I saw the mention of Browns Cross Roads in the posting below to ILSANGAM list. I've been wondering about "Browns Crossing" - could this be the same place? In a biographical article about one of my ancesters, it was stated that the family made their way to Sangamon County via "Browns Crossing". They came from Germany (probably to New Orleans), then to St. Louis, then to Morgan County and eventually to Sangamon County where they settled in and around Berlin. I've been trying to figure out for some time what exactly "Brown's Crossing" was - an immigration route, a town, a river, etc and how it fits into their travels to Sangamon County, Illinois. Thank you in advance for any information you might be able to provide. - Denise On Sat, 09 Dec 2000 09:31:30 -0600 becky tankersley <beckyt@fgi.net> writes: > I am searching for information on William Anderson, b. 1842 in > Ireland, > d. 1922 and buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in New Berlin, > IL. > He lived in Morgan County near the border with Sangamon county at > what > is called the Browns Cross Roads. > > His wife was Mary Ellen Courtney. He had 3 girls; Mary Ellen > Anderson, > b. 1871 and married William M. Childers 9/3/1890, Annie Louise > Anderson, > b. 1876 and d. 1959 and married John Luby and they are also buried > in > St. Mary's Cemetery, and Katherine Anderson, b. 5/31/1879 and d. > 6/6/1950. Katherine married George Harrington and this is my line. > Katherine and George were my great grandparents. > > I would love to hear from anyone I directly or indirectly connect > with. > > Becky > > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Search the Index to the 1904 Sangamon County History at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/histdex.htm > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I have gone to several mapping sites, including topozone.com and have not been able to locate Porters Grove IL. Was it in Sangamon County? Does anyone recognize this? Thanks for any help, Judy

Judy, I did a search of Porters Grove at the USGS site at <http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnisform.html>. Nothing in Illinois. Even under Porter, IL. But, it did find a Porters Grove in TN. Are you sure your Porters Grove is in IL? Just a thought. Patty At 12:16 PM 3/11/01 -0600, you wrote: >I have gone to several mapping sites, including topozone.com and >have not been able to locate Porters Grove IL. Was it in Sangamon >County? Does anyone recognize this? > >Thanks for any help, > >Judy