Hi List, I just found my ADAMS and JONES' in your county in 1840. I don't think they were there long because I find them in Knox Co. by 1850. What's the best way to get an 1840 census record, IRAD? I have found Leonard Jones and James Adams in the index but it didn't give any info, like # of males and females, just heads of household. Also, is there a genealogy society for this county? I am looking for a death index on James Adams, maybe a will or probate record. Thanks for any info you can supply. Judy Weaver

HI: Does anyone know if there were any early census taken of the Indian Reservations, or their inhabited villages? Also, are there any records at all of the "captive" white children they raised? Would the Bureau of Indian Affairs have any of these records, and if so does anyone have an URL for them? Thanks. Lee J.: [email protected]

Hi Sue: Yes, I am a paid member at ancestry.com and have used it a lot. But I am interested in Obits AFTER they ended in 1999. A number of people in my tree have died more recently. If the fee is reasonable, it will be OK. Bill

Bill: I know that there are Peoria Journal Star obituaries available on the Ancestry.com site. Have you accessed that? Let me know if I can help! Sue

Hello fellow listers: Some good news and some bad news for those searching for Peoria obituaries. First you see the answer to my inquiry. Below that you see my inquiry. Hope this helps someone. Bill in Denver Subj: Re: Obits Date: 5/15/2000 7:47:23 AM Mountain Daylight Time From: [email protected] (jmcguire) To: [email protected] Mr. Gorman- We do not presently publish online obituaries. Soon, you will be able to access obits two ways. By Sept. 1, we should have our full archives ready. You can search for anything in the Journal Star back to 1991. We will also have available daily obits on our death notices page. These are expensive, time consuming projects. Hence, both will be available on a fee basis. We have not determined the prices yet. Thanks for visiting PJStar.com Joe McGuire New Media Director Journal Star [email protected] wrote: Hello Mr. McGuire: I was instructed by Bill Adams to contact you. I reach the pjstar website and look for information on deaths and other events, as I grew up in Peoria, was a PJS carrier when in high school, and am now a family tree researcher. I get a listing of NAMES on the website, but how could I view the text of the obituaries? Bill said these may be available in the future, but at some cost. Can you give me an idea of: How to locate them? How much it will cost? When these will be available? > Bill Gorman in Denver

Hi Everybody: Can someone say which one has better info. for around 1820-40, the Peoria Historical Soc., or the ILL. Historical Soc.?? And where the Societies are located. Looking for the Henry Holcomb family. And maybe the Henry Hull family. Sophia Holcomb was born in 1827. According to a biography of Henry Hull, that I found in Boone Co. Iowa. What else is there besides biographies?? Did they record land deeds, etc. ?? Thanks for your time Rodd

The following database is free for 10 days at Ancestry.com. according to their online newsletter. This announcement is for informational purposes only and does NOT imply any endorsement of Ancestry.com. PEORIA, ILLINOIS DIRECTORY, 1890 Lying along the Illinois River in the county of the same name, Peoria was home to over 50,000 residents in 1890. This database is a transcription of a city directory originally published in 1890. In addition to providing the residents’ names, it provides information regarding their addresses and occupations. This collection includes the names of about 44,000 people, mostly heads of households. For those seeking ancestors from central Illinois, this can be an informative database. Source Information: "Peoria City Directory, 1890." Peoria, IL: R. L. Polk Co., 1890. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4595.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Hi All, This came through on another list I'm on. I'm passing this on for the researchers benefit only. Note: 1850 Census for Peoria is partially on-line, Candi -----Original Message----- From: Fred Smoot, USGenNet President <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 4:18 PM Subject: ANNOUNCE: Welcome USGenWeb Census Project! >USGenNet congratulates the USGenWeb Census Project on your new >US-Census.Org domain (http://www.us-census.org/) and welcomes you aboard >the USGenNet Safe-Site Server. > >We are pleased that you have joined us, and hope you enjoy your new home. > >We remind those of our USGenNet Webmasters who have links to the USGenWeb >Census Project's old location that you will need to update your pages. > >Fred Smoot, President >http://USGenNet.Org/ >The Biggest Little Safe-Site Server on the Internet! > > The United States Genealogy Network, Inc. (USGenNet) is a nonprofit > genealogical and historical web-hosting service solely supported by > the tax-deductible contributions of our Members and Patrons. We > invite you to join us: > > http://www.usgennet.org/~usgnhome/join.html > >Permission to republish this email in its entirety is granted in full. >

