Will Listers, After hearing from Ted, your list admin, & sending this to the wrong ad, I tried again & narrowed my initial request to better fit the WILL CO List. If the following still offends any of the genealogy purists out there, please accept my apologies in advance. To not insult the intelligence of this list, I will not repeat this request for local colour to my "History of Peotone", & the south Will County region. I'm simply looking for insights to an area with which my wife & I am gaining familiarity. Joan & I have lived & she has taught & tutored some of the PHS Sp/Ed kids & others. We are coming to love the area very much after spending so many lost years in Cook County. Walter in Peotone My Request: I've decided after 17 mos. of residency in Peotone & several visits w/ Dave McDonald to the W/G Geneaology Society that there is more to know about the people of Peotone & Will Co. My genealogy search has exposed me to several books on particular so. sub. families. I am asking those who have done research in the Will/Grundy area if they would be willing to contribute any of their rediscovered interesting family tales about Will Co. towns in the Peotone area to my history. >Walter <(:-)> To be completely on the up & up here is Ted's reply to my note about this posting: "Hi Walter, ...you are talking about the ILWILL-L mailing list - right? I have mixed feeling about your request, and so am not sure quite how to answer it. "17 mos. of residency" -- does this mean that you currently live the Peotone area of Will Co? If so, the local library might be a better source of information for you.[Yes, we live in P & have the I.C. & Fair noise to prove it. And am using the P & Manhattan libraries, so far as resources. But do you realize that the town ceased to have a hx after its 1956 centennial?] "The primary purpose of the mailing list... is to share information with fellow genealogy researchers having to do with Will Co. With that in mind, if you feel your request will help you in your genealogical research (or help others in their's), then I think you should ask for input. "I won't "ban" you from the list for making your request -- in fact I'm interested in what you may find out. Thanks for asking,Happy Hunting, Ted ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.