Maybe your uncle was adopted, that is why the file is sealed.

For those who are needing this information; Please write to ; JAN GOULD, COUNTY CLERK /WILL COUNTY WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 302 N. CHICAGO ST JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60432 << Does anyone know how I can get info on a marriage from 1921 in Joliet? PLEASE ASK THEM TO SEND YOU AN APPLICATION FOR SEARCH-- and then follow the instructions. It is easy and they are fast. ARLENE

Sorry I don't have the lady's name who asked about a certain place in Will Co., but I just talked to Bob Sterling, an author of local hxs. He said the only thing he could find was a Co. Poor Farm in the Joliet area. Indigent persons worked an actual producing farm in the 20s & 30s in return for room & board. He agreed that mentally handicapped may have been included in those who for one reason or another couldn't care for themselves & turned up on the farm. Location: McDunnough St, Joliet. He & I suggest contacting Will Co. for possible lists of residents. It's also possible that the reference you have is to the Manteno St. Hospital, closed appx early 1980s. Walter ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Good luck with Manteno. They wouldn't even confirm that my great uncle was a resident there (the family visited). Claim they need a court order to open file.

Joliet IS the County Seat of Will Co. Will County Office Building 302 N. Chicago Street Joliet, IL 60432

Does anyone know how I can get info on a marriage from 1921 in Joliet? Linda At 10:40 AM 11/21/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Just wanted to let everyone know Ancestry.com has the following database >free for 10 days: > >SEARCH Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 > >Happy Searching! >Joan > > > >

<A HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/cntyaddr.html">County Addresses</A> Try looking here to find an address of the County that Joliet is located in and write to them.

<A HREF="http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage">Marriage Search Results</A>

Also, in the last couple of weeks I have checked many names on the IL Archives Site and have had an amazing number of hits. I tried ten successful hits on Ancestry.com with 0 results. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 11/21/99 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [ILWILL-L] Illinois Marriages Same information is available from the state of IL on line 365 days a year FREE.

The last time I checked the Will county portion of the US Censuses had not been transcribed onto a website. Sorry, Bob Krieger

Http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html

Does anyone know how I can access 1860 or 1870 census information for Will County on the internet? I live in a small town in BC, Canada so I cannot just visit a library. I am trying to trace my family tree of RICKSON. Thank you

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [ILWILL-L] Illinois Marriages Same information is available from the state of IL on line 365 days a year FREE. Please post the URL....for FREE!

Just wanted to let everyone know Ancestry.com has the following database free for 10 days: SEARCH Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Happy Searching! Joan

Same information is available from the state of IL on line 365 days a year FREE.

Thank you for the information. Sansu

Hi there, Cook County is just north of Will County and Jo Daviess is way up in the NW corner bordering Wisconsin and Iowa. So possibly your WELTER family was in Cook. My family straddled the line in Steger which is partly in Cook and partly in Will, Sharon in Surprise, AZ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/l/Sharon-H-Galitz/index.html http://home.switchboard.com/shgalitz

Sansu, I checked the 1850 IL Census and found 5 WELTER families: Christian, James, Max, Richard and William. Which one are you looking for? None were in Will Co. Christian, James, Richard and William were in Cook Co and Max was in Jo Daviess Co. There is a Christian MILLER is listed on Film 133, Page 41, which is Plainfield, Will Co, IL. This Christian MILLER was a 13 year old born in Ohio and living with Daniel Vandersole, a 24 year old farmer, his wife Margaret, 20, and son Jacob S., 1. Could this be your Christian MUELLER? Hope you find this info useful. Susan [email protected] wrote: > I am searching for any information on the WELTER and MUELLER(MILLER) families > that were in Will County Illinois, possibly as early as 1840, but the only > sure thing is that Christian Mueller was there at the start of the Civil War. > I am hoping that he and wife, Elizabeth Welter are possibly in the 1850 or > 1860 census records. Any help on these people would be greatly appreciated. > > Sansu

I am looking for advice on where I can look for a report, article, or record of a murder of a farmer in 1853-1854. His name was Alexander Cash, and according to family stories; Story 1) Alexander was murdered returning home from Will County, Indiana, after driving a team of oxen to market. Story 2) Alexander was murdered for his team of oxen in Will county. I am trying to find the "real" answer to this mystery. Does anyone have any advice where I could find records about this crime in the 1850's in Will County? Erin

Hi, Lost the message requesting info on James Carroll Mary Crilley. civil marriage license james carroll to mary crilley dated 3 jan 1854 st. patrick's church,jolietextraction: mary Jane CARROLL baptised 9 sep 1861 father James CARROLL mother Mary Craley-sponsors Peter Mckeon and catherine Doherty hope this helps. Kathy