Seeking information about the Wyman family. Do not know when they arrived or how long they were there. Abraham immigrated from Poland. First married Betty Koplowitz. When she died supposedly Abraham returned to Poland and married her sister, Harriet. There were at least three children: Eugene Lester (1924-1973), Dr. Milford, and Dr. Melvin. Eugene attended Northwestern and Havard before settling in the Los Angeles area where he was a prominent lawyer and chairman, California democratic party. If family members are still present in the area, would appreciate contacting them. Thanks, H. Michael McTeer HC01-Box 2181A 29 Palms, CA 92277

> Looking for any information regarding gggrandfather James Burton and gggrandmother Nancy Ann Johnson M 6/21/1883 in Perry County; also looking for info regarding ggrandfather Andrew Foster and ggrandmother Nettie Burton Foster m 4/9/1899 - daughters Goldie b 1900; Edna B ~1904. > > Also looking for any information regarding Earl Toller m to Goldie Foster living in Perry county > > Thanks > > Cheryl Stred

Hello, Does anyone have any information on WILLIAM JOHN SMYTHE , or , his wife JENNIE "LIZZIE" KELLER? Jennie was born in 1870's , to HENRY Keller and Elizabeth BAIRD/ BEARD. Would like to know if anyone has access to the 1900-1920 Perry Co. Census and can lookup this family? Need ,ages, place of birth , children, and any other info that may be listed. Thank You. Carol

Hi All: Please check this out re: "save the old cemeteries" An on-line petition is available at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html While the petition is set to go active on July 4th and run until October 1st, it has already been signed and is working well. Very soon there will be a petition available to print off and carry with you to get hard copy signatures. Genealogy Society meetings & parents of Boy Scouts who work on cemeteries for badges are just a couple of groups that would be good places to start. We are hoping to have it available very soon. When the necessary work is completed, that petition will be available at: http://www.savinggraves.com/petition/index.htm The following message is available from the on-line petition to help spread the word about the petition. You will receive the cut-and-paste message in a confirmation letter after you sign the on-line petition. Remember, don't sign the on-line petition AND the hard copy petition. The less duplicate signatures, the better our chances of getting a legitimate petition to the law making bodies. .............................................................................. ........................................................... Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: "National Cemetery Protection Act" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself. Best wishes, Robert J. Middleton .............................................................................. ............................................................. If anyone wants to read more, please go to : http://www.savinggraves.com Lets get the job done--right! Robert J. Middleton Box 1114 Ladysmith, Vancouver Island BC Canada V9G 1A8 Phone (250) 245-5643 email [email protected] Washington County IL ILGenWeb Co-ordinator Washington County IL Mail List Washington County IL Web Page http://mypage.direct.ca/m/mid/northam.html

just completed updates on the following: (if hotlinks dont work for you..copy and paste! :) Perry County IL <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/perry/">http://www.iltrails.o rg/perry/</A> ....obits...updated!! ....Hopewell Cemetery...NEW! Many thanks Susan!! :) (you'll be suprised at the surnames listed here!) ....1840 Census.....NEW!!! Many thanks Stella! :) thousands of new names!!! Kaskaskia, Illinois <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/kaskaskia/">www.iltrail s.org/kaskaskia/</A> ....Bios....updated!! ....Queries....NEW!!! submit yours now!! ....Early Craftsmen...NEW!! lists name and brief discption of work. ....Baptisms....NEW!!! from early church records, lottsa names! ....Kaskaskia Indians..NEW!!! brief summary of their lives, etc. not ALL names are of French descent!! Monroe County Illinois <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/monroe/Index.html">www.iltrails.org/monroe/</A> ....Marriages ....UPDATED!! (grooms A & B) over 3000 listed in marriages now! ....Queries....NEW! have you placed YOURS yet? ....Deaths...UPDATED!!! (M, N & O added) Something i would like to add to ALL the sites is a WEDDING ALBUM section....would you like that? If you have a wedding picture of your ancestors (from appro. county of course! :), send me a copy, along with their data and i will put it up! Another "NEW" item i would like to add... if YOU have roots in any of my counties/places, and also have a website telling about these people...send me your URL...!! I will list in on a special page! k...check'em out! :) Jean [email protected] Coordinator for: Perry Co. ILLinois <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/perry/">http://www.iltrails.org/perry/</A> Kaskaskia, ILLinois <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/kaskaskia/">www.iltrails.org/kaskaskia/</A> Monroe Co. ILLinois <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/monroe/Index.html">www.iltrails.org/monroe/< /A>

