This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leeds, Tucker, Ward, Lattingly, Demoin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1732.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I have info on these surnames. I recently completed a CD of my interview with Ruby Leeds who taught in Barry, IL and lived in Pittsfield, IL with my grandmother on Piper Lane. The TUCKER family history crosses in the LEEDS family history. I still have cousins in the surrounding areas. Contact me if you feel we can exchange data. Thanks

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hornback Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1753.1 Message Board Post: Robert, Your welcome, glad to help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1753 Message Board Post: Thanks to you Karen for all the posting and Info. Hannah was my aunt and my father Reuben Guy Hornbeck's sister. Bob

According to Everton's Handy Book for Genealogists, Pike County began to record births and deaths in 1877. Illinois did not begin statewide registration until 1916. Barbara Brixey Wylie Every Family Has a History! [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Jamie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILPIKE] ROCHFORD 1860s ROCKFORD, RATCHFORD, RACHFORD, ROCHEFORD....etc? I have a RATCHFORD (1900 spelling) family who lived in the town of Eldiana, Pike Co. from 1860 through 1867 at least. I have been able to find them in the 1860 and 1865 census records. 1860: ROCHFORD, John 36 years from Ireland Mary 25 "" Bridget 4 KY Ann 3 KY William 1 KY ROCHFORD, Thomas 25 from Ireland (Thos stayed in IL...anyone know him?) 1865: ROCHFORD, John Mary Bridget Annie Wm Mary born IL c1860 Catherine born IL c1862 Margaret born IL c1864 Philip born IL c1865 Several children were born there between 1860 and 1867. Are there any birth or death records for the town / County anywhere? I have found birth and death records at Familysearch.org, but they are from 1877 and later. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer! jamie in california ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== Pike Co Books http://www.PikeCoILGenWeb.org/books.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williamson/Thornton Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1752 Message Board Post: One big THANK YOU to all those who sent me the census look-up on the Williamson/Thornton families. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your time in doing this wonderful gesture for a stranger. I was also fortunate to hear from a very kind lady about the cemetery where William is buried. My deepest heartfelt thanks to her. My mother wanted her children to know about her family. I am beginning to feel like I have known them for years (all the good and bad)! Thanks to all of you out there in this very small world. Shari in SC

ROCKFORD, RATCHFORD, RACHFORD, ROCHEFORD....etc? I have a RATCHFORD (1900 spelling) family who lived in the town of Eldiana, Pike Co. from 1860 through 1867 at least. I have been able to find them in the 1860 and 1865 census records. 1860: ROCHFORD, John 36 years from Ireland Mary 25 "" Bridget 4 KY Ann 3 KY William 1 KY ROCHFORD, Thomas 25 from Ireland (Thos stayed in IL...anyone know him?) 1865: ROCHFORD, John Mary Bridget Annie Wm Mary born IL c1860 Catherine born IL c1862 Margaret born IL c1864 Philip born IL c1865 Several children were born there between 1860 and 1867. Are there any birth or death records for the town / County anywhere? I have found birth and death records at Familysearch.org, but they are from 1877 and later. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer! jamie in california

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cohenour Lorentz Neff Bear Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1212.1 Message Board Post: I have a Mary Lopp Cohenour and antecedents of her line from Pike County, IL. I'm new at this, will be glad to share what I have. Some goes back to early 1700s. Regards, Kathy Boersma

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dean Doubleday Cohenour Lorentz Neff Bear Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/696.1.1 Message Board Post: I have shared ancestory through the Cohenour - Dean lines. I'm new at this. Can you share your info with me? I have info going back to the 1600 and 1700s on some of these lines. Will share what I have. Inherited this information through my grandfather Alvin Hedges, grandson of Mary Lopp Cohenour and Henry Elisha Dean. Thanks, Kathy Boersma

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williamson/Thornton Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1751 Message Board Post: Would someone be willing to look in the 1820, 1830, and 1840 Pike Co censuses for the Williamson men that are there? Hope I am not asking for too much here! I would really appreciate it. My gr-grandfather, William Williamson, died 24 SEPT 1866 in Chambersburg. I have yet to find his burial. He may be buried in the Chambersburg or Hume cemetery. Do I need to find the books for these and then ask for a lookup? By the way, William was married to Sarah Thornton in Madison Co. IL in 1858. I noticed some Thornton names in Pike Co. Sarah and family came from ENG in 1848. I believe she had relatives from ENG already in Madison and Pike Co early on. This Thornton family came over much later than the other Thornton lines. Thanks for any information on this family. Shari in SC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1750.1 Message Board Post: Thank you everyone for your quick response to my request! I am overwhelmed and really appreciate your help! Now I know why I couldn't find Samuel after the 1850 census - he died later that year. Thanks again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vanslyke, Meehan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1750 Message Board Post: I find the name Vanslyke listed in the index for Gray Cemetery in New Salem township. Does anyone have the Cemetery Volume IV and would be willing to send me information on the Vanslykes buried there? We've been looking for my 2grgrandfather's family for over 30 years, and these might be them!! I need names, dates, etc. in order to verify my suspicions, or not. Thanks!

I've "rescued" an old photograph album which includes the following photographs including some belonging to the POTTER Family. POTTER Family Photo Album · Unidentified Male, Duryea Studio, Perry New York, 1890’s, age 60’s · Uncle Lan POTTER, Westervelt Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 19th 1886, age 50’s · Aunt Della, Westervelt Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 19th 1886, age 50’s · Unidentified Male, no studio or location, 1890’s, age 60’s · Unidentified Female, no studio or location, 1890’s, age 60’s · Unidentified Male, A. Hopkuys Studio, Palmyra, NY, 1880’s, age 50’s · Unidentified Female, A. Hopkuys Studio, Palmyra, NY, 1880’s, age 50’s · Aunt Polly, Grandma WHITTLETON’s sister, no studio or location, 1880’s or 1890’s, age 60’s · Uncle Dr. WHITTLETON, Taylor Studio, Rochester, NY, 1880’s or 1890’s, age 40’s · Empty Slot identified as “Pat CONNEY” · Mrs. P. CONNEY, R. Snyder Gallery, Topeka, KS, 1880’s, age 50’s · G.O. THORNTON, E.R. Burnham Studio, Barry, IL, 1870’s or 1880’s, age 40’s · Della THORNTON, E.R. Burnham Studio, Barry, IL, 1870’s or 1880’s, age 20’s · Empty Slot, Great Grandpa POTTER · Empty Slot, Great Grandma POTTER · Unidentified Male, no studio or location, 1890’s, age 50’s · Unidentified Female, no studio or location, 1890’s, age 50’s · Unidentified Male, E.R. Burnham Studio, Barry, IL, 1880’s, age 30’s · Unidentified Female, E.R. Burnham Studio, Barry, IL, 1880’s, age 30’s · Unidentified Male, Taylor Studio, Rochester, NY, 1880’s, age 50’s · Unidentified Female, Taylor Studio, Rochester, NY, 1880’s, age 50’s · Katie Selene POTTER on her second birthday, October 19th 1886, Westervelt Studio, Los Angeles, CA · Big Grandma WHITTLETON, tin type w/no studio or location · Grandpa WHITTLETON, tin type w/no studio or location · Empty Slot, Uncle Fron · Empty Slot, Aunt Carrie · Cora and Aunt Mabel, tin type w/no studio or location · Aunt Lil LUSK, J.P. VAIL Studio, Palmyra, NY, 1860’s, age teens or 20’s · Unidentified Male, no studio or location, 1870’s, age teens · Unidentified Toddler, tin type w/no studio or location · Unidentified Toddler, tin type w/no studio or location · Unidentified Infant, tin type w/no studio or location · George WHITTLETON, tin type w/no studio or location, infant · Unidentified Females, tin type w/no studio or location · Unidentified Female, tin type w/no studio or location, age 30’s · Unidentified Male, no studio or location, 1880’s, teens · Unidentified Female, no studio or location, 1880’s, 30’s Based on limited research I do find the family of John & Harriette WHITTLETON living in Barry, IL during the 1880 census. The couple ages 45 and 38 respectively, John a Farmer b. in Eng and Harriette b. in IL were living with 8 children at that time. The children included James age 18, Idella age 16, Jenetta age 14, John age 11, Laura age 8, Minnie age 6, George age 4, and Julia age 2. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that the album can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of one of these families or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1749 Message Board Post: Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to donate their old genealogy books to me. I am looking to open a genealogy library in California after I receive my masters in Library Science. (probably at least 4 years from now). Also, if anyone wants to send their family pedigrees or history to me that would be great too! Feel free to email me with any questions. Thank you! Amy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1202.1 Message Board Post: Virginia, I may be able to share information with you about your GORTON family. The things that connect with my information are Berkshire Co. NY, IL, Gorton, and the name Thomas Acock. My questions are: Was Thomas Acock's, middle name a family name? Do you have the Acock name as a sername in your family history? We have a Thomas ACOCKS who married a GORTON, her name may be Nancy. Marriage was around 1800 give or take a few years. Does any of this sound familiar?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dillon McDonald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1743.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, thank you. I am responding off-line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1743.1 Message Board Post: Barbara, I have baptismal information of a Dillon family from St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pittsfield, Illinois. "To John Dillon and Margaret McDoniel: Michael, born Oct. 26, 1855; Margaret Ellen, born July 22, 1857, married John riley; Mary E., born Aug., 12 1859, John Simon, born Jan.1, 1866; married Jane Sweet; Cecelia; Anna, born march 28, 1858. Please let me know if this is your family. I am researching a Dillon family from Pike County around the Pittsfield, also. My email is [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1730.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for your willingness to do lookups for me. Several have emailed me directly and completed the lookups I needed. Thanks to all of you for your quick responses and willingness to help. Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1730.2 Message Board Post: Carol, I have volume v- who are you looking for? Karen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Uppinghouse Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1492.2 Message Board Post: Uppinghouse was my g-grandmothers maiden name. Her name was Adrian Eugenia UPPINGHOUSE Robb. I'll need to research more to find out who A.J. Uppinghouse was.