Hi Everyone: A couple weeks ago I asked for the addresses of these, and the hours that they are open. I lost the info.. I plan on driving to Peoria from Indianapolis Ind. sometime the week of the 17th, of July. This coming week. Thanks for your patience Rodd

Try for an obituary in the local or Peoria newspaper. Sandie in Wisconsin

The Logan County ILGenWeb is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Cheryl, Thanks for the suggestion. I ordered it today! Also, do you have a separate web page for Logan County research? If so, what is the URL? Thanks! Kevin

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. Family History Library Catalog on CD-ROM This week I had a chance to use the new Family History Library Catalog on CD-ROM. This valuable resource is produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). The Family History Library Catalog is a listing of available family histories; birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; and many other records that may contain genealogical information. These records may be in a book, on microfiche or microfilm, or in a computer file. You can use these items at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Most of the same records are also available to you locally. While this new CD- ROM is titled the "Family History Library Catalog," it really is a catalog of records that you can obtain locally as well. You can visit any of the 1,000+ local Family History Centers located around the world to order a microfilm or microfiche rental for a fee of about $3.00. Before you visit the center, you should identify the films you want to order and either print the full records or the microfilm or microfiche numbers. Doing this in advance can save a lot of time at the local Family History Center. Keep in mind that this applies to microfilm and microfiche only; the books normally cannot be ordered in local Family History Centers. Books usually are available only at the Library in Salt Lake City. Three or four weeks after ordering the microfilm or microfiche you will receive a postcard telling you that the items have arrived. You then go back to the local Family History Center and use the microfilm and microfiche readers there to read the records contained on the films. I installed the CD-ROM software on a Windows 98 system and was looking at the catalog entries about one minute later. The Family History Library Catalog uses Microsoft's Internet Explorer as its software, and all operations are done in the browser. However, the data is on CD-ROM, so you do not have to be connected to the Internet to use this CD-ROM. Before using the Family History Library Catalog, you normally choose a person you want to find more information about, and then decide what you want to learn about him or her. For example, you may want to find your great-grandmother's death date and place. To do this, you need to decide what types of records are likely to contain that information. You can then use the catalog to see whether the library has those types of records. You can search by any combination of the following criteria: * surname * location * keyword * microfilm/microfiche number * title of the record(s) * call number * subject * author The capability to search by keyword, title, author, and call number is new with this version of the Family History Library Catalog on CD-ROM. The previous edition could only search by place, surname, subject, and film number. As an example of how this works, I'll describe a search that I conducted looking for records of an elusive great-great- grandfather. I knew that he spent most of his adult life in the small town of Corinth, Maine, so I wanted to view records available for that town. I clicked on "Place Search" and entered a Place name of CORINTH and then specified that it was a part of Maine. The Family History Library Catalog found two microfilms: Place: Maine, Penobscot, Corinth Topics: Maine, Penobscot, Corinth - History , Maine, Penobscot, Corinth - Vital records I clicked on the title of "Maine, Penobscot, Corinth - Vital records" and the following was displayed: Topic: Maine, Penobscot, Corinth - Vital records Titles: Vital records 1811-1895 Corinth (Maine). Town Clerk I then clicked on "Vital records 1811-1895 Corinth (Maine). Town Clerk" and the following was displayed: Title: Vital records 1811-1895 Authors: Corinth (Maine). Town Clerk (Main Author) Notes: Microfilm of original records at East Corinth, Maine. Some volumes are indexed. Contains family records listing births and deaths, intentions of marriage 1812-1895, marriage records 1811-1895. Subjects: Maine, Penobscot, Corinth - Vital records Format: Manuscript (On Film) Language: English Publication: Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1955 Physical: 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. I clicked on the "View Film Notes" button in the upper right corner, and the words "FHL US/CAN Film 10809" appeared. I can now go to my local Family History Center and order microfilm 10809 to read these original records myself. The Family History Library Catalog CD-ROM software also allows the user to mark information for easy future retrieval. It also maintains a history of records reviewed during each search. This makes it easy to back up and repeat or modify an earlier search. The Family History Library Catalog on CD-ROM contains similar information about more than 2.5 million microfilms and microfiche as well as 300,000 books. The CD-ROM requires Windows 95, 98, or NT, a Pentium processor (or higher), 8 megabytes of RAM memory (although 16 megabytes is strongly recommended), a 4-speed or faster CD-ROM drive, and a VGA monitor with 256-color-capable video card displaying 800-by-600 pixels. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or higher) is also required. Family History Library Catalog on CD-ROM is a convenient and useful resource for all genealogists. It lists the many records available through the Family History Library and local Centers. The same CD-ROM disk is available at both the Library and the local Centers. However, you have to share the computers there, so you may not have as much time on the CD-ROM as you would like. By ordering your own copy, you can spend as much time as you like at home finding what is available. You then can maximize your time spent in the Family History Library or your local Family History Center. Now comes the best part: the price. As with the other CD-ROM products available from the LDS Church, this one is a bargain. It costs $5.00 (U.S. funds) at Church distribution centers worldwide or can be ordered by phone at 1-800-537-5971. It can also be ordered on the Internet at http://www.ldscatalog.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=1632783& prmenbr=1402&CGRY_NUM=1440462&RowStart=1&LocCode=FH For those who asked: Subscription information: There are two different methods to subscribe to this free newsletter: Method #1: to subscribe, to cancel an existing subscription or to modify an existing subscription in any way, go to: http://rootscomputing.listbot.com If you want to see the current issue as well as back issues of the newsletter, look on the World Wide Web at: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/d_p_1_archive.asp Method #2: Send an e-mail to [email protected] Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

