Can someone give me the address for the Peoria County Court House? I also need to know the current fee for getting a copy of a death certificate. Thanks for your time. Jeanette

Peoria Co. Clerk 324 Main St. Room 101 Courthouse Peoria IL 61602-1368 Ph: 309-672-6059 Certificates will be $5 or $7 depending on which years you are interested in. yYou might clall them first. They only take cash or bank check, no personal checks. Bill in Denver

I forgot to warn folks.....the picture files are very large and will take awhile to download. Horse drawn fire wagon = 329 KB Fire Chief John Buchele = 216 KB Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Zimmerman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] Early Fire Fighters & S.B. Chemical #1 > The photograph of the horse drawn fire wagon has been added to > my website, "Family Ties", linked from the Buchele family page. > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/buchele.htm > > The specific URLs include - > Horse drawn fire wagon: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/peoria/fd1.htm > > Fire Chief John Buchele: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/peoria/jbuchele.htm > > I would appreciate it if list members would check out the > horse drawn fire wagon photo to see if they recognize the building > in the background, and/or can help pinpoint the approximate > time period that the photograph was taken. > > Also, are fire department personnel files available for > research? > > Thank you, > Karen > > ====================================== > Karen Keehne Zimmerman > [email protected] > [email protected] > > "Family Ties" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip > Including: "Field Trip: Baltimore","Field Trip:St.Louis", > "Zimmerman/Zimmermann Database in Wisconsin" > and "KaylorDatabase in Maryland" > > Chuck & Marcelle Keehne's Golden Anniversary Site: > http://members.tripod.com/~stillwater > > ====================================== > > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html >

Thanks -- got it this time! And the book I was looking for was offered for sale!!!! Joan Derry

Sorry folks, I seem to be shy one tilde (~) Let me try again... www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/pcgs.html Wore my glasses this time, and then tried this one and it works. :-) Bill in Denver

The photograph of the horse drawn fire wagon has been added to my website, "Family Ties", linked from the Buchele family page. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/buchele.htm The specific URLs include - Horse drawn fire wagon: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/peoria/fd1.htm Fire Chief John Buchele: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/peoria/jbuchele.htm I would appreciate it if list members would check out the horse drawn fire wagon photo to see if they recognize the building in the background, and/or can help pinpoint the approximate time period that the photograph was taken. Also, are fire department personnel files available for research? Thank you, Karen ====================================== Karen Keehne Zimmerman [email protected] [email protected] "Family Ties" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip Including: "Field Trip: Baltimore","Field Trip:St.Louis", "Zimmerman/Zimmermann Database in Wisconsin" and "KaylorDatabase in Maryland" Chuck & Marcelle Keehne's Golden Anniversary Site: http://members.tripod.com/~stillwater ======================================

Me too - was unable to access after getting the URL -- thanks! Joan Derry

http:''www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html

Bill, Do you have another web site for this organization ? I am unable to get this one to work on my server. Thanks ! C >Peoria Co. Genealogical Society > >Post Office Box 1489 > >Peoria, IL 61655-1489 > >their web page: >http://www.usgennnet.org/ilpeoria/pcgs.html > >Bill in Denver > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html >

Hey Bill in Denver -- thanks so VERY much for the quick response! Joan Derry

Peoria Co. Genealogical Society Post Office Box 1489 Peoria, IL 61655-1489 their web page: http://www.usgennnet.org/ilpeoria/pcgs.html Bill in Denver

I would also like the address for the Peoria County Genealogical Society, please. Thanks! Kevin Miller

Good morning -- This is the first time for me to post to this list. I am looking for the web site address of the PEORIA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY in order to purchase a book. Also, I am researching all DERRY names from this area. Several branches of this family from the VA/PA area moved out west during the middle 1800's. Thank you. Joan Derry [email protected]

Karen: Thankyou, Roger

Roger, If you like I will scan the picture and post it to my web site so that you can download it. I also have a later picture of John Buchele and fire fighters sitting on top of their fire truck, possibly circa 1930-1940. I will post when I have the pictures uploaded to the site later this week. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] Early Fire Fighters & S.B. Chemical #1 > Karen: > I can't help you with identification of the photo, but would like a copy, > I was a voll. for 30yrs here in WA., but had family from Peoria. > W. F. ROBINSON family. don't really have much info on them except that my > GGMother Mary Ellen [Ella] [ROBINSON] SCOTT was born there 8/3/1855. > > The photo sounds very interesting and would be a nice addition to my awards > center. > If you can please fax a copy. > Thankyou, > > [email protected] > ROGER SCOTT > ADDY,WA. > Researching: > SCOTT VA.>OH.>MI.>NE.>ID.>WA. > ROBINSON PA.>OH.>NE. > GAMBLE SCOTLAND>PA.>NE.>ID.>CA. > HITCHCOCK ENGLAND>MA.>CT.>NY.>SD.>NE.>ID. > SATTERWHITE GA.>TN.>TX.>NM.>ID. > MERRELL TN.>TX.>ID. > KNOX MO.>TN.>TX.>ID > BLACKWELL VA.>NC.>TN. > WILKINSON IRELAND>VA.>IA.>ID. > KROLL UKRAINE-RUSSIA>SD.>WA. > OCHOCINSKI POLAND>NC.>WA. > ESSEX NE.>WA. > & MORE > > Researching for the future, > AND > Honoring the Past > > If You don't know History, > You don't know anything. > Your a leaf that doesn't > know it's part of the Tree. > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact the list administrator, Cheryl Rothwell, [email protected] >

