thank you, Jim, I do have some of their names on a petition to create a town in Greene Co., IL, and the parents, a daughter and a grandchild are buried in Apple Creek Conservation park, on land that was once the family farm. I've posted this to the Roots list so others can learn from it, if they need to. Cornelia On 26.04.2012 16:35, James Cogswell wrote: > You may be looking at the Cape being part of the Ill. > Country. Several of my wife' family was from the Kas- > katchia area, which was in the Ill. Country. > Jim > > FROM: "fenenga@connpoint.net" > TO: roots@rootsweb.com > SENT: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:46 PM > SUBJECT: [ROOTS-L] land question > > does anyone know if Cape Girardeau Co. MO was part of IL before MO > became a state, and if IL was part of TN before IL became a state, and > if TN was part of VA before TN became a state? I'm trying to figure out > if my Higgins people were in the same place all along, or actually did > move around as much as they seem to have between 1800 and 1811. it's > possible, but I need to be sure. > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com [1] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com [2] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:roots-admin@rootsweb.com [2] mailto:ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com