My ggrandfather died in 1927 in Denver, Colorado, but according to his death certificate he was buried in Peoria, Illinois. He was living in Chillicothe, Peoria, Illinois in 1888 when my grandfather was born and I don't know if he moved to Peoria prior to moving to Denver in 1912-13. Would anyone know where to look to find out what cemetery he is in? His name is Joseph Henry Pierce b. 30 Jun 1861. His parents were Henry Pierce and Martha Tennessee. According to the death certificate Joseph Henry and Martha were born in Illinois--unknown where Henry was born. Thanks for any help you can give me. Mary Alice Crowther near Santa Fe, NM, USA

>From the current edition of Dick Eastman's online newsletter -- it speaks for itself. Entire 1790-1920 U.S. Census to be Available Online Soon One of the dreams of genealogists is about to come true: the ability to view any or all of the original census records by using a home computer. You no longer need to travel to a distant library or Family History Center during the hours they are open. Soon you will be able to view the same images at any hour of the day or night while comfortably seated at home. This isn't the first online census database. A few smaller such databases have already appeared. However, these were quite small in comparison, featuring only the 1790 records or census records of particular cities or counties for a few years. Now SierraHome and their rather newly acquired Heritage Quest division have announced that they will be placing all the U.S. Census records online, from 1790 through 1920. Best of all, this database will contain actual images of the original records in the enumerators' handwriting. Such records are much more accurate than the more error-prone transcriptions made by clerk typists. One fact about this new database that fascinates me is its size: It will be about 3.5 terabytes on the day it launches, making it the largest single database on the Internet. (A terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes or one million megabytes.) The database is expected to grow to 10 terabytes as more data is added. Here is an extract from the announcement from Generations and Heritage Quest: GenealogyDatabase.com The World's Largest Online Family History Resource Breaking News -- What's the Scoop? This fall, SierraHome's Generations brand and Heritage Quest will be launching GenealogyDatabase.com with the very first online collection of all U.S. Census images from 1790 - 1920. (1920 was the last year released to the public because of the 72-year waiting period. The 1930 census will be released on April 1, 2002.) Heritage Quest is also working on indexes for each year, and has already completed 1790, 1800 and 1870. This is a monumental step forward for online genealogy resources and will be of great interest to serious genealogy enthusiasts and newbies alike. The census is widely regarded as the most important primary source for tracing one's family heritage. GenealogyDatabase.com will be the largest collection of primary source documents on the Web, many of which will be searchable through Heritage Quest's painstaking efforts to extract the names into indexes which link directly to the digitally enhanced image pages. GenealogyDatabase.com will also be accessible through HeritageQuest.com and SierraHome.com. The site will be subscription-based, comparable to other genealogy sites currently online. We will update you on the pricing model when it becomes available. The most important thing to keep in mind is that GenealogyDatabase.com will be the ONLY site offering the entire collection of U.S. Federal Census images for people to access from the comfort of home. Just How Big is This? The sheer magnitude of the site is newsworthy in its own right; it will be the world's largest known web-enabled database. We will be posting approximately 3.5 terabytes of images and data at launch, with a goal of 10 terabytes of Heritage Quest resources being posted in the foreseeable future. To put things in perspective, Microsoft's famed Terrabase Server of spy satellite images is 1.5 terabytes. In July 1999, Nature Magazine estimated the basic data in the entire World Wide Web to constitute roughly 15 terabytes, so this site is breaking new ground both in terms of size and importance to family history enthusiasts everywhere. The Census data alone is the equivalent of 12,555 rolls of microfilm and sells for $250,000. There will be 10 million images of Census pages at launch, representing more than 500 million Americans. Heritage Quest is committed to indexing new names at the astounding rate of 500,000 per week! Anything else I should I know about? Furthermore, we intend to make this a living Web community. One feature we're working on for the site will be a "sticky note" technology where members can leave messages behind for others looking at the same page of the census. Keep in mind that census entries were done door-to-door, meaning that families listed on the same census page were neighbors. Many genealogists believe it's essential to research in clusters, since people simply didn't move as often or as far back in the 18th and 19th centuries. GenealogyDatabase.com members can leave behind messages requesting information, pictures, or even correct errors that they