This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GOODMAN, KISNER, MUSGROVE, HART, COLLARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1779.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Saw your posting concerning photographers in White County, Illinois. W. E. Goodman was my great-grandfather. He later moved to southeast Missouri and worked as photographer there also. I am elated that someone actually has some of his pictures. If you do not know the subject there is a chance that they could be some of my relatives and I would VERY MUCH appreciate the opportunity of talking with you more and seeing the pictures. We have only a handful of his pictures as most were destroyed by an swindler. Please email me back. Sally Jo

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GOODMAN, KISNER, MUSGROVE, HART, COLLARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1779.1.2 Message Board Post: Saw your posting concerning photographers in White County, Illinois. W. E. Goodman was my great-grandfather. He later moved to southeast Missouri and worked as photographer there also. I am elated that someone actually has some of his pictures. If you do not know the subject there is a chance that they could be some of my relatives and I would VERY MUCH appreciate the opportunity of talking with you more and seeing the pictures. We have only a handful of his pictures as most were destroyed by an swindler. Please email me back. Sally Jo

Thank You very much for your suggestions. I will look into the web site for the books.Doesn't look like I will make it to Carmi this year. Happy Holidays JoAnn Russell Statom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eliott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1973.1 Message Board Post: Her (his?) obit might be in one of the scrapbooks donated to the historical society, but its likely someone will have to get the microfilms of the Carmi Times to locate it. You can get these yourself through interlibrary loan, or you can contact the genealogy library directly at WCHSgenealogylib@surffirst.net . Is that her birth name?

Does anyone in our group know if any records exist about the burial plots at Salem Cemetery? My McCollister Edwards is supposedly buried next to his son in law, Alonzo Daniel, according to family legend, but there is no stone. I would very much like to confirm this. In answer to the question posed about driving to the cemetery, the approximate legal description of the land is: Section 7, Township 4 South, Range 9 East (of 3rd PM). I have tried to get you driving directions through various map programs I have. The best I can come up with is to take 2nd Street south out of the old town of Burnt Prairie. You would have to go about 2 or 4 miles south of Burnt Prairie and if memory serves me, the cemetery is on the east side of the street. There used to be an old church there, but last time I visited, the church was gone and a marker was in place. When driving south on 2nd Street, if you cross Skillet Fork on the old bridge, you have gone too far. Debbie McArdle ----- Original Message ----- From: <drt02@msn.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: [ILWHITE] Salem Cemetery > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Toombs, Nickson, Thackrey, Simpson, Taylor, Tate > Classification: Cemetery > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1974 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for driving directions to Salem Cemetery that I think is around or in Burnt Prairie, IL. I am also curious if this is an active cemetery or an older one that is out of service? I beleive there are a few people of the Toombs name buried there and would like to visit the cemetery for confirmation of Toombs buried there and to take a few photos of the graves. Is there an online map available that shows the locations of the cemeteries in White County? I know of the ones off the main roads but have usually get lost on the ones that are off side roads. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks!! > > > > > ============================== > 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 > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: toombs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1975.1 Message Board Post: David, some of the volunteers at the genealogy library are working on driving directions to all the cemeteries, but its not real hard to get around with the rural reference system maps and roadsigns. You might want to stop by the library in Carmi before you go to the cemetery. You can also go to some of the mapserver sites and get cemetery locations. From the 1970s listing of the cemeteries I don't see any Toombs listed, but will be glad to tell you what is there. The last burials in the cemetery book is from 1952, but when I went to the cemetery several years ago it was well mowed and maintained.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Toombs, Nickson, Thackrey, Simpson, Taylor, Tate Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1975 Message Board Post: I am looking for driving directions to Salem Cemetery that I think is around or in Burnt Prairie, IL. I am also curious if this is an active cemetery or an older one that is out of service? I beleive there are a few people of the Toombs name buried there and would like to visit the cemetery for confirmation of Toombs buried there and to take a few photos of the graves. Is there an online map available that shows the locations of the cemeteries in White County? I know of the ones off the main roads but have usually get lost on the ones that are off side roads. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Toombs, Nickson, Thackrey, Simpson, Taylor, Tate Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1977 Message Board Post: I am looking for driving directions to Salem Cemetery that I think is around or in Burnt Prairie, IL. I am also curious if this is an active cemetery or an older one that is out of service? I beleive there are a few people of the Toombs name buried there and would like to visit the cemetery for confirmation of Toombs buried there and to take a few photos of the graves. Is there an online map available that shows the locations of the cemeteries in White County? I know of the ones off the main roads but have usually get lost on the ones that are off side roads. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Toombs, Nickson, Thackrey, Simpson, Taylor, Tate Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1976 Message Board Post: I am looking for driving directions to Salem Cemetery that I think is around or in Burnt Prairie, IL. I am also curious if this is an active cemetery or an older one that is out of service? I beleive there are a few people of the Toombs name buried there and would like to visit the cemetery for confirmation of Toombs buried there and to take a few photos of the graves. Is there an online map available that shows the locations of the cemeteries in White County? I know of the ones off the main roads but have usually get lost on the ones that are off side roads. Any help would be appreciated. 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/rw/Yh.2ADE/1941.2 Message Board Post: I am a descendant of David M. Rutledge son of William and Susannah Cameron. If you would like to share inf. email me at Decker@ncn.net. Robbie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hayes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1100.1215 Message Board Post: The state of Illinois IRAD dept. may be able to help you. Check the secretary of state's web site for Illinois. Some records are held at University libraries & they may be able to find what you are looking for. You just have to check the list to see which University has the county you need. Their fees are less than the clerks office. I know this is very old but hope it helps.

