The Illinois State Archives have indices for marriages 1763-1900 and deaths pre-1916-1950 online. If you have not found proof of marriage for your ancestors, you might check the Illinois State Marriage Index . you know, Illinois was a 'jumping off place' for people in transit and those on vacation . you would be surprised that checking up on people married in Illinois that the census around the marriage dates range from the East Coast to West Coast . and even Missouri and Nevada. The marriage index is only the names, date and county so you have no idea what the age of the people. Some indicate that she was a "Mrs." . no indication if she was divorced or widowed. I have found a large number of marriage for couples in the Merge database that only had estimates of marriage . and some had assumed wrong state. http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html The list of databases include: Records in the Illinois State Archives * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/data_lan.html> Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/servant.html> Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records Databases of Illinois Veterans * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/ilvetproject.html> Database for the Illinois Veterans' History Project * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/war1812.html> Database of Illinois War of 1812 Veterans * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/winebago.html> Database of Illinois Winnebago War Veterans * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/blkhawk.html> Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/mexwar.html> Database of Illinois Mexican War Veterans * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/datcivil.html> Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/ilnavy.html> Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/missouri.html> Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans of Missouri Units * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/spanam.html> Database of Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/honorroll.html> Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/quincyhome.html> Database of Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents _____ Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/marriage.html> Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 An Ongoing Project of the Illinois State Archives & the Illinois State Genealogical Society * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/death.html> Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916 An Ongoing Project of the Illinois State Archives * <http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html> Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950) An index created by the Illinois Department of Public Health Bonita \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking for clues ... Lady Bonita Nevada, USA High Desert Embroidery <http://www.highdesertemb.com> http://www.highdesertemb.com <mailto:highdesertembroidery@gmail.com> highdesertembroidery@gmail.com Wells Surname DNA Study Merge <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/index.htm> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/index.htm Hillmer Surname Database <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/index.htm> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KathyWellsMathis Surnames: WELLS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5559/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for parents of James Madison Wells born 25 July 1828 in Calloway County, Kentucky. Have him listed in 1850 Calloway Census with brother William Wells. He married Sarah Ann Lindsey 1852 in Calloway County, Ky and also lived in Mississippi. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LanaOkerlund Surnames: Wells Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5558/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find descendants of Herbert C. Wells, who was born in Albany, NY, in Feb, 1884, to Addison and Emma Wells. He was unmarried and still living in Albany as of the 1920 census, but I have found him in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1930 census, married to a woman named Marie who had been previously married and had a 19-year-old son named Alexander Hannon. I'm wondering whether Herbert ever had any children of his own. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: molly1657 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/1230.2570.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: im gonna f*** u 2night and c wat i can chew of ur dick u loser go and die Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: molly1657 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/1230.2570.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: as if u f**** arsehole dont lie!! b**** ur such a crap piece of s*** Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deatsville Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/3806.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for info on parents of John A. Wells, b. abt 1806 in Ga. My grandfather, W.B. Wells, b. 1849, was son of he and Dorcas Y. Landrum. Thank you. Joanne McDade Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: diana_eeles Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/1065.4.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is my Grandmother and Grandfather. Do you have any more info on what happened to Joseph? Regards Diana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gina_Stump Surnames: Wells Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5557/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Just wondering if anyone in the Arkansas (Little Rock) or Louisiana areas knew of a man with the last name of Wells. Rumored to be a race car driver of some sort and passed away 1946 or 1947. If anyone thinks they may know of this man, please let me know. I don't have any other details. Thank you for your time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I'm slow as molasses! But I don't believe we have the same family of Welles. Mine is almost an unknown to me, but form what I have learned he came from Bourbon or Whitley County Kentucky. He had a son who married in Greene Co, Indiana to Sarah Jane Walker. Soon name was James Wells. Good Luck on your search. Phylliss Smith Davis phylliss@q.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Vicki Cox" <vickiwcox@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:58 PM To: "Don Claypool" <dclyple@yahoo.com>; <wells@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WELLS] James Wells > Who is your Bourbon County, > Ky Wells family that you > have? > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at > 11:56 AM, Don Claypool > <dclyple@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Researching James >> Wells, born 16 Jun 1793, >> KY. Died 8 Dec 1881, Coles >> Co, IL. He was married >> twice; (1) Nancy >> Kincade, 4 >> Sep 1824, Bracken Co, KY, >> and (2) Elizabeth Fuller, >> 21 Oct 1834, Coles Co, >> IL. >> Elizabeth may have been a >> widow. >> James had six children; >> Thomas, George, >> Sarah “Sally Ann”, and >> Amanda by Nancy. He had >> Francis Marion and Robert >> by >> Elizabeth. James, both of >> his wives, and his sons >> Thomas, Francis and >> Robert, >> are buried in the Otterbein >> Cemetery, Coles County, >> Illinois. >> I am trying to connect >> this family to my >> Bourbon Co, KY, Wells who >> also migrated to Coles Co, >> IL. Both families >> seem to >> have a connection to the >> Eli Wiley family. Can >> anyone help? >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the >> list, please send an email >> to >> WELLS-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes >> in the subject and the body >> of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the > list, please send an email > to > WELLS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the > message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JamesAKeltzsr Surnames: WELLS-WALKER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5556/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Genealogy researching my 2nd.