I found a site with a list of books for sale for Illinois and Illinois Counties. I found some good stuff there. http://www.myfreeoffice.com/hrywlfrd//books.html

Could some kind soul provide the hours of the Local History Room of the Freeport Library? I will be coming to Freeport later this month and would like to do some research. Colleen

My Jacob Bardel journeyed from Alsace to Canada, too. He settled in Stephenson county ca. 1840. Janelle Braithwait

Sam, THANKS so very much. I will order the reel for sure!! Either that or see if our lib. can get it interlibrary loan. That is wonderful to know about. I havent been on line for chat either for a while. Thursday nights just are the worse around here and I have been swamped with other things going on. Thanks again and see you on chat sometime soon. Sue SBrown5329@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/12/2000 1:00:17 PM Central Daylight Time, csds@lsol.net > writes: > > << Does anyone know if there were in the mid to late 1800's a great number > of Alsatian families that immigrated to Freeport or Stephenson County in > general? My Alsatian relative did and I would be interested in who else > might have found that in their family. Originally my 2nd gr grandfather > went to Canada from Alsace, but then he came to Freeport. >> > > Hi, > Sorry I've been unable to make it to the Genealogy Chat sessions recently. > In response to the question of the Alsatian immigrated to the Stephenson > Co. area. The 1970 "History of Stephenson County" gives about two pages to > some of the political and economic factors that led many of the Alsatian > immigrants to come to the US and the Freeport area. The book is available on > microfilm (FHL US/CAN Film 1421921 Item 8) through the LDS Family History > Center rental program. > According to the article, many left Alsace due to political problems > (e.g., the problem of the region repeatedly going back and forth from being > part of France and then part of Germany and back again); some left due to > the depression and political insecurity that resulted from an increase in > Prussian Domination. "One covering explanation can be said: they saw no > satisfactory future in the Germany of their day." > Southern Germany felt the emigration fever first (("The period from 1816, > when Napoleon was defeated and the thirty years of war ended, until 1855 saw > the largest exodus from the German States.") "Few Northern Germans caught > the emigration fever until after 1845. > The book also points out some of these people originally went to the lead > mines of Galena and then came to Stephenson County. > > Sam Brown > Benbrook, TX > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

In a message dated 4/12/2000 1:00:17 PM Central Daylight Time, csds@lsol.net writes: << Does anyone know if there were in the mid to late 1800's a great number of Alsatian families that immigrated to Freeport or Stephenson County in general? My Alsatian relative did and I would be interested in who else might have found that in their family. Originally my 2nd gr grandfather went to Canada from Alsace, but then he came to Freeport. >> Hi, Sorry I've been unable to make it to the Genealogy Chat sessions recently. In response to the question of the Alsatian immigrated to the Stephenson Co. area. The 1970 "History of Stephenson County" gives about two pages to some of the political and economic factors that led many of the Alsatian immigrants to come to the US and the Freeport area. The book is available on microfilm (FHL US/CAN Film 1421921 Item 8) through the LDS Family History Center rental program. According to the article, many left Alsace due to political problems (e.g., the problem of the region repeatedly going back and forth from being part of France and then part of Germany and back again); some left due to the depression and political insecurity that resulted from an increase in Prussian Domination. "One covering explanation can be said: they saw no satisfactory future in the Germany of their day." Southern Germany felt the emigration fever first (("The period from 1816, when Napoleon was defeated and the thirty years of war ended, until 1855 saw the largest exodus from the German States.") "Few Northern Germans caught the emigration fever until after 1845. The book also points out some of these people originally went to the lead mines of Galena and then came to Stephenson County. Sam Brown Benbrook, TX

Hi Ellie Thanks for you reply. I just wonder what attracted families to Freeport....other Alsatians? work? etc... Sue Ellen Halverson wrote: > The Aurand(t) family orginated in Alsace, moved to Holland then into Germany > and in 1753 came to PA, and 1843 to Stephenson Co. (by then most of the > family had dropped the 't' from the orginal spelling). > Ellie > > Susan Schlosser wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there were in the mid to late 1800's a great number > > of Alsatian families that immigrated to Freeport or Stephenson County in > > general? My Alsatian relative did and I would be interested in who else > > might have found that in their family. Originally my 2nd gr grandfather > > went to Canada from Alsace, but then he came to Freeport. > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

The Aurand(t) family orginated in Alsace, moved to Holland then into Germany and in 1753 came to PA, and 1843 to Stephenson Co. (by then most of the family had dropped the 't' from the orginal spelling). Ellie Susan Schlosser wrote: > Does anyone know if there were in the mid to late 1800's a great number > of Alsatian families that immigrated to Freeport or Stephenson County in > general? My Alsatian relative did and I would be interested in who else > might have found that in their family. Originally my 2nd gr grandfather > went to Canada from Alsace, but then he came to Freeport. > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Dear Susan: I am currently working on a line where my gggrandfather, WOLF, Lawrence, immigrated from Alsace (or Elsass) to Freeport with his brother, as yet unnamed, in the late 1800's. He lived most of his life and died in Ridout, IL, just up the road from Freeport. It is possible that his last name may have originally been spelled WOLFE (old family factoid), but I can't confirm that yet. Lisa de Berg

