off the American ship USS Topeka. My nickname was Speed (no not drugs...the speed with which I moved!). Anyhow I met this guy from Hillsboro, Illinois who was a Marine and RC. I know this because he gave me one of his dog tags. My three boys grew up playing with this until finally it disappeared. I have often wondered what happened to him and would like to know if anyone on this site know of him. Sorry....I can't remember his first name....if it was on the dog tag. Maybe if you ask all the men with the surname of Sodersinski (no guarrantee on the pronounciation either!) he may remember. I kidded him along that I too was American and lived in Hillsboro, Illinois. Kiwis are good at changing their accent eh. I was 17...18 at the time so assuming a similar age he would be in his 60s. Thanks. Hooray, Warren C. O. Power in Ballarat, Australia (ex Kiwi).

Hi all, This is not genealogy as such...but rather a look for a person who was my pen pal back in about 1952 when I was 8 or 9. at the time I lived in Auckland, New Zealand at a seaside resort called Weymouth. My pen pal was an American girl who lived in Hillsboro, Illinois called Peggy Beach. of course she would have grown up, married, etc by now and have grandchildren eh. If SKS knows of her perhaps they could let her know I was asking after her and give her my email address please. Thanks. Hooray, Warren C. O. Power in Ballarat, Australia (ex Kiwi).

I wanted to formally thank Linda for all the effort and "WORK" she did to try to find my family who are buried in Harvel Cemetery. She spend alot of time and effort! Formally---Thank YOU. I really appreciate it Dora

For Janet Shapiro. I snapped a shot of John M Row and wife Clara R Brogan Row's stone at Clear Springs... For some reason your address keeps bouncing back today. Linda

Taylor Springs is alive and well just to the south of Hillsboro. Although way smaller than it was some years ago. If not for the color of the street signs you wouldn't know you left Hillsboro. Also to Chandra, The undertaker was Fred Welge. Decendants still live in the area. As for the records at the Montgomery County Courthouse. I have found them to be very cooperative in obtaining a copy of birth, death or marriage records. The books are available to look at any time. If you want you can make copies of the stuff recorded in the books at a cost of 25 cents per copy. If you want a copy of the actual marriage license, death certificate or birth record it does cost $10. Most death records in the books tells where the person was buried. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewey Everts" <Evertshistory@webtv.net> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Clear Springs Cemetery > Chandra, I forgot. I thought Row and "springs" sounded familiar. My > GAunt, Ina Crites married Sam Row on July 26, 1919 in Hillboro. > He was the son of Peter and Polly (Peterfield) Row of Taylor Springs > Illinois. That was very near Hillsboro, if it is still there. > > Rev. Dewey Leon Everts Jr. > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery Co IL Mail List is for Genealogical research do not send Virus warnings to the list. "Problems with the Montgomery Co IL Mail list contact Tim Casey timcasey59@earthlink.net. > > >

Hi Everyone, According to my great-grandmother's obit, her sister Clara (Burgan) Row was still living in 1951. Hopefully this will help anyone trying to find burial information on her. I would be interested in the info too. Also there was a Ben Franklin Burgan that I believe to be their father buried at Clear Springs. All other records for their father have shown him as "Frank" and the birth year doesn't quite match the other 2 dates we've found, but Clara was the informant for the Death Certificate. He died Dec 11, 1916. The undertaker's name looks like Fred W. Wilge of Hillsboro. Does anyone familiar with the area have any information on him and where his records might have ended up?? Thanks!! Chandra in Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet L Shapiro" <shapiro@stic.net> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 05:01 PM Subject: [ILMONTGO] Clear Springs Cemetery > Is there a book listing the burials in Clear Springs Cemetery? I seem to have a lot of Row family buried there. Looking for Clara R. Brogan Row, wife of John Morgan Row. He died 14 May 1943 and is buried there. > Thanks > Janet in San Antonio > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery County Genealogical Society was formed in 1978 and its holdings are housed at the Litchfield Carnegie Public Library in Litchfield IL.P.O. Box 212, Litchfield, IL 62056-0212 > > >

Chandra, I forgot. I thought Row and "springs" sounded familiar. My GAunt, Ina Crites married Sam Row on July 26, 1919 in Hillboro. He was the son of Peter and Polly (Peterfield) Row of Taylor Springs Illinois. That was very near Hillsboro, if it is still there. Rev. Dewey Leon Everts Jr.

Chandra, Contact Sandy Leitheiser, County Clerk, Montgomery County Courthouse, PO box 595, Hillsboro, Illinois, 62049. All birth/death certificates cost $10 per name and the ten is not refundable if it is or IS NOT recorded. Birth or death certificates are not always available for certain dates. Her phone number is 217-532-9530. Before a certain date in Illinois, they were not required to be filed. Sorry, do not know the date. Barbara Heflin at the Secretary of States office at the Archives in Springfield can provde some records for some dates. IRAD can provide some, but not if the County won't permit them to do so. The county makes a bundle off what should be public records. You can go to the courthouse and ask to see it; if a death certificate is not sealed by the court, it should be avaialble to the public. Same as birth amd Marriage records. THAT is part of the purpose of their recording. Rev. Dewey Leon Everts Jr.

Thank you to all the members of this site who are willing to help me find my cemetery and information. (So many of you offered information.) You are a very great group! Thank you all Dora :Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] CEMETERY AND FUNERAL HOME > I believe it is called the Harvel Cemetery.

Hello list: Others on this list have had good luck finding cemeteries in Montomery co. I was born in Montg. Co., but live in New Mexico. I have an ancestor David Sturgeon who was buried in a private cemetery that is located on the Brohammer farm in East Fork Township in the corner near a curve in the road. About 5 or 6 years ago, I visited that location. Mr. Brohammer allowed my cousin and I to go into his horse pasture and search for the gravestones of the burial site. We were able to dig up several stones that were buried under about 3 inches of dirt. We found the stone of David Sturgeon, plus some of my Sanders line. I have asked the Montg. Co. Genealogical Society to go to this location, and get permission from Mr. Brohammer to locate as many of the stones from this cemetery as possible and have them recorded. After 5 or 6 years, they have not done anything about it. Does anyone know anything about this private cemetery, and do you know of someone that might be able to check into getting these stones recorded? I am afraid they will again be buried, and the stones will be forever lost. I would really like to see the area roped off, or fenced off and preserved. Thaniks for any information you can give. Ilene Husman Jones

Will someone do me a favor and contact the Litchfield City hall and see if they have birth certificates archived. When I was born in 1928, the Village Clerk, Gordon Olive, signed the birth certificate. My father Dewey Leon Everts and my Uncle Clarence B Everts were 1 and 3 years old when the census taker came though in 1900. Census listed surname as EVERTES. It is Everts. BIG difference. Montgomery County insists that there is no birth certificate filed with them. Clarence born June 1896, Dewey born June 1898. The County kept the $20 however. But they ARE sending me a birth certificate of an Everts I have never heard of. Ah, bureaucracy at its finest. Rev. Dewey Leon Everts Jr.

I believe it is called the Harvel Cemetery. Sorry I can't help more. Donna

Is there a book listing the burials in Clear Springs Cemetery? I seem to have a lot of Row family buried there. Looking for Clara R. Brogan Row, wife of John Morgan Row. He died 14 May 1943 and is buried there. Thanks Janet in San Antonio