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In a message dated 6/13/2000 9:18:09 PM Central Daylight Time, julweed@goodnet.com writes: << Pecatonica >> Linda, The cemetery may be the Pecatonica Cemetery: http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/MapServer?f_name=Pecatonica+Cemetery&f_s tate=IL&f_latlong=421823N0892238W&f_ht=.0625&server=TIGER It is, however in Winnebago Co. Sam Brown Benbrook, TX PS if this is not the correct cemetery, you might be able to find the correct one using the GNIS feature at the Stephenson Co. site. SB

Hello Linda, I'm sorry, I can't answer your questions. I'm forwarding your email onto the county mailing list in hopes someone on there can answer your questions. The only genealogy group I'm aware of is the Stephenson County Genealogy Society, listed on the county website. Julie >Could you please give me the name & phone # of the genealogy group in the >area of Ridott & Pecatonica, Illinois. Can you tell me the name of the >cemetary >thats 4 miles west of Pecatonica & app. 1/2 mile south on Farwell Bridge Road. >Can you also give me the name of a local person that could do some research >for me in this area of course I would be willing to pay for the service. >Linda >dcarp3931@aol.com -- List moderator , Stephenson Co., IL mailto:ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com Stephenson Co. ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe

Laura, I have a digital camera that I could take a picture with. How about this if you send me the amount of the disposable camera I will email you the photos?? Let me know Lori At 11:13 PM 6/11/00 -0500, you wrote: >Is there anyone in/near Freeport, IL, who is willing to take photographs of >cemetery gravestones in two cemeteries there? I have some ancestors buried in >the Freeport City Cemetery and in the St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery. > >I am willing to send a disposable camera and pay for postage to mail it back. >Plus, I can do some look-ups or take photos in St. Louis, MO, in exchange for >the Freeport photos. (I'm willing to negotiate!) > >Thanks, >Laura Balluff >St. Louis, MO > > >==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== >Due to other responsibilities, I need to give up "Stephenson County >ILGenWeb". If you would be interested in adopting this web site, please >contact mailto:julweed@goodnet.com Julie Wirgau (County Coordinator) or >mailto:RichPump@wf.net Richard Howland (Northern Regional Coordinator). > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.

Your welcome Sam Brown

You can email the National Archives to get forms for military and pension records. email inquire@nara.gov Ask them to send you form number 80 and the number of forms requested, include your name and postal mailing address. Gary <<< <HALAL00@aol.com> 6/12 8:41a >>> Hello, I have recently found some information on a g-g-grandfather, Samuel DANIELS, and his brother James DANIELS. A record that I found says that they enlisted on 4/6/63 and mustered into "D" Co. IL 12th Cavalry, and were both discharged for disability on 2/1/64. It also says that their residence was Freeport IL. Does this mean than they were living in Freeport in April 1863, or that this is where they came to enlist? Also, could someone please remind me of the web site where I could order copies of their Civil War records? Thanks, Nicky Eickerman Vancouver, Wa. ==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== Due to other responsibilities, I need to give up "Stephenson County ILGenWeb". If you would be interested in adopting this web site, please contact mailto:julweed@goodnet.com Julie Wirgau (County Coordinator) or mailto:RichPump@wf.net Richard Howland (Northern Regional Coordinator). ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Sam, Thank you for responding. Your information was very helpful. Sincerely, Nicky Eickerman Vancouver, Wa.

Nicky, They were probably from Freeport, as the major mustering-in for the 12th was at Camp Butler, IL (at Springfield). You could try typing in "civil war records Illinois" in your search engine to get a variety of sites for the records or go to: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html for one specific site. (This site also has a PDF file which gives the history of the various units.) Sam Brown Benbrook, TX

Hello, I have recently found some information on a g-g-grandfather, Samuel DANIELS, and his brother James DANIELS. A record that I found says that they enlisted on 4/6/63 and mustered into "D" Co. IL 12th Cavalry, and were both discharged for disability on 2/1/64. It also says that their residence was Freeport IL. Does this mean than they were living in Freeport in April 1863, or that this is where they came to enlist? Also, could someone please remind me of the web site where I could order copies of their Civil War records? Thanks, Nicky Eickerman Vancouver, Wa.

