If you supply names, we can look. Get lucky sometimes. RC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curry, Hughes, McMahon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5903 Message Board Post: I'm looking for what Ward and District 142 1/2 W. Jackson Blvd.in the 1900 census. Have searched for party by name, but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I'm confused about the connection between "Blue Island Families" and Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois. Anyway, here is one connection for you from the Illinois State Archives. They also had one marriage but it was not in Staunton. Seems there were quite a few Teuferts north of Chicago in Evanston, Niles, etc. This is Mary's death info. You can go to the Archives site and find info on how to order this certificate. TEUFERT MARY F/W Y-82 0012646 1935-03-24 MACOUPIN STAUNTON Joan in Illinois

It would be a GREAT help if you list such things as what decade you are interested in, birth years and places, family members you know of. We REALLY need a place to start. Can look from 1790 thru 1900. RC in Texas --Orig: I am searching for Teuferts in Staunton, Illinois. Rudolf Teufert married Wilhelmine Unknown and had 10 children. My husband's great great grandmother was one of their children. I am interested in finding out about the rest of the family. What do you know about the Teuferts?

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/Fh.2ADI/5492.1 Message Board Post: I am searching for Teuferts in Staunton, Illinois. Rudolf Teufert married Wilhelmine Unknown and had 10 children. My husband's great great grandmother was one of their children. I am interested in finding out about the rest of the family. What do you know about the Teuferts?

Midwestern Roots 2005: Family History and Genealogy Conference August 19-20, 2005 Indianapolis, IN Join the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Genealogical Society for the Midwestern Roots 2005: Family History and Genealogy Conference, to be held on August 19 and 20, 2005 at the Indianapolis Marriott East. The conference will feature over 30 presentations covering topics ranging from finding female ancestors, census substitutes, family food traditions, copyright, German SS records to baptismal records, preserving family papers, genetics, and much more. Pre-conference activities planned for August 18 include tours and workshops at the Indiana State Archives, Indiana State Library, and the Indiana History Center. The Midwestern Roots conference is sponsored by the IHS and the Indiana Genealogical Society. http://www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots/index.html PRE-CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITES Optional pre-conference activities include tours of the William Henry Smith Memorial Library at the Indiana History Center, the Indiana State Library, and the Indiana State Archives; writing workshops on preparing family histories for publication; computer labs on genealogy resources available on the internet; and a workshop designed for library staff and volunteers who answer questions from genealogy patrons. The Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library and IHS will have extended research hours on Thursday evening. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS On Thursday evening a lively panel discussion will bring together genealogists and historians to answer the question, History and Genealogy: Why Not Both? Nationally renowned historical genealogists Elizabeth Shown Mills and Curt B. Witcher, Indiana historian James H. Madison, and migration historian Marianne S. Wokeck who will explore how these fields can enrich each other, from uncovering the slightest detail of one life to seeing human history more clearly because of that life. Elizabeth Shown Mills highlights the conference on Friday explaining standards and processes all researchers need to apply in the pursuit of family history and it's sources for research. Join Ms. Mills for the banquet presentation encouraging us to take what we've learned about our ancestors and to consider how to convey this to our descendants. Migration patterns, photography issues, baptismal records are just some of the topics covered at Midwestern Roots 2005. National speakers offering presentations include genealogists John S. Humphrey, Diane Gagel, Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, Tony Burroughs, and Kandie Adkinson. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Hotel reservations may be made at the Indianapolis Marriott East, 7202 East 21st Street, by calling (317) 352-1231 or (800) 228-9290. Indicate your association with Midwestern Roots 2005 to receive the special $92 room rate. Room reservations must be made by August 1, 2005. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, a program and registration brochure, visit http://www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots/index.html

