The Pekin Public Library has an index for Obituaries in the Pekin Daily Times and has the paper on microfilm. The Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society also has an obituary lookup service for a nominal fee. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs/research.htm Our email address is tcghs@email.com Hope this helps, Mike Dickson TCGHS Webmaster http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs ----- Original Message ----- From: <m.c.baskette-pinnix@worldnet.att.net> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 9:33 PM Subject: [ILTAZEWE] Warren-Obit > Where can I find the obituary for Jacob Warren (d. around > 21 Aug. 1989)? His last residence was Pekin, Tazewell, > IL. I am doing this search for his grandaughter in hopes > that she can locate where he is buried and perhaps, other > family members. > > Thanks, > Mary in TN > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact the list administrator, Cheryl Rothwell, LoganCty@mindspring.com. >

The following website can be used to get info on how to get Alaska vital records. http://www.vitalrec.com/ Hope this helps, Mike Dickson Webmaster Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Dancho" <nkdancho@home.com> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 8:10 AM Subject: RE: [ILTAZEWE] Alaska > Have noticed Dorothy is from Eagle River Alaska !! Would like to ask > questions about where to get Alaska death certif's and obits from the > Ketchikan area. I have an Uncle Wesley Palmer Stewart that lived there for > many, many years - and died in that area in 1990 and would love to find an > obit on him. Any direction is appreciated. > > Nancy > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Have noticed Dorothy is from Eagle River Alaska !! Would like to ask questions about where to get Alaska death certif's and obits from the Ketchikan area. I have an Uncle Wesley Palmer Stewart that lived there for many, many years - and died in that area in 1990 and would love to find an obit on him. Any direction is appreciated. Nancy

Where can I find the obituary for Jacob Warren (d. around 21 Aug. 1989)? His last residence was Pekin, Tazewell, IL. I am doing this search for his grandaughter in hopes that she can locate where he is buried and perhaps, other family members. Thanks, Mary in TN

Mary, I don't know what other suggestions you may get on this but Glenview Cemetery keeps a file of obituaries for the people in their facility. Able Monuments used to keep records for Lakeside and Lakeview. Dottie Dorothy Nanninga Sewell dsewell@alaska.net Eagle River, Alaska

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Here's the main page for those obits. There are quite a few central Illinois names and locations there and a search engine. Take a look. http://homepage.interaccess.com/~lzdz4me/ Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

http://homepage.interaccess.com/~lzdz4me/Documents/DeathNotices/Scroggin/Scr oggin.htm Various death notices, central Illinois but mostly Logan County, various surnames but all with a Scroggin connection. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

http://homepage.interaccess.com/~lzdz4me/Documents/DeathNotices/Downing/Down ing.htm Death notices, central Illinois but mostly McLean County area, various papers, various surnames but all with a Downing connection. Interesting 1920 railroad murder obit. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Was wondering if anyone has access to the 1860 census for Tazewell County. If so, can you please lookup an Isaac Preston for me and lemme know what it says. Thanx Gregory :)

This is from the current Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: - Ellis Island Online Database Are you looking for your ancestors' immigration records? If they arrived at Ellis Island between January 1892 and December 1924, you may soon be able to find their information online. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) is developing the American Family History Immigration History Center at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. A grand opening and dedication of the facility is taking place April 17. The LDS Church and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum officially announced the History Center project on Oct. 28, 1998. However, work on the project had already been underway for five years and involved thousands of volunteers who had to sort through passenger records and ship manifests and enter them into a database. Officials had hoped to make the database available to the public late last year. However, like many such huge projects, the original projections slipped a bit. The online database is now scheduled to become available at the same time as the new center opens: April 17. According to the Ellis Island Foundation, 12,000 volunteer LDS Church members worked on the project and donated some 5.6 million hours to complete the 25 million entries in the extraction process. The church also devoted 20 full-time staff members and 35 missionaries to the project. "We're very grateful to have the expertise and generosity of the (LDS) church and its volunteers in the development of this very important and long-awaited family history resource," said Peg Zitko, director for public affairs at the foundation. The LDS Church's help "saved us considerable financial investment." This new computerized database will provide automated access to more than 22 million historic Ellis Island passenger records. However, the digitized records will only cover the period from January 1892 to December 1924 and will include only about 71 percent of the passenger arrivals during that period. Plans call for a future expansion of the project to include additional passenger years and records. The database contains information on aliens, U.S. citizens, crew members, deportees and even those who literally missed the boat. Traveler name, name of vessel, departure, ports of arrival and dates of arrival comprise the standard information to be available. Age, gender, marriage status, birthdate, place of birth and ethnicity is other information available on some entries. Do not confuse this new database with the "American Immigrant Wall of Honor" database that has been available for some time. The "American Immigrant Wall of Honor" database is a listing of all the names inscribed on the "American Immigrant Wall of Honor." The Wall honors all immigrants, not just those who were processed at Ellis Island. I even found John Alden listed in the "American Immigrant Wall of Honor" database. He arrived on the Mayflower in 1620, two hundred seventy-two years before Ellis Island first opened. This wall at Ellis Island is a memorial funded by private contributions. In order to have an ancestor's name inscribed on the "American Immigrant Wall of Honor" and also listed in the database, his or her descendants or some other person must pay $100. For a listing of a husband and wife, such as "John A. and Mary T. Smith," the charge is $200. Several "special name formats" are also available, with fees ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. All names are entered without verification of the information, so we must assume that errors exist. The new immigrants database that will go online this week is a very different offering from the "American Immigrant Wall of Honor." The new immigrants database will contain information extracted from original records, all without requirement for any payment of fees to "honor" these immigrants. The new database should contain very high quality genealogy information. Keep an eye for this new database to appear soon at: http://www.ellisisland.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 2/12/01

I am searching for any Roush and Woodley's that lived in Tazewell County after 1860. Both families came from Union Co, Pennsylvania. Some of the family is found around Pekin, and also Springlake area. Would appreciate any information anyone has. Thank you. Judy Lowery

I just recently found a whole new line of my family, with early connections in Tazewell Co. Thought I would share: Name: Henry SHOBER Birth: 12 Jan 1795 Death: 25 Dec 1844 Father: John SHOBER (1759-1836) Mother: Susannah BOWERS (1768-) Marriage: 30 Mar 1820 Berkeley Co VA Spouse: Elizabeth ROACH Birth: 27 Jan 1795 Death: 28 Feb 1867 Burial: Oak Grove Cemetary, Pekin, IL Other spouses: Joshua MILLER 1 F: Sarah Catherine SHOBER Birth: 1832 Ohio Death: 6 Jun 1897 Pekin,Illinois Spouse: John H. GOODHEART Spouse: Stephen RONEY 2 F: Annabella SHOBER Birth: 23 Dec 1824 Spouse: Hiram LEIGHTON Spouse: Lewis McKINNEY 3 F: Maryann SHOBER Birth: 28 Oct 1826 Death: 1 Apr 1849 Spouse: William CRAGER 4 F: Elizabeth SHOBER Birth: 28 Aug 1829 Spouse: Alfred NEUKIRK 5 F: Martha Ellen SHOBER Birth: 25 Jul 1834 Elizabeth Roach also had 2 sons by her first husband, John, b 1812 in VA and George b 1814 in VA. Henry and Elizabeth moved to Pekin c 1840. She died at the home of her son George, in Mackinaw. I'm also researching these Tazewell CO names: GOODHEART, WOOST, SCHEFFLER, ROWAN, BEARDEN, KOCH. Ellen Rowan Taylor

Hi Keith: Nice to hear from a Keefer on the list-serve. I am a descendant of the Keefers from Tazewell County and one of my Keefers married a Rolla Rhodes. Please contact me either directly or through the list-serve so we can share info. Please let me know the Keefers and Rhodes you have and are interested in. Many thanks -- Bob Espinosa >Hi, I'm new to the list and interested in corresponding with other >tracing the RHOADES and REINHOLDT family of Tazewell county. > >Hope to hear from you. > >Keith > > >==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hi, I'm new to the list and interested in corresponding with other tracing the RHOADES and REINHOLDT family of Tazewell county. Hope to hear from you. Keith

Peoria County was separate from Tazewell in both 1830 and 1840 censuses. However, Tazewell was much larger than it is today. It took in all or parts of 11 of today's counties in 1830, and shrunk to all of Tazewell and parts of Woodford and Mason County by 1840. It came to present boundaries by 1850 census. Margie Bridges

Hello to list; Just joined today in hopes of cracking a problem "brick wall" My Ill. Surnames are; BROWN--WILSON. I have searched far and wide for the parents of my ggg Grandmother : Martha Jane BROWN b.21,Aug.1820 at Alexandria,Va.--Mar.21,Mar.1839 Tazewell Co. Ill. d. 1,Jan.1899 Harrison Co. Mo. She married a Reed {Ried} WILSON b.1818,In. d.21,Feb.1882 Harrison Co.Mo. They must have lived in Tazewell Co. for at least 14 years. The 1860 census for Harrison Co. Mo. shows all the children born in Ill. The oldest, William H. 1841 and the youngest,Mary E. 1854. My great grandmother one of the children was Margaret E.WILSON b.27,Mar.1844 in Peoria. < This brings me to a question.?> In the 1839 to 1844 period, were Tazewell and Peoria Country separate?? Long introduction,But I need some help finding Martha Jane's parents in the worst way. I expect it is a long shot to hope that some record of marriage that early would mention the names of the Parents. Best Regards; Donald Wilson Gossick Buffalo,Wyoming gossick@trib.com

Dick Eastman has a long article on copyright in this week's newsletter. It is too long to use here but it is available at Ancestry.com. You will find it very interesting if you have copyright questions. For a quick fix, he found an even better table of copyright information than the one I've been using at: http://www.progenealogists.com/copyright_table.htm Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

My apologies for the multiple posting but as I have sparse reference to the person/family of John Whitehand( from 1853- 1870 in all of these counties- embracing Land Grant 1853, some Marriages and Wills ( Though not, unfortunately all of the apparent multiple marraiages or Births).Neither do I have location of Deaths/Burials .. It would appear that all of my references may apply to John , His Son by the same name and two siblings. William and Margaret.. The latter two married in Audrain ,MO and Gibson TN.. As the WHITEHAND name is relatively rare ( and even more so in US ) I have little doubt that this family have common links but would appreciate any additional information or References.. As an Idea of the "thin line" have a look at.. http://www.vicnet.net.au/whitehaj/usmigr.htm Thank you for your Tolerance and trust your will keep the name in mind during your own research Regards, from DOWNUNDER John -- John Whitehand 'phone +61 3 9314 5306 West Footscray 3012 AUSTRALIA http://www.vicnet.net.au/~whitehaj/welcome.htm "co-operation achieves- competition destroys"

List: Is anyone on the list researching the JENNINGS family? AUGUSTUS, AMOS, BALUS, AND LEWIS JENNINGS. Originally from Fredereick County, VA - to Tuscarawas County OH in 1807 - to IN and varioous spots in IL 1835 - 1850. I believe some of the descendants settled in Tazewell County, IL. Thanks, Dixie (Jennings) Greenwood