This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chatterchit Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12802.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: According to public records, there are at least 79 Gerald Gays in the US. Do you know how old he is? Do you know where he lives or has lived before? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Everybody, Here are my updates for Winnebago county......     1855/56 Business Directory finished   Q. R. S of Rockford Biography list . Harrison, Seward, Shirland, Laona township histories   Rockford's furniture industry.   Many new tombstone pictures for Winnebago county  on our Tombstone Project.   Enjoy! Wini Caudell  http://www.illinoisancestors.org/winnebago/index.htm

Hi Everybody,   Here are my updates for Rock Island county.........   21 new biographies added. Transcribed by Denise Border. My thanks to you, Denise!   Most of the cemeteries are online and most have pictures and some history for them. If anyone has any pictures or information for nay of the cemeteries, I'd sure appreciate the help!   Cheryl has submitted pictures of Benjamin and Zeri Sheeley, her ancestors. Thank you, Cheryl!   Enjoy! Wini Caudell  http://www.illinoisancestors.org/rockisland/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kzavada Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12802.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: These boards usually used for genealogy ancestor research not possible living people. IF a search would be possible, approximate dates(circa)would be necessary for births at least. have you used online search engines, genealogy bank through your local library and if adopted the various adoption websites? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jade7Inc Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12802/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for Gerald Gay - my father. My mother was Rochelle Williams Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lastonestanding Surnames: Mills Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12798.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not related either but will add to the fine obit annageis76 has submitted. Illinois state archives: Theodore S. Mills married Louisa E Moore in Lake county Illinois on Oct 1st 1853. --------- In 1880 Theodore S Mills is 54, Louise E. 49 born in New York,son Henry A 22. They live in Vernon, Lake county Illinois. The census notes that at this time (June 10th of 1880) Theodore has a fractured ankle. ------------------ 1900 in Hillsboro,Colorado: Walter Cronkhite head of the house , wife Libbie J., daughter Theodora H age 21 born in Colorado, living with them is Theodore Mills 75, Elizabeth M. born SEpt 1830 age 69 born in New York. By 1910 Walter B.Cronkhite and wife Libbie are in Greeley,Colorado with just a servant Martha Anderson from Sweden. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ELLinSpain Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12800.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: you are most welcome - sorry I could'nt find much Ell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sheilacoulton1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12800.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi ellinspain,thank you, for yor time and effort.sheila Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ELLinSpain Surnames: ZEGERS Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12800.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: not one of mine - but may help rellies connect with an idea of dates 1930 Name: Dominic J Zegers FOREMAN PAPER CO Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Holland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Irene A Zegers Race: White IRENE A 48 WISCONSON BERNARD H 25 DITTO - RADIO SHOP TESTER VINCENT J 20 ILLINOIS BERNICE M 17 DITTO Name: Dominic Zegers SSN: 326-12-9994 Last Residence: 60625 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America Born: 2 Sep 1878 Died: Jul 1966 State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951) WW1 12TH SEP 1918 Name: Dominic Joseph Henry Zegers VARIETY STORE MERCHANY - SELF EMPLOYED WIFE: IRENE ABOVE ADDRESS City: Chicago County: Cook 2156 VILAS PLACE State: Illinois Birth Date: 2 Sep 1878 Race: White TALL MED BUILD BROWN EYES DARK BROWN HAIR FHL Roll Number: 1613663 DraftBoard: 59 WW2 Name: Dominic Joseph Zegers WIFE: IRENE Birth Date: 2 Sep 1878 Birth Place: Neth Residence: 2156 WINDSOR AVENUE Chicago, Illinois EMPLOYERS BAME ZEGERS INC. 5617 HARPER AVENUE, VINEE SERVICE STATION N.WESTERN Race: White Roll: 30955_166018 Name: Irene Alice Zegers Death Date: 4 Apr 1963 Death Location: Cook County, IL File Number: 6070313 Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk Name: Bernard Hutchinso Zegers Death Date: 14 Sep 1989 Death Location: Cook County, IL File Number: 6017414 Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk Name: Vincent J. Zegers Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1936 Spouse: Edna Heying Marriage Location: Cook County, IL Marriage license: {66F58B09-26D1-483B-8EA0-7E97A46D0A63} File Number: 1493889 Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk Name: Vincent J. Zegers SSN: 326-12-9993 Last Residence: 60631 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America Born: 24 Jul 1909 Died: 13 Oct 1993 State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

