Fantastic!!! I'm in Perry Co. with a Randolph Co. address. Next time I go to the library, I'll read the fine print. I have copied some articles from it. Very nice book. I do volunteer lookups if there is anything in particular you are looking for. Stella -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 2:34 AM Subject: [ILPERRY] Partial Patron List >Dear List-members, >Has anyone come across the book : "Combined Histories of Randolph, Monroe and >Perry Counties, With Illustrations " pub. 1883 in Philadelphia, PA by J.L. >McDonough Co. in their research? I am sure I've run across it before but >yesterday at our local library's geneal. sect. I took a closer look....it's >not indexed, so requires a lot of scanning..and found a literal gold-mine of >information in the back...17 pages of the teeniest print I've ever run >across, first divided by the 3 counties, then by Township and Range with >patrons (probably contributors) listed by Name, Post. Ofc., Residence >(usually the Twp. Section), Occupation, Nativity (place of birth), and date >Settled. Many of these people listed not only their names but wife's maiden, >parents and deathdates. >Example under Perry Co.Twp 6 So.-Range 2 W..: House, William, Duquoin, >Sect.19, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Perry Co. IL, 1853 >with Mary Darrington, same P.O. and Sect., Wife of William House, Jackson Co. >IL, 1879 >and House, George, Died Sept.17, 1874, Father of William House, North >Carolina, 1833 >and House, Eloise (nee Grubb), Died Oct.1853, Mother of William House , >Jackson Co. IL, 1844 >The last column, Settled, in some cases was also the birthyear for those >born in that county. So far I've been able to determine my Joseph Campbell >was b. in Caldwell Co., KY and came to Perry Co. in 1838...that neighbors >John Craig, Minerva J. Brown and Hugh Brown also were b. in Caldwell Co. and >came to Perry in 1829 and 1830. Minerva married Joseph's brother-in-law >William Russell Milligan...not sure yet how Hugh is related...but now aware >of a possible connection. This is of course only a partial list so not >everyone is on there, but there are quite a few....looks like about 150 >entries per page. There are quite a few biographies and community histories, >some of them very entertaining, Know this is getting too long but have to >relate this mention of Dr. Conrad Will of Brownsville, Jackson Co., who >practiced in Pinckneyville..."Dr. Will, it is said, was very fond of hunting, >and, for that purpose, kept a pack of hounds, which he would often take >along, when he went to see a patient and stay and hunt until the patient >either got better or died. He was elected to the legislature, sitting at >Vandalia, and to while away leisure hours he took his hounds along with him >to coon-hunt. " Have already copied more than a dozen pages out of this >book and probably will go back for more...even the illustrations are great. >If anyone would like me to check this patron list for an ancestor, you can >contact me. Note: this book is more than 70 years old and is NOT protected >by copyright. Sorry for the length of this message but am really excited by >its possibilities. >[email protected] > >______________________________