Hi, Bill Thank you so very much for your kind offer to do lookups. I have just recently begun to research my family branch that migrated from Washington County, IL to Texas, so I don't have much info to go on. I do know that these families were in Washington County between 1850 and 1870 and possibly beyond. If you find any information on these names, I would greatly appreciate receiving it. Arthur BELL and wife, Rebecca Their children: William C. BELL Wesley H. BELL Ambrose L. BELL John A. BELL Lucinda E. BELL Rufus BELL James BELL Alfred L. BELL Hiram W. BELL Amos P. BELL John Page FREE and wife, Nancy STRAIT Their children: Mary Caroline FREE Elvira S. FREE Elizabeth Jane FREE William A. FREE Marjorie P. FREE Stephen S. FREE Augusta L. FREE Amos P. FREE Emeline FREE John P. FREE Preston FREE Anyone by the name of RENO. Ambrose BELL married Mary C. FREE. Their daughter, Alice, married a RENO. I believe his name was Frank or Franklin. Census records show that there were RENO families living in Washington County. Any listings for BELL, FREE or RENO will be of great interest to me. I will be very grateful for your help and there is no hurry. If you need any lookups in northeast Texas, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, RuthAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "William "Bill" Atherton" <w.atherton@gte.net> To: <ILWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:50 AM Subject: [ILWASHIN] "Washington County, Illinois History" > Since I am new to this list and do not know its rules, I hope that this > posting will meet the guidelines of the list. If it does not, please accept > my apology. > > I have just been given a copy of "Washington County, Illinois History". The > book was copyrighted in 1980 although it was apparently written in 1979, > since this date is actually part of the title as it appears on the Title > Page. It was published by The Historical Society of Washington County, > Nashville, Illinois. It's a great book and contains lots of information. > The "Table of Contents" lists the following Chapters: > > General History > Townships and Communities > Churches > Schools > Family Histories > Memorials and Tributes > Organizations and Businesses > Picture Album > Index > > To my knowledge, I do not have any ancestors from this area, but I decided > to subscribe to this list and offer to do some lookups for those people who > might have ancestors from, and are doing research in, this area. I am > subscribed to a great many lists and therefore receive many postings from > these lists, so since I have no reason to subscribe to this one except to > offer my help, I probably will not remain subscribed for long. As soon as > I've finished helping those who need it, I will most probably unsubscribe, > so you might make your requests as soon as possible. I will however respond > to anyone who sees this post in the archives at a later date and sends me a > request. I have been helped MANY times by others who have done this same > thing for me so I would like to return the favor to them by offering to do > lookups. > > I may not even receive any requests, but for those that do happen to write > me, PLEASE give me time to answer you. I have a lot of things that take up > my time as I know all of you do, plus I have my own research to do, so I > won't have much time to spend on the lookups, so please be patient with me. > I'll do my best to help anyone who needs it. I will either answer you on > the list or off the list, whichever the Listowner prefers. I would > appreciate hearing from the Listowner as to his/her preferences in this > matter and will do as they wish. I sure don't want to cause any problems > for them. > > I do have ancestors from Illinois, but unfortunately they were in Cook > County (Chicago), which according to my map is a LONG way from Washington > County. I sure wish this book was about Cook County. > > I hope this helps someone, > Bill Atherton > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >