Thank you Hugh for that information. I have put it in my file. David McKELVEY [email protected] Free Pages on McKELVY/McKELVEY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allmckelveys/Index.htm County Coordinator for: RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrandol List Manager for: [email protected] Randolph County Genealogical Society visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [ILRANDOL] early Illinois > > In a message dated 7/24/03 10:04:29 PM, [email protected] writes: > > << From what I've have learned in 1795-1805 when it was the Illinois > Territory there were but one or two counties in which to keep records and > those were > mostly in French...If some one discovers any information resources please > let > me and the rest of us know about it.>> > ____________ > > Jimmie, > > I have spent some time looking for records of the area that includes Cave > in > Rock, (now Hardin Co., IL) during the time frame you cite. While still NW > Terr, the Co. seems to be KNOX. It became Randolph Co. 1795 and was such > when IL > Terr was established in 1809. Since IN Terr was est in 1800 and IL Terr > in > 1809, it seems to me that IN should have some records of the area. The > first > Census of the area, as IL Terr., was in 1810. What I suggest is that we > not be > limited to IL records. > > Best regards, > Hugh > > > ==== ILRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Welcome, Please send an email to the list showing in all capitol letters > your SURNAME'S (only) that you are researching. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >