Sally, Thank you for the suggestion to check the Illinois Archives site for early land records. I have already done so however, and nothing comes up for Will Co for the people I want in the time frame. I know they were buying land there though, so the land deals had to be private purchases and sales. I can only hope that sometime, somebody or group makes it a ~project~ to clean up the microfiche indexes at the recorder's office in Will Co. It would be a daunting task. I haven't had time to call the recorder's office yet to see if any old book indexes were kept that could be accessed by appointment. When I get over my latest health hurdle with my heart, then possibly I can check that out, unless somebody else finds out sooner and posts the info to the list. Julie Bissell Tupker