For Tom, Try different spellings of the surname or if searching ancestry,use the soundex instead of the HASEMAN spelling. Such as HASEMANN,HASSEMANN,HAUSSEMANN and then drop the double letters s and n and try again. I found the following from a source NOT on the internet:: HASEMAN,William age 59yr died 2/09/1882 ISP,Joliet buried ISP,Joliet (Note ISP=Illinois State Pen,Joliet) HASEMAN, Arnold age 1yr8mo19days died 4/12/1903 Washington(town of) buired Beecher cem.(note Washington town no longer exists but washington twp does-very near crete and beecher as is will township mentioned below) Irvine(male)age 4mo 24days died 1/06/1907 Washington twp buried Eagle Lake cem.,Washington twp(note there is a transcript of eagle lake up on will county website) Louise age 65yrs4mo17days died 2/12/1913 Will township buried St. Lukes cem.(note St. Lukes UCC cem. located in Washington township-Beecher) Good Hunting, Kathy >I am trying to help my father-in-law with his grandmother. I found this >entry on the 1880 census > >Census Place: Crete, Will, Illinois > Source: FHL Film 1254260 National Archives Film T9-0260 Page >27A (image 13 at ancestry.com) > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace >William HASSEMAN Self M M W 30 SCHBG.LP. (from image it looks like: >Schaumberg Lippe/Liffe) > Occ: Brick Mason Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. >Anna HASSEMAN Wife F M W 23 SCHBG.LP. > Occ: Keeps House Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. >Anna HASSEMAN Dau F S W 6 IL > Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. >William HASSEMAN Son M S W 5 IL > Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. > >Does anyone recognize the birthplace of William and Anna? What country >might that be? > >According to the info. my FIL has it says Anna was born in Chicago on 18 >Feb 1875 but it was probably Crete. The family is Lutheran. > >I can find nothing in the other ancestry.com census indexes for 1920 on >William Haseman so perhaps all are dead by then. > >Any help/suggestions appreciated. > >Tom > > > >==== ILWILL Mailing List ==== >To contact the listowner, send mail to WillCoIL@bigfoot.com >Will Co, IL website address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwill/ >