In the 1910 census, Springvale Twp, Humbolt County, Iowa: Grace Burris age 25, single, living with a Yates sister, I cannot make out the first name. Yates is 30, divorced, had two children, one living but not listed on the census. It does not show that Grace Burris had children or was married. The sisters both have Millinary shop listed as occupation. The age is about right, but I don't know if this would be the same woman. This Grace is listed as born in Iowa. On the 1900 census where she is listed with her grandmother, she was born in Illinois, age 15. I don't know if this is any help, but it may eliminate a fruitless search or help break down a brickwall. Lorraine Leslie Besmer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: annageis76 Surnames: epperson, leu, burris Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12801/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Grace Darling Epperson was the daughter of May Manley and William Benjamin Epperson. Grace was born abt 1885...in the 1900 census she was being raised by May's mother Lavina in Persifer, Knox CO, Ill. Grace married John Leu Nov 16, 1901. They had a daughter Jan 31, 1902 who died at 17 days. John and Grace were divorced March 1904, but Grace married William L Burris of Riverside, Iowa Sept 10, 1904. Grace's mother May remarried a Noah Buffington and died in Pueblo, CO in 1953. William Benjamin remarried Nellie Westfall and they had many children and he died in 1948 in Pueblo, CO. Grace is not mentioned in obits for her mother (May Buffington) or her father William Benjamin Epperson. If anyone knows what might have happened to Grace (and where her infant daughter is buried) I sure would like to hear from you. Thanks a lot, Anna Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sheilacoulton1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12800/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi there,i would like to make contact with the descendants of dominic zegers and mary a aylward zegers,they migrated to chicago,cook illinois ,by 1920 they had 3 children bernard, vincent, bernice. thank you sheila coulton Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Chicago, IL Crane Technical High School Class of 1907 http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/illinois/21504/chicago-il-crane-technical-high-school-class-1907 The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them. More Illinois Old Photos http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/category/united-states/illinois

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sjsowell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12799/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would like to correspond with anyone who lived in the Illinois Protestant Children's Home on Ellis Avenue in Chicago during the 1950s to early 1960's. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jenzis Surnames: Young. Manson. Dougherty. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12797.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I recently received a copy of Hugh Manson Young's death certificate, stating he died in Sydney, Australia in 1967 aged 77. He appears on both the 1891 and 1901 in London where he was born, along with the rest of his family. I didn't know he had lived in New Zealand, where did you find that information ? His death certificate said he had lived in Australia for 40 years, so he cannot have been in NZ for long. Until I read the certificate I did not know he had married, but it gives his widow as Della Marie Dougherty whom he married in Chicago when he was 35. That would be in 1924 or 1925. I have already tried the free US records and was hoping through this posting that someone would be able to help with information. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kzavada Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12797.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: no match found, have you used all possible resources in New Zealand where they moved in 1927 before attempting Chicago Cook County IL? In any case here are some links that may help. Wasn't Hugh born in 1898 in your other posts? Family search pilot website has cook county indexes and indiana(bordering state to IL)marriages to 1959-1992 http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start cook county(illinois)clerk's office indexes http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR ILLINOIS ADOPTEES October 2010 ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR ILLINOIS ADOPTEES is a monthly eNewsletter bringing you all the news that's fit to print from the Land of Lincoln. We are a voice for the Illinois Open Organization, <wlmailhtml:%7b66F937A2-4D1F-4496-BDA9-DBDBFFADF43B%7dmid://00000393/!x-usc: http://www.ilopen.org/> www.ILOpen.org ILLINOIS OPEN MISSION STATEMENT It is the civil and human right of ALL ADOPTED ADULTS to have access to their original birth records unconditionally and free from falsification. Our goal is to challenge Illinois legislators to restore this civil and human right to all adopted men and women. We will not support legislation that places any restrictions on the rights of all adopted adults' access to their obc's. It is not our primary goal to be a search organization. We are independent of any other group. I WON I'm the official winner of the Amazing Race. I received a non-certified copy of my original birth certificate about two weeks ago. Mary Lynn Fuller is still wading through bureaucratic red tape to get hers. She really has a battle coming up. Receiving my original birth certificate last week almost makes up for all those years when I kept writing to the State over and over and each time I'd receive a form saying "There is no record of any such person." And a great big "Nanny, Nanny - Boo Boo" to a woman at the Cook County Dept. of Vital Records who told me in her very loud and arrogant sounding voice that I was ADOPTED! and therefore not eligible for a "real" birth certificate. She dramatically tore up my application into 4 pieces