sure DIDN'T last long. Was gone by the time I got there. sigh BEST steve sspunk@aol.com BAKER/RISTER/NORMAN/JOHNSON/JONES AD NAUSIUM

Janis, I did not see this as preaching, but a good suggestion. I discovered many months ago that our local library had this service available to anyone with a library card and have found it to be a well used site. It would be worth anyone's time to check. Carolyn Campbell White Ridgefield, WA. -----Original Message----- From: Janis Gilmore [mailto:jl.gilmore@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:23 PM To: ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILWHITE] further to the HeritageQuest census data online Hi, I realized when reading my own words a bit ago - my earlier posting about obtaining access to the database through your local library - that I sounded a bit holier-than-thou. So sorry, not my intent at all. Just that every now and then one of these windows is open for a bit, then disappears. Heritage Quest really is a great resource, and I couldn't live without it. If you have a chance to obtain full access through your library, it is well worth it. Again, my apologies to anyone who might have thought that I was taking issue with the earlier posting. I would have thought so myself, if I weren't me! Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC & Seattle, WA ============================== 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

Hi, I realized when reading my own words a bit ago - my earlier posting about obtaining access to the database through your local library - that I sounded a bit holier-than-thou. So sorry, not my intent at all. Just that every now and then one of these windows is open for a bit, then disappears. Heritage Quest really is a great resource, and I couldn't live without it. If you have a chance to obtain full access through your library, it is well worth it. Again, my apologies to anyone who might have thought that I was taking issue with the earlier posting. I would have thought so myself, if I weren't me! Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC & Seattle, WA

Heritage Quest is paid for by many major libraries across the country, and provided as a free service to those holding local library cards. Call your local library - or any library which will allow you to obtain a card - and see if they offer this service. I get it from the Seattle Public Library system. Janis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Genie" <genielists@yahoo.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: [ILWHITE] Free census (and genealogies) online! > Someone sent me this library site which > apparently allows guest logins to its Heritage > Quest. It's tricky to use - might take a few > tries. Enjoy while it lasts! > > Set browser to accept cookies > Go to http://google.com > Type in: hbpl (this is Huntington Beach public > library) > Choose Catalog/Renewals > Choose Login to Geoweb > Choose Guest Login > Choose Heritage Quest Online (all by itself in > the first box) > Choose Continue to Heritage Q > Click on HeritageQ > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > 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 >

Thanks for the info! I'm planning on trying the site later today! Carol Janes --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

Someone sent me this library site which apparently allows guest logins to its Heritage Quest. It's tricky to use - might take a few tries. Enjoy while it lasts! Set browser to accept cookies Go to http://google.com Type in: hbpl (this is Huntington Beach public library) Choose Catalog/Renewals Choose Login to Geoweb Choose Guest Login Choose Heritage Quest Online (all by itself in the first box) Choose Continue to Heritage Q Click on HeritageQ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

I too have been away from the mailing list and figured it might be a good time to throw out a line on my families, The Clevengers and the Halls. William Andrew Clevenger was married to Nancy Ann Thompson on Jan 21, 1857. He married Nancy Jane Sinnett in White County, IL in 1868. Only one problem-- he never bothered with DIVORCE. Yep, thats right. He was caught and wife number one, sued for divorce based on the fact that he had another family in White County, and she and her offspring lived in Wayne County. Now the story doesn't end there. He unexpectedly died in Springerton in 1872. Of what I don't know. Nancy Jane Sinnett Clevenger married John Heritage in 1874. One day he got up and took the horse out on an errand and never came back. They found the horse, but no JOHN. Well now, 120 years go by and I am sitting in the Cole County, IL courthouse and there is a very sweet lady helping me out with my Stevens family when we start talking about the various courthouses of Illinois-- Yep you guessed it-- she was a granddaughter of John Heritage, who never did tell my ancestor that he had a wife in Cole County, IL married her in 1878. My Hall ancestor is Elizabeth Hall Clevenger Cross who was very active in the New Hope Church. Her second husband was Levi Cross who was an elder in the church. Thank you for reading my email. If you have any interest in these families, please contact me. Candee Hoff new email address genealogysix@aol.com

