I HAVE A BOOK I BOUGHT BACK A FEW YEARS AGO. GENEALOGY OF PIKE CO. FAMILIES OF. DUEHAM,CARNES [MINE],NELSON,CHANEY,ERVIN,MOORE,AND MC CARTY. THIS BOOK WAS DONE IN 1997. BUT STILL BE GOTTEN. [CARNES,HOFFMANN,] ARE MY CONNECTION TO PIKE CO. IF THIS WILL HELP CONTACT ME . THANKS DON/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <jenlane57@yahoo.com> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: [ILPIKE] Pike County families in book of hair from 1850s-1870s > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > Surnames: Akin / Aiken, Alsbury, Barnes, Clark, Freeman, Friend, Gaskin / > Gaston, Gates, Gentry, Head, Heredeth / Heredith, Howard, Howell, Ingram, > Jasper, McGee, McNutt, Meaders / Meadows, Nunn, Purcell, Riggs, Tucker, > Wadkins / WatkinsClassification: Query > Message Board URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1998 > Message Board Post: > All of the following surnames are associated with entries in a book of > hair containing samples from more than 130 family members. The book was > begun sometime in the late 1850s by my g-g-grandmother when she lived in > Pike County, Illinois. Some family members had at one time been (or were > still) residents of counties near Pike including Sangamon, Adams, > Schuyler, etc; others moved to Iowa, Missouri or other “points west.” > Some were probably descendants of a connection in earlier generations in > either Virginia (now WV), Ohio and/or Indiana as the family migrated west > (first settling in Illinois ca 1825). I am actively searching for > information on the families represented in the book and need to identify > some individuals to find the family connection. For more detailed > information, contact me via e-mail – jenlane57@yahoo.comAkin(s) / > AikenAlsburyBarnesClarkFreemanFriendGaskin / GastonGatesGentryHeadHeredeth > / HeredithHowardHowellIngram JasperMcNuttMeaders / > MeadowsNunnPurcellRiggsTuckerWadkins / Watkins > > -------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send > an email to ILPIKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 > >