Greetings: I'm a distant cousin of Susan Carlson and also am interested in Keefer related info. Susan and I don't follow the same lines, but we both start with Daniel Keefer from PA who had two sons move to Tazewell Co. around 1839. Those two were Jacob and William. Susan descends from Jacob (1799-1870) and I descend from William (1801-1853). We also have another cousin that descends from both. William's children with his first wife were Henry, Eudica (Utica), Antis (or Antoine), and Maria. His children with Mary Staner were John B., Alicia, Caroline, Mary Jane, Magaret, Jeremiah, William and Louisa. Mary Staner died in 1901 in Pekin. I descend from John B. Keefer. He married Mary Catherine Maloney in Logan Co, lived in Tazewell, and later on moved to DeWitt Co but I don't have dates for most of that. Any info on Keefers or relatives would be greatly appreciated. If you want more info, please let me know. We have gathered quite a bit of info and I just located another cousin in Canada just this week. Many thanks -- Bob Espinosa >Dear list: >I am newly subscribed to this list and just now have rejoined the >Tazewell Co. Genealogical & Historical Soc. after an absence of several >years. I am searching for information on my Keefer and Phillips >ancestors from Tazewell Co. and found reference to both names in the >2000 surname index for the Tazewell Gene. Monthly. > >I am especially trying to find anything about my great great >grandfather, William Phillips. He was residing in Pekin at the time of >the 1860 census, house 216--aged 49, occupation farmer--along with Anna >(wife? aged 27) and daughters Ester, age 17 and Amanda, aged 15; both >daughters born in Ohio. William's older daughter, Louise, was my great >grandmother; she was also in the area, having married Dr. Francis >Richard (Frank) Keefer in Sept 1855. Frank Keefer was son of Jacob >Keefer of Dillon Twp (I was previously lucky enough to find Jacob's >grave in Old Sand Prairie/Wehyrich Cemetery). > >I am trying to find out if William Phillips died in Tazewell Co., >married Anna (a second wife?) there, if he was related to the other >Phillips family residing there at the time, etc. > >2000 references in the 2000 Tazewell Gene. Monthly were as follows-- >KEEFER: p.99, p.148. >PHILLIPS: p.14, 15 or 16, 24, 80, 124, 136, 142, 148, 170. >I am especially interested in what p.148 may have to say, as both names >are mentioned. > >I'd be eternally grateful if someone who owns the 2000 issues could >check those pages for me. Or, if anyone else has info about these >families, I would love to hear from you. Thanks in advance for any help. >Sincerely, >Susan Carlson > > >==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the TAZEWELL List if you are in mail mode, send to >ILTAZEWE-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the >digest mode, send to ILTAZEWE-D-request@Rootsweb.com

In a message dated 03/06/2001 1:01:48 PM Central Standard Time, carlsoto@river.it.gvsu.edu writes: << carlsoto@river.it.gvsu.edu >> Susan - I find a Peoria County, IL marriage for: PHILLIPS, William & Ann Maria LATHEN - Nov 8, 1855 This might be the second wife of your William? Peoria County s just across the river from Pekin. Lyde

Dear list: I am newly subscribed to this list and just now have rejoined the Tazewell Co. Genealogical & Historical Soc. after an absence of several years. I am searching for information on my Keefer and Phillips ancestors from Tazewell Co. and found reference to both names in the 2000 surname index for the Tazewell Gene. Monthly. I am especially trying to find anything about my great great grandfather, William Phillips. He was residing in Pekin at the time of the 1860 census, house 216--aged 49, occupation farmer--along with Anna (wife? aged 27) and daughters Ester, age 17 and Amanda, aged 15; both daughters born in Ohio. William's older daughter, Louise, was my great grandmother; she was also in the area, having married Dr. Francis Richard (Frank) Keefer in Sept 1855. Frank Keefer was son of Jacob Keefer of Dillon Twp (I was previously lucky enough to find Jacob's grave in Old Sand Prairie/Wehyrich Cemetery). I am trying to find out if William Phillips died in Tazewell Co., married Anna (a second wife?) there, if he was related to the other Phillips family residing there at the time, etc. 2000 references in the 2000 Tazewell Gene. Monthly were as follows-- KEEFER: p.99, p.148. PHILLIPS: p.14, 15 or 16, 24, 80, 124, 136, 142, 148, 170. I am especially interested in what p.148 may have to say, as both names are mentioned. I'd be eternally grateful if someone who owns the 2000 issues could check those pages for me. Or, if anyone else has info about these families, I would love to hear from you. Thanks in advance for any help. Sincerely, Susan Carlson

