Does anyone recall a Pleasant View Sanitorium and its location? - probably c1953 and earlier. Thanks, Diane

also see http://www.thebattery.org/ Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com On August 1, New York State's first immigration processing center, Castle Garden, will celebrate its 150th birthday. To commemorate this special occasion, the Battery Conservancy will launch its new website - CastleGarden.org - where researchers can do online searches of the expansive database of Castle Garden passenger lists! Castle Garden first opened its doors on August 1, 1855 and would see 8 million immigrants pass through her doors in her 34 year reign! The passenger lists pertaining to these 8 million immigrants are currently found at the National Archives, and they are *not* indexed. This monstrous project has been led by Dr. Ira Glazier, former Director of the Center for Migration Research at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies and Immigration. To learn more about the Castle Garden website, and to be notified of its official launch, please see: http://www.CastleGarden.org Truly a dream come true for all those whose ancestors passed through the Castle! Nancy M.

List While at the NGS conference at Nashville I stopped by a booth called Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive www.deadfred.com which posts digitized images of photos online for free -- and will mail a copy to you for free. Seems like a good place for 'orphaned' photos; those found a flea markets in need of identification, and just a place to store your photos. Their FAQs page http://www.deadfred.com/faq_05.php indicates you can get *digital copies for free*. get the *original* depending who owns it (a submitter or DeadFred). Thought some of you would be interested. If anyone has experience with this site, please post it here. Diane

Is there anyone on this list who'll be going to the Belleville Main Library and could do a hopefully quick look up for me? I know from checking the holdings (online) that they have a copy of the Cemetery inscriptions from Christian Co., IL. I need a look up in vol 3 for the ANDERSON(S) cemeteries for a Joanna Johnson who died in September of 1903. Wondering who else by that surname might be buried with her? I have joined the Christian county list and have had no replies to my plea. This would really spearhead my research. I believe Joanna's maiden name to be Nelson out of Hampshire Co., WV. Her death record spells Joanna as Johanna a more Germanic spelling. Thanks for any help. -Karen

List, For those preparing a trip to our county for research, or to help you prepare a bibliography for that family history tome you are writing, or to help you cite that 'blue book on the third shelf by the window' by Genie Author, The online catalog (free) for Belleville Public Library (and all libraries in Lewis and Clark Library System) is now available through http://webcat.lcls.org/search When you arrive at the site, you can search the entire system using VIEW ENTIRE COLLECTION or change it to a specific library like Belleville - Main. There are still some *bugs* - the biggest is many titles come back NO COPIES AVAILABLE, even for books *known* to be in that library. WHAT TO DO: Click on the TITLE of the book; the subsequent page will show LOCATION of the book, including Belleville's Library. Diane

I lost a person that was looking for Leopold Kiefer, I accidently deleted it with some others that I recieved on the same date, I have lots of info on old Leopold it has to be the same person, How many Leopolds are there in the world. My name is Kiefer also Please get in touch with me.

-----Original Message----- From: ILSTCLAI-D-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Jul 22, 2005 1:00 PM To: ILSTCLAI-D@rootsweb.com Subject: ILSTCLAI-D Digest V05 #99 "Knight's Grove" is mentioned as residence for some of the soldiers on the Illinois Civil war record list that was mentioned on Cindi's list reciently.

I totally agree with Bob (see below). This baby had an almost 2 year gestation period but was well worth the wait. It certainly is something for all to be proud of. I especially like all the photos dispersed throughout the book. Makes for more enjoyable reading. You're right Bob, the index is super! Thanks to Dorothy Falk's daughter Myra for her ongoing project. All of the O'Fallon History folks did a good job but I must add that a big "hats off" goes to Brian Keller and Dorothy Falk for their persistence and dedication to this long project. Bravo! I especially like page 222. A lot of this book looks vaguely familiar but this section especially...Maybe it is my affinity with dead folks. Gloria - Florissant ====================== In a message dated 7/23/2005 3:22:24 PM Central Standard Time, RGB7847@aol.com writes: I received my copy of O'Fallon's new 150th Anniversary History and it is truly a work of love and dedication to history. ANYONE with an interest in that area of the county should get this book! Lots of photos..lots of history....genealogy....well organized and best of all..IT HAS AN EXTENSIVE INDEX. My contratulations to the O'Fallon Historical Society for publishing such a super book. Bob Buecher St. Louis, Missouri "Without the past, there is no present or future."

Ditto that Diane Subject: Re: [ILSTCLAI] O'Fallon History Book >...my copy of O'Fallon's new 150th Anniversary History and it is > truly a work of love and dedication to history. ANYONE with an interest > in that > area of the county should get this book! Lots of photos..lots of > history....genealogy....well organized and best of all..IT HAS AN > EXTENSIVE INDEX. ....

