Dan Steffen, Thanks so much for the information about the loss of the burial records in El Paso in1880, due to fire. I went back to the El Paso history website and to the "El Paso Story". It's wonderful to be able to read it online---I was wondering how I would find those pages you mentioned, as I live in Oregon Besides those pages, the whole story is interesting. Some good people in El Paso have my appreciation. I checked the Myers listed and think two of them may be my gg grandfather, John C.Myers brothers. Then I found my g grandfather, David McCutchen, son in law of John, on pg 247 with an article about the Co. "D" he commanded in the Civil war. I'm finding a lot more than I expected. I have sent for death certificates for John and Elizabeth Myers. Do you have any suggestions on where I could find an obituary ? They were Methodist ,so I can try for a church record. Thanks again and best wishes, Pat Salyer

At 11:22 AM 11/6/99 -0800, you wrote: Pat-- I took quick glance through the cemetery listing at the El Paso history page Wayne gave you and only turned up a John C. Myers who died about 1864. HOWEVER, please note the following from the text of the El Paso Story, pg 129, on that same site: "James T. Hewitt was appointed the first sexton January 17, 1863 and continued until November 16, 1891. He was a bachelor and lived alone in the southeast part of El Paso, and during his absence on February 21, 1890, his home burned and the only book with the earliest burial records was destroyed." If there were no marker, or if it was destroyed before the current records were "recreated" from existing markers, they would probably not be listed. Church records or newspaper obituaries may still exist to confirm their burial there, but it would probably be difficult to pinpoint the exact burial location. Pages 390 and 391 have some listings for Meyers and Maiyer with geneological information. Dan Steffen >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:18:12 EST >From: PatSalyer@aol.com >To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <0.718e0cc1.2554dbd4@aol.com> >Subject: [ILWOODFO-L] Re: ILWOODFO-D Digest V99 #72 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hello out there, >Is there a cemetery index that someone has access to and could look up a >couple of names for me? They are supposed to be buried at El Paso cemetery. > >John C.Myers died abt. 1881 >Elizabeth (Ekleberry) Myers died Dec.1883 >I would appreciate any help > Pat

Boy are you in luck! Check out this link and tell me if you agree? http://www.elpaso.net/~bank/elpasohistory/index.htm

Hello out there, Is there a cemetery index that someone has access to and could look up a couple of names for me? They are supposed to be buried at El Paso cemetery. John C.Myers died abt. 1881 Elizabeth (Ekleberry) Myers died Dec.1883 I would appreciate any help Pat

Use this link to enter the database, then you can use the record links. Apparently some special software has to be loaded first before records can be accessed. Sorry for any inconvenience. Wayne http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/

In Woodfood County the town name is Minonk just north of El Paso. Ragadass

John, Would you mind checking your book to see if there is any information on William Clifford who according to Fairfield Co. OH land records was in Woodford County IL (Minouk) in 1867? Also looking for twin sons Newton and Marquiss Clifford b. 1850 and son John Clifford b. 1853. Will gladly pay for copies if any information found. Thanks.

Re: message # 4 Same thing happened to me when i sent off a check for the Combined Atlas of Woodford. I was able to obtain a copy, however, by writing to the Woodford Co. Historical Society at a different address: Eureka Public Library. I am unable to find the address right now but I'm sure it can be obtained via phone directory. It is an excellent book.

*1850 Woodford Federal Census: http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+1771272+7+-14 *Souvenir history of Woodford County : 1841-1991 http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+2008028+5+-14 *Early marriages in Woodford County [Ill.] : (1841-1847) http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+2010572+13+14 *1850 Illinois mortality schedule, Peoria thru Woodford http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+376756+11+14 *Woodford County cemeteries : St Johns--Benson, Il. http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+2059172+2+14 Subject Browse: Woodford and genealogy http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?alphaBrowse+4492d+1+-1+woodford%20and%20genealogy *The past and present of Woodford County, Illinois http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+363224+1+16 *Portrait and biographical album of Woodford County, Illinois http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+1771268+3+16 *Prairie Farmer's directory of Woodford County Illinois / 1917 http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+2010574+1+20 *Combined plats and atlases of Tazewell County, Illinois, 1864, 1873, 1891. http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+934004+4+22 *Standard atlas of Woodford County, Illinois /1912 http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+1875604+16+26 *Atlas and plat book of Woodford County, Illinois : containing outline map of the county : plats of all the townships with owners' names http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4492+2170+1879559+15+26 Main page to search the RSA and CARLWEB databases: http://carlweb.rsa.lib.il.us:1080/ Last, but not least, I've scanned a couple of plat maps of Olio Township for 1873 and 1893 here: http://www.dnai.com/~waynejay/gen/scrapbook/scraps.html Entry to my main genealogy pages here: http://www.dnai.com/~waynejay/gen/gen.html I have work to do in updating some of the info. Do stop by and see if we share any common Woodford, Tazewell, Livingston or Iroquois County ancestors. Wayne Busby Lucerne, Lake, CA

I have a copy of the book and will send a copy of the requested pages in a few days.... Send me your snail mail address at fischerj@one.net John E Fischer Cincinnati OH ILWOODFO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [ILWOODFO-L] Looking for book > Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 09:05:07 -0600 > From: "Pat A Ellis" <pellis1@hallmark.com> > To: ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for anyone who may possess or know of a library that has this book: > Past and Present of Woodford County, IL, Published 1878. I am interested in > xerox copies of page 513 and 531, Thomas Whorrall and John Whorrall. > > Patricia A. Whorrall Ellis >

A few months ago I got an address for a Historical Society in Eureka as a contact for buying that combined atlas of Woodford Co. I wrote out a check and sent it to the address (which I may or may not have gotten from this list) and it was all returned to me with a note from the Post Office that the address was no longer valid. I'm still interested in buying a copy of that book. I wish I could remember the name of it! It was a combination book of atlases of the county from about four different years and was just wonderful! I got to look at a copy of it while in Minonk last month but couldn't find it in any bookstores. Does anyone on the list have a copy they would like to sell to me? Or, does anyone know of an address where I could send off for a new copy? At the very least, could someone tell me what the title, author, ISBN etc of the book is so that I can look for it through different avenues? Thanks. Amy Robbins-Tjaden researching just about every family in Woodford Co!

Pat, Have you tried the Woodford County Historical Society??? Their volunteers man a little log cabin in a park in Metamora,Il. I've only been there once but it seems they had a copy of that book. The little log cabin is only open a few hours each Sunday and may not be open now because it's getting cold here. I'd check it out for you myself as I'm about 8 miles away but I'm working 70 hours a week so no time but let me know if you can't find it and maybe I can figure out a way to check it out for you. Michele Birkner

---------- > From: ILWoodford@aol.com > To: helenj@se-iowa.net > Subject: Re: Shaw > Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 1:50 PM > > I believe you wanted the below message to go to the list. If so, please resend the message to ilwoodfo-l@rootsweb.com > > In a message dated Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:53:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Helen Johnson" <helenj@se-iowa.net> writes: > > > Does anyone know of marriages for the Shaw siblings, Mary Jane b 1848,Sarah > > Emeline b1850,George Washington b 1852 Joanner b 1856,Nancy Elizabeth b > > 1861 and William Sherman b 1863. > > I know their sister Amanda Ellen( my grandmother) was married in Woodford > > co in 1870 July 11.to James J Hays. > > I am wondering if all the family lived there. > > Helen Johnson > >

I am looking for anyone who may possess or know of a library that has this book: Past and Present of Woodford County, IL, Published 1878. I am interested in xerox copies of page 513 and 531, Thomas Whorrall and John Whorrall. Patricia A. Whorrall Ellis

Tammy: This is a great project and thank you. About 98% of my family live in Woodford County and this will certainly help me here in California. Bjessen760@aol.com

Hello, We are trying to get as much information online for Woodford County as possible. In that regard, Woodford county is in dire need of local volunteers to extract marriage, birth, death records from the county clerk's office and obituaries from local papers [past and present]. Software for the extraction of marriage records can be provided. If interested, please contact me. Tammy Woodford County coordinator

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Would someone please send me the following two listings? - John Ryan, age 50 in Palestine Township, Woodford County in 1870 -Benjamin Moreland, age 37, in Olio Township, Woodford County in 1870 Thank you so much for your help! Sue Fritz

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Got this from another site and thought we might all benefit from it! There's a great resource on the net for those of us who go cross-eyed trying to read the handwriting in family Bibles, on marriage certificates, etc. The website is a "How-to Genealogy Site". There is an article that you might want to print called "Deciphering Old Handwriting" by Sabina J. Murray. The place to look is: http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html You should actually be able to click on the above and go right there. Mickey in Iowa