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