-Great-Grandparents JOSEPHINE ALICE (WELLS) WALKER and her husband GEORGE C. WALKER they was married on Oct. 11th. 1859 in Crawford County,Illinois U.S.A.Would appreciate any genealogy information on the WELLS-WALKER families.Please contact: James Anthony"Tony"Keltz,Sr. (2nd.-Great-Grandson) e-mail: tkeltz445@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Clem1029 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5555/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for Wells family information from a branch in PA/WV/OH. Specifically, I'm trying to find information on George WELLS (born: abt 1824 in Lancaster county, PA) married to Mary ROBERTS. Children include Ida, John, Lyle, Margaret, Martha, Maize, Phebe, William and George Washington WELLS (born 1853 in PA, died 1942), married to Margaret Catherine HAYS. George WELLS also had a sister Martha WELLS (born abt 1813). Census information shows the family living in Allegheny County, PA as of 1850, moving to Hancock County, WV between 1860-70, and then George Washington WELLS and wife Margaret living in Columbiana County, OH by 1900. I'm descended from that branch of the family and have most of the family info going forward. I'm looking for any information for George WELLS, Mary ROBERTS, Martha WELLS, or any information helping trace the family farther back. Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mwitter37 Surnames: Summerson-Witter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/3766.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a John H. Wells in my family tree. My grandfather was James Edward Summerson b. 1834 in Albermarle,Va. His sister was Ann Eliza Summerson b. 1838 in Albermarle,Va. married John H. Wells b. 1785 Albermarle,Va. on Mar 1, 1855d. 1867 in Va. They had a Daughter Mary Fletcher Wells b. 1848 in Machester,Va.d.Aug.2,1927 in Richmond,Va. Hope this helps. Martha Summerson Witter Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lyndawardle1 Surnames: Wells Crumrine Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5554/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does nayone have any info on Clarkston Wells. He was the brother of Pleasant Wells, both born in Kentucky, eventually migrated to Sonoma county, Ca. Pleasant was married to Ann (or Ann Mariah depending who you are talking to) I know Clarkston married a woman with the last name Crumrine. She was the sister of my great grandmother Estelle "Stella" Isabelle Crumrine. They both came from Iowa. Stella married Herbert Guy Norris in 1911, eventually settling in Seattle. In a round about way, I'm trying to find info on the Crurine line. (yes I've gone to that board) My email address is lyndawardle@yahoo.com. I would appreciate any help. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jannettejaco Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/3891.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandfather was Ulus Wells, his wife was Ada Abbott Aldridge they had 9 children. My father was their son, John Sterling Wells. His siblings were: Mancel, Emmitt, Carrie, Rex, Elgie, Lee, Shafer and Lewis I believe they were all born in Cabot AR in Pluaski county. They are all deceased. Sterling married Alia Muskrat, she was half Cherokee, they had 9 children. All of their children live in Arkansas. I don't know much about the Wells line. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryachtrh Surnames: Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5553/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Article from the Carbondale Free Press, Carbondale, Illinois, 1 April 1899 ILLINOIS STATE NEWS DEATH'S DOINGS Irvin Wells, one of the old settlers of Montgomery County, at Litchfield, aged 73. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: geodea62 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/3202.3.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Booneville is in Cooper Co. Mo. Sedalia is in Pettis Co. Mo. Nevada is in Vernon Co. Mo. Sorry, I took it you were in Missouri...I sometimes forget how a computer can take away miles. I am decendant from the Virginia Wells who migrated to Garrard Co. Ky. to Cooper Co. Mo. William R. Wells b. 1831 married Nancy Wooldridge in Lamine Cooper Co. and then moved to Sedalia, Mo. Pettis Co. Mo. W.R. Wells father was: Yelverton Wells b. 1807. Mother: Jane Pash Wells. Sharon Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ibmoore09 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/3202.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not sure what states your referring to when you say Booneville and Sedalia? My mothers parents and relatives with the last name Wells all lived in central west Missouri...towns such as Milo, Nevada, Deerfield. Please give me a bit more to go on and we may find a connection. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: georgiajohn3 Surnames: WELLS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5552/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The descendants of Richard Wells 1618-c.1661 and of his son Zorobabel Wells are planning a family heritage trip to England in June 2012. We will be visiting family sites as well as touring Canterbury and London. We will visit Richard's birthplace and follow the family back to the earliest known ancestor who lived at Willesborough, Kent, as early as 1367. If you want details, please e-mail John Wells at wellsga@bellsouth.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

    Does anyone have concrete proof that John Duckett Wells died in Tyler Co, WV?   Don

I ran across an Andrew B Wells (middle name could be Bell - his father's middle name or Burnett - his mother's maiden name). He was born in North Dumfries, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada about 1851. His parents, William 1799 and Elizabeth 1801, were both from Scotland and emigrated to Canada about 1825-1830 (assumed by the birthplaces of the children). I only found one brother, John, but it does not appear it was ever married as he continued to live with parents, then his sister, Hellen/Ellen in North Dumfries. Andrew emigrated to America about 1876-1878 and settled into Le Roy, McLean Co., Illinois. He married 'someone' and had several children between about 1883 and the 1900 census. Andrew is listed as a widower on the 1900 census and does not seem to have remarried and children remained with him. This is the first Scottish Wells I have run across so thought they were interesting. I wonder if they match up with any family in England. Merry Christmas to everyone . have a Wonderful Holiday Bonita \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking for clues ... Lady Bonita Nevada, USA Wells Surname DNA Study Merge <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/index.htm> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/index.htm