I did locate a William F and Mildred A buried a Broadway cemetery. He died in 1962 and she died 1979. As far as Gossmeyers, I did not find any. Let me know if these are the Halls that you are looking for. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: Merrily King <merrily@zebra.net> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [ILTAZEWE] Cemetary Lookups for Minier, IL Tazewell County > What do you have on Gossmeyers? Also interested in George and Stephen > Douglas Hall's family. > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the TAZEWELL List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILTAZEWE-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILTAZEWE-D-request@Rootsweb.com > >

Cheri, I got this book from our local town library. I am not sure what Taz. Library has. Be glad to look through it for you. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: Al & Cheri Salz <alchersalz@ispchannel.com> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 1:19 PM Subject: RE: [ILTAZEWE] Cemetery Lookups for Minier, IL Tazewell County > Is the book you have the one put out by the Tazewell County Genealogical and > Historical Society? > Cheri > > -----Original Message----- > From: kim fontaine [mailto:kjfkids@mtco.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 12:47 PM > To: ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILTAZEWE] Cemetary Lookups for Minier, IL Tazewell County > > > I thought that I would bring to everyones attention that I have a copy of > the cemetary records for Minier, IL (Tazewell County) There are three > cemetaries in this book. I will do lookups for any one needing them. email > me @kjfkids@mtco.com > kim > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html > > > > ==== 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. > >

What do you have on Gossmeyers? Also interested in George and Stephen Douglas Hall's family.

Is the book you have the one put out by the Tazewell County Genealogical and Historical Society? Cheri -----Original Message----- From: kim fontaine [mailto:kjfkids@mtco.com] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 12:47 PM To: ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILTAZEWE] Cemetary Lookups for Minier, IL Tazewell County I thought that I would bring to everyones attention that I have a copy of the cemetary records for Minier, IL (Tazewell County) There are three cemetaries in this book. I will do lookups for any one needing them. email me @kjfkids@mtco.com kim ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html

I thought that I would bring to everyones attention that I have a copy of the cemetary records for Minier, IL (Tazewell County) There are three cemetaries in this book. I will do lookups for any one needing them. email me @kjfkids@mtco.com kim

Hello, If someone has the cemetery books or publications for Fondulac Cemetery or Kickapoo Township. I would appreciate a lookup. I am trying to find place of burials for George Burk, age 2 yrs., died in 1865. Alice (or Ann Eliza) Burk, age 9 years, died 1874. Any help is appreciated. Karen Murphy

Is there a Methodist minister in your family tree? You may be interested in this new CD. Conference Journals Memoirs: An index to memoirs printed in conference journals held by the G.C.A.H. A new searchable database covering the memoirs of ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Protestant Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Evangelical Association/Church, the United Brethren in Christ and the United Evangelical Church is now available in CD format from the General Commission on Archives and History. This database was designed as an index to a resource, not as a resource itself. It does not contain complete biographical information, or a complete pastoral record. This database is an index to the memoirs printed in the various annual conference journals held by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church. Not only are there memoirs of pastors in these journals, but often their spouses and in some cases lay leaders of the annual conference. The database only contains information up to the 1939 conference journals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and prior to 1946 for the Evangelical Church, The United Brethren in Christ and the United Evangelical Church. There are approximately 61,000 name entries. The database gives you the information to determine in what journal, year, and page the memoir appears. You will still need to locate the journal in order to get at the information. You can do this by either contacting the Commission or the appropriate annual conference archives. The CD comes with its own search engine. It requires a Pentium level PC with at least a 4x CD drive. It runs only on Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT. There is no version for the Mac. The CD can be ordered from the General Commission on Archives and History for $10, including postage. You can order it from the Commission: E-mail: research@gcah.org; Phone: 973-408-3189; Mail: GCAH, P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940

