Does anyone on the list have any Eversmann connections? I have just located a branch in my Baldus family. I would like to share information. Conni Braun Columbus, Ohio

Is there anyone on the list with Kombrink relations? I have just received some informaiton and this family has married into my Baldus family twice. I would like to share information. Conni Braun Columbus, Ohio

I just received a large amount of information on one of my Baldus family branches. Now I would like to obtain copies of about 25 obituaries. Can anyone tell me if 25 is too many to request from the library in Belleville at one time? I always send a check for the cost of copies and a small donation. I know the librarians are very busy and wondered if this was too much to ask. Conni in Ohio

I'm looking for any member of the SANDER family who lived in Mascoutah, Illinois in 1860. 1860 Census for SANDER Peter, 23, France Margaret, 48, France Margaret, 18, France Joseph, 15, France Dominic, 13, France JOFFROIX, John, 28 John Joffroix is my ggrandfather and I'm desperately trying to find where in France he was born in. Joffroix may or may not be his surname spelling in France. His surname on the 1880 Census is TOFFROY. Have always been looking for John SCHOFFRA as that is my mother's maiden name. Perhaps a member of this Sander family may know something about Joffroix. Thank you for your assistance. Edna

How should I list Caseyville Township in my family history? In some recent information the location of birth for numerous family members, especially the ones born in the early part of the 1900s is listed as Caseyville Township. Would this be Caseyville Township, Caseyville, St. Clair County, Ohio? Many thanks. Conni Braun Researching Baldus, Eversman, Schaperkoetter and many others in St. Clair County

Thanks to those on the list who took the time to let me know the Catholic Descriptive Parish Lists look good on Macs and with Netscape. If anyone's browser has difficulty reading the information, please let me know. Diane [email protected]

Listmates, If you know the Catholic parish your ancestor attended (or have a reasonably good idea) and have discovered that an index appears on the reel, http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/cathaid.htm a search is offered by the Belleville Public Library (BPL) to help you get photocopies. http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/BPL.htm The BPL will look in the index for the person. If shown in the index, they will then locate the entry in the parish register. Fee: $10.00 per hour plus expenses (copies at $0.50 each) and postage. My guess (from working with these reels) is it could take about 30 - 45 minutes to do this two-step process for each entry depending upon the parish. Children born of the same parents and found in the same index and register might save some time. The time ,ay vary widely because some of the indexes are buried amongst the registers (which were filmed consecutively). In other words, it is no quick look-up. >You need to know the film roll number to use the list. > The roll numbers can be determined by using this finding aid > http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/cathaid.htm >

Hello List!... I am trying to find out any thing on a company that my husbands Grandfather worked at and the union that he was a member of... Walter August Rachas Sr. Worked for the American Zinc Company in Faimont City for 18 years... and was a member of the Mine, Mill & Smetler Local 82 ... Walter started to work for this company about 1922 and retired about 1940 and he pasted in 1952. I have had no luck looking for information for the Local.. and or the Company ... I have written to other Locals and Company with the same name .. but no luck.. I was hoping that I might find someone that knows of the company or the Local 82 that may have known of the last name of Rachas... Thank you for taking the time and reading my message.. Bye ... Beth :) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: ILSTCLAI-D Digest V02 #71 Content-Type: text/plain ILSTCLAI-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 71 Today's Topics: #1 [ILSTCLAI] Whiteside cemetery ["Rideout Family" <[email protected]] #2 [ILSTCLAI] Re: Automobile Manf. [[email protected]] #3 [ILSTCLAI] Catholic registers - De ["Diane Walsh" <[email protected]] #4 [ILSTCLAI] St. Louis Vitals [[email protected]] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ILSTCLAI-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________

Dear Listmates A Descriptive List for each microfilm reel of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville Parish Registers 1722 - 1930 (inclusive) Project have been coded and are now online. You need to know the film roll number to use the list. The roll numbers can be determined by using this finding aid http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/cathaid.htm Be sure to read the Introduction for helpful hints on locating and reading your ancestor's entry (most are in Latin). I'd like some feedback from anyone with a Mac and a Netscape user or two to see if the page looks ok on those platforms. Thanks and happy hunting! Diane SCCGS Webmaster

