----- Original Message ----- From: zavada To: Marjory Kennedy Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 11:06 PM Subject: Re: Questions Marge, 1-will county death index is at only one place for free and that's in the collection of WGGS(will grundy genealogy society)which is at the fossil ridge library in braidwood,illinois just down the road from where I live. 2-cemetery in Manhattan- a-contact the catholic church in manhattan St. Joseph's start about 1890(mission church of sacred heart start about 1886 in joliet which in turn was a mission church of st. mary's carmelite in joliet(start 1868) which in turn was a misssionchurch of st. patrick's joliet start 1838 which was a mission church of either st. james of the sag lemont cook county or old st. mary's in chicago both start about 1833-1836) b. contact catholic cemeteries office 402 South Independence Blvd,romeoville,il for burials there. Earlier burial prior to about 1860 would have been in st. patrick's joliet or mt. olivet wilmington 3-tornado WHEN? this is tornado alley -this area has gotten them as far back as recorded white history goes. 4-st. patrick's of twelve mile grove records-has had several fires was a mission church of st. rose in wilmington from1855 through 1905 EXCEPT for 1874-1879 when it was served by priests from kankakee county st. joseph's church manteno. St. Rose was a mission church of st. patrick's in joliet before that and then follow the history of st. patrick's in joliet as listed above. Anything earlier is split between the diocese of vincennes indiana and diocese of peoria. First actual church building st. patrick's of twelve mile grove(wilton) was built in 1872 but as I have said they had several churches destroyed by fire as did st. rose in wilmington. Kathy