This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jordan, Morton, Skaggs Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4553/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am hoping to locate an obituary for Margie Skaggs who died in July 1975. I'm sorry I do not have the exact day. Would like to confirm whether she was Margie Jordan-Morton-Skaggs from West Virginia. Would also be interested in finding any living family if she is the correct Margie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TODT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4552.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That's a very interesting story. Yes, almost all my Family was in, or around Morrisonville. I forwarded your inquiry to a TODT Family member that I'm in contact with. Perhaps, he has some additional information. Good Luck, Linda Cashen Gaunt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4552.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Linda, 1920 US Census for Mary B. Todt-widowed, with sons Clarence and Lawrence residing with her and James Moore and Marie Moore (listed as orphans) residing with them. Based on your last response, Mary B. in this census would be the widow of Herman Joseph? I'm assuming my dad and I visited with family members of Clarence and/or Joseph. The visits took place in Morrisonville, Il if I remember correctly. That's the connection I will need to pursue.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4552.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Linda, No connection to the Loynes or Trihey families, was just offering to help, if I could. Interested in the Herman Todt family because my dad and his two youngest siblings lived with that family for a few years after my grandmother died in 1914. My grandfather was a coal miner, and couldn't take care of the eleven remaining children after her death, so the youngest were taken in as foster children. The 1920 census record lists my dad as an orphan living with the Todt's. He ran away to Chicago, to find his sister, not long after that census, to the best of my knowledge. It's a piece of my dad's childhood that I'm curious about, hence the posting. When my dad was still alive, we used to return to Springfield and visit some of the Todt's that he remembered, but sadly, I don't remember any of their names. I was hoping actually, that maybe someone remembered stories about the time my dad and his siblings lived there, obviously, a long shot, as you would guess. Thanks for your resp! onse.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROCKAMP, CASHEN, LANGDON, LOYNES, MUSSHAFEN, POGGENPOHL, TODT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4552.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Sharon, Thanks for the response. I was looking for any information on the LOYNES Family. I do show Census info for 1850 & 1870 in Springfield. Do you have a connection to this Family? I noticed a posting for Herman TODT. Herman Joseph TODT was the s/o John H. TODT (1834, Prussia -- 1908, Raymond, IL) & Anna Maria POGGENPOHL (1835, Helmern, Westfalen, Prussia -- 1908, Raymond, IL). Anna is the sister of my great grandfather, Herman Aloysius POGGENPOHL -- his second wife, Regina MUSSHAFEN). Theodore F. LANGDON, f/o Mary Bernadine LANGDON (wife of Herman Joseph TODT) m Elizabeth BROCKAMP (she was the sister of the first wife, Bernadine, of Herman Aloysius POGGENPOHL). Helen POGGENPOHL m Thomas Vincent CASHEN (my grandparents). This TODT line, also, married into my CASHEN Family.

Hello again. I just noticed that the dates I listed as Tuesday night Research Nights were actually on the calendar as Wednesday nights. The correct TUESDAY night dates are: January 9, 16, 23 and 30 and February 6, 13, 20 and 27. I apologize for the incorrect data. We will be open on the dates listed unless the weather turns bad. Please feel free to contact the society via email at: _Dbutton2@aol.com_ (mailto:Dbutton2@aol.com) or leave a message at 217-529-0542 if you would like to make an appointment for another evening. Sincerely, Dan Dixon SCGS President Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0542 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Open Tuesday Nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm

Dan, I'm sure I'm not the first - but Jan. 9th is on a Tuesday. Dorthy Ross

Hi Dan, happy new year. Was wondering how a person can (possibly) access these sources from afar? I'm in the Foreign Service currently in Singapore. I've been delving in family research for a couple of years but living abroad makes it somewhat challenging. There are some "holes" that I eventually want to look into. In advance, thanks. Paul (Page, Rodems, Kizer, Finn, Bullock, Upton, Schaffer) In a message dated 1/2/2007 12:02:09 AM Malay Peninsula Standard Tim, Dbutton2@aol.com writes: Welcome to 2007. The Sangamon County Genealogical Society is opening its doors on Tuesday nights this year so that all levels of family researchers can access our treasure trove of research materials. We have birth (1860-1910s), marriage (1821-1925) and death (1877-1940s) records on microfilm for Sangamon County which have been partially indexed. We also have the 1830-1920 census for Sangamon County on film and 1830-1880 census indexed in paper form. Additionally we have deed record books on film up to the 1840s, the Auburn Citizen (1874-1964), Taylorville Breeze 1880s, Petersburg newspapers 1860s and Virden Recorder 1912-1920s. We have also collected several obituaries and have put together a variety of surname files too numerous to list in this email. We will be open on the following Tuesdays January 10, 17, 24, and February 7, 14, 21, 28. Please feel free to come by the office and learn more about our resources. This is an opportunity for all to receive one on one consultations with people who have been in genealogy for many years. We hope to see you at the office in 2007! Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Phone: 217-529-0542 Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0542 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Open Tuesday Nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILSANGAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4552.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Linda, What additional info are you searching for? Do you want copies of the census records or do you already have those? Can't find a census record for Michael (b. 1807) beyond 1870, so searching for death records now...I'm assuming one of the things you still need. What about census records for the kids, do you want those also, or do you already have? Sharon

Happy New Year to all. The Sangamon County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting in the Centennial Conference Room of Springfield's Public Library, The Lincoln Library on Monday night January 9 starting at 7:00 pm. The topic for the night is Planting the Seed for Your Family Tree. We will discuss how to start your research with and without the use of the internet. This meeting is open to all. Genealogical forms will be provided and explained that evening. Please join us in ringing in the new year with your new family history project. Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Phone: 217-529-0542 Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0542 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Open Tuesday Nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm

Welcome to 2007. The Sangamon County Genealogical Society is opening its doors on Tuesday nights this year so that all levels of family researchers can access our treasure trove of research materials. We have birth (1860-1910s), marriage (1821-1925) and death (1877-1940s) records on microfilm for Sangamon County which have been partially indexed. We also have the 1830-1920 census for Sangamon County on film and 1830-1880 census indexed in paper form. Additionally we have deed record books on film up to the 1840s, the Auburn Citizen (1874-1964), Taylorville Breeze 1880s, Petersburg newspapers 1860s and Virden Recorder 1912-1920s. We have also collected several obituaries and have put together a variety of surname files too numerous to list in this email. We will be open on the following Tuesdays January 10, 17, 24, and February 7, 14, 21, 28. Please feel free to come by the office and learn more about our resources. This is an opportunity for all to receive one on one consultations with people who have been in genealogy for many years. We hope to see you at the office in 2007! Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Phone: 217-529-0542 Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0542 Email: Dbutton2@aol.com Open Tuesday Nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm

Obituary - Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois, 19 June 1964 MRS. LUELLA M. DOWLLAR Mrs. Luella Mae Dowllar, 60, of 2600 S. Pasfield St., died at 7:10 a.m. today at St. John's Hospital. She had been in failing health the last four months. Mrs. Dowllar was born in Riverton, the daughter of Clarence and Alice C. Fox Hamilton. She was a resident of Springfield the last 43 years. She was married to John Dowllar, who preceded her in death March 20, 1952. She also was preceded in death by two sons, Clarence, who died 28 years ago, and John Robert, who died Dec. 25, 1955, and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Mae Goodall, who died last Feb. 19. Mrs. Dowllar is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mary Hughes of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs. Vera Creason and Mrs. Elizabeth Simmons, both of Springfield. And Mrs. Edith Teubner of Decatur; one son, Arthur Dowllar of Springfield; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Aloysius Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. J. Bertman will officiate and burial will be in Camp Butler National Cemetery. Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Obituary - Athens Free Press, 26 March 1920 SAMUEL MELLINGER Samuel Mellinger was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania January 27, 1832, and died March 14, 1920 at 4:30 in the Soldiers home at Danville, Ill., at the age of 88 years, 1 month, and 15 days. His father died in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1860 at the age of 101 years. In 1851 Samuel Mellinger left Pennsylvania and went to Ohio where he remained one year, and in 1852 he came to Sangamon County, Illinois, where he married Miss Elmira Cantrall. She died in 1857 leaving one son, Samuel. He again married Maranda Cantrall, a widow of William Snelson. To this union four children were born, William C., Mahala, Debbie, and Lucy F. August 12, 1862, he enlisted in the 114 regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Company C. His first engagement was a t the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, and the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Battle of Gunstown, Tupelpa, Spanish Fort, and Fort Blakely. He served three years and was honorably discharged at Camp Butler August 3, 1865. He leaves to mourn his loss one son, William C. Mellinger of Cantrall, and one daughter, Mrs. Lucy York of Urbana, thirteen grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home of his son William Mellinger, two miles south of Cantrall Tuesday, March 16, Rev. Elmer Stackhouse, pastor of Cantrall Christian Church, officiating. Interment was made in Brittin cemetery. Obituary - Athens Free Press, 7 May 1954 WILLARD MELLINGER, 41, PAWNEE, DIED FRIDAY, APR. 30 Willard Johnson Mellinger, 41, of Pawnee, died early Friday morning at his residence. He was born August 8, 1912, near Williamsville, the son of Clarence and Una Johnson Mellinger. Mr. Mellinger has been employed at Pillsbury Mills, in Springfield, for the last 15 years. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Chatham. The Mellinger family are former Athens residents and are well known here. Surviving are his wife; two sons, John and James, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mellinger of Springfield; four brother, Elbert, Springfield, Milton, Chatham, Wayne, in Japan with the U.S. Army, and Stanley of Athens; and five sisters, Mrs. Florence Bush, Chatham, Mrs. Emily Braham, Springfield, Miss Esther Mellinger, Springfield, Mrs. Clarabell Worley of Buffalo, and Miss Virginia Mellinger, Springfield. Funeral services were held at the David Funeral Home in Pawnee at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial was made in Horse Creek Cemetery, Pawnee.

Obituary - Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois, 18 February 1953 EVERETT B. WARREN Everett B. Warren, 65, of Buffalo, died at 12:45 a.m. yesterday at his residence. Mr. Warren, a native of Illiopolis, was born July 20, 1887, the son of the late Franklin and Mary Warren. He was married to Miss Stella Simpson in Springfield on April 6, 1910. He was a member of the Christian church and of the Modern Woodmen of America. Surviving are his wife; a son, Lynn, of Rochester; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Reynolds; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Northland, Mrs. Rose Stice, and Mrs. Verna Seaman, all of Springfield; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Pritchett funeral home, Illiopolis. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Illiopolis. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HICKEY, KELLEY, LOYNES, TRIHEY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4552/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi All, I recently acquired information that shows Anastacia LOYNES born abt 1806, Ireland m Michael TRIHEY born abt 1807 Ireland. Immigrated to US about 1847. They had at least three children: 1. Elizabeth born abt 1834, Ireland m David HICKEY 2. Bridget born abt 1840, Ireland 3. Michael born abt 1837 Ireland m Jane (Elizabeth) KELLEY d/o John & Mary KELLEY, from Armagh, Ireland Michael TRIHEY resided in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois. Any information would be appreciated, Linda Cashen Gaunt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tolberd/t, Rodecker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4551/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joseph Rodecker, wife Carrie and 7 y/o son Charles are living in Springfield at 1880 census time. Believe wife Carrie is a d/o John Tolberd of Niantic Twp. Macon County where Joseph and Carrie were living at 1870 census time. Does anyone have information concerning this family to complete my Family Group Sheet.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Laughlin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/2729.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please see 'my family' at the link below and let me know if anyone is familiar to you. Thank you, Kristin http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bookbuyer/homepage.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/2729.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am from an OLaughlin line. My gggrandfather was John OLaughlin, married to Mary Wright. His brother was Archibald OLaughlin, married to Mary J. Knipes. I am trying to find their parents. they lived in Vemilion co. IL. and possibly else where in Il. I have been unsuccessful in finding siblings. It is thought John may have come to the USA about 1833 as a young boy with another brother and an uncle. No luck in finding that. Archibald would not have been born yet. He was born about 1838. Walter Farwell suggests the parents of Archibald were Thomas and Mary (Haley) OLaughlin. I have not been able to confirm that. Anything sound like it fits your family? wish I could find more relatives. Becky