Marty suggested I sent this to the lists. Bill In today's St Louis Post Dispatch Page B-2 is a large 4 column article about St Louis City health Dept changes at 634 N Grand office 63103- Hidden in one small paragraph of this story is: One of the first changes to improve service to citizens, which will be in effect by 6/15/02 is the move of Health Dept Vital records from 634 N Grand to City hall in the Recorder's Office which will computerize the information on births and deaths. Bill b you may want to post this to the Roots web list or to the metro List- (I suspect things will stop during the 6 week move?) Marty Walsh

Believe the Mooney Motor Cars were manufactured in St. Louis. His descendants still live in St. Louis. I met a couple of them back in the early 80's. The grandson Corky has at least 3 of the original vehicles, one of which a Red Convertable was featured in one of the Muny Opera productions, (I believe this vehicle broke at least 3 arms of it's owners over the years). For the life of me I can't remember the name of the Equipment Supply House that his father owned, it was in the Industrial Complex East of Lindbergh at Bauer. The above vehicles were stored in the warehouse. You might contact the Muny, they just might have his name. Bill Some Data on cemeteries and funeral homes <http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/buchholz.htm> Surnames of Interest: BUCHHOLZ anywhere -BECKMANN-CASSIDY-DeL0NJAY-DREES-MOSBACHER-NENTWIG-NEUTZLER-PONCOT-RENSIN G-STAUDER-STIEFFERMANN ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/.

>From today's News Democrat Posted on Fri, Apr. 19, 2002 Whiteside students win national award Pupils honored for cleaning up a cemetery By Jaime Ingle Cleaning up the Whiteside family's cemetery on the hill by Whiteside School has won teachers and students national recognition. The Belleville school is one of 16 national winners in the National Service-Learning Leader School program sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency based in Washington, D.C. Whiteside eighth-grader Ashley Freeman smiled proudly Thursday when Superintendent Karen Meng announced the news to a core group of students who have helped rehab the cemetery, research the Whiteside family's history or tend the school's pond sanctuary and courtyard plants. ``We helped put in bunches of plants and called to get the lowest prices on plants and benches,'' Ashley said of her work with other students on the courtyard project. Science teacher Ellen Reilly said some students didn't like the idea of working in the cemetery, but quickly warmed up to the idea. ``Some were apprehensive at first, but most of them thought it was cool,'' Reilly said. Seventh-grader Jerrell Pittman said he enjoyed weeding the cemetery and seeing the old tombstones restored. ``It was worth it because we wanted to see it look better,'' he said Meng said the district has received $30,000 in grants in the past three years to make the improvements and plans to apply for another grant this year. Science and social studies teacher Marvina Jones said the restoration work provided hands-on science work and helped students hone their literary research skills by looking up facts about Whiteside family genealogy. Language arts and science teacher Monica Ybarra said students and teachers will create a Web site for the genealogy information and will burn a CD-ROM that will be sent to the Library of Congress.

Does anyone know about any automobile manufacturers who may have been in or around E. St. Louis or Bellville in the early 1930's. I am trying to locate information about John F. Mooney who supposedly was employed making life-size clay cast models of cars for manufacturers in the early 30's. Thanks Jeanette

Hello list members,... I was wondering something.... does any one know how to find out how to get information form the Mine, Mill and Smelter worker Local 82? My husbands Grandfather Walter August Rachas ...worked for this company for 18 years... at the American Zinc Co. at the Fairmont City Plant... And he also lived in Fairmont City for 45 years and I can find nothing on the family.... He is also to be buried at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery and I can't seem to find it either to get any information from the Cemetery... I am having no luck on this family name. I would be so thankful it anyone could help in this research.. Thank you so very much ... Bye for now... Beth Knappenberger Rachas :) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ILSTCLAI-D Digest V02 #69 Content-Type: text/plain ILSTCLAI-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 69 Today's Topics: #1 [ILSTCLAI] [email protected] [Garey Brown <[email protected]>] #2 [ILSTCLAI] Kountz Family in East S [Kamala James <[email protected]] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ILSTCLAI-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________

