Years ago my mother tried to find her mother's records at Nashville. They told her that the records had been destroyed in a fire. We found out later that this was not true. Nancy

I believe that there were plenty of naturalization records in Nashville, Ill. I got my great grandfather E. Boelling there as well as his sibling and parents. It will probably be a hit or miss situation if they filed it there or in St Louis. I remember looking through the books when I was in Nashville 1997 for a reunion. I think I remember seeing one for the brandt there too. Tom ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

I understand that Washington Co. lost their naturalization records in either a fire or a tornado. Is that correct? Thanks, Jerry

most of the counties have their own section of naturalization records filed in the vital recods. I have found naturalization papers on my 2nd and 3rd greatgrand parents. Tom ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Howdy all, Wasn't sure how this worked so I piggy backed on someone elses email out to everyone. Any how, I was wondering how a person would go about getting naturalization records for their forefathers? I am looking for my G Grandparents record. They would have entered the country in the late 1800's to early 1900's. Thanks in advance! Jim cowboy67atcasscommdotcom at = @ dot = .

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Anyone have any suggestions on where to stay in Nashville, IL while doing research? Thanks, Madonna Davis Marks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/299 Message Board Post: ISO information on the following family: HEAD: Charles SEIGLER, aka SIEGLER, aka SIGLER, aka SULGER One of the first two spellings is believed to have been the correct one. Charles was identified in the 1850 to 1880 US Census as having the following occupations (in order) -- artist, photographer, gunsmith, and locksmith. His place of birth has been identified in various Census records (not in order) as: Illinois, Maryland, Germany, and Prussia. He was last found in the 1900 US Census, at which time he resided in the household of his wife's niece, Sarah H (MAXWELL) THOMASON (see below). WIFE: Jane NORTH Born in Randolph Co, IL, Jane was one of 9, perhaps 12 children of Levi NORTH (c.1793-c.1851) and Catherine (ALLEN) NORTH (c.1811-1849). She married Charles in 1856 in Randolph Co, and moved with him to Washington Co, IL, prior to the 1860 US Census. She was last found in the 1880 US Census. SON: Charles A Born in 1857 or 1858, Jane's son was identified as Charles in the 1860 and 1870 Census enumerations, but as Allen in the 1880 enumeration, which is the last record of him found thus far. STEP-DAU: Sarah Hannah MAXWELL (1859-1940) Upon the untimely death of her mother, Mary Ann "Polly" (NORTH) MAXWELL in Perry Co, IL, 1864, Sarah moved in with Jane, and remained in the latter's household until she married James M THOMASON (sic) (1854-1937) in IL in 1881. It is believed Sarah was the mother of at least four children. These may have included the following, but verification is requested: 1. Harry C (1882-1965 ?) md Catherine 2. Ruth (1886-p.1940) md Charles GUENTHER 3. Mary Marie (1889-p.1940) ...md#1 unkn CUNNINGHAM ...md#2 1930 MO to Harry BRADBURY ...md#3 Fred PAGE 4. Charles ?? (d prior to 1900 US Census) Sarah's death may have occurred in Washington Co, IL, but I would like to verify that. James may have been living in East St Louis in 1920, but I would like to verify that, as well as the spelling of his surname. Polly and Jane were older sisters of my great-grandfather, and I am trying to identify as many of their common relatives as possible. Thus, if anyone has information to share about the above named individuals, I invite you to contact me by e-mail at your convenience.

