Has anyone viewed the 1810 census?? This included Saline Co, right (I know it did in 1818)? TERRITORIAL CENSUSES. 1810; 1818. 2 microfilm rolls and 1 vol. Index. The surviving portion of the 1810 territorial census is for Randolph County alone which at the time of the enumeration composed the southern quarter of what now is the state of Illinois. Entries include name of town, village, or other geographical subdivision; name of head of household; numbers of free white males aged 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, and 45 and upwards; numbers of free white females by the same age divisions; number of other free persons, except Indians, not taxed; and the number of slaves. Entries were recapitulated and endorsed by the census taker. The 1818 population census of the Illinois Territory was compiled in each county by census commissioners appointed by the territorial Governor to establish the minimum population requirement for achieving statehood. Each county return includes name of county and for each household name of head of household, numbers of free white males twenty-one years of age or older, other white inhabitants, free Negroes and mulattoes, and servants and slaves. Also included are total number of inhabitants of each county, signature of census commissioner certifying census, and date certified. Returns are included for the following counties: Bond Crawford Franklin Gallatin Jackson Johnson Madison Monroe Pope Randolph St. Clair Union Washington White Censuses were reprinted by Margaret Cross Norton, ed., Illinois Census Returns: 1810, 1818, in Theodore Calvin Pease, ed., Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, XXIV, (Springfield, 1935).
Just a note to vent some frustration. I started researching family history only about a year ago...so I'm a rookie with soooo much to learn. I live in Kansas City and am able to visit my birthplace...Harrisburg....once a year. Thank goodness for the wonderful resources we have available to us on the internet now days! Anyway....just got back from my week end in Harrisburg. Amist three parties and a grade school reunion I was able to visit the library and court house and driv e to Shawnee town. I was specifically trying to find any information on the birth of my great great grandfather, Albert Lancaster. November 27, 1872 or 1873 in Gallatin County. I had called Gallatin County court house from Kansas City and was told births b/4 1878 weren't recorded. When I got to Harrisburg I found they have Gallatin County newspapers but a 20 year span is missing which includes 1873. Drove to Shawnee town and same deal....20 yr span missing?? I had hoped to possible find some kind of birth announcement in the paper. Back in Kansas City now...I've been calling the Gallatin Democrat all morning but no one answers. Also visited the court house in Harrisburg to see if any wills were listed for my people...Cresswell, Lancaster, Smythe or Smith, but didn't find a single one. There have been times when I have absolutely hit the jackpot of information, but this week end wasn't one of those times. Can anyone tell me if there was a working newspaper in Gallatin County in 1872 or 3? Does anyone have any suggestions how I might find information on birth of Albert Lancaster...Nov 27, 1872 or 1873? I sure could use some advice. Thank you, Leanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trev" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 1:53 PM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Southern IL 1810 Census > Has anyone viewed the 1810 census?? This included Saline Co, right (I know > it did in 1818)? > > TERRITORIAL CENSUSES. > > 1810; 1818. 2 microfilm rolls and 1 vol. Index. > > The surviving portion of the 1810 territorial census is for Randolph County > alone which at the time of the enumeration composed the southern quarter of > what now is the state of Illinois. Entries include name of town, village, or > other geographical subdivision; name of head of household; numbers of free > white males aged 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, and 45 and upwards; numbers of > free white females by the same age divisions; number of other free persons, > except Indians, not taxed; and the number of slaves. Entries were > recapitulated and endorsed by the census taker. > > The 1818 population census of the Illinois Territory was compiled in each > county by census commissioners appointed by the territorial Governor to > establish the minimum population requirement for achieving statehood. Each > county return includes name of county and for each household name of head of > household, numbers of free white males twenty-one years of age or older, > other white inhabitants, free Negroes and mulattoes, and servants and > slaves. Also included are total number of inhabitants of each county, > signature of census commissioner certifying census, and date certified. > Returns are included for the following counties: > > Bond > Crawford > Franklin > Gallatin > Jackson > Johnson > Madison > Monroe > Pope > Randolph > St. Clair > Union > Washington > White > > Censuses were reprinted by Margaret Cross Norton, ed., Illinois Census > Returns: 1810, 1818, in Theodore Calvin Pease, ed., Collections of the > Illinois State Historical Library, XXIV, (Springfield, 1935). >
Long distance research is hard. You said you were looking for birth info, for my gg-granfather i used what was on the death certificate. IRAD has some online 1916-1950, two Albert Lancaster from Saline. LANCASTER ALBERT M/W UNK 0000149 1940-10-30 SALINE HARRISBURG - - LANCASTER ALBERT GENE M/W UNK 2830083 1933-06-12 SALINE HARRISBURG 33-06-14 ----- Original Message ----- From: "holdgraf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Southern IL 1810 Census > Just a note to vent some frustration. I started researching family history > only about a year ago...so I'm a rookie with soooo much to learn. I live in > Kansas City and am able to visit my birthplace...Harrisburg....once a year. > Thank goodness for the wonderful resources we have available to us on the > internet now days! Anyway....just got back from my week end in Harrisburg. > Amist three parties and a grade school reunion I was able to visit the > library and court house and driv e to Shawnee town. I was specifically > trying to find any information on the birth of my great great grandfather, > Albert Lancaster. November 27, 1872 or 1873 in Gallatin County. I had > called Gallatin County court house from Kansas City and was told births b/4 > 1878 weren't recorded. When I got to Harrisburg I found they have Gallatin > County newspapers but a 20 year span is missing which includes 1873. Drove > to Shawnee town and same deal....20 yr span missing?? I had hoped to > possible find some kind of birth announcement in the paper. Back in Kansas > City now...I've been calling the Gallatin Democrat all morning but no one > answers. Also visited the court house in Harrisburg to see if any wills were > listed for my people...Cresswell, Lancaster, Smythe or Smith, but didn't > find a single one. There have been times when I have absolutely hit the > jackpot of information, but this week end wasn't one of those times. > > Can anyone tell me if there was a working newspaper in Gallatin County in > 1872 or 3? Does anyone have any suggestions how I might find information on > birth of Albert Lancaster...Nov 27, 1872 or 1873? I sure could use some > advice. > > Thank you, Leanna >
Thank you for the reply....both Alberts are in my line. The first Albert Lancaster is the one I'm working on right now....I have his death certificate but it lists parents as unknown. His newspaper obit says his parents died when he was young and he was raised by his Aunt, Mrs Minnie Smith in Shawnee town. It also states that he had a half brother names Charles Yarber in Dorrisville. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent & Tracy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Albert Lancaster > Long distance research is hard. You said you were looking for birth info, > for my gg-granfather i used what was on the death certificate. > IRAD has some online 1916-1950, > two Albert Lancaster from Saline. > LANCASTER ALBERT M/W UNK 0000149 1940-10-30 > SALINE HARRISBURG - - > LANCASTER ALBERT GENE M/W UNK 2830083 1933-06-12 SALINE > HARRISBURG 33-06-14 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "holdgraf" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 3:44 PM > Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Southern IL 1810 Census > > > > Just a note to vent some frustration. I started researching family > history > > only about a year ago...so I'm a rookie with soooo much to learn. I live > in > > Kansas City and am able to visit my birthplace...Harrisburg....once a > year. > > Thank goodness for the wonderful resources we have available to us on the > > internet now days! Anyway....just got back from my week end in Harrisburg. > > Amist three parties and a grade school reunion I was able to visit the > > library and court house and driv e to Shawnee town. I was specifically > > trying to find any information on the birth of my great great grandfather, > > Albert Lancaster. November 27, 1872 or 1873 in Gallatin County. I had > > called Gallatin County court house from Kansas City and was told births > b/4 > > 1878 weren't recorded. When I got to Harrisburg I found they have > Gallatin > > County newspapers but a 20 year span is missing which includes 1873. Drove > > to Shawnee town and same deal....20 yr span missing?? I had hoped to > > possible find some kind of birth announcement in the paper. Back in Kansas > > City now...I've been calling the Gallatin Democrat all morning but no one > > answers. Also visited the court house in Harrisburg to see if any wills > were > > listed for my people...Cresswell, Lancaster, Smythe or Smith, but didn't > > find a single one. There have been times when I have absolutely hit the > > jackpot of information, but this week end wasn't one of those times. > > > > Can anyone tell me if there was a working newspaper in Gallatin County in > > 1872 or 3? Does anyone have any suggestions how I might find information > on > > birth of Albert Lancaster...Nov 27, 1872 or 1873? I sure could use some > > advice. > > > > Thank you, Leanna > > >
