Hi everyone ... In an effort to locate info on my gg-grandfather, I have received two death certificates from the IL State Archives for different William H. WILSONs. However, neither of these are my ancestor. So I am posting basic info on these two Wilson gentlemen in hopes it will help someone else. If you feel these are your relatives, let me know & I'll scan the certificate(s) and e-mail them to you. #1: William H. WILSON b. 25 Dec 1837, Randolph Co., IL d. 4 Feb 1922, Randolph Co., IL Wife: widowed Father: (illegible) WILSON, b. Scotland Mother: Jane Ros_____gh #2: William H. WILSON b. 23 Mar 1856, Baldwin, IL d. 29 Sept 1925, Randolph Co., IL Wife: Maggie Words Wilson Father: George WILSON, b. SC Mother: Mary WILSON, b. SC HAPPY HUNTING! Steve Bartow, FL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

Velda, I apologize for sending this through the list, but can you contact me privately at [email protected] The e-mail address I have for you apparently is no longer in use. Steve Bartow, FL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

Kelly, How strange. Someone else is looking for the marriage of the same Clem BOSTWICK in a query to my other screen name. There is no Clem BOSTWICK of any spelling in any Randolph County death index (1877--1915) or recorded in any cemetery in the county. There are some BOSTWICKs in the Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Prairie du Rocher and in the Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, but no Clem nor his wife. Miss Désirée de Nantes <[email protected]> and <[email protected]>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bostwick Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/og.2ADI/97 Message Board Post: can somebody do me a RANDOLPH COUNTY,death index Lookup for CLEM BOSTWICK, born 1802, wifes name Eliza, thanks. Kelly.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOSTWICK, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/og.2ADI/96 Message Board Post: I'm seeking info in regards to CLEM BOSTWICK: born abt. 1802 Illinois and according to 1860 census was living in Prairie Du Rocher Randolph co Illinois ( may even have been born there) He was 59, a Farmer, spouse ELIZA, age 58, born in Ill. three children Adelaida, 18 Jams (sic) age 16, Elise age 14, born in Illinois. any one help me with info ? where he was born / where and when he married, thank you - Pauline.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/og.2ADI/95 Message Board Post: Looking for information about Laura Lucille McCormack, b. 1865 in Sparata, Randolph Co, d. 1945 in Muskogee Okla. Thanks!

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Mike and Val--Can you respond on the list? I have Booth's in the area. Pam Treme [email protected] Land O' Lakes, Florida

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/og.2ADI/12.2 Message Board Post: Hi Mike. Saw your message regarding Sprouls, Booth, Dickey's in Sparta. My family is part of James, Mathew, William and Thomas Sproul and the Dickey women who married them. What would you like to know? Val