Does anyone know if there were in the mid to late 1800's a great number of Alsatian families that immigrated to Freeport or Stephenson County in general? My Alsatian relative did and I would be interested in who else might have found that in their family. Originally my 2nd gr grandfather went to Canada from Alsace, but then he came to Freeport.

please all of you join me for genealogy chat Thursday at 8:00 pm CST. The chat is geared to northwestern Illinois and related Pennsylvania counties. Chat is at www.freeportillinois.com/index3.htm You will find the chat button on the right hand side of the front page. Press the button, it will take a bit to load in, put your name in and your surnames in the profile. Click chat and you are there. Also feel free to invite other lists that would be appropriate. Lou Cook ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Does anyone know if this Church in Florence Twp. still exists,or, if not, if their records might be in some other Methodist Church in the area?-----Ron

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------30F30ED0087AC60BAC1232AF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone have knowledge of this family? I am still searching. Thank you for any help you can give. Joyce --------------30F30ED0087AC60BAC1232AF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <37CE7C63.55400C9E@worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 08:32:19 -0500 From: Thomas and/or Joyce Urban <tlurban-chgo@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: tlurban-chgo@worldnet.att.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-WNS2.5 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com" <ILSTEPHE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: SMITH and JOY descendants Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Looking for descendants of Robert SMITH, b. abt. 1836, and Catherine JOY, b. abt. 1840. Both were born in Ireland. Catherine was born in County Kerry. Her father was Maurice Joy; her brothers Thomas and John. The Smiths are on the 1860 Census in Mazomanie, WI, with a daughter Mary, b. 1860. They were living with Catherine's parents and brother Thomas at that time. Descendants of the siblings kept in touch for a time over the years. Our direct ancestors in the JOY family, Maurice and Thomas, moved to Crawford County, Wisconsin. Catherine and her husband moved to Illinois. We have a book given to Maurice, son of Thomas. The book was inscribed as given to him in Freeport, IL, when they were visiting. Frank Smith who lived at 1243 S. Carroll Ave., Freeport, IL, is on an old Christmas card mailing list in our family. The mailing list seems to be from the late 1940s. We know our relatives visited relatives in Freeport and the Freeport area. Is there someone who could help locating any Smith descendants who might be in the area today? Thank you for any help you can give. Joyce Urban --------------30F30ED0087AC60BAC1232AF--

please join us for chat tonight at www.freeportillinois.com. I won't be in, but everyone else will be. Lou Cook

Samuel Moyer (1820, Campbelltown, Lebanon Co PA -- 1893, Hiawatha, Brown Co KS) moved from Centre Co to a farm SW of Ridott later owned By Samuel Schleich and still later by his son Howard Schleich. He established the Ridott Cemetery when his wife died in 1867, and his body was returend from KS for burial there in the first row of graves at the eastern edge of the cemetery, nearest the dirt road. His son Philip Carmony Moyer, who had moved from Centre Co to Stepehnson Co in 1854, married Amanda Gross, dau of Samuel and Mary Gross, who moved from Union Co PA to a farm south southwest of Orangeville. There was, indeed, a great deal of such movement from Centre Co to Stephenson Co, something someone should some day record in print. I've heard of an entire Centre Co community who moved to Stephenson Co, even taking their pastor with them, but I can't name the place, either by its Centre Co or Stephenson Co name. I hope some day to publish regarding this family. Dr. Karl E. Moyer Lancaster PA

The Ezra Smith family from Freeport and other parts of Stephenson County also came from Centre County, PA; specifically Penn Hall in Gregg Township. Marcia Sherman

the Seyllars in Stephenson Co also came there. Must have been a big move. Lou Cook

Hi List, In a recent letter, Kent Gossman said, " Speaking of Centre County, my Frybarger and Ault lines came from Greggs Twnshp, Centre County, and also settled near Orangeville, so it appears there were alot of migrations from Centre/Snyder/Union to Stephenson during that timeframe." My gg-grandfather, Jacob TREASTER, also came from Centre Co., Pa. He sold land in Gregg Township in 1841 and then turned up in the 1850 census in Oneco Township, Stephenson County, IL. I have looked for other Treasters with whom they might have come to IL but with no success. I recently found that members of his wife's family however did come to Stephenson County. His wife was Margaret DUTCHER from Shamokin Township, Northumberland Co., PA. Her sister, Mary Dutcher, whose husband was John STOUT, also came to IL. Margaret & Jacob Treaster's children married into the following families in Stephenson County - FREDERICK, FRIEDLEY, BERRYMAN, BOWELL (Green Co., WI), SHECKLER, & TANNER. Does anyone on the list have an interest or information re any of these families? Thank you, Burna K. Jamieson

