Regarding Steph. Co. cemetery indexes: I have access to vol's 1 & 2, and the Freeport City Cemetery, and JULIA JAMESON WOOTAN is not listed in those indexes. There are volumes 3 & 4, and Ridott Cemetery would be in one of those. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Kafer <slkafer@hotmail.com> To: <ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 10:56 PM Subject: [ILSTEPHE-L] Julia Jameson Wootan > Does anyone have access to a cemetery book for Stephenson County? I am > looking for the burial site of my g-g grandmother, Julia Jameson Wootan b. > 10 April 1817 and died near Freeport(possibly Ridott TWP) in Dec. 1840. > She was the first wife of Daniel Wootan, who is mentioned in the History of > Stephenson County. > Thank you, Sharon Kafer > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== > Look for your surnames: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/abc.html >

Thank you for answering my query. Sharon Kafer >From: "Mary Vivian" <maryv@aeroinc.net> >Reply-To: ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com >To: ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ILSTEPHE-L] Julia Jameson Wootan >Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:00:40 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >From ILSTEPHE-L-request@rootsweb.com Mon Aug 30 16:58:17 1999 >Received: from [204.212.38.30] by hotmail.com (2.1) with ESMTP id >MHotMailB994659900E8D821979BCCD4261E07B40; Mon Aug 30 16:58:17 1999 >Received: (from slist@localhost)by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id >QAA07381;Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:56:32 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:56:32 -0700 (PDT) >Message-ID: <005501bef343$dd6b2ea0$e7fbf7d0@aeroinc.net> >Old-To: <ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com> >References: <19990829035631.74869.qmail@hotmail.com> >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 >Resent-Message-ID: <TgOEMD.A.MzB.woxy3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/928 >X-Loop: ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: ILSTEPHE-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Regarding Steph. Co. cemetery indexes: I >have access to vol's 1 & 2, and the Freeport >City Cemetery, and JULIA JAMESON WOOTAN >is not listed in those indexes. >There are volumes 3 & 4, and Ridott Cemetery would be >in one of those. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Sharon Kafer <slkafer@hotmail.com> >To: <ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 10:56 PM >Subject: [ILSTEPHE-L] Julia Jameson Wootan > > > > Does anyone have access to a cemetery book for Stephenson County? I am > > looking for the burial site of my g-g grandmother, Julia Jameson Wootan >b. > > 10 April 1817 and died near Freeport(possibly Ridott TWP) in Dec. 1840. > > She was the first wife of Daniel Wootan, who is mentioned in the History >of > > Stephenson County. > > Thank you, Sharon Kafer > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== > > Look for your surnames: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/abc.html > > > > >==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== >Searching for a lookup volunteer? >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/lookup.html > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

David Wilder married Catharine Rima in Geauga Co., OH 1825. Catharine Rima b. 1806 was a daughter of Johann Friederich Rima and Marie Bekker. David and Catharine had a son David b 1826 in Geauga Co., OH. He married Rebecca E. Taylor 1848 in Stephenson Co., IL. He died before 1870 in Jackson Lyon Co., KS If this family is in your database, I would love to hear from you. Kathleen Burnett

Hello Margaret, Thank you for writing. I am forwarding your note onto the Stephenson County Mailing list in hopes that someone may recognize the subjects in your photos. Happy Hunting! Julie At 1:41 PM -0500 8/29/1999, Margaret Skean wrote: >We found your address on >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/photos.html > >We have some old family pictures may have >originally been in the possession of my Beecham >ancestors or possibly Spratt relatives. Of course >they may have been of friends not related to them. >Can you help us in identifying them? My family >has been mostly in Nebraska since the early part >of the century now ending. If it is appropriate to >link the URLs to your site or to post the images >there directly we would be very grateful. > >Best regards, >Margaret Skean > >http://wwitch.unl.edu/support/mbs/Freeport1.htm >http://wwitch.unl.edu/support/mbs/Freeport2.htm -- List moderator , Stephenson Co., IL mailto:ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com Stephenson Co. ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe

Looking for information on William J. McCann. He came to Freeport IL from Milroy PA. All obits list him as residing in Freeport, He was my great uncle. He was born April 19, 1859 in Milroy PA. His father was killed returning to Civil War from sick leave. The family was desitute so William and his two sisters Frances Catherine and Priscilla were raised in the McAllisterville Orphans School. His date of discharge looks to be May 31, 1874 and he went to Milroy. All family obits list his as being from Freeport, IL. I am interested in finding out more about the maverick uncle....why did he move to Freeport, was he married, did he have children. What kind of work did he do. Any information would be very helpful to me, This is one dead end on my tree.. Hope some one can help me, Thanks, Patricia Peters Willhite

