Try searching this site. I don't know how complete it is. My IL ancestors are post-Black Hawk War. So I haven't used it to search for anyone. Good luck :) <A HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/blkhawk.html">Black Hawk War Database</A> http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/blkhawk.html Barry Jernigan