Why not contact the Williamson County, IL Gen Web owner and tell them you would like to make a correction? Really nice and open minded people on that site and I am sure they would welcome comments. Deanna ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim & Mary Ann <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: moving to IL > >In answering your question on why so many came to Illinois, > >here is a nice piece written on that.. > >http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4624/histher.html# > > Is there anyway to get this guy to correct his article - at least his > reference to the pictures mentioned in the first paragraph? According to > Barbara Burr Hubbs' book "Pioneer Folks and Places" the photos are of > Ephraim Herrin and David Ruffin Harrison. I have a tendency to believe her > since the one referred to as Isaac Herring in the article is obviously > dressed in more recent clothing than what Isaac would be wearing. I also > have a feeling that Barbara probably had more access to who her ancestors > were than a third party. There is a photo of David Herrin in her book. It > makes you wonder where he did his research. These photos are easily found - > no digging needed - especially if you use either the genealogy section of > the local library in Marion or the Williamson Co. Hist. Soc. I have to admit > that if he made these 'easy' mistakes, it makes me wonder how accurate the > research for the rest of his article is. > > I've also wondered why my ancestors left Robertson co., TN and moved to IL > while I was visiting TN a few years ago. The area was beautiful! We drove to > Williamson Co from there, up through Hopkins co, KY, so we could get a > better idea of how they might have traveled. It was obvious why they decided > to settle in IL but you had to look at it from a farmer's point of view. TN > and KY were green, lush and beautiful but IL was nice and flat - not needing > so much heavy clearing. > > Mary Ann > > > ==== ILWILLIA Mailing List ==== > Research locally in the Marion Carnegie Library: > http://www.sirin.lib.il.us/docs/mrn/docs/lib/lhroom.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >