Re: the situation with the El Paso library, maybe if you make it easy for them, they might help. Try sending a letter explaining your needs, include a s.a.s.e. and a check made out to the library with the amount left blank, but marked, not good for more than $10.00. It is worth a try.. Roger Hanneman ----- Original Message ----- From: Steffen <dlsteffn@elpaso.net> To: <ILWOODFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 7:23 PM Subject: [ILWOODFO-L] Re: El Paso addresses > At 04:47 AM 11/11/99 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:22:43 EST > >From: PatSalyer@aol.com > > >Thanks so much for the information about the loss of the burial records in El > >Paso in1880, due to fire. <snip> > >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 > > Boy, you know how to pick 'em, Pat! From the El Paso Story: > > "The final service was held in the old frame [Methodist] church July 1, > 1894, after which it was taken down and replaced by a much larger brick > veneer edifice... It was dedicated, free from debt, December 2, 1894... > Fire of unknown origin broke out in the new church on Saturday night, May > 12, 1895, and by 1 A. M. Sunday morning the building was a mass of > smouldering ruins, with almost none of the furnishings saved. Many of the > church members knew nothing of this fire until they arrived from the > country for services that morning. " > > But, records may have been kept in the parsonage rather than the church > itself. The church's address is: > > United Methodist Church > 125 N. Chestnut St. > El Paso, IL 61738 > (309)527-2222 > > I believe the library has copies or microfilm of many of the old > newspapers. They don't have a big budget and their staffing is minimal, so > I don't know how capable they are of doing look-ups, but the address is: > > El Paso Public Library > 149 W. First St. > El Paso, IL 61738 > (309)527-4360 > > Incidentally, have you looked up your David McCutchen in the Illinois State > Archive civil war database? (His name is mispelled "McCuthen" in the > database.) The address is: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html > You can order a copy of his entry in the muster and descriptive rolls. The > muster and descriptive rolls include rank, age, physical description, > occupation, marital status, birthplace, residence, enrollment and mustering > out information, and remarks concerning transfers, promotions, injuries, > death, or special duty for each soldier. I got a copy of my wife's > gggrandfather's record, and they contain quite a bit of info. If you > haven't gotten his yet, I recommend you do before the archive burns down ;-) > There is also a Rootsweb site of Illinois civil war veterans. It has a > unit history for the 108th, but no roster yet. It's at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/ > > Good luck with your search. > Dan Steffen > > > > ==== ILWOODFO Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe from DIGEST MODE: Send an email to ILWOODFO-D-Request@rootsweb.com containing only the word "unsubscribe" (DO NOT INCLUDE THE QUOTATION MARKS.) If your request is accepted, you will receive a confirmation that you have been unsubbed from the list. > To contact listowner: ilwoodford@aol.com > >