----- Original Message ----- From: apotutu Subject: RUNDALL FAMILY Seeking any Rundall family related to Marie Schimmelpfenning who married Albert Rundall. Son Harold born Milledgeville 1899 Son Robert David born Freeport. 1907 Would like to hear from them Aloha, Barbara

Is there anyone in/near Freeport, IL, who is willing to take photographs of cemetery gravestones in two cemeteries there? I have some ancestors buried in the Freeport City Cemetery and in the St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery. I am willing to send a disposable camera and pay for postage to mail it back. Plus, I can do some look-ups or take photos in St. Louis, MO, in exchange for the Freeport photos. (I'm willing to negotiate!) Thanks, Laura Balluff St. Louis, MO

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Since many of Stephenson County's pioneers came from PA, I thought I'd pass this along. The database is free for 10 days. Sam Brown Benbrook, TX ====================================================== LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Bordered by the Susquehanna River in southeastern Pennsylvania, Lancaster County was created in 1729 from neighboring Chester County. This database, originally published in 1883, is a county history and collection of biographical sketches. The history section includes descriptions of the topography, of Native American settlements, and of the county's involvement in the Revolutionary War. The biographical sketch section includes the names of nearly 50,000 men, women, and children. In addition, it provides a listing of men from the county who served in the Revolutionary War. For researchers of ancestors from eastern Pennsylvania, this can be a useful source of information. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Lancaster County, Pennsylvania History." [Database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Electronic reproduction of "History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" originally published in Philadelphia by Everts and Peck in 1883. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4671.htm __________________________________________________________________

Thanks Laura, I'll forward this to the Stephenson County Mailing List. >Hi Julie, > >I wanted to let you know--possibly for posting on your Stephenson >County GENWEB site--that there is an interesting Freeport, IL, item >now up for bid on eBay. Here is the URL for the item--perhaps the >Stephenson Co. Genealogical Society would be interested... > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=348673847 > > > >Item #348673847 Freeport Illinois * Early Church Records > >Description: > >FREEPORT, ILLINOIS > >Records of Grace Episcopal Church, known as Zion Episcopal > >This is a handwritten manuscript in ink within a 10 x 8 composition >notebook. Individual Church members and their families are listed, >as well as a listing of Baptisms from 1872 to 1900. There is some >Church history, beginning with the year 1842, compiled by Mrs. >Nelson C. Phillips, who also wrote an introduction explaining the >circumstances surrounding the compiling of these records. In >addition to being of interest to members of this particular Church, >this manuscript is a wonderful resource for genealogical research on >early residents of Northern Illinois. > >Dating from the 2nd decade of the 20th century, condition is good, >with ink not faded and the handwriting very legible. There is a >total of 68 pages, with an unobtrusive stamp on one of the pages >from the Institute of American Genealogy, in whose possession the >manuscript must have been for a time. This is obviously a >one-of-a-kind item. > >Laura Balluff >St. Louis, MO

I just saw several copies of the 1970 History of Stephenson County for sale at: www.bibliofind.com Also some copies of other books about Freeport and Stephenson County Sam Brown Benbrook, TX