Scott Williams is very active in the accumulation and preservation of Civil War memorabilia as well as details of the war. He is involved in a new museum being established near the Jefferson Barracks area in South St. Louis County. The following is his entry to the StL-Metro List and it includes Illinois troops. His email is: mocsa@earthlink.net Gloria > Battle of Pacific, Missouri. This 1/2 hour skirmish was fought Oct. 1, 1864 > on the St. Louis-Franklin County line. > > Gen. Sterling Price had sent Gen. William L. Cabell who commanded a brigade > of Arkansas Cavalry to cut the RR east of Pacific. This > was most likely a section of track 1 1/2 to 2 miles east of town. There may > even be a small bridge over a creek that was burned as > Confederate reports allude to that act being accomplished successfully. At > any rate I believe this would be the only real Civil War > battle (skirmish) fought in St. Louis County, even though it only began > there and moved with greater intensity into Franklin County. > > In the battle reports, there is no mention of the town of Pacific. What is > mentioned is the town of Franklin. Today there is no town > of Franklin in Franklin County. That is because it is now called Pacific. > But at the time of the Civil War both Federal and > Confederate troops most commonly referred to it as Franklin, even though > officially it changed names by 1858. The Federals arrived > via RR cars in which they could take no further west than 1 1/2 to 2 miles > east of the town. > > The Confederate attack included firing their artillery, but it did not stop > the Federals who went down on the ground to avoid much > of the fire. Then the Federals continued their advance into town as the > Confederates burned the town's RR depot on their way out. > Although the Confederates heavily outnumbered the Federals the Confederates > were not interested in being delayed on their movement > toward Jefferson City. The Federal commander was Col.Edward H. Wolff, who > commanded an Infantry brigade of Indiana and Illinois > troops. The causalities: Federals: 7 wounded, two severely; no known > Confederate losses. > > The Federal units involved were the 54th Illinois Vol. Infantry; 117th > Illinois Infantry and the 52nd Indiana Vol. Infantry. There > may have been others but this is all I could find in the battle reports > > Cabell's Brigade consisted of the following: > > 1st Arkansas Cavalry; 4th Arkansas Cavalry; Morgan's 2nd Arkansas Cavalry; > 7th Arkansas Cavalry; Gunter's Arkansas Cavalry > Battalion; Harrell's Arkansas Battalion; Witherspoon's Arkansas Cavalry; and > Hughey's Artillery Battery. > > If anyone has information to add about this engagement I would appreciate > hearing it. > > Scott K. Williams >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Michalski, Kujawski in Dubois, Radom area Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/153.2.2 Message Board Post: I have an ancestor Joseph Michalski who was living in Tamaroa/Dubois area in the mid-1870s. I believe that he came directly to Illinois from Philadelphia, after arriving from Posen/Polish Prussia, but it is possible that he may have come earlier. What are your dates? Are your Michalski line related to the Nicholas Michalski who was the original land agent in the area?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mindak, Michalski, Stetter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/153.2.1 Message Board Post: My relative is Marcelli (Martin) Michalski born 1846 married to Josephine Stetter born 1844 (I have her photograph) who had children (w/ birth dates): Leo William John 1874 Frances 1876 Springwell Twp (Dearborn), Mi Maria 1877 Springwell Twp (Dearborn), Mi Catherine Rosalia 1878 Springwell Twp (Dearborn), Mi Peter Joseph 1881 Springwell Twp (Dearborn), Mi Anthony (Tony) 1886 Tamaroa, Illinois I find your comments interesting since your family as my above lived in Springwells Twp, Wayne Co, Michigan and then between 1881 and 1885 moved to Washington Co, Illinois. In 1880 census Marcelli (Martin) Michalski (or Mikalsky) was in Springwells Twp and followed William Fod's family (Henry Ford's father). While in Springwell Twp they attended St. Alphonius Catholic Church. I am a descendant of Frances Michalski born March 1, 1876 married April 27, 1897 in Dubois, Illinois to Peter Mindak. After 1908 they moved back to Detroit, Michigan. I would be interested in any information your could provide on the family. What are their birth dates, it would help? If you are interested I could send my information directly to your e-mail. My e-mail is terry.stoll@earthlink.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/153.2 Message Board Post: Noted with interest your mention of the Michalski name. My great-grandmother was Victoria Michalski, born in Poland somewhere, married there to Joseph Lukasik (probably spelled differently there) had a son named John and another named Joseph - immigrated to Springwells, MI and then to Tamaroa, Il. where they had additional children, Stella, Josephine, Mary, Mike, Any connection? I would love to know her family ancestry. Victoria was killed in a buggy accident around 1918 in the Tamaroa area.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/128.1.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Carrie -- I'm doing a bit better, but still have a long way to go with the recovery of my health. As for research, I've encountered the same problems with soliciting help from relatives. Nobody knew anything, and now virtually all of them from both sides of my family are gone. If any of your new GUY information pertains to Charity's children, I'd like an opportunity to review it. I'm hoping to release one last & final issue of my MAXWELL descendant document, perhaps as early as Fall, 2004. I already have a stack of updates to be incorporated. I would also like to see any updates you may have on the HOWELL branch of Charity's family. My GUY research was incomplete, since they were not part of my lineage but I do have several names on file. Not much about history of their clan, however (prior homes, migrations, etc).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GUY, Maxwell, Howell, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/2816/5g.2ADI/128.1.2.2 Message Board Post: Jack, Hi, great to hear from you again, hope all is well. I have gathered much more GUY family info since last we spoke. Thanks ALWAYS, TO YOU, for setting me on the right track! I still am hoping to find a photo of Charity Ann, she and her husband James Guy are the ONLY GG-Grandparents for whom I have no photo. I keep hoping someone is out there with some photos of either one or both of them. I am also still trying to find out where Charity is buried, I think she died in Washington Co, IL. But even that has not been confirmed. So many ancestors, so little time....that I had asked more questions of my own father & grandmothers, aunts & uncles. etc. when I had the chance.....spilt milk! ANY of you out there that have grandparents and great grandparents still living do NOT loose the chance to hear what they know and their family stories of your prior generations. Wish I had done so myself. Even my father is gone and my mother knows so little of her family and even less about my father's family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5g.2ADI/128.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Again, I thank you for your response. I am just getting back into genealogy and will be participating with queries via internet more and searching in Houston's Clayton Library. If I find anything of interest, I will be in contact with you. One thing I have learned is that Maxwells are plentiful even in 1800!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/128.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Again, while it is possible some of my MAXWELL kin migrated to MO, I'm not aware of any at this moment, except for my grt-grandmother, who, with her husband (my g-GF), moved from Nashville, IL, to MO in the 1890s. That you and I each have found MAXWELL and GUY lines merging in our families seems at this time to be merely a coincidence. I wish you success in your search!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANIELAK, BURETTA, SKORTZ, CZERNIEJEWSKI Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/107.1.1 Message Board Post: Delphine, I am researching the ANIELAK family -- the wife of your Thaddeus/Theodore/Ted BURETTA married Gertrude ANIELAK. I'd like to know more about the BURETTA family, Ted's siblings and parents. Please reply or e-mail me directly at judyellis1@comcast.net P.S. I'm also interested in any SKORTZ info you can give me especially your mother's brother Thomas SKORTZ who married a CZERNIEJEWSKI. Hope to hear from you soon! Judy Czarnecki

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5g.2ADI/128.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much for your response to my Maxwell query. My curiosity regarding GUY was a result of discovering from the original land purchase plat that Ervin Guy owned land on the North and South side of my John Maxwell. I have found no records in that area to link my James and John Maxwell of Randolph Co., MO (1835 - 1860) to the surname GUY, except that I did realize there were connections elsewhere between the two surnames. It is helpful for me to know that you have thoroughly researched your Thomas Maxwell line and feel relatively certain there is no connection to my line. You likely have saved me more fruitless hours of searching which I appreciate. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/128.1.2 Message Board Post: I won't say yes, and I won't say no, but up front, it does not appear that your MAXWELL family links to Carrie's. I descend from an older half-brother of Carrie's ancestor, Charity (MAXWELL) GUY, and have spent the past two decades tracing all known descendants of Thomas MAXWELL, late of Bedford Co, TN, who is believed to have been a GF of Charity. Thomas left at least 7 heirs, each of whom married at least once and had children. Beginning with Thomas, I have a listing covering up to 11 generations of MAXWELL family members. The individuals you named do not appear in my list. Of Thomas' heirs, five moved to Southern IL and two remained in Bedford Co, TN. I am not aware of any links to Blount or Lincoln Counties, but anything is possible.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5g.2ADI/298.2 Message Board Post: Hi, Carrie -- Mike JONES and kin rehabbed the small cemetery last year, and unearthed some deeply buried stones, but found none for Charity. They did, however, determine that the land was once part of Solomon MAXWELL's farm, despite the fact there were more members of the GUY family than any other buried there. Mike has even posted photos of the headstones. Some, especially that of Solomon's wife, Elizabeth, came out very well. http://www.iltrails.org/perry/springhillcem.html I'm not aware of any public record which contains the names of those buried there, but the site Trudy identified might help. There are other readings of this cemetery on various websites covering Perry Co, and some old listings available through the Perry County Historical Soc. Mike's list, which accompanies the photos, is the most current known to me. Mike is related to the LOGAN families, which, as you know, had a link to Charity through her daughter, Nancy (GUY) LOGAN. Should you ever find Charity's resting place, please let me know!