Rootsweb seems to be coming up gradually. Some or all of the lists are back up but not all of the web pages. Please be patient. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Friday the lists may be down briefly for maintenance and improvement. Don't get concerned if you get few or no messages. It starts in the morning, Pacific time, so it may go into Friday evening for east coast folks. If you live outside the US I guess that means it could go into Saturday for you. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Have you checked out ILGenWeb's awarding winning Civil War site? Here's part of the latest award notice: Your website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/, has been selected as a featured site in Lightspan's StudyWebÆ as one of the best educational resources on the Web by our researchers. You will be able to view it in our History & Social Studies:History:American History:American Wars:Civil War:By State section very soon. StudyWebÆ is one of the Internet's premier sites for educational resources for students and teachers. Since 1996, our expert reviewers have scoured the Internet to select only the finest sites to be included in StudyWeb's listing of educational links. Each site in StudyWebÆ includes a detailed review describing its editorial and visual merits. If you are unfamiliar with StudyWebÆ, please check us out at: http://www.studyweb.com/ StudyWebÆ is part of Lightspan, Inc. which provides curriculum-based, educational software and Internet products and services used in schools and at home.

Hi List: Seeking descendents of the George Elbert EMMITT b. Jun 1853, Waverly Pike Co. OH. m. 1st Flora P. HIGGINS b. 24 Sept. 1856 2nd Maud McClure b. Nov. 1866 in KY., their Children below: Robert M. EMMITT b. 5 July 1880, Mother Flora HIGGINS Thomas H. EMMITT b. 26 Jan. 1883, Mother Flora HIGGINS. Earl EMMITT b. ca. 1885, Mother Flora HIGGINS Minnie FISCHER b. Nov. 1888, Mother Maude McClure George R. EMMITT b. 7 Oct. 1892, Mother Maude McClure John EMMITT b. Jan. 1895, Mother Maude McClure Arthur EMMITT b. Oct. 1897, Mother Maude McClure The first three children were born in Waverly Pike Co. Oh. The last four were born in Pekin Illinois. Maude was from KY. The family was living in Terre Haute Indiana in 1900. I'ts not likely any of the above are living today. Have a lot of genealogy data to share, Any help appreciated. John <jwemmitt@mindspring.com>

I slept through this -- it was up yesterday so the time clock is rolling. Note it includes two items which may be of interest -- Sangamon County and the 1836 Illinois map. >============================================================ >DATABASES OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) >============================================================ >SANGAMON, ILLINOIS DIRECTORY, 1889 > >Sangamon County is located in central Illinois. This database is a >transcription of a farm directory originally published in 1889. In >addition to providing the county residents' names, it provides their >addresses and occupational information. The database includes more >than 4,600 names, mostly heads of household. > >Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Sangamon, Illinois Directory, >1889." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original >data: "Sangamon, IL, 1889." Sangamon, IL: Hendrix & Co., 1889. > >To search this database, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5391.htm > >This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction >Project and can be searched through its main page at: >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm > >============================================================ >TODAY'S FEATURED MAP >============================================================ >Today's featured map is: > >ILLINOIS, 1836 > >To view this map, go to >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/map.asp?ImageID=757

I received a question about the state's Civil War records and I thought this was a good time to remind everyone about them. The Secretary of State web site for online databases: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html is the URL for all the databases. While you are there read the whole page and see if there are any other databases which are useful to you. It is a growing list. Regarding the Civil War database, you can search by name and get the unit, etc. You can get a copy of the record [such as it is] for free. The record is merely an entry in a ledger and they copy the page it is on. They don't get the whole page but a major portion. For example, I asked for Benjamin Harding. The page starts with a readable Alexander Douglas. Ben is about 25 down the page and that far down it is getting harder and harder to read. It gives the rank, age, description [height, hair, eyes, complexion, marital status], occupation, nativity [town, county, state], joined [date, location, by whom, period signed up for], mustered in [date, location, by whom], residence [town, county, state]. It appears there is a column for last pay but it is blank on all the examples I have. This record is different from the records for the same person that the National Archives has -- I like it because it gives a physical description. I happen to have pictures but not everyone does. A couple notes -- names may not be spelled correctly, particularly given names. The residence may not be what you expect. The residence they gave might be Salt Creek or a town that no longer exists rather than a town you know. Unless your ancestor was John Smith I suggest you search on the name only. Each database now comes with more detailed search instructions. It would be a good idea to read them if you haven't searched recently. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

Thanks to George R. Coraor and Robert J. Coraor, the "Exiles of Madeira" has been added to the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/religion/madeira/ExilesofMadeira.h tm The book was published in 1860 and describes the migration and arrival of the Madeirans in the Jacksonville and Springfield Illinois area. I'm just forwarding the information -- I know nothing about this. I assume if it affects you it makes sense to you. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com

In a message dated 1/23/01 4:56:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, kjfkids@mtco.com writes: << Barb, I am located here in Taz. county. What towns are you interested in??? If you need any local info please let me know. As far as research goes, my family is all located on the east coast, so I can not be of any help there. I am in Minier(se part of Taz. county) Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eubara@aol.com> >> Hi Kim I'm from the east coast, Massachusetts. If you need any family lookups for the timeperiod 1841-1905, I go to a library that has MA State Vitals, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1841-1905 on microfilm. Would be happy to see if I can help in a any way. Karen Murphy

Hi Kim I have been to Minier a couple of times in the past doing research and was really pleased with a young lady who was working in your library, this was a few years back. I have two ancestor lines there in Minier and they are: Stephen O. DAVISON who died in Minier on 5 Dec 1895. I found his obit in the Minier paper that the library had in large binders in a corner. The papers were original and were very brittle then. Anyway Stephen's wife was an Emma ALLEN DAVISON who was very sick when Stephen died. Stephen's son, George W. DAVISON married an Alice M. JOHNSON on 2 July 1882 in Minier. Alice was the daughter of a Joseph JOHNSON and Sarah WOOLLEY. I haven't found out it Joseph died in Minier or not but Sarah later remarried. My folks were raised in Delavan which is not to far from where you are at. I was primarily raised in Washington. Love hearing from those up there and yes I do miss that part of the country. Terry in Abilene, TX

Hi Kim, didn't know there were 3 people from Minier on the internet. I am just kidding the other two are my cousins. Have you been in Minier long? I just saw that your family is from the east coast. Did you marry someone from the area or how did you end up in Minier? We tried to get my grandparents farm house south west of town but it did not work out. Cheri Salz -----Original Message----- From: kim fontaine [mailto:kjfkids@mtco.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:57 PM To: ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILTAZEWE] first trip to Tazewell Barb, I am located here in Taz. county. What towns are you interested in??? If you need any local info please let me know. As far as research goes, my family is all located on the east coast, so I can not be of any help there. I am in Minier(se part of Taz. county) Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: <Eubara@aol.com> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:26 PM Subject: [ILTAZEWE] first trip to Tazewell > Greetings, > > I'm a new lister planning my first trip to Tazewell Co. and thought I would > ask for a few tips. The differences from one county to another can be > amazing. One county courthouse can be a delight, with the staff anxious to > please and ready to drag out whatever dusty records you want to see. Another > county may be completely indifferent to family research and no help at all. > So, what are my best bets in Tazewell? How about the local libraries? Is > the county clerk agreeable to dumb questons? I'll appreciate any suggestions > offered . > > > Barb Eufinger > St. Louis, MO surnames: FITZGERALD, O'CONNELL > > > ==== 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. > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl