In a message dated 3/11/2005 4:33:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, BillJosey@aol.com writes: The Schuylkill County Goverment maintains an on-line index of the marriage dockets issued by the county from 1885. The search tool for this index is at The site is a bit disappointing compared with the Illinois sites. Illinois gives names, dates, license numbers, locations, and in some cases, parent's names, all online at no cost. They also do this for death certificates showing names, dates of death and location. This includes many early settlers of Illinois, including some coming from the Dauphin, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Lebanon, and Franklin Co. areas. 1763-1900 Marriage records: _http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html_ (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html) 1916-1950 Death records: _http://www2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html_ (http://www2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html) Pre - 1916 Death Records: _http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html_ (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html) Roger Cramer Peoria, Arizona Roger and Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html Ogle Co., IL Genealogy Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/
Hello Roger and other subscribers, The Website for Illinois Vital Statistics is admirably conceived, but data posted is not absolutely reliable and must be verified from primary documents. The first two "1916-1950 Death Records" I read on the Illinois Website when I searched the surname SULOUFF had incorrect data for "Age at death." First example: Website data shows Certificate #0041620 Irena Violet Sulouff died 5/11/1916 at age 16 yr 5 mo 12 da (which computes to a birthdate of 11/29/1899). Compare Irena's Gravestone data in Sterling Cemetery, Whiteside Co. IL: Irena V. Sulouff 1912-1915 (which computes to age 3 at death). Additional controlling data: Irena's parents, Irvin Blain Sulouff (1884-1964) and Mary R. Reigle (1884-1946) were married 10/17/1903 in Lewistown, Mifflin Co. PA. Prior to 1911, when Irvin and his brother, Jacob, moved their families from Pennsylvania to Illinois, there were no Sulouffs living in Illinois and these were the only two Sulouff families in Illinois at the date of Irena's death. Irena's age at death reported on the Illinois Website, suggesting she was born in 1899, is absolutely impossible. She was actually the last of five children born between 1904 and 1912. Second example: Website data shows Certificate #0840299 Jacob Sulouff died 11/17/1932 at age 32 yr 11 mo 19 da. Jacob was born 5/1/1894 in Cocolamus, Juniata Co. PA, and died 11/17/1932, which computes to age 38 yr 6 mo 16 da at death. This illustrates the need to rely on primary documents and to verify all data posted by others on the Internet. Respectfully submitted, Rev. Nelson R. Sulouff Oro Valley, Arizona Admin for SULOUFF & SULOFF ListServs and Boards- SULOUFF-Admin@RootsWeb.com Admin for NOETLING ListServ and Boards- NOETLING-Admin@RootsWeb.com Admin for GEISS and GEISE ListServs and Boards- GEISE-Admin@RootsWeb.com Admin for KRIGBAUM ListServ and Boards- KRIGBAUM-Admin@RootsWeb.com Admin for EISTER ListServ and Boards- EISTER-Admin@RootsWeb.com Admin for AZ-SCVGS ListServ and Boards- AZ-SCVGS-Admin@RootsWeb.com Publications: "Johannes Zulauf, Soldier-Immigrant, Father of Sulouffs and Suloffs In America," (Parts I and II), published by JOURNAL OF THE JOHANNES SCHWALM HISTORICAL ASSN.; Vol 5, No. 4 (1996) and Vol. 6, No. 1 (1997) A SULOUFF AND SULOFF FAMILY HISTORY (801 pp., 174 graphics, over 3350 indexed names, 680 source footnotes). Copyrighted 2001-2003, Library of Congress call number CS71.Z8662001 Website for earliest history of the SULOUFF>SULOFF family: http://www.apexsystems.net/users/Nelson/ ///////////////////////////////// ----- Original Message ----- From: RogerCubs@aol.com To: PANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 5:53 AM Subject: [PANORTHU-L] Re: Online Marriage Index site In a message dated 3/11/2005 4:33:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, BillJosey@aol.com writes: The Schuylkill County Goverment maintains an on-line index of the marriage dockets issued by the county from 1885. The search tool for this index is at The site is a bit disappointing compared with the Illinois sites. Illinois gives names, dates, license numbers, locations, and in some cases, parent's names, all online at no cost. They also do this for death certificates showing names, dates of death and location. This includes many early settlers of Illinois, including some coming from the Dauphin, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Lebanon, and Franklin Co. areas. 1763-1900 Marriage records: _http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html_ (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html) 1916-1950 Death records: _http://www2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html_ (http://www2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html) Pre - 1916 Death Records: _http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html_ (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/deathsrch.html) Roger Cramer Peoria, Arizona Roger and Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html Ogle Co., IL Genealogy Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/