Hi! This is about the Morels. We also hunted them every spring. You should soak them in cold salt water before you cook them. Then rinse well, coat with flour salt and pepper to taste and pan fry in butter. We would make sandwiches out of them, have them with eggs for breakfast or just eat them as soon as Mom cooked them. I also live in CA and they sell them at Vons supermarket. We bought a new house and had compost and wood chips put down and I found 17 of them in Nov. They do grow out here too. They are not the big yellow spounge they are they earlier grays. But I was very excited to have them grow in my own yard!!! In CA they grow after the rains start in the fall. LuAnn

I was just restating that someone else said they could find them in stores. I've never seen them in stores in the North or the South either. LOL Greg -----Original Message----- From: Walt Conner <jerrbear@midwest.net> To: <ILVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [ILVERMIL-L] Re: [ILVERMIL-D] Morel Mushrooms >Never saw nor heard tell of a Morel Mushroom in any supermarket! Individuals >sell them from $15 per lb up here during the brief season. "Toad Stool" >Mushrooms, yes but a Morel is a specific type of Mushroom that they have never >been able to produced commercially. > >Walt Conner > >Greg Smith wrote: > >> Sorry for eaves dropping but I need to correct something. You can find them >> in any supermarket in the North. In Tennessee, people still believe that >> any mushroom picked in the woods is poisonous. We moved to Tennessee when I >> was young, from Crawfordsville, Indiana, where mushroom hunting had its own >> festival. >> >> > > >==== ILVERMIL Mailing List ==== >Vermilion County, Illinois >The ILGenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilvermil/ > >============================== >Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! >Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp >

Hi, again I've received two postings with no messages. Is this because there are no messages, or is there a transmission problem? phurst@soltec.net -----Original Message----- From: ILVERMIL-D-request@rootsweb.com <ILVERMIL-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: ILVERMIL-D@rootsweb.com <ILVERMIL-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 4:48 PM Subject: ILVERMIL-D Digest V99 #77

Austin L. Gaskill md. Anna Henderson 26 Jun 1884 in Vermilion co. Anna was b. 15 Sep 1864, the dau. of Nathaniel J. Henderson and Cyrene Morgan. Would like further details and were there any children? Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

Never saw nor heard tell of a Morel Mushroom in any supermarket! Individuals sell them from $15 per lb up here during the brief season. "Toad Stool" Mushrooms, yes but a Morel is a specific type of Mushroom that they have never been able to produced commercially. Walt Conner Greg Smith wrote: > Sorry for eaves dropping but I need to correct something. You can find them > in any supermarket in the North. In Tennessee, people still believe that > any mushroom picked in the woods is poisonous. We moved to Tennessee when I > was young, from Crawfordsville, Indiana, where mushroom hunting had its own > festival. > >

Hi, I've received three digest messages with no text. Thought I'd better let you know that there is a problem. Thanks. phurst@soltec.net -----Original Message----- From: ILVERMIL-D-request@rootsweb.com <ILVERMIL-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: ILVERMIL-D@rootsweb.com <ILVERMIL-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 3:18 PM Subject: ILVERMIL-D Digest V99 #76

Sorry for eaves dropping but I need to correct something. You can find them in any supermarket in the North. In Tennessee, people still believe that any mushroom picked in the woods is poisonous. We moved to Tennessee when I was young, from Crawfordsville, Indiana, where mushroom hunting had its own festival. In Tennessee, you could barely talk locals into eating them, let alone, go hunt them, lol. All that meant was more for us,, LOL. Again, sorry for eaves dropping, but I hadn't heard anyone talk about morels in years. Greg -----Original Message----- From: <RSPRGV@aol.com> To: <ILVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 8:39 PM Subject: [ILVERMIL-L] Re: [ILVERMIL-D] Morel Mushrooms >Hi all, > >I was excited to hear that Morels were native to some areas of Vermilion Co. >I was born and raised in Hoopeston and didn't get down to Kickapoo a lot. > >Morels are one of the hottest culinary mushrooms out there. They are wrinkly >and hollow so they take some extra cleaning to make sure that there are no >"critters" in them. Basically they can be used just as you would use any >other mushroom, but I understand that a simple saute of just morels or a >combination of morels and other fun fungi (chantrells, cepes (brown Italian), >shiitake, etc.) is good. I haven't had the pleasure of actually trying them, >but they are a regular ingredient on "The Food Network" (www.foodtv.com). >They are very seasonal and rather pricey. > >Not knowing where you live, if you are in or visit a city at anytime you >should be able to find them in-season in any good supermarket. I have seen >them in our more upscale market here in S. TX (in a town of under 100,000). >They are also available dried. > >Now I have to go out and find some to create some "New" old family, Vermilion >Co. recipes with them now that I know that they are "Ours" > >Scott Pittman >rsprgv@aol.com > > >==== ILVERMIL Mailing List ==== >Vermilion County, Illinois >The ILGenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilvermil/ > >============================== >Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! >Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp >

Hi, Thanks again to all who have responded on the Morel Mushrooms of Vermilion Co., Illinois. I have searched the web and have came up with another address whereby there is a very informative page on "How to find Morels" along with full color pictures you can down load for those of you who live in places where these mushrooms can be found and enjoyed. Apparently there are several groups who have made these mushrooms into a culinary specialty. I live in California and will seek these out at the specialty food markets as I have yet to taste them. My husband says he remembers fondly of his mother's excitement at finding them in their forages into the woods, searching for the mushrooms. As a note of caution, there is what they call a "false morel" sometimes called brain mushrooms which produce a toxin. So if you search for these in the wild, I would think one would want to be well informed. Here is the URL http://web4.topchoice.com/~physmush/findd.html Thanks again, Annie

Subject: {not a subscriber} MILLER Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:42:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Peggy Sue Miller <maggysue@pld.com> To: ILVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com I am looking for any info on a FRANK MILLER and JACK MILLER that lived in Georgetown in 1930. FRANK was the father and JACK the son. FRANK was 47 and jACK was 20. I hope I can find any info on these two. I have searched for info on them for 2 years now with very little luck.I found them only from Nov. 1930 to 1934...they were in Prison.. I have that info. I need info prior to late 1930.I have info all over the net. If anyone could please help me that is in this Vermilion County- or any other MILLER's in that area still??? I would really appreciate it. Thanx Peggy Sue MILLER -- Mailto:RichPump@wf.net HOWLAND-L List Co-ordinator VARNER-L List Co-ordinator ILPIATT-L List Co-ordinator ILTAZEWE-L List Co-ordinator TXYOUNG-L List Co-ordinator ICQ # 898319 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpiatt/piatt.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richpump/YoungCountyCemPage.htm http://www.wf.net/~richpump/HowlandOnLine.html

Hi, Thank you, Mary, for giving me more information on the Morel Mushroom for my family history! I will also look in reference books to get more info for my upcoming article on the familly tradition of mushroom hunting in Vermilion County, Illinois, away back when my husband was a child and went with his mom, brothers and sisters to the woods in search of this delicacy that heralded in the Spring. Thanks again, Annie

Hi all, I was excited to hear that Morels were native to some areas of Vermilion Co. I was born and raised in Hoopeston and didn't get down to Kickapoo a lot. Morels are one of the hottest culinary mushrooms out there. They are wrinkly and hollow so they take some extra cleaning to make sure that there are no "critters" in them. Basically they can be used just as you would use any other mushroom, but I understand that a simple saute of just morels or a combination of morels and other fun fungi (chantrells, cepes (brown Italian), shiitake, etc.) is good. I haven't had the pleasure of actually trying them, but they are a regular ingredient on "The Food Network" (www.foodtv.com). They are very seasonal and rather pricey. Not knowing where you live, if you are in or visit a city at anytime you should be able to find them in-season in any good supermarket. I have seen them in our more upscale market here in S. TX (in a town of under 100,000). They are also available dried. Now I have to go out and find some to create some "New" old family, Vermilion Co. recipes with them now that I know that they are "Ours" Scott Pittman rsprgv@aol.com

Hi, I'm looking for any information on George Washington Layton b. 1815 OH, d.1859/1860. He was married to Susan Courtney 5 Dec 1839 Warren Co., IN. They are living in Vermilion Co., IL in 1850. Believe he moved to Wisconsin as some of his children were born there. Susan was a widow in Vermilion Co., IL in 1860. I would like to know who his parents were. I believe George Washington Layton may have had a brother, Thomas Layton. Thomas first married Nancy Courtney 31 Mar 1833 Vermilion Co., IL. Nancy Courtney and Susan Courtney were cousins. Thomas married second Delilah Ann Jemima Cramer 13 Apr 1843 Vermilion Co., IL. Thomas had a son Andrew by his second wife who was also born in Wisconsin. On Thomas' marriage license it lists his mother as Nancy Layton. Says father is absent. If anyone has any information on this family, please contact me. Thank you for your help. Daryl Bruner LYRAD22@aol.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Johnson <ljonson@gte.net> To: <lLVERMIL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 6:55 PM Subject: Bloomfield Family of Pilot Township > My husband's mother was Emma Louise Bloomfield, Born 1919, Pilot Township, > Illinois (Near Danville). She married Wilford Johnson in 1939 and had 8 > children. In researching her family, I remember her mentioning going to the > woods around Danville and gathering giant Morel mushrooms in the Spring. > Does anyone know of these mushrooms and where they are found? Also are > there any recipes for the preparation of these mushrooms, what time in the > spring do they come out? We are doing a family newsletter which includes > the family tree and related topics such as recipies and family lore. > Any suggestions, or information on these mushrooms would be greatly > appreciated. > I hope this inquiry is appropriate to this rootsweb. If not please Email me > privately and I thank you very, very much for the info. > Annie Johnson >