Dear All: I received my copy of O'Fallon's new 150th Anniversary History and it is truly a work of love and dedication to history. ANYONE with an interest in that area of the county should get this book! Lots of photos..lots of history....genealogy....well organized and best of all..IT HAS AN EXTENSIVE INDEX. My contratulations to the O'Fallon Historical Society for publishing such a super book. Bob Buecher St. Louis, Missouri "Without the past, there is no present or future." Millstadt, IL, Genealogical Links [Links to genealogical research in Millstadt, IL] _http://hometown.aol.com/rgb5400/links.html_ (http://hometown.aol.com/rgb5400/links.html) Bob's Belleville families: Christoph ACKER (1807-1876); Philip ACKER (1841-1914); JACOBI family; Charles SCHUCHMANN (1809-1896); Henry WEISSENBORN (1815-1878); Johann Martin WEISSENBORN (1791-1859); Christian WEISSENBORN (1863-1937) Bob's Millstadt (area) families: BALTZ family; Heinrich BUECHER (1820-1893); George HAMMEL (1802-1863); Johann Philipp LEPERE (1785-1872); George METZGER (1827-1906); Johann Wilhelm MUELLER (1776-1840); Peter STRAUSS (1822-1897); Peter VOGT (1800-1880); Anthony WAGNER (1784-1851); Johann Nicolaus WAGNER (1795-1838); Michael WAGNER (1820-1869); Johann Ludwig WETTEROTH (1777-1842)

Thanks for the replies to my query on parish records. Hopefully I can find what I am searching for in the Freeburg records. Cheryl

----- Original Message ----- From: " Pearson, Tom A." <TPearson@SLPL.LIB.MO.US> To: " Pearson, Tom A." <TPearson@SLPL.LIB.MO.US> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:41 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: Civil War Program- Author Talk & Book Signing > AUTHOR TALK & BOOK SIGNING > > St. Louis Public Library is proud to present author Tom Jewett, of Spirit > Lake, Iowa, who will give a talk on his book, "Failed Ambition: the Civil > War Journals and Letters of Cavalryman Homer Harris Jewett," at Central > Library on Saturday, August 20, 2005. Mr. Jewett has compiled the > journals > and letters of his ancestor, Private Homer Jewett, a member of the 7th > Missouri Cavalry Regiment (the Black Hawk Cavalry), Company D, into a > thrilling account of the exploits of Pvt. Jewett and other regiment > members > as they roam across Missouri and Arkansas in search of pro-Confederate > guerrillas during the Civil War, including the notorious William Clarke > Quantrill. The 7th Missouri Cavalry certainly saw plenty of action, losing > 4 > officers and 55 enlisted men who were either killed in action or mortally > wounded, while another 4 officers and 228 enlisted men died of disease > during the war. We also get glimpses of Pvt. Jewett's life back at home > in > Iowa, including his devoted Christian mother and risk-taking, daredevil > father, and his on-again, off-again pursuit of the girl he left behind, > Bell. The title refers to Pvt. Jewett's ambitious streak, and his > occasional failure to live up to his own high standards. After his talk, > Mr. Jewett will be available to sign copies of his book for interested > persons. Don't miss this thrilling look at conditions in wartime > Missouri, > which is sure to appeal to historians, genealogists, Civil War buffs, and > people who just like a good story well-told! > > Jewett, Tom. Failed Ambition: the Civil War Journals and Letters of > Cavalryman Homer Harris Jewett. Virtualbookworm.com, 2004. ISBN > 1589396251. > Available from Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com. > > Date: Saturday, August 20, 2005 > Time: 10 AM- 11:30 AM > Place: St. Louis Public Library, > 1301 Olive Street, > St. Louis, MO 63103 > 3rd Floor, Meeting Room 1 > > Programs at St. Louis Public Library are always free and open to the > public; > parking at meters in our area is free on Saturdays. Registration is > recommended but not required. > > For more information, contact Tom Pearson at 314-539-0381 or > tpearson@slpl.lib.mo.us. > > >

I have found and ancestor in the microfilmed records of St. Joseph's church in Freeburg. Can someone tell me what other churches in the area would be close to Freeburg at that time (1859-1863) in the event that I need to widen my search of church records to other parishes? Thanks a lot, Cheryl

The new O'Fallon 2004 History Book has been mailed to those people who pre-ordered. A limited number of books are still available for purchase. Information on the book is at the bottom of http://www.ofallonhistory.org/index.shtml and that has a link to a printable order form. The book, about a $50 value, is a community service project and the cost is only $25 plus $4 postage if you want it to be mailed. It includes 50 pages more than we originally advertised. Further information is on the July 18 entry, "View Guestbook" at http://www.ofallonhistory.org/cgi-bin/guestbook.pl?type=form .