and tossed those pieces ever so casually into the waste basket. She was so casual she wasn't even wearing shoes. I was crying. I'd like to tell the US Passport Office, "I told you so!" Several years ago it refused to issue me a passport because my Adoption Decree did not have a place of birth. However, the irony here is that my newly acquired original birth certificate would not pass muster with the feds anyway because it is a non-certified copy. In fact, this law is stamped in big-blocked letters covering half my new certificate. The stamp says: NON CERTIFIED COPY THIS NON-CERTIFIED DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE USED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE ADMISSABLE BEFORE ANY [WORD BLURRED] TRIBUNAL OR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY. I am happy that the State of Illinois has finally been forced by law to acknowledge my presence on this earth. I feel like a real person now. I spent nearly all of my life living a lie which began with the issuing of an Amended Birth Certificate to my adoptive parents. This certificate legally changed me into the biological child of my adoptive parents. What a whopper of a lie that is. So it's pretty nice to finally be acknowledged by the State. It's not as good as an apology, but it's a start. The only truly fair conclusion, though, must be to eliminate the "mother may I" regulation in the current law that gives birth parents a legal right to deny their adoptee access to his or her birth certificate. All adoptees in the state must be treated equally under the law. Birth parents cannot be given any legal rights now over the child that they irrevocably relinquished for adoption at least 21 years ago. OBSTACLES TO GETTING AN OBC Congratulations to Anita for winning The Amazing Race! My journey began on September 2, 2010. It came to an abrupt stop 14 days later when I received mail from the Division of Vital Records. Enclosed along with their letter was my application. I was told that I would be eligible to apply on November 15, 2011. I rechecked Rep. Sara Feigenholtz's Web site since she had sponsored the bill and it stated very clearly that I was eligible now since my birth mother is deceased and I submitted her death record along with my application. I read the text of the bill in its entirety and could not find anything that directly pertained to my situation. On September 25, I mailed a letter to Rep. Feigenholtz and told her that I felt the statement on her Web site must be correct since she sponsored the bill. The text is not easy for me to follow and I could imagine someone at Vital Records tiring from the tedious reading. The result might have been the return of my application as the easy way out. On October 12, I received a letter from Rep. Feigenholtz - "The problem you are having has been brought to the attention of relevant parties and is a consequence of a misinterpretation of the legislative intent of the law." "Once this issue is resolved someone will be contacting you so that you may obtain a non-certified copy of your original birth certificate." During the late 1970's when my long search for birth family began I learned to never take "no" for an answer and still do not today. My heart goes out to those who do because often accepting defeat is robbing yourself of what is rightfully yours. Whether something else comes up along my OBC journey remains to be seen. Right now I'm patiently waiting but I'm not the most patient person. OBC REJECTS DATABASE In May HB 5428 was signed into law and is now known as PA 96-0895. Since this law went into effect have you had your application for an OBC returned to you? Have you been told that you can't register with IARMIE? If your answer to either question is "yes", please consider being entered into the OBC Rejects Database. Names will not be published but statistics need to be compiled so that we can raise awareness that some adoptees are being left behind. We need to know why so the problem can be fixed. Please send an email to mlfuller65@comcast.net. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Please don't forget to vote and remind your family & friends! We must continue to fight toward adoption reform in IL and it is vital to have those in Springfield who believe in equal rights for all adopted adults. IllinoisOpen.Org: Anita Walker Field, Skokie, IL Mary Lynn Fuller, Urbana, IL We are volunteers and do not ask for nor receive donations. There is no membership fee. Illinois Open should NOT be confused with Adoption Reform Illinois or Green Ribbon Campaign. Please forward as far and as wide as possible! To subscribe to this monthly eNewsletter just send an email to obc@ilopen.org <wlmailhtml:%7b66F937A2-4D1F-4496-BDA9-DBDBFFADF43B%7dmid://00000393/!x-usc: mailto:obc@ilopen.org> . ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ADOPTION-GEN-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. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chatterchit Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12796.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I sent you an answer via the Messages feature. I think that I've found Hugo! Please check your messages. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chatterchit Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12796.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I MAY have found Hugo the younger in Media, Pennsylvania. Could he have spelled his last name as KARLSSON? I'm checking on a few more details.... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kmccartney17 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12796.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: YES WE ARE!!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.