Does anyone have access to a cemetery book for Stephenson County? I am looking for the burial site of my g-g grandmother, Julia Jameson Wootan b. 10 April 1817 and died near Freeport(possibly Ridott TWP) in Dec. 1840. She was the first wife of Daniel Wootan, who is mentioned in the History of Stephenson County. Thank you, Sharon Kafer ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In a message dated 8/28/1999 7:36:50 AM Central Daylight Time, Sue12632@aol.com writes: > "Old" Freeport Cemetery Sue, I believe the phone number for the cemetery is 815- 232-5416 The 'tombstones' of the cemeteries of Stephenson Co. have been transcribed into 5 volumes. You probably want Vol 5. You can order microfilms of these volumes through your local LDS Family History Center. Here is the catalog entry: ============================================================ Title: Cemetery Inscriptions of Stephenson County Stmnt.Resp.: prepared by the Genealogical Committee of the Stephenson County Historical Society Authors: Stephenson County Historical Society (Illinois) (Added Author) Stephenson County Genealogical Society (Freeport, Illinois) (Added Author) Notes: Title varies slightly. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Each cemetery includes index. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Contents: v. 1. Winslow, Oneco, West Point, Waddams Grove, and Buckeye townships -- v. 2. Erin, Jefferson, Kent, and Loran townships -- v. 3. Florence, Harlem, Silver Creek, and Ridott townships -- v. 4. Dakota, Lancaster, Rock Run, and Rock Grove townships -- v. 5. Freeport City Cemetery. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. on 18 microfiche. Subjects: Illinois, Stephenson - Cemeteries Copies Call Number Location 977.333 V3s FHL US/CAN Book 977.333 V3s v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book 977.333 V3s v. 3 FHL US/CAN Book 977.333 V3s v. 4 FHL US/CAN Book 977.333 V3s v. 5 FHL US/CAN Book Format: Books/Monographs (With Film) Language: English Publication: [Freeport, Ill. : The Society, 197-?]- Physical: v. : map. Subject Class: 977.333 V3 Sam Brown Benbrook, TX

I am looking for anyone that is connected or knows about the Morris August family from Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co. Morris' dates are 1859-1939 and was married to Orilla. Roger Cramer Peoria, AZ

BRADSHAW / CURRIER - "Old" Freeport Cemetery - Robert BRANDSHAW is buried in "Old" Freeport Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL.. He was born abt. 1780 Osnabruck, Canada & died abt. 1862 Freeport, IL. He is buried in "Old" Freeport Cem. in Freeport with his daughter Mary & her husband David CURRIER. Looking for the exact birth & death dates, for these three people, which might appear on the tombstones or at the office of the cemetery. Have the tombstones from this cemetery been read & published? If so, is there a possibility of a LOOK-UP; or does anyone have the address for this cemetery's office? Sue

I'm looking for information about The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sargent (not sure on spelling) School, around the early 1900s. I just found out an ancestor graduated from there and went on to play supporting roles with Ethel Barrymore! Please reply to: NLWOOD52@aol.com Thanks, Nancy Wood

Can anyone tell me if the Freeport Public Library History Room has the 1920 Census for all counties in Illinois??? Or, is it just Stephenson Co. alone? thanks...

Can anyone tell me what is the earliest year that Freeport Library has city directories? THANKS

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E2BDF8AF372C05777D3F0139 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TO: RON JOST - I've lost your e-mail address, sorry! Theresa --------------E2BDF8AF372C05777D3F0139 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <treseh@ix.netcom.com> Received: from dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com ([206.214.98.8]) by mail01.dfw.mindspring.net (Mindspring/Netcom Mail Service) with ESMTP id rq2892.941.33qs885 for <treseh@ix.netcom.com>; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:50:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA00109 for <treseh@ix.netcom.com>; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:52:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from roc-il2-20.ix.netcom.com(205.184.4.84) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma000066; Thu Jul 29 22:51:47 1999 Message-ID: <37A13CD9.7E96BBE1@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:49:13 -0700 From: treseh <treseh@ix.netcom.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win95; U; 16bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Theresa Houck <treseh@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: [Fwd: [ILSTEPHE-L] Hart] References: <379CD7ED.73ED755F@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ron, Sorry it's taken me so long to reply, I've been working a lot, traveling, and fighting some health problems. I'd love to share info, I'll try to e-mail you a GEDCOM file in the next week or so (won't be home this weekend), and I'd love to receive a GEDCOM file from you. Thanks so much! Regards, Theresa Rockford, IL Theresa Houck wrote: > > Ron Jost wrote: > > > Hi Theresa; Maurice was the son of John Hart, who was the son of James and > > Elizabeth. John and Thomas Jefferson Hart (My gGrandfather) were brothers.I > > have information on most of the Brothers. I am willing to share anything I > > have. Do you have anything on James and Elizabeth?----Ron > > > > ==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== > > Some area Funeral Homes: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/funeral.html --------------E2BDF8AF372C05777D3F0139--