Just for your Information, I got this off Scotch-Irish List, thought you all would be interested. Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 07:47:23 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: [Scotch-Irish] (Derry, Mechesneytown Cem, a Cause)) Hi folks, Here are some relevant highlights from "Jots from the Point", the newsletter of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. www.wpgs.org . Many of our Scotch Irish ancestors went through Pittsburgh on their way westward. INDUSTRIAL ARCHIVES: Check out The Archives Service Center. It is part of the University of Pittsburgh's Archives of Industrial Research in Pittsburgh. Check out their webpage to get a sense of what is there: www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/archives.html to link to Pittcat. NOTE: their archives are not set up as a genealogical archives. Experienced researchers ONLY. LAND APPLICATIONS: Pennsylvania Land Applications, Vol 1: East Side Applications 1756- 1769 by Kenneth D McCrea has now been published by the Colonial Pennsylvania Land Records and PA Chapter of the Palatines to America. It has info on over 4000 land applications THAT HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN PUBLISHED. Unless you have researched PA land records at the PA archives and/or LDS (it has many, many, many rolls of film of actual land records, not indexes), this book might be for you. They were east of the Susquehanna River in the area purchased from the Indians before 1765. Price: $40 plus tax. Contact them at PO Box 280, Strasburg, PA 17579-0280 . Can't afford the book? Use microfilmed land records in LDS. Most are filmed, donno about this batch specifically I admit....my ancestors lived north of the Susquehanna in the Allegheny River Valley -- we didn't even marry those southern PA folk <grin>. The southwestern parts of PA were inhabited by Virginians who thought they were still in Virginia, and they didn't like Pennsylvanians. Us, we came from Lancaster Co, so they didn't like us. On a recent trip there visited what is supposed the oldest house in the area, built after the American Revolution about 1790 (laughable to a New Englander, where you can buy houses built in 1650!)....a Virginia plantation house. DERRY AREA: The Derry Area Historical Society has researchers who can do research for you at the Fulton House in New Derry, PA. They charge $10 per hour, minimum of $20 . Write The Fulton House, Box 64, New Derry, PA 15671. Director: Thelma Ometz at 724- 694-9564 . (Obviously New Derry was settled by Ulster folk). The Mechesneytown Cemetery is added to the list of sites that the Derry Area Historical Society recognizes as of historical importance. Evelyn Ruffing at 724-539-2191 has more info. BAD NEWS: Allegheny County (Pittsburgh is in it) has been found to have abandoned 50,000 boxes of city/county records, some of them 300 years old. This was first brought to light 7 years ago. The WPGS has been microfilming them in their grave in an old mattress factory. A second stash has been found now, also abandoned to rot by the county government. The WPGS (see full name, top of article) has been attempting to rescue these. It is in need of the usual: funds, storage, volunteers. The second stash consists of the complete records of Allegheny City until its absorption into the City of Pittsburgh in 1907. (This town was north of the Allegheny River, across from the Point). These are 13 skids of documents, 4 feet high and 20 EACH. They have been in an unheated warehouse since 1969. There is a lot of mold and red rot. While you would think the State Archives would be interested in these, there appear to be jurisdictional issues as well as money so the county would prefer to let them rot than let the State take control. As of Nov 12 apparently the local gov is willing to let them go to Harrisburg. They remain in the unheated warehouse, moldering away, their future undecided, as the mold continues to erase all trace of your ancestors forever. The Allegheny County Deputy Director of Administrative Services says "We basically do not know what's in these boxes and we don't care". Grrrrrrr. I'm not publishing the man's name. Let his name moulder away too. WGHS needs a "head honcho" to manage the rescue project, a committee, support from individual groups, fundraising, and mobilization of broad-based community support. Any support you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Contact the society at the above URL. (PS: JOIN! They are a great group). Linda Merle

Hello everyone, I am going to start transcribing the 1870 Randolph County, IL Census and am in need of a Proofreader. (Must have access to the same census for proofreading) If anyone out there would like to help, email me about it. David E. McKELVEY [email protected] Coordinator for: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrandol/">RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS</A> List coordinator for: [email protected] [email protected] "We do not choose our Ancestor's--They choose us." :o)

Hello Everyone, I'm trying to get in contact with some Dauers that used to live in the Sparta/Schuline area of Randolph Co., IL. Can someone check a phone book for those cities and/or county for any Dauers who might still live in the area? Thanks for your time, Julie R. Dauer Researching: Ohio; Tusc, Hardin, Seneca, Hancock Co.: DAUER, GARWOOD, DOVE, SPITLER, CLEMENTS Missouri; St. Louis: DAUER, WERZ, DIEPENBROCK PA; Fayette; GARWOOD, COFFMAN, GREGG W V; Rockingham, Shenandoah: DOVE, SPITLER

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boudreau Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/og.2ADI/94 Message Board Post: We are looking for information on Charles (Charlie) Boudreau who was born on May 1858, in Illinois. His father might be named Louis or Charles Boudreaux. We believe they may have come from Deschambault, Quebec, Canada.