know to exist on that particular census page. NOTE: This "sticky note" technology will not be available at launch, so genealogists should check back because we will be adding new names and features each week once the site launches! With a site this huge, we will be introducing new innovations in stages. Give me the nitty gritty details. At launch, GenealogyDatabase.com will offer: * Digital images of the U.S. Census from 1790 - 1920. * The most accurate indexes for the years 1790, 1800, and 1870, which will let site members type in the names of ancestors and link directly to the digital images of handwritten census pages. (Keep in mind that these are fresh extractions of the census. It was determined that existing indexes were filled with errors, which was unacceptable to us. Heritage Quest has recently completed fresh extractions of these three census years. Other years are in the works.) * Approximately 3.5 Terabytes of images and data - possibly the largest single database on the Internet, and definitely the largest genealogy database in terms of size And much more to come. . . Heritage Quest is the world's largest private supplier of genealogical data and we fully intend to bring these resources online to aid people in their quest to discover their family heritage. Who's Creating this Monumental New Web Resource? Heritage Quest is the world's largest private commercial supplier of genealogy data. In 1999, Havas Interactive acquired Heritage Quest, which became a part of SierraHome and the Generations line of CD-ROM and online genealogy tools. Heritage Quest's vast collection of family history data includes more than 250,000 titles of books, CDs, microfilm and the nationally acclaimed Heritage Quest magazine. These can be ordered online at www.heritagequest.com or by phone at 800- 760-2455. The "sticky note" feature looks particularly appealing. Even the original census records had errors; now genealogists will be able to append notes containing corrections or comments to individual census entries. You might want to keep an eye on the Web site at: http://GenealogyDatabase.com. There's not much available at that URL today, but that will change sometime later this year. I expect to write more about this new U.S. Census database as the launch date draws near. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

I'm trying to locate information on the death of Giovanni D'Incau who died in Hollis, Peoria County on May 31, 1904. The date of death was provided by the state records from the province in Italy where he was born. I requested the record from the Peoria County Clerk and was told that there was no record of his death. They also advised me that state law did not require recording at the county level until 1916 and consequently, his death may not have been recorded. My question to the list is whether there is someplace else that I might try to get information on his death? Thanks for any help. Diane Zanetti ZANETTI, D'INCAU in Michigan and Illinois

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This is a Act of Kindness Calif. Death Index between 1940 to 1997 http://usedb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search/cgi Ohio Genealogical Society in Mansfield, OH a lending library hrrp://www.ogs.org Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN. a very large library of books and family histories, family newsletters, publication, state and territorial records online. All Polk directories in cluding ones from large cities for 178 to present http;//www.acpl.lib.in.us/ Newberry Library (Chicago, Il. very large library with 1 1/2 million volumes, 75,000 maps, on line catalog after 1978, good New England and British Isles Collections, closed stacks and non circulation, emphasis in the Mississippi valley area population.) http:// www.newberry.org and http://www.newberry.org/vtls/english/vtls.html Chicago Historical Society Research library http:// www.state lib.lib.in.us/ Illinois Historical Society Library Springfield, Il. http:// www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/ Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis Http://www.2.ihs1830/ihs.html The Filson Club Historical Society, LouisVille, Ky Kentucky Collections, newspaper clipping 4000 surnames and correspondences 3,500 family historical http://www.filsonclub.org/ Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville Ky http://ufpl.org/ http://ifpl.org/lochist.htm http://greneal.htm Kentucky Historical society, frankfort, Ky Kentucky records military, land,church, bible, census,tax court, state histories http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/khs/

Hello everyone! I recently acquired two old family Bibles at an auction that someone might be interested in. One is an old 1894 Bible with the inscription "Charley Laurson - Yates City" on the inside. Also within this Bible ,I found an old tin type(very bad condition) of a father with his two sons. The second Bible belonged to Wilhelmina Hofferbert(or something close to that spelling), listing when she was born(1858), confirmed(1873) and married(1880)...in Pekin, Illinois. Mrs. Messmer's name is also written on the inside cover. If anyone is interested, please write me privately at [email protected] Thank you! Janine in Brimfield. Il.

