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 >

Quoting ml henson <mlhenson@onecliq.net>: > 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 > >Hi, Is there any info on the Seil's, Blood's or Scott's? Sounds like a great book. Lyntha Scott Eiler