Hello to all, I have recently found out that my great grandfather, John Black Beattie b 1858 in Sparta was married to an Ann Lou Trefftzs 10/30/1887 in Perry Co. I knew nothing of this. If anyone has any info on these two, please let me know. Thanks, Sarah Beattie BEATTIE/STEPHENSON/HILL/TREFFTZS In Illinios

In a message dated 6/6/00 6:08:57 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << ....have just added more to the Perry County Illinois pages... >> =========== duuuuh!!!! i forgot to add the URL!!! :( ....for those of you who WERE awake...THANKS! for telling me! :) sorry about that. :| Jean [email protected] http://www.iltrails.org/perry/ <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/perry/">http://www.iltrails.org/perry/</A>

....have just added more to the Perry County Illinois pages... ...more BIOS with LOTS of pictures!! ...more MARRIAGES...(groom listing, mainly J's.)!! ...more Obits...with pictures.!! ...Campbell Cemetery... ...Nine Mile Baptist Church list of officers.... ....a "SPECIAL" thank to Eileen, Cindy & Susan for your help....it is GREATLY appreciated! :) ...also, i have received requests for a "Marriage Picture Section"... and it sounds like a winner to me! so..send me your pictures, with information on WHO they are, Where & When married, and i will be happy to include them! oh..and please..keep the scanned image SMALL! :)

I am trying to locate information on burials in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, DuQuoin. A letter to the church in March has gone unanswered. Has this cemetery ever been copied? Is there anyone willing to check their records for me? I am looking for Owen and Hannah Reddington who lived in St. John in 1880. I do not find them after the census. Their daughter, Hannah Cecelia Reddington Rogers, is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery. I thought maybe they were buried there as well. Would certainly appreciate any help. Sandra S. Shellhammer

I am trying to find family of Oscar and Elsie Lacy. The following children were put into an orphange after the death of their parents of Tuberculosis. Eddie, Sally Florence married a Robert Lyle Phillips in DuQuoin, Illinois, Velma and Opal Pauline. Oscar and Elsie are buried at Coulterville along with two other children, Cordelia and James Oscar. If anyone can help would like to hear from you. Sharon

FROM THE DITSY BROAD THE CORRECT # IS 618-542-3537 AND IF YOU PREFER TO WRITE ADDRESS IS 8766 OLD STATE RTE 14, DU QUOIN, 62832 SORRY BOUT THAT............ REBA

Mr Bud Shook of Du Quoin has given me permission to let you guys know that he has a FREE Booklet on the folks from Old DuQuoin. A complete listing of all Lot Owners and the names and location of aproximately 1,300 persons buried at the Old Du Quoin cemetery since 1815. Donations would be appreciated to help with cemetery maintenance. His phone # is 618-532-3537. Reba

Unfortunately that is all for the time. Hopefully over time other data bases will become available which will help us all trace down those missing "cousins" T Hodges Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hodges/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Scott <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [[ILPERRY] Calif. and Texas Vital records on line] This is wonderful!! Thank you for thinking about others and posting this. I live in California (and have much family history here) and did not know about these databases. I have already filled in more than 20 birth and/or death dates and places just in the past hour! P.S. What else was posted to that other list? "T Hodges" <[email protected]> wrote: I have received this from another list. I have already filled in some blanks in my research and hope that it benefits you. California vital records 1905-1995 Birth: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi Death: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi For Texas the following records are online: Birth - 1926 - 1995; Marriages - 1966 - 1997; Divorces: 1968 - 1997; Deaths: 1964 - 1998: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/graphics/texas.html Douglas Scott ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

This is wonderful!! Thank you for thinking about others and posting this. I live in California (and have much family history here) and did not know about these databases. I have already filled in more than 20 birth and/or death dates and places just in the past hour! P.S. What else was posted to that other list? "T Hodges" <[email protected]> wrote: I have received this from another list. I have already filled in some blanks in my research and hope that it benefits you. California vital records 1905-1995 Birth: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi Death: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi For Texas the following records are online: Birth - 1926 - 1995; Marriages - 1966 - 1997; Divorces: 1968 - 1997; Deaths: 1964 - 1998: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/graphics/texas.html Douglas Scott ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

I have received this from another list. I have already filled in some blanks in my research and hope that it benefits you. California vital records 1905-1995 Birth: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi Death: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi For Texas the following records are online: Birth - 1926 - 1995; Marriages - 1966 - 1997; Divorces: 1968 - 1997; Deaths: 1964 - 1998: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/graphics/texas.html