Annie: Mushroom hunting was a family tradition when I was a kid. We usually went to areas in what is now Kickapoo State Park. Not only was the hunt a family event to hunt for mushrooms but also a good time for the adults to point out the spring flowering plants and trees - May Apples, Trillium, etc. They were usually around in early May - depending on the weather. Morels usually grow close to trees and under the leaves, so you need a paper bag and a stick. There was always an adult around to make sure you had only morels as most others are poisonous. My grandmother always went along so she usually cooked what we found. She coated them with flour and a little salt. They were fried in butter and served the night they were found. I assume they don't stay fresh very long. My family lived in Tilton, (Mother still does) which is southwest of Danvillle and northwest of Pilot Twp. Marv Hoppin

Hello, I'm looking for descendants of John McCarty (1850-1929) and his wife Melissa Alice Martin (1859-1901). Melissa was the d/o John Henry Martin and Delilah Swisher. I show 4 children for John and Melissa: Homer (1891-1970), Ollie (1893), Ruth (1895) and Charles (1898). This family lived in the Rossville area and John, Melissa and Homer are buried in the Rossville Cemetery. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Daryl Bruner

William Stevenson married 25 Dec 1892 in Vermilion Co. to Netie/Minnetta Pribble, the dau of Thomas Pribble and Cynthia Morgan. Would like further details and were there any children? Thank you, Kathleen Rizer

Kathleen, This is probably a generation before your William Stevenson married 25 Dec 1892 in Vermilion Co. to Netie/Minnetta Pribble, the dau of Thomas Pribble and Cynthia Morgan., but thought you might be interested. My interest is in HISE and GRITTON. Descendants of Clarinda Jane Pribble 1 Clarinda Jane Pribble b: 1823 in IN .. +Jesse Gritton b: Abt 1820 m: 9/4/1845 in IL, Vermilion Co. d: Abt 1850 in IL ......... 2 Amos Gritton b: Abt 1845 in IL ............. +Sarah Wiles b: Abt 1845 m: 7/30/1871 in IL, Vermilion Co. ......... 2 Ezariah Gritton b: Abt 1848 in IL *2nd Husband of Clarinda Jane Pribble: .. +Mahlon Cunningham b: 1822 m: Abt 1855 ......... 2 Melissa Cunningham b: 1857 Joan HISE Bancroft jhBancroft@aol.com

My husband's grandfather John Berglund immigrated to Vermilion County from Sweden in 1903. I'd like to know about any other Swedish immigrants that came about this time--their names, why they came to Vermilion County, what careers they pursued there, etc. Pat B.

Hello. I am new to this list. My grandmother, Dorothy Helen CHENOWETH, was born in Hoopeston on Sept. 22, 1909. Her father was Charles Nelson CHENOWETH and her mother was Nellie Florence SILVER CHENOWETH, born in 1868 and 1879, respectively. She had my father when she was not quite 17, and I don't believe she married his father, Bernard Woods MICHELS (born 1905) , until a few years after that. They didn't live together throughout most of their marriage and they had no other children. My father, William Gail Chenoweth MICHELS was also born in Hoopeston, on May 11, 1926. He lived there much of his life until he went into the service. My father has little information about his mother, Dorothy, because she died on March 23, 1939, at the age of 29. He was only 12 at the time, and for the 2 years before her death, she had been hospitalized while he lived with a maiden aunt, Leona SILVER, born 1875. (Leona and Nellie SILVER were daughters of William Morrow SILVER and Mary Ann ROACH WEAVER SILVER who also lived in Hoopeston.) Anyway, to get to the point, I have been trying to find out more about my grandmother, but I don't know where to begin. I live in New Jersey which makes it difficult. Could anyone give me some information to help me get started. For instance, what school would a child have gone to in this time frame? I'm assuming there would only be one school, and she would have attended. I have one address for them - 701 S. Fifth Street. The SILVERs were Baptists, and I don't know what the Chenoweths were. I think that Nellie SILVER remained a Baptist even after her marriage. Could anyone give me the name of any Baptist churches in Hoopeston at this time? Dorothy is buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, and I believe the other family members are buried there also. If you either recognize these family names and/or can give me information about the general questions or others, I'd appreciate it. I will be taking a short trip to IL in August, but I won't have a lot of time to do genealogy. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks. Beth Smith BSmith7439@aol.com

Thanks for all the hints, suggestions, and other notes of interest. Its nice to know everyone is so helpful. Dix