I am searching for the parents of my g-g-grandfather, Joseph Kountz, who according to census records and death certificate lists his place of birth as East St. Louis, Illinois. I am looking for info on him or any family members. Anyone else have any Kountz relatives from there? Apparently, the family was from France (Alsace region, which I believe is now Germany...) Thank you! Kammie Perkins James

QUERY: LETTER; FROST SURNAMES Searching for info on my maternal grandmother, Louise Frances LETTER, b. 1884, in Belleville, IL, to William F. LETTER and Amalia (Emelia; Emily) FROST, both born in Prussia. Louise Frances LETTER married Ernest Jasper BROOKS about 1911 and moved to Kingsville, TX, where she died in 1930. Louise died when her only child, my mother, Helen Lucille BROOKS, was only 11, and after that they lost contact with Louise's family. There were several other children in Louise's family, but I believe she was closest to her sister EMMA, who married ???? GALLI and moved to California, where she died in Sept., 1967. I was able to find the marriage license of William LETTER and Emelia FROST, and William's occupation is given as Coalminer. However, at the time of his second marriage to Annie Mary KREITNER, he gives his occupation as Policeman. (In Belleville??) The only personal info I have about Louise is that she supposedly went to a convent school, perhaps as a boarder, because she is not listed with her family in the 1900 census. Any information about the LETTER/FROST families would be appreciated. Thanks! Jane H. Brown ([email protected])

Marilyn wrote: >I was wondering if a copy was going to be available through > the LDS Family History Library? Sorry, only the two libraries will have a copy. After you read the Editing Process in the Introduction you will have a better understanding why. http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/cath.htm (may have to cut and paste) SCCGS is encouraging the diocese to negotiate with the Gen. Society of Utah for refilming the parish records through 1930. If and when plans are definite, we will announce it to the list. Diane Walsh, Project Director SCCGS Home page http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/stchome.htm

15 April 2002 The St. Clair County Genealogical Society is pleased (thrilled, excited, overjoyed) to announce the completion of their Catholic Records Project. Register entries prior to 1931 from all parishes in the Diocese are included in the project. Please read the Introduction and view the Finding aid that lists all microfilm available http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/cath.htm There are plans to put a Guide to each roll of film (170) online to help researchers prepare prior to arrival at the library. This Guide will provide specific beginning and ending dates for each register on the roll and the sequence in which it appears. In the meantime, both libraries below have this Guide. A complete microfilm set is now available at the Belleville Public Library http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/BPL.htm . The microfilm Guide to each roll of film is available at the Archives Desk -- ask for it. St. Louis County Library http://www.slcl.lib.mo.us/slcl/sc/index.html will soon have a set available and will be announced on this maillist when that time comes. These are the only two microfilm sets for release. After you read the Editing Process you will have a better understanding why. Happy researching!! Diane Walsh, Project Director

I saw in the St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society Newsletter that the society is making duplicate copies of all the parish registers in the Belleville Diocese. The article also noted that there would be copies available at the Belleville Public Library and the St. Louis County Library. I was wondering if a copy was going to be available through the LDS Family History Library? Since I live in California, it would sure be nice if I could order a copy of the film to read at my local Family History Center. Marilyn Lane Researching MOELLINGER & HEBERER in St. Clair Co. Check out my website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mlane/

Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:28:20 -0700 From: "Nancy Nurse" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [PRUSSIA] Interesting West Prussian web sites Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" MIME-Version: 1.0 I don't know if these web sites have been on before but may help someone. West Prussian Land records http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/land/wprussia/ Regions of Poland Past and present http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/areas.html#pom