Hi David, The last original copy of the 1878 history of will county sold for over 300.00. The lady who bought it graciously has started putting the entire 1000 pages up on the will county site. You might check and see by doing a search of the will county site for Singletons and Rathkes. Might I suggest that you put your surnames in the subject area in the future. It would be a great help to anyone who might be able to help you. Sometimes folks just deleter emails without surnames in them.It might help if you gave the given names and time frame also.Just a thought. Could the surname be spelled Rathke be spelled any other way ie Rathje,Raschke(there are listings for these spellings)? following is from will county death index RATHKE catherine age 42y died 20 dec 1892 in florence twp buried florence twp RATKE peter age 1y3m23d died 4 oct 1895 in joliet buried st. joseph cem. SINGLETON william age 77y10m1d died 3 feb 1904 symerton,florence twp. buried oakwood cem.,wilmington oakwood cem.,wilmington,il. transcriptions from Will Grundy Genealogy Society book lot 65 1.Edith LANGSETH 1895-1976 2-Sarah A.,1851-1935 3-Mother 4-Father 5- William Singleton 2 apr 1826-3 feb 1904/Fannie his wife 18 Oct 1833-25 dec 1912 6-SINGLETON-helen v.,1905-1985/Warren E. 1901-1972 7-SINGLETON-sarah k.,1871-1945/William J. 1858-1935 lot 90 south 1/2 1-John SINGLETON 1854-1922 Father 2-Sarah SINGLETON 1859-1933 Mother 3-Our Baby lot 120 1-Father 2-Jane 3-Mother 4-M.K. 5- John SINGLETON 7 sep 1836-6 sep 1864../Luella M.SINGLETON 21 mar 1864-15 mar 1890/Emma J. SINGLETON 5 mar 1865-7sep 1868 6-Wm.KILLEY 1793-1873/his wife Mary 1795-1861/John T. KILLEY 1904-1989/John KILLEY 1825-1916/His wife Jane 1837-1868/ Maria B. his wife 1834-1910 7.J.K. lot 283 1-Fran2-Mother 3-Father 4-Thomas MELBOURNE 10 aug 1817-2oct 1902 age 85y1m22d/Ann wife of thomas MELBOURNE died 7 sep 1894 age 67years2mo7ds 5-Thomas SINGLETON 1836-1908/ann his wife 1834-1911/Frank 1869-1896SINGLETON/Charles SINGLETON 1867-1908/John LEAK 1855-1900/Roy WHEELER 1888-1898 6-Mother 7-Father 8-Roy 9-John 10-Charles 11 William MELBOURNE 1851-1935 lot 398 1-Mother 2-Mary 3-Father John HENNINGS 1823-1917 Co.A.,39 ILL Vol Inf 4-George 5-Catherine HENNINGS died 26 nov 1873 aged 40 years 5mo1 day/George HENNINGS killed 12 sep 1891 age 24yrs3mo 17days/Charles LERETTE died 6 feb 1897 age 44yrs8mo21ds/Mary wife of J. SINGLETON 27dec 1863-13feb 1908 6-John Jr. 7.Charles LERETTE 8-Mother Edna M. SINGLETON 1885-1970 Father Joseph SINGLETON 1855-1942 Lot 425 1-(Masonic symbol)DIXON-Father John Thomas 1858-1936/(O.E.S. symbol)Mother Grace Evelyn 1865-1936 2- Mother 3-Father 4-SINGLETON-William B. 1800-1877/Ann LOWTH 1797-1865(this marker was erected in spring of 1989) 5-DIXON John 14 oct 1831-25 nov 1899/Elizabeth his wife 14 aug 1834-10 jul 1901 6-infant daughter of J & E DIXON died___17 1882 7.Ann wife of William SINGLETON died 23 dec 1865 age 68yrs 8-Will--- ---------on(probably SINGLETON,William)born 18 oct 1800 died 16 jul 1877 That's it. You could take a look at the illinois marriage index-find it's website through will county website. Good Hunting Kathy Z.