Thanks for your help......the information will be useful I am sure..... Mick

Copies of the Winslow Register at the Illinois State Historical Library cover the following years: 1905, My 26-Je23, O 13; 1907, N 29: 1908, Je 26; 1909, Ja 1, D 31; 1910, Ja 7; 1913, Ja 31-Mr 14; 1914, Jl 24, Ag 21 This information is taken from Illinois Libraries "Newspapers in the Illinois State Historical Library" Volume 73 No. 4, April 1991 The local history room at the Freeport Public Library has all of the Winslow Register newspapers mentioned above on microfilm. As you can see, the dates covered by the paper are very sparse. This is probably due to the fact that copies were not maintained by the publisher. Winslow floods quite often. The downtown is oftened under water during periods of high water. It's possible that issues were lost for this reason as well. The local history room also has newspapers on microfilm for the following villages: Davis, Orangeville, German Valley, Orangeville, Pearl City, Lena, Warren (JoDaviess County), and others for villages in neighboring counties. I believe they have the Forreston (Ogle County) newspapers. The Freeport newspapers are numerous -- Banner, Budget/Repbulican, Democrat/Standard, Deutscher Anzeiger, Journal-Standard, Bulletin, Sonntagsblatt. I am sure I haven't named them all. The earliest paper appears to have been printed in 1847. All of these newspapers are microfilmed and available in the local history room of the Freeport Public Library. The names of the newspapers changed often in the late 1800's with many papers ceasing publication or combining with others. To obtain a copy of Illinois Libraries "Newspapers in the Illinois State Historical Library" write to the Illinois State Archives in Springfield. I believe there is a nominal fee for the book. Ken Bartelt At 09:43 PM 7/28/99 EDT, you wrote: >Thank you for the help......I believe there was a flood and a fire in the >town of Winslow around 1903......and perhaps between those two calamities the >Winslow Register and its archives may have been destroyed.... does anybody >online have information on the Winslow Register from Winslow, Illinois? > > >Mick Rybolt > > >==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== >Old Photos: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/photos.html > >

There are no Winslow, Oneco, or Orangeville papers in microfilm at the state lib., but there are Lena papers on microfilm. They are as follows--Northwestern Illinois Farmer: Star(weekly)[*Ja 4, 1867-O29,1908X]; (semi-weekly) [*N 3, 1908-My 7, 1909X]; (weekly0 [My 13, 1910-S 26, 1957X];Stephenson Farmer *O3-D 26, 1957, Jl 1961-D 31, 1964; Ja 7, 1965; Northwestern Illinois Farmer, [Ap 27, 1967+] The * means the 1st issue of the series, the X means the last issue of the series. The + means that the file is continuing to date, and new issues are being received regularly. Apparently this was one newspaper, just changing names and publishers over the years. I'm sure those other towns had newspapers-- they just didn't get on microfilm. Mary Vivian

The book in question was issued to each public library in the state of IL (or at least in our library system), and should be available to look at in any public library in the state. There is no online listing as far as I know of, but there may be a way to order them electronically. In any case, a librarian would have to access the microfilm for you, and the microfilm would have to be used in the library that borrowed it--in other words, if the Freeport Public Library borrows it, you would have to use the microfilm in one of the Freeport Public Library's machines. We have the book, and I would be able to look up what the holdings would be for a particular town or area. Beyond that, I might be able to help further depending on the circumstances. Mary Vivian Pearl City Public Library ----- Original Message ----- From: <AutoMick@aol.com> To: <ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [ILSTEPHE-L] Illinois Newspapers on Microfilm > I also am interested in knowing how to get listing of newspapers that are on > file......are they online with a source to check what is available, or is > there a book we can check out..... > > Mick > AutoMick@aol.com > > > ==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== > Historical and Genealogical Societies: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/society.html >

Thank you for the help......I believe there was a flood and a fire in the town of Winslow around 1903......and perhaps between those two calamities the Winslow Register and its archives may have been destroyed.... does anybody online have information on the Winslow Register from Winslow, Illinois? Mick Rybolt

Could you check the book and see if you have any newspapers in Illinois.....Stephenson County..... the towns I am interested in would be Winslow, Oneco, Lena, Orangeville..... I believe there was at one time a Winslow Register and I believe there was also a Lena Star.... Thanks for your help.....I await your response...... Mick AutoMick@aol.com

I also am interested in knowing how to get listing of newspapers that are on file......are they online with a source to check what is available, or is there a book we can check out..... Mick AutoMick@aol.com