Dr. Karl E. Moyer, My ancestors Michael Hartman and Elizabeth Decker were married 19Mar1829 at Jonestown, Zion Evangelical Lutheran right there near your town of Lebanon. They then migrated down to Snyder County (then Union) for a while (I recall they were in the census of 1850 but am not sure about 1840) they then migrated in 1857 to Buckeye Twnshp, Cedarville. In 1905 they moved to Freeport. He was a shoemaker and farmer. Mine became members of the Christian Reformed Church in Stephenson Co. I do have one Moyer on file, but they were recent marriages in Beavertown, Snyder Co with a Ritter relative (still alive) who is related on my Etzler line. Probably just concidence that they both moved from Snyder to Cedarville? There are similarities enough to explore if your John and my Michael were brothers? But it appears neither one of us has gone far enough back to make a connection at this point with this common name. As far as Franklin Hartman, I have an excellent potential on him. Michael Hartman's son Washington had a son named Franklin, and the time frame and location near Cedarville match. The fact that your Franklin named his son Jay Washington is probably a very strong indicator of a match. There is a local cousin of mine in Stephenson County who is descended from the Michael/Washington line, but I do not know if she had any additional info on Franklin (son of Washington). I have been trying to pin down the parents of Michael and Elizabeth for quite some time, perhaps you have run across the names in your local research? I would be interested in soliciting some assistance from someone back there since my success has been limited. I got bogged down with all the Berks Co. Hartman's and never could get past it. I was to the local historical society there in Lebanon, and found there to be many potential Hartmans. But the fact that they were Lutheran helps in isolating them from the Catholic potentials (didn't know they were Lutherans when I was there). Speaking of Centre County, my Frybarger and Ault lines came from Greggs Twnshp, Centre County, and also settled near Orangeville, so it appears there were alot of migrations from Centre/Snyder/Union to Stephenson during that timeframe. Hope this helped, Kent Gossman Here is a quick run down of two generations: Descendants of MICHAEL HARTMAN 1 MICHAEL HARTMAN b: October 21, 1806 in LEBANON, PA d: November 17, 1883 in BUCKEYE TWNSHP, STEPHENSON CO., ILL .. +ELIZABETH DECKER b: November 03, 1808 in BERKS CO., PA d: August 14, 1886 ......... 2 MAGDALENE (Molly) HARTMAN b: January 05, 1830 in PENNSYLVANIA d: April 15, 1857 in BEAVER TWNSHP, SNYDER CO., PA ............. +FRANKLIN ETZLER b: April 10, 1826 in SNYDER CO., PA d: January 31, 1858 in ONECO TWNSHP, STEPHENSON CO., ILL .................... 3 SARAH E. ETZLER b: in PENNSYLVANIA ........................ +SILAS WAGNER .................... 3 HOWARD ETZLER b: in PENNSYLVANIA d: in STEPHENSON CO., ILL .................... 3 WILLIAM WILSON ETZLER b: May 11, 1849 in SNYDER CO., PA d: February 23, 1908 in WINSLOW TWNSHP, STEPHENSON CO., ILL ........................ +ADDIE ELIZABETH BOLENDER b: January 02, 1856 in BUCKEYE TWNSHP, STEPHENSON CO., d: June 26, 1942 in WINSLOW TWNSHP, STEPHENSON CO., ILL .................... 3 BENJAMIN M. ETZLER b: September 21, 1853 in SNYDER CO., PA ........................ +Carrie S. Excell d: September 24, 1926 in Kirkland, WA .................... *2nd Wife of BENJAMIN M. ETZLER: ........................ +JENNIE CORWIN .................... 3 MARY JANE (JANE) ETZLER b: October 13, 1855 in UNION COUNTY, PA d: February 16, 1903 in MERCY HOSPITAL, DES MOINES, IOWA ........................ +HENRY (CALVIN) AULT FRYBARGER b: February 19, 1852 in ORANGEVILLE, STEPHENSO CO, ILL d: July 26, 1930 in HURON, BEADLE CO, SD ......... 2 MARY ANN HARTMAN b: 1832 d: June 08, 1891 ............. +WILLIAM ROBENOLD RUBENDALL ......... 2 ELIZABETH HARTMAN b: October 25, 1834 d: February 10, 1883 in ROCK GROVE TWSHP ............. +WILLIAM WILSON ETZLER ......... *2nd Husband of ELIZABETH HARTMAN: ............. +JACOB R. YOUNG ......... 2 WASHINGTON D. HARTMAN b: October 22, 1837 d: March 24, 1914 in ORANGEVILLE, STEPHENSON CO., ILL ............. +CAROLINE EPLEY .................... 3 ANNA ETZLER ........................ +HENRY FLUEGEL .................... 3 Frank Hartman .................... 3 Perry Hartman .................... 3 Harvey Hartman .................... 3 Wilson Hartman .................... 3 MATRONA G. HARTMAN b: June 30, 1870 d: July 20, 1871 in STEPHENSON CO., ILL ......... 2 FRANKLIN HARTMAN b: 1839 d: April 06, 1862 in CIVIL WAR, FORT DONELSON ......... 2 REBECCA HARTMAN b: 1841 d: August 14, 1888 ............. +WILLOUGHBY BEAR ----- Original Message ----- From: <ILSTEPHE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ILSTEPHE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:22 PM Subject: ILSTEPHE-D Digest V00 #36

