Someone sent me a request today asking me to put two bios online from the 1904 Sangamon County Book. I accidentally deleted the 3 or 4 messages from my mailbox this afternoon (remotely) and need for the individual who submitted the request to contact me again. Shirley A Aleguas

SCGS Library Collections SCGS is fortunate to have two library locations. The main library is located in Springfield's Public Library in the Sangamon Valley Collection. See their website for more details: http://lincolnlibrary.rpls.lib.il.us/SVC.htm The office library, was developed over the summer of 2003 is located at 2856 S. 11th Street, Springfield, Illinois. The office library consists of surname files, misc. obituary files, vertical files, vital records microfilm for Sangamon County, and publications from a variety of other societies throughout Illinois as well as other states and countries. The surname file consists of pedigree charts, family group sheets, family histories, biographies, birth, marriage and death certificates. The obit file consists of obituaries gathered from the sources listed above and also includes some obituaries provided by current members. The vertical file is broken down into the following subcategories: Sangamon County townships, Illinois counties, states and miscellaneous genealogical topics. The township section will have a history of each township, a plat or map of the township, a cemetery list and any deeds found during research in that township. The Illinois counties section will consist of county maps as they are obtained over time as well as a historical overview of the county. The state section will have a map of the state and miscellaneous information on that state. The miscellaneous section will consist of "How to do genealogy" articles, cemetery research materials, deed research materials and internet resources. If you live in the area or are visiting, please feel free to knock on our door on Wednesday nights. We would love to see you. Sincerely, Dan Dixon SCGS President Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: [email protected] Phone: 217-529-0542

PAM, Do you have a MARIA CUSTER who married CASPER SHARF? I think they came from Germany to US. and lived in Pa. Their daughter, HELENA CUSTER SHARF married NICHOLAS KRAMP. She and Nick resided in Springfield, IL. Helena was born in Germany in 1849 and died in Springfield, IL in 1930, age 81. She came to the US about 1875. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Gresham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] Re: Rademacher > > I'm also related to the Custer/Rademacher marriage. I have tons of info. > Please get in touch with me. > > Pam Gresham > > >

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/xg.2ADI/2529 Message Board Post: I am researching various family surnames which include Key, Adkinson, Heckman, Cordery, Coffey, Francis Marion Brown Family, Ida Mae/May Campbell Family, Kaiser, Pabst, and Weinhoeft/Spies or Spiess. If anyone has connections to these lines please e-mail me.

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/xg.2ADI/2184.1 Message Board Post: The copy would be in Sangamon County at the County court house

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/xg.2ADI/2381.4.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Joyce.

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/xg.2ADI/2381.4 Message Board Post: I believe that the St John Sanitarium in Sangamon County for T B patients is owned by the Order of St. Francis, the same sisters that own and operate St. John's Hospital in Springfield, IL In the late 1940's durning the POLIO outbreak it was used to treat young polio patients. In the last 3 or 4 years, the original bldg's have been torn down and replaced. I would think by calling there you could find some info on old records.

I'm also related to the Custer/Rademacher marriage. I have tons of info. Please get in touch with me. Pam Gresham ----- Original Message ----- From: "mrlucky" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] Re: Rademacher > Jen, do you remember this from Jan of 2003? Did we ever get this decided? > Are we related? My gg-grandmother, Hannah Rademacher, married Christopher > Custer/Kuster/Koster. He came here from Germany. Does this sound like we > might be related? Let me know, I lost much of my info in my computer last > year because of a virus or ?????? Thanks, Bob O. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:32 PM > Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Re: Rademacher > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Radamacher, Heerten > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xg.2ADI/1661.1.1.3.1.2 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Bob, > > Yes, I did get your message... my appologies for not responding right > away, I have very limited internet access. Please send me more information > as I would love to find another new connection! Thank You!! Jen > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Morris Myers, > > list administrator, with questions concerning this list! > > mailto: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > You can search the surname or county mail list msgs here: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > For Sangamon enter the word ilsangam. > Find the names of other maillists to search: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >

I am trying to help a young lady find her birth mother. The information I have: 1. Mothers name: Fanchon Penley Waskowski, born c. 1922. 2. Lived in Mantino,IL and worked at the Mantino State Hospital and had two other children. 3. Gave 3rd child up for adoption, Sandi, born May 15, 1959. and adopted by Dr. Ernest Erickson and his wife Jeanette. If any one has any info on this lady, I would appreciate knowing about it. This young lady needs to find out about her mother for health reasons. Thanks for all your help. [email protected]

Jen, do you remember this from Jan of 2003? Did we ever get this decided? Are we related? My gg-grandmother, Hannah Rademacher, married Christopher Custer/Kuster/Koster. He came here from Germany. Does this sound like we might be related? Let me know, I lost much of my info in my computer last year because of a virus or ?????? Thanks, Bob O. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:32 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Re: Rademacher > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Radamacher, Heerten > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xg.2ADI/1661.1.1.3.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Bob, > Yes, I did get your message... my appologies for not responding right away, I have very limited internet access. Please send me more information as I would love to find another new connection! Thank You!! Jen > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Morris Myers, > list administrator, with questions concerning this list! > mailto: [email protected] > > >

Seeking any information on my great-great grandmother, Anna/Annie Cecilia McDaniel, born January 26,1861. She married Wilfred Elmer Orr March 14, 1878 in Springfield,Ill. They settled in Cotton Hill before moving to Nebraska. Thanks, Dee

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/xg.2ADI/2515.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for the site to find Early Settlers of Sangamon County. I am a descendant of Yates, Lanphiers, Chattertons, Pattons, Crenshaws, etc. and have been trying to find this book. I am trying to find a missing branch of the family called Dobyns. Thanks again. Molly Schnabel

Jeanne: I found this entry in the 1870 Elm, Wayne Co, IL. Looks like it might fit. Richard McClure age 40 b Ohio Sarah age 31 b. Ohio Alice 11 b. IL Ida 4 b. IL Effee 1 b. IL Happy Hunting Shelly

Illinois Marriages MCCLURE, RICHARD CAMPBELL, SARAH 10/17/1861 / 00001396 SANGAMON MCCLURE, RICHARD ROUSH, JULIA ANN (MRS) 06/04/1878 002/ 00000093 RICHLAND ============ Name Rank Company Unit Residence MCCLURE, RICHARD M CPT A 63 IL US INF OLNEY --------------- Illinois Military Burials, 1929 Name War Company Unit Volume Page County Cemetery MCCLURE, RICHARD CIVIL A 63 IL INF 2 59 LAWRENCE SUMNER CITY ---------------------- Illinois Deaths Name Death Date City County Date Filed Cert # Age Sex Race MC CLURE, RICHARD 1923-11-09 EAST ST LOUIS ST CLAIR 1923-11-10 3820805 UNK M W MC CLURE, RICHARD E 1941-12-17 YORK TWP CLARK - - 0000186 Y-20 M W ------------------------------ 1862 ILLINOIS MILITARY CENSUS -- this has been copied by the SCHS into book form it's located at the LIncoln LIbrary in Springfield IL Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 3:58 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Illinois 1862 Military Census Look-Up Needed for Sangamon Co. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McClure Boon Vaughn Anderson Davisson Neighbours > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xg.2ADI/2528 > > Message Board Post: > > I realize the chance is slim that someone has access to this census but here goes. > > I am looking for Richard William McClure. He could be listed under Richard or "Mac" McClure. He was born in 1831, so age 24 or so, from PA (but it might also say OH), and was a teacher. > > In case anyone wonders what this census was: > > > Illinois State legislation passed in 1861 required township assessors to compile lists of able-bodied male residents from the ages of 18 through 45.Within townships were two categories of eligible young men. The voluntary militia consisted of those individuals who had organized themselves into companies and elected officers for the purpose of military enlistment. Voluntary militia lists give the township of residence, soldier’s name, age, birthplace, occupation, if they had already entered the service and appropriate remarks. The reserve militia, on the other hand, was composed of those eligible men who chose not to volunteer but who were liable to being drafted. Reserve militia lists generally provide township and men’s names only. These lists were composed over 1861-1863. > > The President called for 300,000 men to be inducted into military service with an order issued August 4, 1862 and the War Department established regulations for the enrollment and drafting of these men. The resulting record was an 1862 federal census conducted by enrolling officers of the men eligible for drafting. > > The description of this census is from the book "Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois", paragraph 301.029. The actual military census starts on microfilm Roll #1-12422, and continues on #1012423, Military Census and Military Rolls. Both rolls are available through any local lending library from the Illinois State Library and at Family History Centers throughout the world. > > Although this mentions it as a federal census when I did a GOOGLE search on "1862 military census" only references to Illinois came up. > > Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it. > > Jeanne > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Check out some of the Calvary Cemetery readings in Springfield. Send us your ancestors burial place. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/cem-calvary.htm > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.726 / Virus Database: 481 - Release Date: 07/22/2004

