Does anyone have access to marriage records? My grandmother was married four times, twice between 1910 and 1920. If anyone can help me, I need lookups of the 2nd and 3rd marriage records. 2nd Marriage Brides's First Name: Mae or Mabel Bride's Last Name: Leftwich OR Krichbaum Groom's Last Name: Clark(e) Date: 1910-1915 3rd Marriage Brides's First Name: Mae or Mabel Bride's Last Name: Clark(e) Groom's First Name: Leon or Leonard Groom's Last Name: Hines Date: 1915-1920 I would also like to find date of divorce from Clark(e) if possible. Can anyone help? Glenda in Phoenix [email protected]

Listers, Beginning June 10 and for the next few weeks some of the Rootsweb servers will undo maintainence. This page will keep you up to date on what is down and should be retried at a later time: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ Diane

Thank you for the people who emailed from Clinton and St. Clair County. >From ithe 1880 Census and Auerbach, Hessen, GERM baptisms it looks as if Johann Hendrich "Henry" Walthes and Maria Margaret Seitz left GERM after the birth of son Peter in 1844. They were in IN, Dearborn, Lawrenceburg in 1853. They were in IL, Clinton, Looking Glass by 1866. 1900 They were in IL, Clinton, Looking Glass. 1920 They were in Clinton, Looking Glass & St. Clair, Mascoutah. Descendants of Johann George Walthes - 10 Jun 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 1-Johann George Walthes (-) 2-Johann George Walthes (1790-) sp: Katherine Elizabeth Guugus (abt 1785-) 3-Maria Barbara Walthes (abt Nov 1813-2 Jul 1878) 3-Pilozlla Katherine Walthes (1816-21 Dec 1821) 3-Johann Hendrich Walthes (1818-) sp: Maria Margaret Seitz (abt 1821-) 4-Johann Peter Walthes (1844-) 4-Jacob Walthes (abt 1846-) 4-George Walthes (2 Aug 1853-) 4-William Walthes (7 Nov 1858-) 4-John Walthes (abt 1857-) 4-Henry Walthes (abt 1852-) sp: Alice ---- (abt 1855-) 5-George Walthes (1878-) 4-Lizzie Walthes (-) sp: ---- Lange (-) 4-Katharina Walthes (-) sp: ---- Kruse (-) 4-Maria Margaret Walthes (abt 1861-) 4-Margaretha Walthes (abt 1863-) 4-Elise Walthes (abt 1866-) 3-Johann Peter Walthes (Aug 1820-21 Dec 1820) 3-Anna Katharina Walthes (Nov 1821-) 3-Johann Jacob Walthes (Dec 1823-) 3-Elizabeth Margaret Walthes (May 1828-11 Sep 1864) 3-Margaretha Walthes (-) Judy Ullman

>From the baptism record of Johann Peter Walthes bp 13 Mar 1844 Auerbach, Hessen, Germany mentions settled in Mascoutah, USA. Searching censuses I found a Peter Walthes in 1880 & 1900 living at Looking Glass, Clinton County, IL In the 1920 census found most Walthes in Looking Glass and East St. Louis but found a William Walthes in Mascoutah, St. Clair, IL This family looks like they settled in Indiana abt 1850 and then IL around 1860 in both Looking Glass Township and Macoutah. Between 1860 & 1870 did a group of Germans settle this area? Were they just individual families or a group? Judy Ullman

I understand there will be a Donnewald family reunion in Carlyle, IL on August 3rd, 2002. I just found out from cousins in St. Louis yesterday and don't know all of the details yet. The Donnewalds settled in St. Clair County about 1846 coming from St. Vit, Westphalia. Englebertus (Albert) married Christina Vahlkamp in 1849 in St. Libory, St. Clair County (my ancestors). Englebertus came to the USA with his sisters, Maria Catherina (Hartlage), Anna Christina (Vahlkamp), Maria Anna (Rickelman) and possibly his brother, Johann Henrich Donnewald. Mona Donnewald Phoenix, AZ