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/Yh.2ADE/1100.1214 Message Board Post: The state of Illinois IRAD dept. may be able to help you. Check the secretary of state's web site for Illinois. Some records are held at University libraries & they may be able to find what you are looking for. You just have to check the list to see which University has the county you need. Their fees are less than the clerks office. I know this is very old but hope it helps.

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/Yh.2ADE/1723.4.1 Message Board Post: Jim I will be glad to share my information with you. I believe I can get the information you need. I may not be able to get to it till after Christmas, as I am really busy with my church this time of the year, but will get back to you as soon as I can. Do you want to contact me by e-mail, or through the message board?

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/Yh.2ADE/1723.4 Message Board Post: I have a John Blacklage and Nancy Staley (I know nothing about her) marriage Aug. 2. 1834 in the IL marriage index. In the 1850 Census, John Blacklidge and his wife Nancy are listed with eight children, one Fred[erick] might be my gggrandfather. In the 1880 census Frederick and his wife Amanda (Frederick and Amanda Tate listed IL marriage index m. 3/7/1874). One of their children, Charles Albert is my gggrandfather. Frederick died probably that year, Amanda married Richard M. Greer Mar. 13, 1889. Charles Albert Blackledge married Mary Buttery Mar, 18, 1896. My mother believes they had one child,"Millie." I do not know what happened to that marriage, but Charles Albert later married Nancy Ann Short and they, and the Greers moved to St. Louis, with my grandfather William in tow. I have not yet sent off to get official documentation of much of this (poverty strikes), except looking at census pages, indexes, and family markers. Charles Albert and his wife are buried in! St. John's Cemetary in St. Louis. Hope this helps someone...I would really like to get some more info on the Blackledge line, the Nancy Short and her line, and whatever else anyone would like to share.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chavours/Chavous/Bridgewater Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yh.2ADE/1684.1 Message Board Post: I have a number of Chavours/Chavous' in my family found in Illinois. I have a family bible that lists births back to 1803 of Thomas and Mahlon Chavours and others. Thomas and Mahlon were from NC and somehow ended up in northern Illinois and then in Springfield and Tuscola, Illinois. Thomas also lived in Monmouth, El Paso, Bloomington and finally in Tuscola, Illinois.

Thank you Cindy for all your hard work. I am very appreciative for everything you do as county coordinator. You make my work so much easier by all your help. Carol Janes Cindy Birk Conley <cbconly@midwest.net> wrote:Hi all, I still have lots of information to add to the White County website, but now have all of Charlene Shields' columns indexed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwhite2/wchs.html . There's also a page for Barbara Hughes' columns at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwhite2/wchs2.html. Its not the county site, but we tried to make the historical society site easier to use at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwcohs by separating the museums from the library from the books for sale. It still needs work. Finally, if anyone is planning to be in Carmi on December 15, perhaps to visit the Bethlehem Revisited village at the Carmi Christian Church, from 2 to 4 pm the White County Historical Society is sponsoring an afternoon with James Ratcliff and his family for an 1850s Christmas at the newly renovated Ratcliff Inn on Main Street in Carmi. Several guides will be in period costumes to talk about the Inn and family life. There is no admission charge and refreshments will be served. Have a good one, Cindy ============================== 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Hi all, I still have lots of information to add to the White County website, but now have all of Charlene Shields' columns indexed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwhite2/wchs.html . There's also a page for Barbara Hughes' columns at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwhite2/wchs2.html. Its not the county site, but we tried to make the historical society site easier to use at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwcohs by separating the museums from the library from the books for sale. It still needs work. Finally, if anyone is planning to be in Carmi on December 15, perhaps to visit the Bethlehem Revisited village at the Carmi Christian Church, from 2 to 4 pm the White County Historical Society is sponsoring an afternoon with James Ratcliff and his family for an 1850s Christmas at the newly renovated Ratcliff Inn on Main Street in Carmi. Several guides will be in period costumes to talk about the Inn and family life. There is no admission charge and refreshments will be served. Have a good one, Cindy

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamblin, Miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/232.338 Message Board Post: After reading Jean Strand's post, I discovered that their were two Rank Rippeys. Please disregard my previous post.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamblin, Miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/232.337 Message Board Post: Your listing for Rank Rippy was probably Rank Rippey. His wife was Dessie Mae Hamblin. Dessie Mae was the daughter of Asa Hamblin and Sarah Elizabeth Funkhouser of White County. The Mary indicated in your post could have been Mae, as by my research, I find her as Dessie, Bessie and Mae.