Is there a Florence in Will County? Just following a thread...and the obit said my Grandfather, Alex (Alexander) Hamilton was born in Florence, Will County Ill. I know there's one in Pike County but he doesn't seem to be there. Once more I wish to also add how much I appreciate the responses and assistance to my questions. Thank you, Carolyn "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at <A HREF="http://www.raogk.org/">http://www.raogk.org/</A>"

--- REDcfh@aol.com wrote: > Is there a Florence in Will County? > Just following a thread...and the obit said my > Grandfather, Alex (Alexander) > Hamilton was born in Florence, Will County Ill. I > know there's one in Pike > County but he doesn't seem to be there. > Once more I wish to also add how much I appreciate > the responses and > assistance to my questions. > Thank you, > Carolyn > Florence township was between Wilmington and Wilton in Will County. Linda Fisher > "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness > at > <A > HREF="http://www.raogk.org/">http://www.raogk.org/</A>" > > > ==== ILWILL Mailing List ==== > To contact the listowner, send mail to > WillCoIL@bigfoot.com > Will Co, IL website address is: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwill/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

For Carolyn, Florence is a township with only one village in it-Symerton. The next townships north and east rspectively are Manhattan (Manhattan village)and Wilton.(Wilton Center) The two townships west of Florence twp are Jackson twp(Elwood Village) and next south is Wilmington twp(City of Wilmington). Between these5 townships there are only two libraries. Wilmington Public Library which has indexed their newspaper obits from mid 1860's to current and Manhattan Public Library which has local newspapers on microfilm from about 1920 but they are NOT indexed. Kathy RAOGK volunteer