Peoria County Library has German Newspapers on file Candi -----Original Message----- From: Warren and Vera Distler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:02 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] German Newspaper >I was going through some probate papers that were filed for my Gr-Gr-Grandfather's >estate by his surviving wife and found that the issue of his probate had been >advertised as stated by law in the German Newspaper (I would think being from Peoria >or Peoria area) along with the Peoria newspaper. Are these editions on file anywhere >and can they be searched? > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html >

I was going through some probate papers that were filed for my Gr-Gr-Grandfather's estate by his surviving wife and found that the issue of his probate had been advertised as stated by law in the German Newspaper (I would think being from Peoria or Peoria area) along with the Peoria newspaper. Are these editions on file anywhere and can they be searched?

Looking for a lime kiln. My ROSS ancestors (Jacob and son George) lived in Peoria ca. 1830-1854 with one brief absence. Family stories indicate they lived where Peoria is now and had a lime kiln. Does anyone know any more about the lime kiln and its history? Bernice

Europe Forms of Place Names -- a comprehensive listing of place names in a variety of languages: http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/europe.html Contains: Official Name in Roman Script; Type of Feature; State; Western European; Central European; Greek; Cyrillic This is useful in decoding European genealogy. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Hi Everyone, For birth information on Peoria County go here: http://www.iltrails.org/Peoria/vr/birth.htm The county court house Birth Certificate Index for the years of 1850-1877 are listed here. Along with misc.. index listing for 1884-1889. Death information and partial listing for the County Court house index Dec. 28, 1877 to April 9, 1889 and April 10,1889 to 1899. There is also a partial listing for: 1916-1947 and where you can send for those. Drop in at: http://www.iltrails.org/Peoria/vr/vldindex.htm If you surf into here: http://www.iltrails.org/Peoria/misc/countyad.htm you will get the information on where to send for birth, death and marriages and cost in Peoria County. Here is a place to visit for a list of the earliest records in the various county courthouses in Illinois http://www.iltrails.org/kimco.html The below links are very helpfully also. Tazewell especially Go to this link and type in the County you want: http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/irad Then if you see something you would like searched go here: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_loc.html It will tell you how to request a search. C -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] IL State Marriages >Hi: On >http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage< I don't find any >marriages listed from Tazewell Co., IL. Then, this is not a state-wide >marriage listing? > >Lee Johnson: [email protected] > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received >when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Cheryl Rothwell, [email protected] >

From the statewie marriage index cover page: The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index is an ongoing project and data entry is far from complete. The list below should be consulted to determine the status of data entry for a particular county. Data entry is complete for 45 of the 86 counties entered into the database. Counties which have been completed are capitalized. There are still 16 counties for which no marriages have been entered. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Hi: On >http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage< I don't find any marriages listed from Tazewell Co., IL. Then, this is not a state-wide marriage listing? Lee Johnson: [email protected]

Hello, list: Looking for information on the descendants of William Henry COOKE (a cousin of my gg-grandfather). 1 William Henry COOKE Birth: 1811, St. Giles in the Wood, Devon, England Death: Peoria County, Illinois Occupation: Surgeon Spouse: Bertha MATTHEWS Birth: Wales Death: Peoria County, Illinois Children: George COOKE Emily COOKE, abt. 1843 - ? Caroline COOKE, 31 Jul 1847 - 24 Feb 1944 Edward COOKE, 6 Jun 1849 - 19 Apr 1923 Bertha COOKE Leonard COOKE Henry COOKE 1.1 George COOKE Birth: Combe Martin, Devon, England Note: Killed in battle during the American Civil War, date unknown; possibly the George Cook listed as a private in Company K of the Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Illinois Infantry 1.2 Emily COOKE Birth: 28 Aug 1843, Combe Martin, Devon, England Spouse: Garrett Harvey VOORHEES Birth: 3 Jan 1841, Reading, Hamilton County, Ohio Occupation: Miller Father: Joseph VOORHEES, 2 Feb 1815 - ? Mother: Sarah Rynearson, 19 Aug 1823 - ? Marriage: 19 Apr 1865, Peoria County, Illinois Children: Charles H VOORHEES Sarah B B VOORHEES Emily G VOORHEES William A VOORHEES Lucia Isabella VOORHEES, 28 Aug 1877 - ? Note: Voorhees, G. H., miller, P. O. Princeville, is the son of Joseph Voorhees, of >Reding, O., who came to Peoria county in 1841, and settled in Kickapoo >township, where he now resides, and owns 480 acres of land, besides 320 acres >in Nebraska. He is the father of twelve children. G. H. Voorhees, his >eldest son, and the subject of this sketch, was born in Reding, O., in 1841, >and in 1865, married Miss Emily Cook, who was born in England, in 1843, and >has borne him seven children, five of them now living, viz: Charles H., >Sarah B. B., Emily G., William A., and Lucia B. Mr. Voorhees owns 330 acres >of land, in Stark county, and his dwelling in Princeville. His property is >worth about $23,500. 1.3 Caroline COOKE Birth: 31 Jul 1847 Death: 24 Feb 1944, Freeport, Harper County, Kansas Spouse: Theodore B. MARSH Birth: 5 Jan 1847 Death: 30 Dec 1926, Freeport, Harper County, Kansas Children: Lillian W. MARSH, 5 Dec 1874 - 26 Aug 1896 Theodore B. MARSH, 5 Jan 1880 - 5 Jun 1880 Caroline R. MARSH, 5 Jan 1880 - 12 Jun 1880 1.4 Edward COOKE Birth: 6 Jun 1849 Death: 19 Apr 1923, Freeport, Harper County, Kansas Spouse: Caroline Merrill VICARY Birth: 16 Mar 1848, Devon, England Death: 26 Jan 1923, Freeport, Harper County, Kansas Father: William Newell VICARY, 16 Mar 1810 - 7 Apr 1889 Mother: Charlotte Caroline COOKE, 31 May 1818 - 6 Oct 1899 Marriage: 2 Sep 1875, Stafford, Genesee County, New York Children: Charles Edward COOKE, 28 Jun 1876 - 28 Apr 1896 Charlotte Alice COOKE, 22 Dec 1877 - 30 Dec 1907 George Vicary COOKE, 29 Jun 1884 - ? 1.5 Bertha COOKE Spouse: Edward MOSS Children: Mary MOSS Bertha MOSS 1.6 Leonard COOKE 1.7 Henry COOKE Any help filling in missing information would be appreciated. Census details and tombstone inscriptions would be particularly helpful. Bill Cooke Guelph, Ontario, Canada

I have Adolphus SLOCUM b. 9 Oct 1854 in French Grove Illinois. Does anyone know where French Grove is? Other children in the family were born in Brimfield. Are the two towns close to each other? Thanks Bob Kline

Bob, Do you know anything about Lottie M. Slocum born 1872 in Michigan and later lived in Brimfield with her divorced mother, Cornelia Jane Slocum, nee Cowley? I do not know the father's given name. Vern Ingraham Denver -----Original Message----- From: The Klines <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:47 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] SLOCUM / Where is French Grove? >I have Adolphus SLOCUM b. 9 Oct 1854 in French Grove Illinois. Does anyone >know where French Grove is? >Other children in the family were born in Brimfield. Are the two towns >close to each other? >Thanks >Bob Kline > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpeoria/peoria.htm > >

If you are asking about birth records it is unlikely that they exist. They weren't required at the time. The state's records go to 1916. Existing records before that time would be at IRAD or the County Clerk. Here's the listing of Peoria records at IRAD: http://www.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/iradsrch?Peoria The Peoria County Genealogical Society has a web page at: http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/pcgs.html State marriage records can be found at: http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage The Peoria County ILGenWeb page, despite an error in the mailing list trailers, is at: http://usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html It has various information on the data page and Candi is always adding to it. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]

Hi Everybody: Somebody mentioned that my last post was to vague, O.K. New to this list. When were records started in Peoria?? Is there any info. for the area in the historical society?? My Ben/Benjamin Holcomb's daughter Sophia was born 1827, in Peoria Co.. according to a biography from Boone Co., Iowa Benjamin's son Henry W. was born in 1830, maybe in Peoria Co., Henry settled Boone county, Iowa some years later. If anybody has a chance to check, for a land record, or a bio. for that time period, anything. A Hull family might be in that area too. Thanks for your time Rodd in Minnesota