Hello Everyone, I have been searching for WATSONS in the Morgan, Cass, Brown, Peoria and Madison areas for some time now. I just located my Watson family on the 1850 Census in Pike County (Chambersburg, which is right next to Meredosia). My problem is I am so in need of death records (obituaries would be wonderful, funeral home records also would be wonderful, burial sites, too!) Can anyone tell me how to go about getting an obituary (circa 1892 Letitia Watson) from Morgan Co. or a death record from 1863 (Edward Watson died from complications of Civil War), and their children? Are there people who I should be contacting to obtain this information? Morgan County Clerk has been very helpful but just doesn't have the type of information I am now looking for. Advice sought! Marie Butcher --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
Dear Marie, Your best bet for obits is the IL State Historical Library, which is moving right now and not available until Sept. Another good bet for obits is to contact the public library in the community where the person died, find out where the newspaper archives are for that county's newspapers, and ask the library with the newspapers to look up the obit for you. Usually little or no fee for this. As for 1863 death records in Morgan Co., you are out of luck there. Death records, at least not more than a handful, were not kept at that early date in most IL counties. Try civil war pension papers from NARA for death date and other info, cemetery marker, and local paper for a death notice. Pension papers would be the best source if available, as they would probably give lots of family information. Good luck, Juli Claussen Kehl, Edwards, Henry, McCurley, Ro(d)gers in Morgan Co., IL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Butcher" <mbutcher14901@yahoo.com> To: <ILMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: [ILMORGAN] Death Records > Hello Everyone, > I have been searching for WATSONS in the Morgan, Cass, Brown, Peoria and Madison areas for some time now. I just located my Watson family on the 1850 Census in Pike County (Chambersburg, which is right next to Meredosia). > > My problem is I am so in need of death records (obituaries would be wonderful, funeral home records also would be wonderful, burial sites, too!) > > Can anyone tell me how to go about getting an obituary (circa 1892 Letitia Watson) from Morgan Co. or a death record from 1863 (Edward Watson died from complications of Civil War), and their children? Are there people who I should be contacting to obtain this information? Morgan County Clerk has been very helpful but just doesn't have the type of information I am now looking for. > > Advice sought! > > > Marie Butcher > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > > > ==== ILMORGAN Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Linda Lee, > List administrator, with questions concerning this list! > >