Hello Bill, What a magnificent gesture! And how wonderful to receive any book on any county in the US! I have found scant information on Washington County, IL so far. I am interested in John B LANEY (b abt 1812 in KY?) and his second wife, a widow named Elizabeth MURPHEY Burr whom he married 22 April 1858. John B appears on the 1850 Lively Grove Washington, IL census with first wife, Margaret ? and four children. As a newlywed widower with five children (Robert S, John L, Malissa A, James W, David H) John B LANEY is on the 1860 Lively Grove Washington, IL census with Elizabeth Burr LANEY and her five children (Rufus H, William C, Elmira J, James M, Martha A) and THEIR new baby, Lafeyett B , who is under a year old. If there is any information in your book about these LANEYS I would certainly appreciate knowing about it. I have been speculating that John B, Elizabeth and young son, Lafeyette, must have died before 1870 because I can find no trace of any of the three after the 1860 census. If you or anyone on the list can give me any information on this family, I would be most grateful. I have been researching Elizabeth (my grgrgrandmother) for a long time to no avail. I would also be very interested in any news of Lafeyett B (Lafe?) LANEY if he lived to adulthood. Thanks Joan in TX