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClure Boon Vaughn Anderson Davisson Neighbours Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xg.2ADI/2528 Message Board Post: I realize the chance is slim that someone has access to this census but here goes. I am looking for Richard William McClure. He could be listed under Richard or "Mac" McClure. He was born in 1831, so age 24 or so, from PA (but it might also say OH), and was a teacher. In case anyone wonders what this census was: 1862 ILLINOIS MILITARY CENSUS Illinois State legislation passed in 1861 required township assessors to compile lists of able-bodied male residents from the ages of 18 through 45.Within townships were two categories of eligible young men. The voluntary militia consisted of those individuals who had organized themselves into companies and elected officers for the purpose of military enlistment. Voluntary militia lists give the township of residence, soldier’s name, age, birthplace, occupation, if they had already entered the service and appropriate remarks. The reserve militia, on the other hand, was composed of those eligible men who chose not to volunteer but who were liable to being drafted. Reserve militia lists generally provide township and men’s names only. These lists were composed over 1861-1863. The President called for 300,000 men to be inducted into military service with an order issued August 4, 1862 and the War Department established regulations for the enrollment and drafting of these men. The resulting record was an 1862 federal census conducted by enrolling officers of the men eligible for drafting. The description of this census is from the book "Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois", paragraph 301.029. The actual military census starts on microfilm Roll #1-12422, and continues on #1012423, Military Census and Military Rolls. Both rolls are available through any local lending library from the Illinois State Library and at Family History Centers throughout the world. Although this mentions it as a federal census when I did a GOOGLE search on "1862 military census" only references to Illinois came up. Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it. Jeanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClure Boon(e) Campbell Vaughn Anderson Davisson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xg.2ADI/2527 Message Board Post: I realize the chance is slim that someone has access to this census but here goes. I am looking for Richard William McClure. He could be listed under Richard or "Mac" McClure. He was born in 1831, so age 24 or so, from PA (but it might also say OH), and was a teacher. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

Hello List, Help! Lost all correspondences email addresses. My computer crashed and I lost all the names & their email addresses I have corresponded with. I now have a new email address myself. Please email me so I can update my address book again. Thanks, Judi Rogers Gilker [email protected]

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/xg.2ADI/2526 Message Board Post: I am looking for my ancestors. William Abell (40), Goldie Davidson wife(27), Alice daughter(9) and Helen daughter (8). They lived in Iowa when the 1920 Census came out. Jasper County, Newton City, Newton Township. Would like more info on each individual.

>There are a lot of Campbell's in Campbell cemetery in Loami, Sang. Ill. >mrlucky Is there a Peter Campbell there? Does anybody know a Peter Campbell from the mid-19th century? I have no dates, just a name. Rick Kitchen _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCLURE BOON VAUGHN ANDERSON DAVISSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xg.2ADI/2523.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, but I do have a copy of the marriage certificate that I ordered. That far back there is no marriage application so I have no further information on that particular certificate. Jeanne