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/321.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I know what you mean - I'm 1200 miles away!! Gets verryyyy frustrating when you get a 'brain-storm' and you can't get to information 'first hand'! But those booklets the Sangamon Co. Genealogical Society puts out have been a God-send I'll tell you! Not so much for myself, but other folks I can help. If you haven't been to their web-site, try it, there might be books you would be interested in and they aren't expensive. I also have the Naturalizations Declarations of Intent and checked for both Sylvester and Laymon, but they weren't in there. hhtp://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eilsangam.scgs.htm Good luck.