My husband just learned in Hamilton County courthouse that records for 1871 (marriages) and surrounding years are missing from the courthouse - stolen, they say. Does anyone have any idea where to check next for a wedding that took place in HCI in March of 1871? Charles Hutchcraft and Mary Jane Drew? [email protected]

From: "Rosanne Lewis" <[email protected]> Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Eagle, Ill I'm new to this site and found it because I'm researching my family. My grandmother as well as her sister and two brothers were born in Eagle in Cottage Township, Ill. back in the late 1800's. Can anyone tell me about this town? Its location? Its history? Its Indian heritage? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rosanne of Jax, Fla. hi, From <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/dennisvcarter1/myhomepage/heritage.html">Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of the Southeast 44 Counties</A> (huge web page takes more than a minute to open if your Internet connection is an old fashioned dial up): Eagle-, cf Eagle Mountain; formerly L'Aigle; listed in RM56 but not 58 (PO 14Feb1901-20Apr1929) RFD Herod Eagle Mountain-, cf Eagle; same as Prospect Hill; see 1887 Gallatin-Saline hist. 149) The - after the place name indicates you won't find it listed on most current maps... happy hunting dennis "Once, on this earth, on this familiar spot of ground, walked other men and women, as actual as we are today, thinking their own thoughts, swayed by their own passions, but now all are gone, one generation vanishing after another, gone as utterly as we ourselves shall shortly be gone like ghosts at cockcrow." -- G M Trevelyan

Not all of us are off playing!!! Major help needed here Stone Wall for three years. Charles H. Curtis b. 1864/66 Harrisburg, IL. Looking for a family unit or just the birth of a child in Harrisburg, or that's what my gr'father Marvin R.Curtis, b. 1898 d. 1984,said his dad was born? I also have a letter written in 1970 from a half brother William Curtis that says the same thing. Mother: Unknown Father:Unknown Possible siblings,William,Elizabeth,Emma.I have no idea what the birth order is. Any help? Any idea where I can go for information? Any suggestion? Thanks, Ginni Curtis

----- Original Message ----- From: holdgraf To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Testing You know, I've noticed the same thing...maybe everyone is taking a summer break from genealogy????? I agree with Leanna. Too quiet around here. C Lind

Hi from Iowa Kay Kaiser 1909 32 Avenue Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501 712-366-2624

You know, I've noticed the same thing...maybe everyone is taking a summer break from genealogy????? If anyone knows how to order the Harrisburg Sesquesentennial book by mail please let me know. Leanna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 9:39 PM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Testing > I wanted to make sure my addresses were working, since it has been very quite > in Wm. and Saline Co.'s this past couple wks. > thanks, >

I'm new to this site and found it because I'm researching my family. My grandmother as well as her sister and two brothers were born in Eagle in Cottage Township, Ill. back in the late 1800's. Can anyone tell me about this town? Its location? Its history? Its Indian heritage? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rosanne of Jax, Fla.

Have you too Lori

Hello St. Louis. I used to live there many many years ago and loved it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen elder" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:46 AM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] testing > Hey, Jan--gotcha in St. Louis. >

Receiving you in Fl. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 10:39 PM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Testing > I wanted to make sure my addresses were working, since it has been very quite > in Wm. and Saline Co.'s this past couple wks. > thanks, >

Hey, Jan--gotcha in St. Louis.

I wanted to make sure my addresses were working, since it has been very quite in Wm. and Saline Co.'s this past couple wks. thanks,

Thanks, but what time??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent & Tracy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] History Channel > History Channell is running a story on Tornados, pictures of Harrisburg 1925 > > > >

sorry 5pm central time Tornado Alley Over the American Great Plains, tornadoes lurk in the sky, powerful and unpredictable, leaving a path of destruction in their wake. We'll examine historic twisters that prowled the Midwest--from the Natchez tornado of 1840, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, to the Plainfield disaster of 1990. TV G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Patton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] History Channel > Thanks, but what time??? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kent & Tracy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 6:09 PM > Subject: [ILSALINE-L] History Channel > > > > History Channell is running a story on Tornados, pictures of Harrisburg > 1925 > > > > > > > > >

History Channell is running a story on Tornados, pictures of Harrisburg 1925

Does anyone have any informaiton about a Samuel L. Jones who married Martha Purvis? I believe they were married in Harrisburg, Illinois, sometime in the 1800's. One of their children was named Jan Jones. That's about all the information I have on them. Sandy West [email protected]

Steve, What a great letter of family history to share with your descendants ! Sue