Sorry, he's not one of "mine" (at least not that I know).Thanks for responding. Donna I have not done anything really on my Rice line. However, my earliest is James Harvey Rice b. 1783 ? and d. 1845 in Kentucky. His daughter Callia m. Rawleigh Wilson from Loudoun Co. Va. and they moved/lived/died in White Co. IL Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barnes, Donna (8710540410010218))" <barnesd@chartermi.net> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Wilson, Skiles, Adams, Chinn, Rice > > Which Rice bunch are you researching? I'm descended from > Abel Rice b 1792 in Vt. thru his son Allen. > > Donna > > Haven't been in White County recently, just wanted to send > my surnames out > there. I am currently dedicating my time to the Wilson > line in Virginia. > So anyone out there with these names in their lines I would > be interested in > hearing from you. > > Janean Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Davis" <patdavis@midwest.net> > To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:50 AM > Subject: [ILWHITE] Call for queries for August Newsletter > > > > Greetings all - > > > > It's that time again... the deadline for queries to be > published in the > > August "Roots & Branches" (the Newsletter of the > Genealogy Society of > White > > County) is July 15th. > > > > If you're stymied, send your query to the link below, and > maybe one of our > > 145 members can help you solve that puzzle! You don't > have to be a member > to > > submit a query, but be sure to include your name and > address, as well as > > your email address! Do it now, before you forget! > > > > Pat Davis > > genealogy_society@midwest.net > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== 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

I have not done anything really on my Rice line. However, my earliest is James Harvey Rice b. 1783 ? and d. 1845 in Kentucky. His daughter Callia m. Rawleigh Wilson from Loudoun Co. Va. and they moved/lived/died in White Co. IL Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barnes, Donna (8710540410010218))" <barnesd@chartermi.net> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Wilson, Skiles, Adams, Chinn, Rice > > Which Rice bunch are you researching? I'm descended from > Abel Rice b 1792 in Vt. thru his son Allen. > > Donna > > Haven't been in White County recently, just wanted to send > my surnames out > there. I am currently dedicating my time to the Wilson > line in Virginia. > So anyone out there with these names in their lines I would > be interested in > hearing from you. > > Janean Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Davis" <patdavis@midwest.net> > To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:50 AM > Subject: [ILWHITE] Call for queries for August Newsletter > > > > Greetings all - > > > > It's that time again... the deadline for queries to be > published in the > > August "Roots & Branches" (the Newsletter of the > Genealogy Society of > White > > County) is July 15th. > > > > If you're stymied, send your query to the link below, and > maybe one of our > > 145 members can help you solve that puzzle! You don't > have to be a member > to > > submit a query, but be sure to include your name and > address, as well as > > your email address! Do it now, before you forget! > > > > Pat Davis > > genealogy_society@midwest.net > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > > > ============================== > 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 >

Which Rice bunch are you researching? I'm descended from Abel Rice b 1792 in Vt. thru his son Allen. Donna Haven't been in White County recently, just wanted to send my surnames out there. I am currently dedicating my time to the Wilson line in Virginia. So anyone out there with these names in their lines I would be interested in hearing from you. Janean Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Davis" <patdavis@midwest.net> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:50 AM Subject: [ILWHITE] Call for queries for August Newsletter > Greetings all - > > It's that time again... the deadline for queries to be published in the > August "Roots & Branches" (the Newsletter of the Genealogy Society of White > County) is July 15th. > > If you're stymied, send your query to the link below, and maybe one of our > 145 members can help you solve that puzzle! You don't have to be a member to > submit a query, but be sure to include your name and address, as well as > your email address! Do it now, before you forget! > > Pat Davis > genealogy_society@midwest.net > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== 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

Haven't been in White County recently, just wanted to send my surnames out there. I am currently dedicating my time to the Wilson line in Virginia. So anyone out there with these names in their lines I would be interested in hearing from you. Janean Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Davis" <patdavis@midwest.net> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:50 AM Subject: [ILWHITE] Call for queries for August Newsletter > Greetings all - > > It's that time again... the deadline for queries to be published in the > August "Roots & Branches" (the Newsletter of the Genealogy Society of White > County) is July 15th. > > If you're stymied, send your query to the link below, and maybe one of our > 145 members can help you solve that puzzle! You don't have to be a member to > submit a query, but be sure to include your name and address, as well as > your email address! Do it now, before you forget! > > Pat Davis > genealogy_society@midwest.net > > > ============================== > 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 >