Does anyone know where I can find a 1930 Stephenson County directory to look up an address of an ancestor? Thanks for any suggestions! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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Gary! Hopefully this email will reach you I sent it earlier, but it got returned saying that that they could not reach your address. Thank you very much for the information that you sent. I will try and get a copy of the Goddard book, if that is available on microfilm. I also received information from the Stephenson Genealogical Society. That information was helpful, but as always has been a source for more questions. This is what I received: Goddard, Lucy Gl: No lot number b: d: October 29,1853 Age: 93 yrs. 10 mos. 8 das. Sp: John Shara (?) Goddard The pages of the Goddard book that you sent show the following: from the Goddard book page 1155 John Goddard, Jr; b.13 or 15 Dec. 1764, Westborough, MA; d. 26 July 1812, Milton VT. Occupation: Farmer - " he was a soldier at age 16" - noi. He mar: 21 Mch. 1786, Hollis, NH = Lucy Stiles; b. 21 Dec. 1762, Hollis, NH; d. 29 Oct. 1853, Lena, IL (cemetery at Lena). Issue - Eight; 2 sons are known, next: a) Caleb Goddard ... b) Benjamin Goddard The only problem so far is that the age does not match up, i.e. she would be 91 Then I found Caleb Goddard in Vermont:(This starts out as a table but it seems to get scrambled even though I use spaces rather than tabs to line things up) 1850 Census, Georgia, Franklin Co. VT 345 358 Sabins, Alvah 57 M Minister Bap 3000 Conn Sabins, Sarah 57 F Conn Sabins, Diantha 21 F Conn Sabins, Anna 18 F Farmer 3400 Vt 346 359 Goddard, Caleb 52 M NH Goddard, Avis 56 F Conn Goddard,Warren 17 M VT Goddard, Julia Ann 15 F VT Shaw, Lucy 90 F NH Julia Hinckley 59 F Conn Wallou, Caroline P. 39 F Vt Wallou, FranklinW. 1 M Vt Wallou, Oscar D 7/12 M NY Thomas, Augustus 26 M Labor 175 VT Thomas, Hariet ? 21 f Vt Thomas, Charles N 9/12 M Vt Thomas, Gaius 66 M VT Thomas, Priam 32 M VT Thomas, Olive 40 F Vt Thomas, Priam 9 M Vt Comments: The data on the Sabins is only included to show that it lists their youngest daughter as a farmer with considerable property, I believe that it was entered into the wrong line. Problems: In the obituaries of Samuel Newell Goddard (sent by H. A. Kippenhan) it says that the Goddards moved to Illinois in the spring of 1850. The enumeration in Vermont was done in August of 1850. Also Julia Hinckley is supposed to have died March 12, 1849. The identity of Lucy Shaw is unclear at the present. My best guess is that it is Caleb's mother, who had remarried after his father's death, but the age difference is more significant now. Were there newspapers in Lena in 1852? were there obituaries? What does ". Sp: John Shara (?) Goddard ' mean in the entry into the cemetery book, could this be Shaw? Is there anything available on the history of Lena on the Internet? Why do the family papers indicate that Avis (Hinckley) Goddard died in Ridotte? Did they own land? Sorry for the many questions and again thank you for the help you have provided so far. Afa

Hello, I'd like announce that the Stephenson County ILGenWeb Project site is up for adoption. This comes with a small site for the Lena Historical Society and the Stephenson County Genealogy Society that would also need periodical maintenance. If anyone is interested in adopting it, please let me know. Please feel free to use the current pages. Julie -- List moderator , Stephenson Co., IL mailto:ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com Stephenson Co. ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe

Benjamin C Williams is listed in the 1850 Census in Rock Grove Township, age 63, born PA, farmer, Also in the household is Newcomb Williams age 21, born PA, laborer. I checked the cemetery index for the Rock Grove area and there is no Williams listed, nor is he listed in the Biographical History or are there Williams in the 1880 history. Probate records are in the Stephenson County Circuit Clerks office at the Court House in Freeport. There is an index to those records at both the Circuit Clerks office and also in the Local History Room at the Freeport Public Library. You can write the Stephenson County Genealogical Society, PO BOX 514, Freeport, IL 61032 for a index search. Send a SASE with your query. The land records are kept at the Stephenson County Clerks office at the Court House. They show all land transfers from 1838. A search can be very time extensive. Gary <<< <ARaders@aol.com> 5/21 6:37p >>> Hi Listers, I've just traced one of my ancestors, Benjamin Williams, b 1787 in PA, to Rock Grove in the 1830-1840 time frame. I checked the FHL holdings on line for wills and deeds for Stephenson County, but can't find anything. Do land and probate records for Stephenson County exist? Can someone tell me how to go about finding them? Thanks for your help, Jennifer Reno, NV ============================== The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/