If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1875, they probably were: a. store proprietors or good friends with many of them b. from the Eastern U.S. c. farmers with more land than they could possibly farm d. on the lamb from the first spouse or knew someone who was e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1900, they were probably: a. store clerks waiting for an opportunity or had a relative who was b. originally from some other country c. farming with a team of horses and thinking they were lucky d. making friends with the local sheriff, one way or another e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1925, they were probably: a. working for a implement business in some way, possibly as a traveling salesman b. speaking English fairly well c. feeding more than their own family...several more d. hoping the doctor could fix their ills but afraid he couldn¹t e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1950, they were probably: a. thinking they had more money than in a number of years b. assumed their grandchildren would finish high school c. a member of a group that was getting smaller and smaller d. not completely afraid of surgery anymore e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 2010, they were probably: a. wondering what happened to all that money b. assumed their grandchildren would attend college c. a member of a group so small that few knew what that group did d. waiting for the next advancement in medicine e. all of the above This Saturday, November 12, is the next Illinois Interest meeting. All are welcome to attend. We think you will all learn something this month! The meeting begins at 9:30 at the GFO on 12th and Division. (Don¹t go to the old place!) The meeting will be done by 11:30. You will go home with more knowledge, more understanding, and a good handout to help you learn even more. Don Finel, assisted by Harlene Patterson, will be your leaders this month. And you will have learned a lot about the lives of many one, or more, of your ancestors. The group hopes you will join them! Kristy, Don, and Harlene

How neat. My father-in-law was in the 1925 Chicago group. He was a salesman for Remington Rand until the depression. Then he was sent from city to city, including Portland, to bring the offices back from the brink of disaster (then he lost his job). Jane Olsen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristy Gravlin" <hannah@teleport.com> To: "GFO Forum" <ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:22 AM Subject: [GFO] FW: The Illinois Interest Group meets on Saturday,November 12th If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1875, they probably were: a. store proprietors or good friends with many of them b. from the Eastern U.S. c. farmers with more land than they could possibly farm d. on the lamb from the first spouse or knew someone who was e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1900, they were probably: a. store clerks waiting for an opportunity or had a relative who was b. originally from some other country c. farming with a team of horses and thinking they were lucky d. making friends with the local sheriff, one way or another e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1925, they were probably: a. working for a implement business in some way, possibly as a traveling salesman b. speaking English fairly well c. feeding more than their own family...several more d. hoping the doctor could fix their ills but afraid he couldn¹t e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1950, they were probably: a. thinking they had more money than in a number of years b. assumed their grandchildren would finish high school c. a member of a group that was getting smaller and smaller d. not completely afraid of surgery anymore e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 2010, they were probably: a. wondering what happened to all that money b. assumed their grandchildren would attend college c. a member of a group so small that few knew what that group did d. waiting for the next advancement in medicine e. all of the above This Saturday, November 12, is the next Illinois Interest meeting. All are welcome to attend. We think you will all learn something this month! The meeting begins at 9:30 at the GFO on 12th and Division. (Don¹t go to the old place!) The meeting will be done by 11:30. You will go home with more knowledge, more understanding, and a good handout to help you learn even more. Don Finel, assisted by Harlene Patterson, will be your leaders this month. And you will have learned a lot about the lives of many one, or more, of your ancestors. The group hopes you will join them! Kristy, Don, and Harlene ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message