Hello, I am searching for information on my family lineage of Lua Rogers and her marriage to Alfred Bayless.They would be my great grandparents. All I know is that they are from southern Illinois, I am not sure of what county. I am trying to locate any info. that is out there. Thanks much, Patty [email protected]

Dear susankcan, What time period, please? Martha near Seattle - >I am researching the following families that I believe were in Randolph County around Chester Illinois. >Julia Ann DuFour who married George Schnitzer and her parents were John B. and Jane DuFour. >John Park McDougal who married a Young. I do not know who his parents were. He had 2 sisters - Minnie who married a Lindsey and Emma who married a Lynn and a brother named William whose son's name was James I think. John Park McDougal had a son named Thomas Sherman Who married Caroline Elizabeth Schnitzer (George and Julia Ann's Daughter). I think Thomas McDougal may have lost a wife and 2 children before he married Caroline. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDougal/DuFour/Schnitzer/Young/Lindsey/Lynn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/og.2ADI/93 Message Board Post: I am researching the following families that I believe were in Randolph County around Chester Illinois. Julia Ann DuFour who married George Schnitzer and her parents were John B. and Jane DuFour. John Park McDougal who married a Young. I do not know who his parents were. He had 2 sisters - Minnie who married a Lindsey and Emma who married a Lynn and a brother named William whose son's name was James I think. John Park McDougal had a son named Thomas Sherman Who married Caroline Elizabeth Schnitzer (George and Julia Ann's Daughter). I think Thomas McDougal may have lost a wife and 2 children before he married Caroline. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cole, Kennedy, Kenoyer, Hunsaker, Burk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/og.2ADI/92 Message Board Post: Martha Jane Kennedy (Cole) Born ABT 1855 IL. Daughter of Goerge B. Kennedy and Mahulda Hunsaker married December 15, 1846 in Adams County Il. 1850 Census in Adams county Durham showes George and Hulda with John William. There children were John William, Martha Jane, Christina Kennedy. George remarried in January 09, 1859 to Sarah A Kenoyer. There Children were Rosanna b. 1860 Mo., Ida M. Kennedy 1861. 1860 Census for Lewis county Mo. Showes George, Sarah, John William, Christina, Martha Jane, Rosanna, And Jacob Kenoyer. They divorced June 15, 1868 in Adams County IL. George Remarried Margaret Emmazetta Caldwell March 21, 1869 in Adams County IL. In 1880 Census shows George Margie Ida and Grandson Stephen A. Burk. Martha Married Zachary Cole b. abt 1858. They married 1875 in Marion County Mo. In 1880 Census showes Zach, Martha, Austin Cole in Randolph County IL.

URGENT REQUEST!: Now that we are over the holidays, This years is our 350th Anniversary of the landing of the Swartwout family in North America. The name has many variations such as Swarthout, Swartout, Swartwood, Swathwood, Swarthwood etc. We need help in gather lines, pictures, articles, wills, what ever you have stashed in your attic. We would really appreciated it if you shared with us what you had, there a literally thousands of us here looking for our roots, looking for connections. For our 350th Anniversary we need to updated our list of folks out there that are descendants somewhere along the line of any of those variations. We also have a family newsletter that cost only $5.00 per year, a real bargain. Just send it your mailing address. Every day I get e-mail asking me for help. Up here in Canada, there were two brothers that had huge families, all the remains of their descendants are the female sides. All the male went back to the States. I'm am the maintainer of "The Updated Swartwout Chronicles" People submit their lines-ged-coms etc. and I just drop them into the data base. It is everyone's database. Each person is responsible for their own submissions. It is not copyrighted. Kathy [email protected] [email protected]

Is there anyone who can check newspapers for these two Obituaries and email me what they say? Thank You in advance for any help! Carol CLIFFORD PAHLMAN Died: Oct. 1970 in Steelville, Illinois He was born April 12, 1905 --------------------------------- CLARA MAASBERG Died: Dec. 1977, in Steelville, Illinois She was born Jan 6 1893

Hi, I am seqarching for any information on William WATKINS who was living in Coulterville, IL on or before 1870. William is the son of Samuel and Betsy WATKINS , my GGGrandparents. They were living in Perry Co., Pinckneyville. Samuel was killed in the CW and my GGrandparents Harmon and Emaline STANTON took William to raise. Emaline is sister to WILLIAM. Any help discovering what became of William would be greatly appreciated. Would be happy to share what info I have. Virginia STANTON CUNNINGHAM