Jean, We are working on the same Ault line. I am told that they were Cheesemakers just west of Orangeville. This gets rather confusing, James was in fact married to Lucy and to a Susanna. It is discussed in his fathers instate (but doesn't say divorced as I recall) because his children were mentioned as heirs in 1858, but James wasn't yet dead. I show him married to Lucy in 1845, and then five kids, Calvin, Frank, Laura, Jane, and James with no known birth dates, 4 of the 5 names are named after immediate family. Then I also found him in 1850 census with 2 one year olds and Susanna. Apparently a busy man. Susanna was found in Waddams Twnshp in 1880 (he died in Nov 1860) listed as proprietor of the Pennsylvania Hotel in McConnell's Grove, she also owned 172 acres in the hotel property and had been doing it for 25 years. She goes on to mention all of the above listed children plus William and Mary E. (Ellen). Whom I think were the only ones by Lucy Lara (that's how I had the name). Contact me off line and we'll see what other stuff we can exchange. Is this your direct line or an allied line? Thanks, Kent Gossman

I have two Hartman persons intermarried with Moyer people: 1. Benjamin Franklin Hartman (27 Sept 1853, Pennsylvania - 4 Aug 1937, bur. Mt. Carroll IL), son of John H. Hartman of Union Co PA, who came from Union Co PA to Jo Daviess Co IL in 1854 and then to Mt. Carroll in 1864. Benjamin married (Mary) Elizabeth Moyer (9 March 1861, Orangeville - 21 Sept 1924, Mt. Carroll), dau of Philip Carmony Moyer and Amanda (Gross) Moyer who farmed just south-southwest of Orangeville. (Philip was choir director also in the former German Reformed Church in Orangeville, now defunct). Ben and Elizabeth had 12 children and an enormous number of grandchildren et al. I can provide a list to anyone interested. 2. Franklin William Hartman (18 Oct 1871 - 31 Jan 1946) lived at Cedarville R. D. 1; buried at Orangeville Cem. Married Cora Belle ('Coravelle") Moyer, also a daughter of the above Philip Carmony Moyer. They had three children: a. Valeria (5 Oct 1897 - 26 May 1956), m. to Glen Geiter (17 Nov 1891 - 21 Aug 1984), of Orangeville, bur. at Grand View Cem north of Freeport; children: Ray Geiter and Pauline (Geiter) Wildemuth b. Jay Washington Hartman (18 Sept 1900 - 22 June 1979) bur. Orangeville; children: Jack Hartman, now or late of Freeport, and Kitty Lou (Hartman) Senneff, now or late of California c. (William) Roy Hartman (13 Oct 1907, Orangeville - 9 Oct 1987, Peetone IL; , married to Blanche McWhinnley, now or late of Village Woods, Crete IL. I would be interested in information about these famillies and would share what I already have. My research deals with descendants of Samuel Moyer (1810, Campbelltown, Lebanon Co PA) and his wife Elizabeth (Behler) Moyer who moved from Centre Co PA to a farm southwest of Ridott in 1863 and who established the Ridott Cemetery, in which Elizabeth was the first burial. They had 17 chidlren, three of whom remained in Stephenson Co: Phillip Carmony Moyer, Mary (married to Samuel Gross of Orangeville), and Lena (married to George Loveland of Freeport). Phillip had 12 children of his own, many of whom remained in Stephenson Co and whose lineages remain there to this day. Cordially Dr. Karl E. Moyer Lancaster PA --- > Hi, > I have not posted for a while, and thought I would send another query > out to see if anyone shares these lines that I have not already communicated > with. The families of John and Mary (Ault) Frybarger, along with his > brother George Frybarger and family, Michael and Elizabeth (Decker) Hartman, > Franklin Etzler , Henry and Mary (Miller) Ault all settled in the > Orangeville, Waddams Grove area in the 1840's-50's. If anyone has run > across this lines in their family research, I'd appreciate it if you could > contact me. Thanks in advance, Kent Gossman, Port Orchard, WA.