Hi - They are listed in Macoupin Co., Virden City, Ward 1, ED 68, page 237 (sheet 6A). The husband is listed as Ellenworth but it must be the right family as the children from the 2nd family match what you listed. Priscilla -----Original Message----- From: Madonna Shutt <mshutt@indiana.edu> Sent: Jun 5, 2005 3:16 PM To: ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILROOTS] Look Up Please > I am trying to find William S. Eskew and family on the 1930 census. > This would include William, wife Mabel Ann or Anna, children: Odessa, > William, Delmar, Tony, Lee, Clarice, Stella and Ellsworth. It is > possible that there are other children by a second marriage: Evelyn, > George, Richard, Harold, Mildred, Helen, Dorothy, and Donald Lee. I > have Heritage Quest Census, but they do not have the 1930 Indexed. If > you could send me the Township and page number, I can print off the > image. Any help you can give me would be much appreciated. Please > reply directly to: mshutt@indiana.edu. > > > > Thank you so much for your assistance. > > Madonna > > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== There are TWO list archives, searchable two different ways. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILROOTS-L http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ILROOTS-L/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Wow! I have several Fred Beck's and Jacob Beck's; but seem to have none gone to Washington.....maybe you can find an obit to learn what city/county he was born in Illinois and post it to that county's site? ladybug ----- Original Message ----- From: <geofiles@aol.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: [ILROOTS] Frederick Beck > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Beck, Ray > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5901 > > Message Board Post: > > Name: Frederick Beck > Birth date: December 21, 1882 > Birth location: Illinois > Father: Jacob Beck > Mother: Maria "Mary" E. Rau > Married: Edna Mae (Unknown) > Date of death: July 26, 1933 > Cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. > Death location: in his place of business "Success Bakery", Spokane, > Washington. > Burial date: July 29, 1933 > Burial location: Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane County, > Washington. > > Click on the below web address to view the original death certificate of > Frederick Beck: > > http://www.familytreeheritagelibrary.com/death/death0012.html > > Please contact me if your related. Thanks! > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings to the list. > Karima, List Administrator mailto:ILROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

> I am trying to find William S. Eskew and family on the 1930 census. > This would include William, wife Mabel Ann or Anna, children: Odessa, > William, Delmar, Tony, Lee, Clarice, Stella and Ellsworth. It is > possible that there are other children by a second marriage: Evelyn, > George, Richard, Harold, Mildred, Helen, Dorothy, and Donald Lee. I > have Heritage Quest Census, but they do not have the 1930 Indexed. If > you could send me the Township and page number, I can print off the > image. Any help you can give me would be much appreciated. Please > reply directly to: mshutt@indiana.edu. > > > > Thank you so much for your assistance. > > Madonna > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beck, Ray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5901 Message Board Post: Name: Frederick Beck Birth date: December 21, 1882 Birth location: Illinois Father: Jacob Beck Mother: Maria "Mary" E. Rau Married: Edna Mae (Unknown) Date of death: July 26, 1933 Cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Death location: in his place of business "Success Bakery", Spokane, Washington. Burial date: July 29, 1933 Burial location: Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Click on the below web address to view the original death certificate of Frederick Beck: http://www.familytreeheritagelibrary.com/death/death0012.html Please contact me if your related. Thanks!

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/Fh.2ADI/5900.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for this information. I am familiar with German Valley as that is where my father was born. I had forgotten what the name had changed to. The reason for the change according to the story from my long deceased father was, during the war the germans were decriminated on and the name "German" had to be changed to eliminate this problem. Then after the war and everything settled down, the name was changed back to German Valley as it still is today. Hope this little info is helpful to others too. Alicia

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/Fh.2ADI/5900.2 Message Board Post: This is taken from Illinois Place Names by James N. Adams: MEEKIN (Stephenson Co.). PO est. (changed from German Valley) 3/19/1919; Changed back to German Valley 4/19/1922. In my atlas, German Valley is south of Route 20, almost to the county line. Hope this helps. Kathleen (STANFIELD) COOK

This is from Rootsweb. The town has a long history of name changes. German Valley Remembers, 1848-1998 published by the History Committee on the occasion of the 150th year celebration I have Lin Strong's copy on loan. Several of us had attended the festival and set up a genealogical session in the Silver Creek Reform Church. We helped people with their questions. It's hard to believe that it was held over five years ago! It appears the earliest names for the village were initially Wieman and then Baalton. These names were the owners of the property that the village and later the railroad used. Here are some dates: Wieman - 17 Apr 1884. In honor of the storekeeper and postmaster and to establish a name for the young village This name was not universally accepted by the settlers Baalton - 18 Mar 1886. The area north of the railroad was platted and named Baalton after Nanke Baal. German Valley - 16 May 1887. There was a town named Bolton on the railroad that was creating some confusion. German Valley was officially incorporated as a town in 1907. Meeken - 19 Mar 1919. The events of World War I led some people to express their loyalty to the United States German Valley - 19 Apr 1922. I guess the loyalty mission was accomplished and sanity returned to the area. Some confusion exists about when postal service was provided to German Valley (or Wiemen or Baalton). In the early days, mail had to be picked up in the village of Ridott, north of German Valley. I do not know when a post office was established in German Valley. I have not been able to determine the first name of the Wiemann fellow. The problem is that all of Wiemann settlers identified themselves as farmers, not as storekeeper or postmaster. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions, Robert

