I am not familiar with the family. I grew up a short distance from Spring Bay which is one of the older locations in Woodford County (Fort Creve Coeur a french fort and settlement being the oldest is in Tazwell). There are 2 catholic churches in the Metamora area. St Mary's in Metamora and Lordes Church lies almost in between Spring Bay and Metamora on the Santa Fe trail. The church has 2-3 cemetaries in the area and I believe they keep records. Unfortunately I have been unable to get in touch with them during their business hours. (My guess is that the person that might be able to assist with any record searches only works a few days per week and maybe for just a few hours. They may be a volunteer, clergy or a nun maybe. ) I have relatives buried in one of these cemetaries and have been trying to get more information on them. The number for the church can be found via information . The area code is 309 it is in metamora and the prefix is 367. Let me know if you have any luck or if you find out the process for requesting information. I have not had the time recently to follow this path more in depth. oops just found their contact information St Mary's Friary 415 W Chatham Metamora Il 309 367 4407 St Mary's Friary Lourdes RR2 Box 255 (historically santa fe trail) Metamora IL (309) 383 4460 I also know that some of the cemetary grounds keeper know a great deal of oral history. They are getting on in age. However, if you could get in contact with one of these people you might learn a great deal. Arlene Bogardus wrote: > You mentioned Black Partridge. My Millers were from that area: Louis Miller and family. He and his wife Lydia Woodcock Miller are buried at the Spring Bay Cemetery. Can you help > me with this family? I do not know what religion they were. I do know he was born in France and he had a sister who was Catholic in the Metamora area. > > Arlene Bogardus - Rolene50@concentric.net > > > John E Fischer wrote: > >> Is anyone aware of any source of early history of the Apostolic Christian >> Church (Roanoke, Peoria, Gridley, Goodfield/Congerville or Black Partridge.) I >> have a copy of the book 'Marching to Zion' by Klopfenstein but it does not have >> any of the names I need. (I've written to him and got no help at all - he'd not >> even provide sources for his information!) My Fischer and Miller ancestors >> first appear in the area about 1850 or about the same time as the A/C church >> formed in the area. Are there any records of the very early membership? >> >> John E Fischer Cincinnati OH >> >> ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe: Send a message with only the text UNSUBSCRIBE in the body to ilwoodfo-L-request@rootsweb.com [for mail mode] or ilwoodfo-D-request@rootsweb.com [for digest mode] >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >> learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >> http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message with only the text UNSUBSCRIBE in the body to ilwoodfo-L-request@rootsweb.com [for mail mode] or ilwoodfo-D-request@rootsweb.com [for digest mode] > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > >