To Cheryl or anyone who can direct me, I would like a copy of the death cert. of my gr. grandmother, Sarah (Hancock) Collins. She is buried in Piatt Co., and the archives sent me a copy of the cemetery which gives her date of death as Jan. 1886 but it doesn't give WHERE she died. She died quite young, I suspect in Child birth. Albert N. Collins, Sarah, his wife, and my grandmother were living in Tazewell Co. in 1880 (census), and according to a history of her father, had 2 children and was still living in Peking in 1883. Only 3 years later, she died but so far, I have been unable to find out where so that I can get a death certificate. She is my weakest link. If someone could direct me, I would be very grateful. I live in western Canada, and I can't run down to the archives to check it out. Thanks for any and all help. Ardath in Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 8:14 AM Subject: [ILTAZEWE] State Archives Research Request > Here's my experience with the state archives research free research > requests. There is a place where you can request research online and they > will mail you the response. You are limited to two requests. I wanted to see > how it worked. I asked for a name on the 1855 State Census that was tough, > lived on the township line, and one from the 1860 federal census that isn't > there. I put in my request on 12/4/00. Time passed. I forgot about it. > > Yesterday [3/24/01] I received a thick envelope. It contained a letter from > John Daly -- two pages and probably a waste of taxpayer money <g> for my > particular request as it explains how to get a certified copy, a copy of the > actual census pages for the 1850 federal and 1855 state census [as I > requested], a copy of the index pages for the surname I requested proving > that the other name I requested was NOT in the 1860 census. > > Bottom line: it is SLOW but it does work. And, perhaps if I had not tried to > be a little tricky it would have been a bit faster. > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/serv_sta.html > > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com > > > ==== 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. >

I was thinking someone would pop up with the status of such things in Tazewell. If your great grandmother died in Piatt County you will need to know the status of death certificates in Piatt in 1886. State records do not begin until 1916 and county records vary widely from county to county. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com