New items and Updates for Perry County, IL...check it out! :) More Bios (with pictures)...UPDATED!!! Obits (w/LOTS of pictures)....UPDATED!!! BIGHAM School...(photo only)...NEW!!! Photos added to: Denmark Cutler A. Smith Bio...Pict. added...NEW!!! <A HREF="http://www.iltrails.org/perry/">http://www.iltrails.org/perry/</A>

Subject: [ILPERRY] Perry County History > Does anyone have a copy of the History of Perry County that is offered by > the Jail Museum in Pincknyville? I would love to have the information > included in the articles on the Weaver Family. > > Also, I understand that Tamaroa is going to be having a home comming > sometime soon. I believe it is next weekend. Does anyone know for sure? > > Thanks for any help that you might give > > Debbie I also would like to have that information. My father was born in Tamaroa, so anything I can get on it would be greatly appreciated. Fred Reese

Does anyone have a copy of the History of Perry County that is offered by the Jail Museum in Pincknyville? I would love to have the information included in the articles on the Weaver Family. Also, I understand that Tamaroa is going to be having a home comming sometime soon. I believe it is next weekend. Does anyone know for sure? Thanks for any help that you might give Debbie

....have updated my sites.... check'em out! :) Kaskaskia: http://www.iltrails.org/kaskaskia/ marriages updated.. 1825 census added... 1812 muster roll... first newspapers... Perry County: http://www.iltrails.org/perry/ more bios... first county commissioners, which also includes county judges... first sheriffs... bradley cemetery.... Monroe County: http://www.iltrails.org/monroe/ 1883 patrons list...(partial) more obits... Piggotts fort.... Indian hostilities.. McMahan massacre....

I just joined the Perry County, IL, message list, researching the names: ADAMS/HOUSE. Here is the information that I have to share: MY GRANDFATHER John Quincy Adams III Estimated Birth Date: 1890-1891 (this estimation is based on the fact that his 1st child was born in 1918 when his wife was 27 yrs.old) Place of Birth: ? County, Illinois Place of Residence in 1918: Duquoin, Perry County, IL Marriage Date: 1917?(this estimation is based on the fact that his 1st child was born in 1918 Spouse: Myrtle House Children: 3 (2 sons, 1daughter) Estimated Death Date: 1929-1930(this estimation is based on the fact that my father was 3 yrs. old when he died and that my father was born in 1926) Estimated Age at Death: 38-39 yrs. Buried: Perry County, IL (cemetery unknown) Circumstances at Time of Death: It is believed that John Quincy AdamsIII(and possibly his brother)were both killed at the same time, while in the employ of the Southern Illinois Railroad, in a freak electrocution accident while on the job. The Children of John Quincy Adams III and Myrtle House 1st Child: Wayne Edward Adams born: 11Jun1918 birthplace: Duquoin, Perry County, IL died: 21Sep1943 circumstances at time of death: died serving his country during WWII. Was KIA in the Adriatic on a bomber plane. He was a flying mechanic for the big bomber planes in the USArmy Air Force. Joined in 1939. buried: Jefferson Memorial National Cemetery(St. Louis, MO) age at death: 25 yrs. 2nd child: Virginia D. Cole (nee Adams) born: 1924? birthplace: Duquoin, Perry County, IL died: 1969 age at death: 45 yrs.? buried: Lake Charles Memorial Park(St. Louis, MO) 3rd child: Robert Jack Adams (my father) born: 28May1926 birthplace: Duquoin, Perry County, IL(even though his mother, Myrtle(House)Adams, moved to St. Louis around 1929, Robert Jack was left in the care of his grandmother House, in Duquoin, IL, until 1939, when he was 13 yrs old.(he was raised by grandmother House). I am assuming that he moved to St. Louis to live with his mother, Myrtle(House)Adams, in 1939, after the death of his grandmother House) baptised as: Bobby Jack Adams(Baptist) died: 30Jun1995 age at death: 69 yrs. buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery(St. Louis, MO) THE WIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS III(my grandmother) name: Myrtle House born: 1891 married: 1916-1917? divorced: 1928? residence in 1918: Duquoin, Perry County, IL place of birth: ? County, Illinois residence from the late 1920's to 1943: 1265 Hamilton Blvd, St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO occupation: nurse at City Hospital in St. Louis City (no longer exists) date of death: 3?Dec1943(estimated from her burial permit notice in the December 5, 1943 issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch) burial: ? (I have called every cemetery in St. Louis and can't locate her, it may be she was returned to Perry County for burial) If anyone has any information on this family, please contact me: Virginia(Adams)Pierce [email protected]