Hi Mary Lee - Charlene IS a Hon descendant, so there are definitely Hon references! There are 20 pages of 8 point type, 4-column index -- not only names, but places and events. Schools, ghost towns, churches, communities, and especially PEOPLE, are all indexed. The index includes the following: love fruit 229 LSTs 39 Lucas John 25, 131 Nancy Jane 121 Lukenbill Amanda 224 Lucinda 224, 293 Lumm, Thomas 118 Lunceford Phebe 293 James 295 Luther, Martin 226 Lyon, W. B., Mrs. 113 There's also an appendix with Charlene's Ahnentafel report, which is laden with Hon's. Hope this helps. Pat Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "ml henson" <mlhenson@onecliq.net> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] New White County Book! > Is it indexed? Do you know if thee is any mention of the HON or LOOKINBEE > od LUKINBIL families? > Mary Lee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Davis" <patdavis@midwest.net> > To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 7:15 AM > Subject: [ILWHITE] New White County Book! > > > > Hi White County Fans - > > > > A new White County book will be available on or before December 15: > > > > "That Which Was and Those Who Were: Columns from 'The Carmi Times', White > > County, Illinois", by Charlene Cleveland Shields; size 7 x 10, softcover, > > 328 pages (20 pages of index alone!). > > > > This is a collection of the columns Charlene wrote in her genealogy column > > from 1989--2002, and is chock-full of names, places, tips for researching, > > humor, and history. For example: > > > > Among the earliest White County landowners recorded at the Shawneetown > Land > > Office were the following purchasers of land in 1814: Nathaniel Blackford, > > Joseph Boone, John Bradbury, William T. Codd, Samuel Dagley, James Gray, > > Regin Hall, David Haney, James Hannah, Jonah Hannah, James Hobbs, Henry > > Jones, William Jones, Jesse Kuykendall, Noah Kuykendall, Peter Kuykendall, > > Robert Land, Francis Leech, George R. Logan, John Lucas, Balam May, > Susannah > > McClury, Daniel McHenry, James McWilliams, John Mobley, William Nash, ... > > > > or > > > > A 1905 Murder: "In a little ravine running across the corner of a meadow > > within 20 yards of the highway, Mr. Phipps came upon the dead body of a > > man." > > The details were so gory, probably a present-day newspaper wouldn't > publish > > such. At any rate, there was a leather hitch rein around the neck of the > > decomposed body, and the rein was tied to a thorn bush. The murdered man > was > > identified by a letter on his person as being William Jones of School > > (Centerville). ... > > > > or in a list of 1907 businesses for the entire county: > > > > Norris City, Pop. 868-A. M. Allen, Restaurant; Charles E. Barnes, Hardware > & > > Furniture; T. S. Barnes, General Store & Lumber; W. J. Burnett, Drugs; H. > M. > > Catlin, Blacksmith; A. C. Clippinger & Sons, Publishers; Cobbel & Boster, > > Poultry, Hardware, etc.; J. A. Cook, Harness; Frank DeBoard & Son, General > > Store; William Fulford, Butcher; Gowdy & Witters, Flour Mill; J. L. > Harrell, > > Drugs; C. C. Haskins, Saw Mill; Hendrix & Barnum, Hardware, Furniture, > etc.; > > N. E. Johnson, Harness; Tony Johnson, Harness; Fred Jones, Restaurant; W. > B. > > Jones, Flour; Jordan & Hill, Grocery; ... > > > > Those of you who have read Charlene's Columns know what fascinating > > information she imparted; those who haven't will be amazed. > > > > The book is priced at $23, including postage, but if we receive your order > > by December 5, WE will pay the postage, so your price is only $20. (What a > > great Christmas present for yourself or a genealogist friend.) > > > > We also have copies of "I Never Learned To March," the Memoirs of White > > Countian Charles O. "Bill" Williams, which is priced at $17 postpaid, but > if > > you order both books by December 5, your total price will be only $35 -- > we > > pay postage for both. > > Order from: Genealogy Society of White County IL, P.O. Box 142, Carmi, > > IL 62821. > > > > What a bargain! Happy reading. > > > > 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 >