At 09:17 AM 9/27/2001, Sue Wood wrote: >I'm looking for a firm death age for Henry K. Baines. He was alive the >29th of Nov 1888 and by the 7th of Dec 1888 his wife Susan E. Baines was >appointed Postmaster of Tower Hill Twp., so he died in that time >period. Would Court record's mention anything about his death? > >How would I check for a will? You might consider also looking for probate or land records. These are generally more common than a will. I'd recommend that you visit familysearch.org and check out the family history library catalog for shelby county, Illinois: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp I have had good success borrowing microfilms from them to my local family history library. Under Shelby, Illinois -> Probate Records You will find that they have 13 rolls of probate records covering the timeframe from 1828-1922. For example: Administration Records vol F-G, 1884-1894: film #1,008,429 Wills, vol A-B, 1870-1895: film #1,008,433 Inventories, vol 15-17, 1877-1894: film #1,008,432 Best of luck. Vicki
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately our local library is too small to have a micro film reader so they won't order in films. I have a reader but they still won't order in films. Thanks for the suggestion anyway:} Sue from Idaho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Hutchison" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [ILSHELBY] death for Henry K. Baines > At 09:17 AM 9/27/2001, Sue Wood wrote: > >I'm looking for a firm death age for Henry K. Baines. He was alive the > >29th of Nov 1888 and by the 7th of Dec 1888 his wife Susan E. Baines was > >appointed Postmaster of Tower Hill Twp., so he died in that time > >period. Would Court record's mention anything about his death? > > > >How would I check for a will? > > You might consider also looking for probate or land records. These are > generally more common than a will. > > I'd recommend that you visit familysearch.org and check out the family > history library catalog for shelby county, Illinois: > > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp > > I have had good success borrowing microfilms from them to my local family > history library. > > Under Shelby, Illinois -> Probate Records > > You will find that they have 13 rolls of probate records covering the > timeframe from 1828-1922. For example: > > Administration Records vol F-G, 1884-1894: film #1,008,429 > Wills, vol A-B, 1870-1895: film #1,008,433 > Inventories, vol 15-17, 1877-1894: film #1,008,432 > > Best of luck. > Vicki > >