This is hand typed copy of a letter from the previously mentioned William L Jones, s/o William Jackson Jones + Unknown congratulating his Niece Bertha Mae Rister Baker & John William Baker junior on the birth of their daughter (My mother) Shirley Dean Baker in 1924. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Springville, Calif. September 1, 1924 Mr and Mrs J W Baker Harrisburg, Ills Dear Nephew & Niece: Some days ago I received the news that "Shirley Dean" is visiting you. Congratulations to both of you. I am very sure that she is a most welcome guest in the Baker home, and that she brings happiness to the home and cheerfulness to the hearts of the father and mother. Some say "What is home without a mother ?" They may well add " What is home without a baby?" I hope all are well and doing well. I havee been trying for a long time to get a few spare moments to write to you. The weather has been real warm here for some time, during the day, and I have found it very tempting to do just as little as I could. I have also been suffering some with high-blood pressure for some time and perhaps I have been a little negligent about some things that I could at all posstpone. However I am feeling better and hope I may be my best again soon. This altitude (1032 feet) has no doubt, been a little too high for me in some respects. I suppose that Sarah has told you that I am planning on retiring from active service at the end of the Conference year (October 1st) ? That will make 30 consectutive years for me in the ministry, some of them under great disadvantages and that I fancy that I will enjoy a rest. Although I will need to do something to buy bread and toothpicks, or else visit among kinfolks. I think I shall remain in California during the coming winter, on account of my throat affliction. I have been preaching ever since I arrived in the state and have not gotten all the benifits of this climate. Have been helped quit a little. I would like extremely well to see all the Dear Ones but will have to forego that great pleasure indefinately unless they conclude to come to see me. Times have been pretty close all through this section of country and money is very scarce. Orange growers lost more than half of their crop in the freeze last winter and thousands of head of stock had to be killed on account of Foot and Mouth Disease. The scarcity of snow in the mountains has given the ranchers but little water for irrigating. Many Easterners are returning "Busted". We sometimes have rains in September. That would bring relief. God has not put all the good things in any one section of the country, and "Old Illinois" is not the most God-forsaken place on the earth. Remember me kindly to all the kinfolk and let me hear from you as often as convenient. Yours with lots of LOVE Good by. W L JONES (signed) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I must state that my Mother is still with us and still being a mom. A great great grand mom. Don't let her fool you, she LOVES that part. I must admit that when ever I read this letter, I feel different things from it. I catch abit of happiness in the beginning, harsh, hard, but happy. Sadness that he never got the time to do all the things that he wanted to do. A statement that his health was poor and that he hoped the winter would help firm him up. And most of all a sadness for the folks that had traveled out there and went bust. Shades of Grapes of Wrath !! (One of Henry Fonda's BEST). I got the feeling that the only way he made it home was in a pine box, as he supposedly died c 1925. Thanks for listening Steve [email protected]

Sarah Samantha Jones was the d/o William Jackson (?) Jones bc 1817 Va + Mary Jane Campbell b 3/19/1834 Illinois Sarah b 6/6/1871 White Co Ill William d between 1870-1880 unknown location Mary Jane Campbell Jones d 1/26/1905 White Co Ill The only marraige I can find for a Jones/Campbell that fits is in 1868 in Scott Co Ill. This all fits if this is an m2 for William, which seems also to fit. And in fact it almost looks like an m3 for William, if the ages are correct, and even an m2 for Mary Jane. altho no other children are listed for her. Another point of fact is that these Jones were active in the Primative Baptist Church early on along with some of my Risters. William L Jones, was a minister for many years, and was located in Merced County area of Ca for quite awhile. Now HE was buried back here in probably Saline or White Co in 1925 or so. What am I looking for, is that some kind soul check their data for these other Jones and see if they might have some of them with some additional data, that may help me narrow it down some more. This Jobes family SEEMINGLY does not fit into the known Jones of the area that everyone ELSE seems to be researching. lol THANKS to all Steve [email protected] >>>> Descendants of William Jackson Jones 1 William Jackson Jones b: 1817 in Virginia d: Bef. 1880 in William R ??? Jones .. +Unknown b: in Indiana 2 Charles Jones b: 1861 2 William L Jones b: Abt. 1862 in Illinois d: 1925 in Illinois .... +Lillian Xxx b: 1868 in Indiana 2 Martha Jane Jones b: 1864 in Illinois .... +Jasper Newton Miller b: 1862 Ill d: Ok m: Sept 07, 1882 White Co Ill 2 Nettie Jones b: 1866 *2nd Wife of William Jackson Jones: .+Mary Jane Campbell b: March 19,1834 Ill d: Jan 26, 1905 White Co Ill m:May 28,1868 in Scott Co Ill ? 2 Sarah Samantha Jones have all this .... +Job Calvin Rister : have all this >>>>

Hi List; I have the obituary for Donald Hull 68 of Pontiac, who died 9/06/2003, husband of Cornelia "Corky" with family in Harrisburg if any one needs it. Sue _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. https://broadband.msn.com