Morning Missy, Wish you had given some dates or circa-would have made it easier to locate. Locations in will county woyld have been helpful if you had them. Found the following in the will county death index(start 1877 to about 1907 that's the part I have. Have only A throughK 1907-1915)It actually goes to 1915 then the state death index takes over) Oldendorf ohlendorf,aug(probably august) age 54 y died 3 jun 1891 in crete buried crete twp ohlendorf,heinrich age 59 y died 25 may 1888 in crete buried crete twp ohlendorf,wilhelmina age 71 y 1m 7d died 23 dec 1906 in crete buried eagle lake cem.,washington twp(check out eagle lake transcriptions on will county website) olendorf,J F(Mr) age 73y 2m 6d died 19 jul 1906 in monee buried crete twp there are lots of ALBERS listed(no clara)in peotone,will twp.,monee and joliet CORDING nothing HARMS listed (no emma)in burial in cook county,green garden,mokena,new lenox,manhattan,hadley MARTIN(no anna) common name listed crete,monne,joliet,wilmington SCHMIDT,(no minnie that's a nickname what was her full given name?)schmid,schmit,shmidt,etc listed peotone,crete,joliet,monee STEUBER no listings info from booklet of transcriptions on peotone area held by the will grundy genealogy society ALBERS,Clara 19 dec 1883 4 oct 1968 CORDING-nothing HARMS-10 listings no emma MARTIN no listings Schmidt,lots of listings under various spellings-lots of women listed only as MRS. (then husband's name) STEUBERcouldn't locate OLDENDORF and various spellings=nothing 1878 history of will county lists a henry(heinrich)ohlendorf as settling in crete twp before 1850 also under crete twp henry tatge born 8jun 1821 in germany married catherine olendorf a daughter of Conrad Olendorf of Germany who settled in Indiana-henry and his wife were members of the lutheran church probably in crete or monee. You might check the illinois state marriage index which is up on the web. I believe you can find it through the will county website. also check cook and kankakeecounties as the locations for your surnames are right on the county line between cook,will and kankakee counties. look at transcriptions for crete,monee,will,and peotone in will county. Rich twp in cook county and manteno twp in kankakee twp. Good Luck,hope this helps Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Missy <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: [ILWILL-L] Oldendorfs > I am lookig for information on Oldendorfs. My great great grandfather was Fred Oldendorf, his wife was Mary. Children include Mary Oldendorf Steuber, Clara Oldendorf Albers, Minnie Oldendorf Schmidt(Smith), Henry and Fred Oldendorf, Emma Oldendorf Harms, Anna Oldendorf Martin and my great grandmother Louise Oldendorf Cording. Please help a desperate relative in Michigan > >