Anyone know where I can search in Peoria for a divorce which occurred in early 1920's? Thanks! Kevin Miller

Anyone know the location of what used to be called the "Dutch Hill" section of Peoria? Thanks! Kevin Miller

I am looking for informtion on the Stanton and Messenger family that traveled to Peoria County, IL. Clark W. Stanton is from the area of Elmore or once Call Rochester. The two families traveled to Il. to help build the new County Court house and work the new land. If anyone has the books of this area will you please help. Cathy Anderson -Stanton line Rose Mitcham-Messenger line Rufus Milo Messenger died in 1636/7 in this county and I am looking for information on him.

I have order several books from Higginson and they are great to deal with. They know their business and are very professional. I am also lucky enough to live close enough to stop in and I just love going through the books on the shelves. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: Anita C. Mason <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] Old Books About Peoria County > Hi Everyone, > > I received an website address from another list and while exploring the > site, discovered the following books listed on the Illinois page for > Peoria County at the following address: > > <http://www.higginsonbooks.com/detoia.htm#il> > > . HISTORY OF PEORIA. By C. Ballance. 271p. (1870) > 1997. $35.00 > > . HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY [Published without the > Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois]. With > biographical sketches. 843p. (Munsell Pub. Co.; > 1902) 1997. $87.50 > > . PEORIA CITY & COUNTY: Record of Settlement, > Organization, Progress & Achievement, by Col. James > M. Rice. 2 vols., 905p. (S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1912) > 1997. $48.50/vol. or $92.00/set > Volume I, History. Volume II, Biography. > > Does anyone know about this site, and has anyone ever ordered any books > from them? > > I'm researching the following Peoria County surnames: > > LISK - COOPER - BUTTRICK - STEBBINS - HALL - COLWELL - MOTES - SHEETS > > The LISKs settled in Peoria County in the 1830s, and various sisters, > cousins, descendants married into the surnames mentioned above. > > Take Care, > Anita C. > Monterey County, CA Lisk descendant > > ______________________________

I have ordered from this company. They are very honest. The downside is they print a lot of books on order only so you can expect a 2 to 3 month wait if that is the case. I ordered Our Young Family in America in hardcover and am very pleased with it. It is a quality book. e-mail them and ask if your book is in stock and if not how long the wait will be. Kathy

Be advised that Higginson is a good source but they are a reprint house. They actually reprint a book on their list to order [which is also why they are pricey]. This takes a long time, months. When you order you need to keep that mind. Keep all your records and be extremely patient. Four or five or six months is not uncommon. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

I received an website address from another list and while exploring the >site, discovered the following books listed on the Illinois page for >Peoria County at the following address: > ><http://www.higginsonbooks.com/detoia.htm#il> > >• HISTORY OF PEORIA. By C. Ballance. 271p. (1870) >1997. $35.00 I have ordered many books from Higgenson, mostly online lately. They take a long time because they usually have to print and bind them. I have been satisfied with them and if there is a problem, they try to fix it. Pat Thomas Post Office Box 885 Winona, Minnesota 55987-0885 1-507-452-8290 mailto:[email protected] Knox County, Illinois USGENWEB CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/knindex.htm

Sorry you are having trouble. I went back to my original message and clicked on the link showing and I went right to the site! Perhaps there was some glitch going on at the time. Have you tried it again? Perhaps you need to retype the link on your internet address line as opposed to clicking on it. Curious about your name - a special man in my life knew a Bill Brown around Peoria in the 50's and 60's and would be thrilled to make contact with him again. Know it is a very small needle in a large haystack with that name, but had to ask! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] ILL PEORIA Marriage records > Since I am also looking for a marriage, I tried the site you mentioned. > I rec'd a message that I was not authorized to access. > Am I doing something wrong? > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Cheryl Rothwell, [email protected] > >