Wayne, Go to Will Co WebPages (address below), click on "Biographies". If you're looking for Reed, click on "O thru R" beside "Biography Surnames:" and scroll down to the Reeds -- there are five of them listed in Homer-Twsp. Click on each of the words "Biography" and read what's there. Happy Hunting, Ted Researching: BREMER, CASH, CORNELIUS, HARTWIG, JENNINGS, MANNING, MORTENSEN, PIEPHO, SEEGERS Personal Website: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cash/ USGenWeb Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbond - Bond Co, IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclay - Clay Co, IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwill - Will Co, IL Support public genealogy - join or sponsor the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html -----Original Message----- From: wayne reed [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 6:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILWILL-L] Will Co. History I could not locate the online Will Co. Hist.. Went to Will Co. web page and looked under [both] bio links. More directions please? Wayne Reed My ancestor, Charles Reed b. 16 Apr 1784 in "Back Water" Virginia [Berkeley Co. WVa] d. 26 Aug 1863 "Rock Bottom" [Rockton] IL. Entered Will Co. area in 1830, at Reed's Grove and 1833 at Joliet. I have not looked at Will Co. History since 1972 and notes are a little cold.