I'd also be interested in info about that book. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Could someone help Mr. Cooper with information on obtaining this book? This is the Tri County 1883 Book. How can I get a copy of this book, "History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois"?

Well after a fun night last night of tornado warnings, sirens and weather watching it made me remember that I do live in Kansas. I have a quick question. Rootsweb & GenConnect have set up a gateway program for forwarding queries from the GenConnect Boards to the mailing list. I need to know if you would like for me to set that up. That means that you would get the entire query that is posted on the list. Please express your opinion from now until Friday evening. T Hodges Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hodges I'm an angel are you? http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~angels/ Hancock County, Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc Perry County, Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilperry

Could someone help Mr. Cooper with information on obtaining this book? This is the Tri County 1883 Book. (PLEASE SEND MESSAGE TO HIM AT E-MAIL AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) Jane Boyd Jane, How can I get a copy of this book, "History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois"? Floyd Barger Cooper 405 North Gladstone Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46201-1648 phone & fax 317-353-1235 e-mail [email protected]

Seeking information for histories of persons buried at old "STRAHAN CEMETERY" located near Tilden, Randolph Co., IL : Descendants of SAMUEL BOYD (1777-1855) and marriages to NANCY VERNOR and MARGARET SKELLY. Associated known names: BOYD, STRAHAN, EDMISTON, AIKEN, MATHEWS, GIBSON, SMITH, MONROE, BROWN and WILLIAMS and descendants of same. Thank you in advance. Contact: Linda Carol Strahan [email protected]

Does anyone know anything about the Beard or Wilson Cemetery in the vicinity of DuQuoin? Are they the same cemetery? Is it on private property? If so, do I need to get permission from the landowner to visit the cemetery? I hope to visit the area this weekend, and believe some of my Wilson ancestors are buried there and would love to take pictures of the tombstones. Thanks, Jewell in MO great great grandaughter of Archibald Wilson, Sr. - ------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites.

--part1_bd.284f837.262ddc43_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, to all you genealogists who may want to research in Ohio. Nancy --part1_bd.284f837.262ddc43_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (rly-zc02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.2]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:00:49 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:00:32 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA23625; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:58:53 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:58:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Apr 18 05:58:36 2000 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:58:00 EDT Subject: Fwd: [NYERIE] Ohio Bill closing records Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Old-Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_af.27b6410.262db5d8_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 102 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2274 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] --part1_af.27b6410.262db5d8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/18/00 2:12:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Hello list members searching Ohio records for marriage information: This comes from the April 2000 Mahoning County Chapter of the OGS newsletter: "Introduced into the Ohio House of Rep. is a bill to amend the Ohio Revised code that should have genealogists up in arms. 'It states, in part, that upon receiving a request for records pertaining to the issuance of marriage licenses, a probate court shall furnish copies of the records as provided under section 149.43 of the Ohio Revised code, except that the court shall delete or otherwise remove any social security numbers and the maiden names of the mothers of the parties to a marriage so that they are not available to the person requesting the records, except for use by the department of human services, law enforcement personnel, and if ordered by the court in a civil or criminal trial.' If any individual genealogist feels that this would impact their ability to do genealogical research, a letter voicing your concern would be in order here. The address is: The Honorable____, Ohio Representatives, 77 South High St., Columbus, Ohio 43266-0603. Or www.house.state.oh.us/voice/index. html. Representative Ron Hood from Canfield is a co-sponsor of this bill." Pass this on to any other lists you are subscribed to if you think others might also be seeking marriage information in Ohio records. Barbara Faig Tennessee >> --part1_af.27b6410.262db5d8_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (rly-zd05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.229]) by air-zd03.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:12:05 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:11:48 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA24893; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 02:10:55 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 02:10:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Apr 18 02:10:51 2000 Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 02:02:02 -0700 Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Juno 3.0.13 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-21,23-71,73-89,91,93,95,97,99,101-103,105,107,109-111,113-114,116-138,140,142-143,145-146 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: zona patton <[email protected]> Subject: [NYERIE] Fw: [OBITL] Fwd: Ohio Bill Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2273 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] This would be a terrible trend. [email protected] --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 02:47:33 EDT Subject: [OBITL] Fwd: Ohio Bill Message-ID: <[email protected]> --part1_4c.4442b66.262d5f05_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_4c.4442b66.262d5f05_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (rly-yd05.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.5]) by air-yd02.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:03:54 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:03:33 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA21885; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:02:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun Apr 16 21:02:45 2000 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 00:02:02 EDT Subject: Ohio Bill Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 100 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1218 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Subj: Fwd: OHIO HR BILL 519 Date: 4/16/00 8:09:21 PM Central Daylight Time From: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] --part1_5b.498ce95.262bbdb5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought this might be of interest to anyone that is researching in Ohio. Sue Haarman-Lawson --part1_5b.498ce95.262bbdb5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (rly-zd01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.225]) by air-zd04.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:27:20 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:27:03 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA11872; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 11:26:25 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 11:26:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun Apr 16 11:26:18 2000 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hello list members searching Ohio records for marriage information: This comes from the April 2000 Mahoning County Chapter of the OGS newsletter: "Introduced into the Ohio House of Rep. is a bill to amend the Ohio Revised code that should have genealogists up in arms. 'It states, in part, that upon receiving a request for records pertaining to the issuance of marriage licenses, a probate court shall furnish copies of the records as provided under section 149.43 of the Ohio Revised code, except that the court shall delete or otherwise remove any social security numbers and the maiden names of the mothers of the parties to a marriage so that they are not available to the person requesting the records, except for use by the department of human services, law enforcement personnel, and if ordered by the court in a civil or criminal trial.' If any individual genealogist feels that this would impact their ability to do genealogical research, a letter voicing your concern would be in order here. The address is: The Honorable____, Ohio Representatives, 77 South High St., Columbus, Ohio 43266-0603. Or www.house.state.oh.us/voice/index. html. Representative Ron Hood from Canfield is a co-sponsor of this bill." Pass this on to any other lists you are subscribed to if you think others might also be seeking marriage information in Ohio records. Barbara Faig Tennessee ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== Be sure to visit the InGenWeb site for links to all Indiana Counties; http://www.ingenweb.org/ --part1_4c.4442b66.262d5f05_boundary-- ==== OBIT-LOOKUPS Mailing List ==== ************************************************************************* *************** PLEASE Check website FIRST to see if there is a Volunteer before posting a query http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html *** Listowners: [email protected] * [email protected] * [email protected] *** --part1_af.27b6410.262db5d8_boundary-- --part1_bd.284f837.262ddc43_boundary--

Hi. I will be visiting Michigan this summer for my husband's aunt and uncle 50th wedding anniversary. I would like to stop at Perry County, Illinois on my way up there to research my HUMPHREY surname since I recently discovered they lived there at one time during the 1800s. Does anyone have any recommendation of places to visit? Is there a good library there that carries local genealogy history? My Humphreys lived in Pinckneyville during the 1860 census. Not sure how long they lived there. By 1870 they moved to Taney County, Missouri.. I would appreciate any help. Thank you, Angela Miller Arlington, Texas

Hi List, Need to find the will of ANN HILLEN DAVIS who died in Perry CO. IL in the 1850s. Her eldest son was WILLIAM DAVIS and youngest son was JOHN BAILEY DAVIS of Perry CO. IL. Thanks, Nancy Helvey

...just a note...have added more Data to the Perry Co. ILL site...marriages updated....more bios added...check it 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>

I found a site with a list of books for sale for Illinois and Illinois Counties. I found some good stuff there. http://www.myfreeoffice.com/hrywlfrd//books.html

-----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Ingoglia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 4:52 PM Subject: Perry County History???? I am interested in finding out some history of Perry County. I recently found out my greatgrandparents were married in Perry County in 1898. My ggrandfather's name was Emmerton J. WILLIAMS, born in Illinois in 1882. My ggrandmother was Mary WESSEL, born in KY, in 1882. Chris Sharpe was nice enough to check the 1900 Census which shows Mrs. Mary Williams and her 1 yr old son Lenard were living with Robert & Angeline WINN (as boarders) in DuQoin. Maybe she stayed behind while her husband went to Williamson County to work in the coal mines. She must have joined him by 1902 as my grandfather's birth record of 1902 (which is written in a coal mining ledger) states his father was a minor and that he and the family lived in a coal mining camp. Where there coal mines in Perry County. Are their birth records in Perry County from 1882? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks. Suzanne

Harleigh and Sandy Winkler - I have limited info, but what I have in my Steele file is as follows: JEFFERSON STEELE was born August 10, 1817, near Steeleville, Randolph Co., IL, and died March 5,1871, Steeleville, IL.. He was the son of Archibald and Elizabeth (Flack) Steele. (Archibald was the eldest son of Captain John Steele, the first settler in Steeleville). He married in Randolph Co., April 28, 1842, Nancy T. Gardner. The known children I have listed (no dates or other info): SEBRUM STEELE - LAFAYETTE STEELE - and ARCHIBALD STEELE. Hope this helps some - Jane