Greetings all - It's that time again... the deadline for queries to be published in the August "Roots & Branches" (the Newsletter of the Genealogy Society of White County) is July 15th. If you're stymied, send your query to the link below, and maybe one of our 145 members can help you solve that puzzle! You don't have to be a member to submit a query, but be sure to include your name and address, as well as your email address! Do it now, before you forget! Pat Davis genealogy_society@midwest.net

Michelle, Life is very hectic right now. I am leaving on vacation, 50th class reunion in IN. I will try to keep up with my e-mails. Don't go over 5 hours. If you need anymore information please contact me at my person e-mail address: Statomb@aol.com. I'll back the later part of Aug. So don't be in any hurry. Thank You, JoAnn Russell Statom

Karen, I think the computer program picked up "middlepoint" just because it has the letters l-e-p-o in the middle of it. That community was very small and really was just a post office and a store and railroad stop. Was your person from somewhere in Illinois? I would look in his home county to see if there is a neighborhood or even a street in the area that could have been the home to M. Jones, or if there was a phonetic spelling that could hold a key. Of course, when you get into possible misspellings there is no end--Dupo, El Paso, Depot, Leopold, etc. Cindy KPhill2906@aol.com wrote: > > I received some Spanish American Military Records yesterday. > > On one of the enlistment papers, it asked for the name and address of the > nearest relative. > > It was filled in as W. Jones, Lepo, IL. > > When I went to <A HREF="www.geographicnameserver">www.geographicnameserver</A> and looked up the county, it showed > Middlepoint, IL. I wondered if Lepo was a "nickname". > > This has me baffled! > > Karen > > ============================== > 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

I have no idea. I'm hoping someone else will see our messages and give us the answer! Karen

Thanks . . . yes, it's an actual copy . . . not a transcription. I can use all the help I can get! Karen

I received some Spanish American Military Records yesterday. On one of the enlistment papers, it asked for the name and address of the nearest relative. It was filled in as W. Jones, Lepo, IL. When I went to <A HREF="www.geographicnameserver">www.geographicnameserver</A> and looked up the county, it showed Middlepoint, IL. I wondered if Lepo was a "nickname". This has me baffled! Karen

One more wild thought - could the PO in LEPO be for Post Office? Of course, the question would then be what on earth is LE??? > --- KPhill2906@aol.com wrote: > > I received some Spanish American Military > > Records yesterday. > > > > On one of the enlistment papers, it asked for > > the name and address of the > > nearest relative. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

It almost looks as though the first 4 and last 3 letters of Middlepoint were lost in the records(or were picked up by your geographic search engine as a letter string???) Did you receive an actual copy of an original record or just a transcription? If the former, you might be able to tell if something is missing; if the latter, the transcriber may have written down only what he/she could translate without properly indicating that it was incomplete. Just guesses... --- KPhill2906@aol.com wrote: > I received some Spanish American Military > Records yesterday. > > On one of the enlistment papers, it asked for > the name and address of the > nearest relative. > > It was filled in as W. Jones, Lepo, IL. > > When I went to <A > HREF="www.geographicnameserver">www.geographicnameserver</A> > and looked up the county, it showed > Middlepoint, IL. I wondered if Lepo was a > "nickname". __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Hello and sorry it took me so long to get back with you....The cost will be 6.00 an hour---I will be in Carmi today.... Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: <STATOMB@aol.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Brain is not with me... > Hi, My name is JoAnn Russell Statom. I am researching my great great grandfather, Hiram A. Russell. He was in the 1850 White Co. IL census but in the 1860 census his wife is there Levina Ward Russell and all the children. We have never been able to figure out what happen to Hiram. Would you look at the mortality census of 1860 and see if he is listed? I would be happy to pay you. Could you give me an idea of the cost? Thank you, JoAnn Russell Statom > > > ============================== > 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 >