aprilwho@alltel.net wrote: >Hello, > >Just wondering if anyone else is looking for (or has) >information on Jeremiah Pate (4 Feb 1844) md. >Lucinda Blair (1 Aug 1850) in Sangamon Co. IL 24 Aug >1869? > >I have looked at the Pate Archives at rootsweb.com and >found three posts that were related: 19 Dec 2002 #163, >25 Feb 2000 # 43, and 14 Dec 2000 # 230. > >I'm (probably very obviously) new to family history >research and am wondering which of these two >sources is more reliable: a census transcription that I >found online at census-online.com or a copy of a death >certificate? The information that I have found in the >1880 Brown Co. IL Census for Elkhorn township >(which, by the way, spells the last name as PATES) >conflicts with Jeremiah Pate's death certificate >regarding his birthplace. I know death certificates are >considered secondary resources regarding >birthdate/places. Any comments? > >Thanks so much! >April > > > > > I have been trying to track a Jeremiah Pate from Illinois as well. Of the two I have looked at as possible matches, one came from Indiana and the other from Alabama and is last found in Greene County, Missouri. I am related to the one from Alabama, and can give you some more information if we have a match.. Stephen R. Sherrill