-----Original Message----- From: Harleigh & Sandy Winkler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 12:36 AM Subject: Re: ILPERRY, Query - GARNER Hello: I'm new to this list, and this is my 1st post, so hopefully I am presenting this query correctly. I am looking for the parents of, and any info. about William Tilford GARNER, Sr. & Mary NEAL, their children, their children's spouses and any other related kin or data: William Tilford GARNER, Sr., b. February 12, 1793 15 miles from Nashville,Washington Co, Illinois,USA, and Mary NEAL, his wife, b. 1797 Swain Township, Charleston, North Carolina, USA. They were m. June 06, 1814, Randolph County, Illinois, USA - Vol. #001/ Page # 0006. Known children: Susan GARNER; Lucinda GARNER; Polly Ann GARNER; Charles Thomas Cotesworth William Pinkney GARNER; Nancy T. GARNER; William Tillford GARNER, Jr.; Fleetwood Buchanan GARNER; Thomas Falkner Renfro GARNER, and possibly Mary Jane GARNER (Could be CARNER.). Charles Thomas Cotesworth William Pinkney GARNER, b. March 28, 1821; m. October 31, 1844 in Jackson County, Illinois, USA - No Vol., Page or License Nos. to Mary Baker WESTON, b. June 22, 1828, Perry County, Illinois, USA. Need info. on Mary's parents (Baker WESTON & Clarissa STANTON, and so on! Their children: William Baker GARNER, b. August 18, 1847, Randolph County, Illinois, USA; Katherine GARNER, b. February 05, 1851, Perry County Illinois, USA; Nancy T. GARNER, b. Bef. 1824, Illinois, USA; m. April 28, 1842, Randolph County, Illinois, USA - Vol. #None / Page #150 to Jefferson STEELE. Need info. on Jefferson and Nancy and his children! William Tillford GARNER, Jr., b. May 31, 1825, Illinois, USA; m. September 09, 1849, Perry County, Illinois, USA - Vol. #1, Page # 337 to Elizabeth Jane PARLIER, sister to Julian below. Need info. on Elizabeth's parents and so on! Fleetwood Buchanan GARNER, b. September 19, 1827, Illinois, USA; m. May 04, 1851, Perry County, Illinois, USA - Vol. #2, Page # 25 to Julian M. PARLIER, sister to Elizabeth Jane above. Need info. on Julian's parents and so on! James Cortez Marion Neal GARNER, b. February 07, 1835, Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, USA; m. June 13, 1872, California, USA to Drucilla HOPWOOD. Thanks in advance for any assistance with this! Harleigh Harleigh & Sandy Winkler San Andreas, CA 95249 [email protected]

Chris, Here's the URL for the bed and breakfast which used to be an orphanage. These people do not have any of the records. It has been a lot of years since it was an orphanage. It was a boarding house for many years after the orphanage closed. I have no idea where you would find the records, if any remain. http://www.franciesinnonline.com/ Peg (Crain) Luthy

Terasa et al, Sometime last year someone (in Perry Co. list) emailed about the location of the old orphanage/school in DuQuoin. I remember that they said it is now a B&B but can't remember anything else....especially about records of children there. Do you remember it?? I have some people inquiring again. Chris

Hello all! My Dad's two best friends growing up were twin brothers named Bob and Ray Stallings who were from somewhere around Denmark, IL. The brothers were born about 1925 and I understand they are both now deceased, as is my father. I'm interested in corresponding with anyone who has information on these men. I believe both Bob and Ray were in the Army Air Corps during WWII and one or both moved to California after the war. Any help appreciated. Joel [email protected] Cary, NC

Robyn, I'll see what I can find tomorrow and next week and get back to you. I see the Crisler name in the Monroe, Randolph, Perry Co. history book. It will take a little time to go through it. I will check other records first. Stella -----Original Message----- From: Dan & Robyn Asimus <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 1:53 PM Subject: [ILPERRY] Crisler > Looking for any information regarding Silas and Mary (Polly) >Crisler. He was born 1788 and she was born 1789. He was a minister of >the Nine Mile Baptist Church District of >Perry County, Ill. He died in 1851 and she died in 1875. > Thank you, > Robyn >

Looking for any information regarding Silas and Mary (Polly) Crisler. He was born 1788 and she was born 1789. He was a minister of the Nine Mile Baptist Church District of Perry County, Ill. He died in 1851 and she died in 1875. Thank you, Robyn

Looking for any information regarding Silas and Mary (Polly) Crisler. He was born 1788 and she was born 1789. He was a minister of the Nine Mile Baptist Church District of Perry County, Ill. He died in 1851 and she died in 1875. . Thank you, Robyn

Is there anyone with information about a Baptist Church in the Perry County area, maybe the Cutler community? Linda ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.