Polley, Go to http://www.usgenweb.com. Go to the STATE pages. Go to the clickable map of the U.S. - Click on IL. When you get to the IL home page, go to Illinois Geneaology Research Aids (which is down the page in blue letters), go to Pre-1908 Illinois Land Patent Grants. Here you can do a search. When it pulls up the results, you have an option to view the image. They offer for people to send money for a copy, but if you just right-click on the image when your viewing it, and choose "Save Picture As" you can save it to a disk or hard drive. You can then use your photo software to go in and crop the signature into a separate document. good luck Cory, OKC From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [ILMONTGO] General question--need help!!! Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am trying to obtain signatures of my ancestors to scan & place under their portrait. They all owned property & were members of a church in Montgomery County. Any suggestions on where I can go to get their signature? Also, I have ancestors who divorced in Hillsboro in 1870--where can I get info on that divorce? Many thanks! Polley Lawrence.