German Valley (apparently, from the Rootsweb article, the present name of the town of Meeken) is located in Stephenson County, with a population of 481 (2000 census). ~Karima ----- Original Message ----- From: <JOARDITH@aol.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [ILROOTS] town location > This is from Rootsweb. The town has a long history of name changes. > > German Valley Remembers, 1848-1998 > published by the History Committee on the > occasion of the 150th year celebration > > I have Lin Strong's copy on loan. Several of us had attended > the festival and set up a genealogical session in the Silver > Creek Reform Church. We helped people with their questions. > It's hard to believe that it was held over five years ago! > > It appears the earliest names for the village were initially Wieman > and then Baalton. These names were the owners of the property > that the village and later the railroad used. Here are some dates: > > Wieman - 17 Apr 1884. In honor of the storekeeper and > postmaster and to establish a name for the young village > This name was not universally accepted by the settlers > > Baalton - 18 Mar 1886. The area north of the railroad was > platted and named Baalton after Nanke Baal. > > German Valley - 16 May 1887. There was a town named > Bolton on the railroad that was creating some confusion. > > German Valley was officially incorporated as a town in 1907. > > Meeken - 19 Mar 1919. The events of World War I led some > people to express their loyalty to the United States > > German Valley - 19 Apr 1922. I guess the loyalty mission > was accomplished and sanity returned to the area. > > Some confusion exists about when postal service was provided to > German Valley (or Wiemen or Baalton). In the early days, mail > had to be picked up in the village of Ridott, north of German Valley. > I do not know when a post office was established in German Valley. > > I have not been able to determine the first name of the Wiemann > fellow. The problem is that all of Wiemann settlers identified > themselves as farmers, not as storekeeper or postmaster. > > I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions, > > Robert > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0522-13, 06/03/2005 Tested on: 6/3/2005 6:06:16 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

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/Fh.2ADI/5900.1 Message Board Post: Does the document list a county perhaps? Could it possibly be Pekin, located in Peoria and Tazewell Counties.

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/Fh.2ADI/5900 Message Board Post: My grandfather, great uncle, and gggrandmother lived in Meekin Illinois during 1919. I have probate document listing Meekin Illinois as the post office address of these people. I'm trying to find the location of this place as it is not on any current state maps. I think the name has been changed or the town is no longer there. Please help.

The Lillian and Marie - one of John's daughter-in-laws was a Lillie and there was a sister Marie Agnes - will search further to confirm.

Here are 3 deaths in Iroquois County from the index 1916-1950 EUCHNER JOHN M/W UNK 0037090 1920-10-22 IROQUOIS MARTINTON 20-10-23 EUCHNER JOHN F M/W Y-74 0000129 1941-05-08 IROQUOIS MARTINTON VIL - - EUCHNER LILLIAN F/W UNK 0033847 1944-12-08 COOK CHICAGO - - EUCHNER MARIE N/S UNK 0035705 1939-12-29 COOK CHICAGO - - EUCHNER MINNIE B F/W Y-73 0000093 1942-05-14 IROQUOIS GILMAN - -

From the pre1916 death index Name of Deceased Date City Age Sex Vol. Page Certificate No. County1 records are displayed. The maximum number displayed is 500. If a MORE button appears below, click for additional records. EUCHNER, JOHN 12/15/1903 CHICAGO 50 YR U 00003971 COOK

Johannes B-1803, Grafenberg, Nuertingen, W.G. son John B - 1839 G.N.W.G., Grant B - 1880 Iroquois. Orlan B- 1902 Iroquois. Barbara M. B - 1804 ?,N.W.G., Mary S. B - 1844 Swis, Leah B - 1882 French Canadian PC CRASHED _ CONNECTIONS PLEASE EMAIL WITH YOUR ADDRESS as book lost. Ronald Grant John Euchner - _Chas7116@aol.com_ (mailto:Chas7116@aol.com) Thank you