"Knight's Grove-, named for Daniel Knight, PM (Post Office 09Jan1860-28Aug1868)" Apparently was indeed in St. Clair County, but I can't tell exactly where from my google search. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Betty Cooper [mailto:casebjc@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:01 PM To: ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Knight's Grove, St. Clair Co., IL Does anyone know where Knight's Grove was located? My gr.gr. grandfather, Hugh Watson, enlisted in the Union Army at Caseyville, IL. in 1861. His papers have his residence at Knight's Grove and, so far, I've not been able to find where this is and obviously doesn't exist now. His occupation was a coal miner. I can't find he and his family in the 1860 census and don't see Knight's Grove on the census. I went through Caseyville with no luck. Thanks for any help. Betty Cooper ______________________________

Thank you one and all for your replies to my query. At least I know a little about it now and that it did exist. I probably need to get the map that was suggested. I ran the Knight name on Ancestry 1860 census but there was no Daniel - a David but he was a child. Makes me wonder if the census taker missed this area. Thank you all very much. Betty

Hi, I am yet another new addition to your list! I am trying to find any information in regards to my 2nd Gr-Grandfather, Frederick Spanhauer. I have found him in the 1870 Census for St. Clair County (this is earliest date that I've been able to find for him). He was 17 yrs old and working as a blacksmith. It appears that he was living in a boarding house and I can't find any possible family members in the vicinity. He married Dora Nies in Belleville on Dec.06, 1873. I obtained a copy of their marriage certificate through the St. Clair Genealogical Society about 2 years ago. I have run into nothing but brick walls ever since. I'm trying to find out who Fred's parents were; if they were born in the U.S.; if Fred was born in the U.S.; if Fred had siblings, etc. I do know that the surname has been spelled (misspelled) even more ways than I could have imagined! However, the two records of him from St. Clair are consistent in spelling. I do know that there were Spanhauer's who immigrated to the U.S. in the mid-1700's from Muttenz, Basel, Switzerland. In fact, there is a LOT of documentation for one specific branch of the family that initially settled in PA and later moved down to NC. Fred doesn't appear to have a connection to this particular branch of the family, but I believe there is a good chance that he is connected somehow. Also, it appears that one of Fred's sons, George, lived in St.Clair County for some time. I'm guessing that it was between 1910 - 1917, because it appears that he died in St Clair County in 1917 (I found his name in the Probate index). George spelled his last name as "Spoonhour", which is exactly how our family spells it to this day. If anyone knows anything about this family or has any suggestions on where to look for additional information I'd greatly appreciate it! I live in CA and I don't have any contacts in that area, although I'm hoping to travel to Belleville and spend some time looking through records there within the next year. Thanks in advance for any help that you might have to offer. And a big Thank You to the St. Clair Genealogical Society for all of the good work that you have done in documenting and preserving your history. Deb Spoonhour Searching for: Spanhauer (Spoonhauer, Spoonhour, etc), Felmlee, Brumbaugh, Semper, Arnaudon, Arbios, Gachitegui, Hallum

Hi Betty Cooper, I cannot help with location of Knight's Grove but the fact you mentioned Caseyville, IL. plus your last name is Cooper is interesting. I have a line of Coopers who settled in the Caseyville/East St. Louis, IL area about 1883. Their names were John H. and Victoria Cramer Cooper. John worked for the railroad. Victoria Cramer Cooper died Jun 17, 1930 and is buried in the Caseyville, Il. cemetery. Children were: William b1862 in Wheeling, WV; Benjamin W.; George W. born 1863 in Marion Co., WV; Harry A.; Mary L. born 1866; Richard Henry b 1868 in Wheeling, WV; Edgar S. born 1871 in Parkersburg, WV; Virginia; Lillian May born 1877 in WV; John b1878 in Volcano, WV and Hattie born 1881 in Vo9lcano, WV. Are you researching any of these names? Would like to connect with others researching this line. Edith Cooper Shaver ecshaver@westco.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Cooper" <casebjc@hotmail.com> To: <ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:01 PM Subject: Knight's Grove, St. Clair Co., IL > Does anyone know where Knight's Grove was located? My gr.gr. grandfather, > Hugh Watson, enlisted in the Union Army at Caseyville, IL. in 1861. His > papers have his residence at Knight's Grove and, so far, I've not been > able to find where this is and obviously doesn't exist now. His > occupation was a coal miner. > > I can't find he and his family in the 1860 census and don't see Knight's > Grove on the census. I went through Caseyville with no luck. > > Thanks for any help. > > Betty Cooper > > ______________________________

Hello. I am new to this list. I am hoping to contact someone working on the Bevirt surname. I have a John Bevirt in DeKalb County, TN. 1840. I am trying to confirm if he had a daughter Elizabeth Bevirt born abt 1816 in KY. who married a Charles C. Mitchell. From what I can tell most of the Bevirts came from Saint Clair County Illinois. I have found some in Arkansas where my Charles and Elizabeth Mitchell ended up. I know there was a Willis Bevirt in Pope County Arkansas in 1860. If any of these names or places ring a bell I would love hearing from you. Thanks. Cheryl

Does anyone know where Knight's Grove was located? My gr.gr. grandfather, Hugh Watson, enlisted in the Union Army at Caseyville, IL. in 1861. His papers have his residence at Knight's Grove and, so far, I've not been able to find where this is and obviously doesn't exist now. His occupation was a coal miner. I can't find he and his family in the 1860 census and don't see Knight's Grove on the census. I went through Caseyville with no luck. Thanks for any help. Betty Cooper