Leanna, you might write to the Illinois Genealogical Society and/or the Illinois Historical Society. You can call your post office for zip & address. There is also the Hillegas Chapter of the DAR in Harrisburg. I corresponded with the society president many years ago about my family. She invited me to her home while I was in Harrisburg and answered questions for me--even put me in contact with a local lady who was also a descendant. Very nice people. ----- Original Message ----- From: "holdgraf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Southern IL 1810 Census > Just a note to vent some frustration. I started researching family history > only about a year ago...so I'm a rookie with soooo much to learn. I live in > Kansas City and am able to visit my birthplace...Harrisburg....once a year. > Thank goodness for the wonderful resources we have available to us on the > internet now days! Anyway....just got back from my week end in Harrisburg. > Amist three parties and a grade school reunion I was able to visit the > library and court house and driv e to Shawnee town. I was specifically > trying to find any information on the birth of my great great grandfather, > Albert Lancaster. November 27, 1872 or 1873 in Gallatin County. I had > called Gallatin County court house from Kansas City and was told births b/4 > 1878 weren't recorded. When I got to Harrisburg I found they have Gallatin > County newspapers but a 20 year span is missing which includes 1873. Drove > to Shawnee town and same deal....20 yr span missing?? I had hoped to > possible find some kind of birth announcement in the paper. Back in Kansas > City now...I've been calling the Gallatin Democrat all morning but no one > answers. Also visited the court house in Harrisburg to see if any wills were > listed for my people...Cresswell, Lancaster, Smythe or Smith, but didn't > find a single one. There have been times when I have absolutely hit the > jackpot of information, but this week end wasn't one of those times. > > Can anyone tell me if there was a working newspaper in Gallatin County in > 1872 or 3? Does anyone have any suggestions how I might find information on > birth of Albert Lancaster...Nov 27, 1872 or 1873? I sure could use some > advice. > > Thank you, Leanna > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trev" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 1:53 PM > Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Southern IL 1810 Census > > > > Has anyone viewed the 1810 census?? This included Saline Co, right (I know > > it did in 1818)? > > > > TERRITORIAL CENSUSES. > > > > 1810; 1818. 2 microfilm rolls and 1 vol. Index. > > > > The surviving portion of the 1810 territorial census is for Randolph > County > > alone which at the time of the enumeration composed the southern quarter > of > > what now is the state of Illinois. Entries include name of town, village, > or > > other geographical subdivision; name of head of household; numbers of free > > white males aged 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, and 45 and upwards; numbers of > > free white females by the same age divisions; number of other free > persons, > > except Indians, not taxed; and the number of slaves. Entries were > > recapitulated and endorsed by the census taker. > > > > The 1818 population census of the Illinois Territory was compiled in each > > county by census commissioners appointed by the territorial Governor to > > establish the minimum population requirement for achieving statehood. Each > > county return includes name of county and for each household name of head > of > > household, numbers of free white males twenty-one years of age or older, > > other white inhabitants, free Negroes and mulattoes, and servants and > > slaves. Also included are total number of inhabitants of each county, > > signature of census commissioner certifying census, and date certified. > > Returns are included for the following counties: > > > > Bond > > Crawford > > Franklin > > Gallatin > > Jackson > > Johnson > > Madison > > Monroe > > Pope > > Randolph > > St. Clair > > Union > > Washington > > White > > > > Censuses were reprinted by Margaret Cross Norton, ed., Illinois Census > > Returns: 1810, 1818, in Theodore Calvin Pease, ed., Collections of the > > Illinois State Historical Library, XXIV, (Springfield, 1935). > > >