Contact the Illinois Comptroller's Office -- Cemetery Care and Burial Trust Department by phone, toll-free, at 1-877-203-3401 or by e-mail, [email protected] Their website has current legislation http://www.comptroller.state.il.us/CemeteryCare/ <snip> How do I find out who is responsible for the caretaking of [the Padfield] cemetery? ... I am also interested in finding out if there might be any grants available to help cover the expense of cleaning this place up. > Susan Carroll Kelley [email protected]

If the cemetery tombstones have been recorded by SCCGS (they've done more than 150), you can narrow the cemetery in which your ancestors reside by searching this surname index http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/CEMETA.htm Or, you can also phone the archives dept. at the BPL and ask them to look in their St. Clair county Burial File which they compiled from the same SCCGS cemetery publications plus Walnut Hill in Belleville. Contact info is here: http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/BPL.htm Be aware not all cemeteries have been inventoried. For those still needing transcription, see this list which can be scanned for keywords by township using the Find feature on your browser. The word [blank] in the far right column means it has not been published/inventoried by SCCGS. Diane Diane

On 7 Jun 2002 at 7:40, [email protected] wrote: > I have just discovered another group of cousins. We are trying to > piece together the Hueckel family of St. Clair County. I would > appreciate any information you may have from your resources on this > family - census records, marriages, deaths, births, etc. > > Thank you very much. > Conni in Ohio > > Go to: http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/page2.html Click on the Surnames being researched in St. Clair County link to find nearly 1700 surnames with email links to the people who are researching those names. Bobbie Verstraete (314) 921-1956 - - - - - - - - - Don't forget to visit my homepage, at: http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/ specializing in St. Clair County, IL genealogy AND Normandy Class of 1963 Permission to SELL my email address hereby denied.

I have just discovered another group of cousins. We are trying to piece together the Hueckel family of St. Clair County. I would appreciate any information you may have from your resources on this family - census records, marriages, deaths, births, etc. Thank you very much. Conni in Ohio

Hello, I have recently found out that I have relatives buried in one of the cemeteries in St. Clair. |Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how to find which cemetery they might be in? Or who the caretakers are and how to contact them? Thankyou, Sally Havens

Just in case anyone hasn't already seen these- [Forwarded from the Schleswig-Holstein List originally from the GERMAN-BOHEMIAN List] The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) launched its redesigned website today. The NARA home page is now http://www.archives.gov/ and the Genealogy main page is http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html The 1930 Census website remains at http://1930census.archives.gov Claire Kluskens NARA [email protected]

Hi listers, I hope you can send me in the right direction on this one. There is a cemetery in eastern St. Clair county, near Summerfield, that is commonly referred to as the Padfield Cemetery. It is severely overgrown and I would like to do something about it. How do I find out who is responsible for the caretaking of this cemetery? It hasn't been used in a very long time, so I assume that the caretaking was turned over to the county. You have to go through private land to get to it, but the owner is very generous when it comes to this. Their field road goes right by the cemetery, and the lady of the house encouraged us to use it. In addition to finding out who is responsible for the cemetery, I am also interested in finding out if there might be any grants available to help cover the expense of cleaning this place up. I really don't know if this is possible, and I am willing to organize this myself without any extra funds, I was just curious. Any information an! yone might have that could help would be wonderful. Thanks in advance! Susan Carroll Kelley

I am researching into the decendants of the following surnames in St. Clair County: Easton Indermark Kunze Haas Bailey Kreitner Watts Jones Haggerty Brenner Anyone with connections to these family's who would be willing to share information please contact me. Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Is there anyone on the list that has any HAAS-BAILEY connections? I have a Clara HAAS that married James BAILEY on 4/12/1900. James Bailey died 4/8/1952 Clara Bailey(nee HAAS)died 10/22/1968 I'm looking for more information on them. Thanks, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

SCCGS will hold no meeting this July because it falls on the holiday. Diane

If anyone happens across an obituary from any of the local Illinois papers for Cleon Stevenson, I would be very grateful for a copy. Cleon Stevenson was born July 10, 1909 in Illinois, the son of Edward Andrew Stevenson (1879-1940) and Sadie W. McCauley (1887-1971). He moved north to Ann Arbor, Michigan to work at the Hoover plant there until he returned to Marissa, Illinois to farm. He took care of his elderly neighbors, Irvin and Eva Patton Dunn, who left him their adjoining farm when they died. Cleon married Jewel Tuttle (b. 1912) on April 23, 1930 in Bowling Green, Ohio. Their children are Dean Ornell, Ruby Joann, Lloyd Cleon, Loren, and Dennis. Cleon passed away June 3, 2002, just short of his 93rd birthday. Cleon's father Edward played in a band with his brothers called the Stevenson Boys. They played at parties and dances around the area. Edward moved to Michigan and worked at the Hoover plant in Ann Arbor until his death. His wife, Sadie, returned to Illinois and lived in Sparta. She used to make quilts by hand. She always had a box of chocolates for her great grandchildren, and a quilting frame in the living room. Sadie was the daughter of Archibald McCauley (1851-1920) and Mary Elizabeth Hemphill (1856-1936). Her maternal grandparents, Hugh Hemphill (1822-1919) and Nancy McKenny (1828-1914), came to the U.S. from Ireland in 1867 and lived in Marissa. Sadie's paternal grandparents, Archibald McCauley (1816-1890) and Mary Ann Sands (1826-1891), also came to the U.S. from Ireland. Archibald homesteaded land NE of Tilden, Illinois and it is still in the McCauley family. Cleon's paternal grandparents were Robert S. Stevenson (1821-1888) and Elizabeth Sands (1837-1931). Robert was born in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of Michael Stevenson (1798-1884) and Janet Telford (1799-1860). Robert is listed as a harness maker in the 1850 census, living with his parents. Michael brought his family from Scotland to Illinois and received a land grant in Randolph County in 1843. Michael's parents were Michael (John) Stevenson (1761 - ?) of Paisley and Margaret Pollock (1761 - ?) of Barrhead. His grandparents were Robert Stevenson and Christian Reid, married in Low Church Parish, Paisley, Renfrew in 1744. Margaret Pollock was the daughter of Robert and Janet Pollock, married June 22, 1757 in Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire. Tom Stevenson Grandson of Cleon Stevenson -- http://GenealogySource.com http://StevensonFamily.com http://GideonFamily.com http://DruryFamily.com

Dear List, Does anyone on this list have John C. Graeser, Hotel Keeper, in Springfield, IL 1880, among your records? I am trying to make a connection between the Graesers and a laborer, Adam WOLF,age 48, who was at the hotel at the time of the 1880 Census. I am researching the Christian Wolf family of Mascoutah, IL. I believe his father was John Wolf. I found a John Wolf, age 58, on the 1870 Census in St. Clair County with a George Graeser. Christian Wolf had a brother named Adam. I am trying to locate Adam Wolf. Thank you for your help in advance. Darlene [email protected]

Dear Listers, I believe I have found the Christian Wolf death that had been my brick wall. Christian Wolf died in St.Louis on 8 Feb 1910. The name of his parents on the death certificate are John Wolf and Elizabeth Wagner, birth place for all three is "Germany." The informant was Christina Dockery 306 Market St., St.Louis. Do any of you have anyone listed in the subject line? The Haas and Wolf families were in St. Clair county at least for some time.The Acker-Reis-Helms-Goedelman-Rosche families were in St. Clair and or Monroe Counties. I would like to share information. Thanks to all in advance. Darlene Burzynski

In a message dated 5/30/02 5:33:37 PM, [email protected] writes: << Does anyone know if there are City Directories for E. St. Louis for the 1920's and 1930's? >> I hate to ride on anyone's coattails, but if someone is so inclined and able to do a look up, I would appreciate, if it is possible, a lookup for Thomas or Myrtle Shepherd, my grandparents (1920-1922). Myrtle died in 1922 in E. St. Louis.......I believe my gf left ESL shortly after that. Thank you for your help. Eileen

1920 St Clair Co, East St Louis MOONEY, John 724 North 76th Street > Subject: [ILSTCLAI] City Directories > Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:23:43 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Does anyone know if there are City Directories for E. St. Louis for the > 1920's and 1930's? > > If so, would anyone be interested in looking up John Mooney for me? > > Thanks > > Jeanette in Texas