This is from Rootsweb Review. You might find it useful if checking out online family trees. Checking Trees and Branches Online By Robert J Becraft It is wonderful to have researchers all over the world contributing their genealogies to RootsWeb and Ancestry. However, I recently noticed that the same contributors have multiple copies of their files on these services. In addition, the two sources have been cross-indexed so that the contributions on each show up on the other. What happens is you may find up to 20 or 30 entries from the same researcher. Multiply this by the number of people they may have in their GEDCOMs there could be more than 50 percent duplicated data online. In one instance, I found a researcher had submitted the same GEDCOM file seven times with a different "title" on each submission, all within minutes of each other. My suggestions to researchers who are submitting family tree material to the online sites: --Submit a current version, remove any old contributions --Beware of software that makes these submissions easy to submit, but hard to manage and remove --Make sure submissions are accurate, comprehensive and useful to other researchers (many GEDCOMs contain spurious references and data that make no material contribution to the collection as a whole) --Make sure that your contact information is up-to-date and keep up with changes that might occur --Source [cite or reference] your data -- many times the question comes up as to where a bit of information was found. Perhaps there is another bit of information in that source that would assist a researcher with their own brick wall --Look at what has been contributed before, if your work is a subset or a copy from already published content, maybe it would be kinder to all to not muddy the water with more of the same --Consider splitting out common data and only submit the unique data from your research --In all instances, do not publish any data on living persons. In general, these suggestions would greatly enhance the ability of researchers to find the data that they seek. It would also create a more comprehensive, up-to-date repository of data for us all. [Editor's note: If you upload your GEDCOM to WorldConnect at RootsWeb, it is not necessary or feasible to upload it also to Ancestry. At WorldConnect when you upload a new or revised GEDCOM to the same account that you've created, it will overwrite the older version and does not create an additional tree as happens at Ancestry.com <http://ancestry.com/>. The latter is one of the reason for multiple copies of the same, or nearly the same, trees being online there. You can have all the accounts for various GEDCOMs that you wish at WorldConnect -- an option that is handy for many researchers who prefer to keep their various trees separate. Identifying Where a Tree was Uploaded Each family tree has a unique database number (also called a user code), which appears after the db= string of characters in the URL (address) of the family tree. For example, "cleadus" in the addresses shown below is the database number for that family tree. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=cleadus http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cleadus&id=I281 http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cleadus&id=I114 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cleadus&id=I00210 Trees Uploaded to Ancestry If the database reference number begins with a colon (:), it indicates the file was originally uploaded through the Ancestry site. Database numbers that begin with a colon followed by an "a" indicate that a file was uploaded through the Ancestry World Tree (for example, db=:a09876) before a system was in place to allow users to edit or remove files. These trees cannot be updated, removed, or changed in any way by those who submitted them. In cases such as these, a submitter needs to contact Ancestry's technical support (Member Solutions) department directly, which can be found by going here: http://ancestry.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestry.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=560 If there is not an "a" after the colon, it was uploaded through Ancestry's Online Family Tree (for example, db=:012345). This means it was submitted after a system was in place to allow contributors to edit their own entries online. Trees submitted to WorldConnect can be updated, edited or deleted any time: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igmuser.cgi]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Kellog Cunningham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4550/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find the marriage date of William M Davis and Susan Kellog, as well as the date of death of William Davis, who appears to have died between 1844 and 1848. Martin K. Davis, a Medal of Honor awardee in the Civil War, was the son of William M. Davis and Susan Kellog who, based on the ages of their children, were married about 1830. Martin was born in 1843 near St Elmo in Fayette County. Their other children were Clarissa, born in 1832; Harriet, born in 1834; Eliza Ann, born in 1841; and Calvin W., born in 1845. In 1850 Susan and her children were in the Springfield household of Samuel Cunningham, Susan's second husband. Any help would be greatly appreciated.