Karen: I can't help you with identification of the photo, but would like a copy, I was a voll. for 30yrs here in WA., but had family from Peoria. W. F. ROBINSON family. don't really have much info on them except that my GGMother Mary Ellen [Ella] [ROBINSON] SCOTT was born there 8/3/1855. The photo sounds very interesting and would be a nice addition to my awards center. If you can please fax a copy. Thankyou, [email protected] ROGER SCOTT ADDY,WA. Researching: SCOTT VA.>OH.>MI.>NE.>ID.>WA. ROBINSON PA.>OH.>NE. GAMBLE SCOTLAND>PA.>NE.>ID.>CA. HITCHCOCK ENGLAND>MA.>CT.>NY.>SD.>NE.>ID. SATTERWHITE GA.>TN.>TX.>NM.>ID. MERRELL TN.>TX.>ID. KNOX MO.>TN.>TX.>ID BLACKWELL VA.>NC.>TN. WILKINSON IRELAND>VA.>IA.>ID. KROLL UKRAINE-RUSSIA>SD.>WA. OCHOCINSKI POLAND>NC.>WA. ESSEX NE.>WA. & MORE Researching for the future, AND Honoring the Past If You don't know History, You don't know anything. Your a leaf that doesn't know it's part of the Tree.

I am trying to identify a photograph of a horse drawn fire wagon which has the following imprinted on its carriage: "S.B. Chemical No.1" The photograph includes four uniformed and mustached gentlemen with a dog :) Would anyone have information about S.B. Chemical? Was it the name of the fire carriage, or possibly the name of a company with a volunteer fire force? My husband's grandfather, John L. BUCHELE, was a fireman for the Peoria Fire Department during the first part of the 20th century. He was the Fire Chief during the 1930s & 1940s. The photograph described above was in the possession of his daughter, Catherine Buchele Zimmerman. The picture obviously predates John Buchele's time with the fire department. Unfortunately, there is no identification on the back of the photograph and so I do not know the names of the men in the picture. Sincerely, Karen Keehne Zimmerman ====================================== "Family Ties" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip Including: "Field Trip: Baltimore","Field Trip:St.Louis", "Zimmerman/Zimmermann Database in Wisconsin" and "KaylorDatabase in Maryland" Chuck & Marcelle Keehne's Golden Anniversary Site: http://members.tripod.com/~stillwater Karen Keehne Zimmerman [email protected] [email protected] ======================================

they were in use in 1940s, while I was in high school.. it was fun to go to the rear and yank the power feed of and loose power .... the conductor had to go around to the rear and pull the power arm down and reseat it on the power line. The end of one line went way out (ha ha) to the stadium that is now called WAR MEMORIAL DR. It was a dirt street then. RUSS [email protected] Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ARK, Professionals built the TITANIC. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 06, 2000 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] Re:trolley cars >I'm also curious about street cars/trolley cars in Peoria at the turn of the >century. My grandfather, Thomas LOWRY, was a streetcar conductor in Peoria at >about that time. > >Thanks! > >Kevin > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

ILGenWeb has a great of Civil War information available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/index.htm The State Archives has the Civil War database online at http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html Now there is another source, the actual images of the War of the Rebellion and Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion are online free. [If the URLs don't work today try tomorrow -- when these announcements are made the sites are frequently overwhelmed.] The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2000 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. History buffs and genealogists alike are familiar with the "War Of The Rebellion Journal." This is a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies published in 1880 through 1901 under the direction of the Secretary of War. The entire publication was published as a set of 71 volumes containing tens of thousands of pages of information. This is probably the most detailed information about the American Civil War ever published. Now the entire series is available online. The Cornell University Library Making of America (MOA) Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The online collection is extensive and one of the latest additions is the "War Of The Rebellion". I spent some time looking at this online collection. Each page has been scanned as a graphic image. You can read the pages online or print them on your own printer. The pages that I printed on an ancient LaserJet printer looked much clearer than the typical photocopies made at a library. The Web site contains only graphic images. The books have not been converted to text. The only index available is the original index published with the collection in 1901. This index is available online, but it, too, is available as a collection of graphic images. The "War Of The Rebellion" is the major reference for the most troubled time in American history. The online version will be a major resource for historians and genealogists alike. You can view the online version of the "War Of The Rebellion" at: http://library5.library.cornell.edu/moa/ "The Official Records of the Unites States and Confederate Navies" is another great resource. This 30-volume reference is available at: http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/OFRE.html Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

I'm sorry that I can't give you much information. I do know that the Fort Clark Horse Railway had offices at N. 1600 Perry Street, Peoria. John H. Hall was president and H. W. Wells was secretary. I have letters from John Hall to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary A Hall, dated 1881 and 1884. I don't know how long it had been in existence at that time. Louise Temples ----- Original Message ----- From: Flock's <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 2:02 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] Peoria Junction > Hi, > Could any one tell me when the railroad went through Peoria. I'm trying > > to track down a ancestor who was working on the railroad. His name is > John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. > > Charlotte > > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >