Dianna has loaned me her Standard Atlas of 1881 which includes the whole county platt maps with who owned which section of land. I will be trying to scan this and post on the website as soon as I can. In the meantime, if you know which township your ancestor lived in, I will be glad to do a lookup for you. Sandy [email protected] wrote: > Earlier this year I put a request in at my local library in Virginia for a > copy of the History of White County from the Inter Lending Library (ILL). It > took about five weeks, but a microfilm duly arrived. Imagine my great > delight when I found it not to be what I wanted, but a section of Illinois > history published in 1883, 1887, or in that time frame. It included > Washington, Wayne, White, and Gallatin counties. Gallatin and White had > split at one time, so I assume that is why it was included. My families came > from Wayne, White, and Gallatin which made this film so perfect. > > Each county had photos of important people, homes, businesses, some records, > etc. And there were plats with names very clearly listed on their lands. I > was interested in Brush Creek and found my great great-grandfathers Waller > and Gaumer. > > The microfilm came her from Terre Haute, IN. > > If not available or readable elsewhere, you might want to try this route. > > Jane > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/