Who and where are people researching?

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Permalink Reply by William S Dean on August 31, 2009 at 7:38pm

I am researching the following inter-related families: DEAN, FOWLER, BROWN, HARMON, GANT, PILLERS/PILLARS, SIGLER/ZIEGLER, and GASTON. Many of them wound up in Randolph county, Illinois. They came in from various places from Maine, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky.

The earliest immigrants are:
OBED DEAN, from Orrington, Maine
SAMUEL BROWN, from Unknown
WILLIAM WATSON FOWLER, from Kentucky
THOMAS BENJAMIN GANT, from Kentucky
ABRAHAM HARMON (son of MICHAEL HARMON of Harmon's Settlement) from Virginia
JOHN B. PILLERS, from Kentucky
JAMES GASTON, from South Carolina

Permalink Reply by Betty Armstrong on September 7, 2009 at 12:15pm

I am researching the McKINNEY,BLASENGAME, ARMSTRONG , COX, AZBILL and GENTRY families. Mostly in DeWitt County, Macon County, McLean County. Some in Piatt and Brown also.

I have a great deal of information on the McKinney's if anyone interested.

Permalink Reply by Laura Barnett-Queen on September 27, 2009 at 5:36pm

I am researching the BARNETT family in Gallatin/Saline counties by 1820. Earliest known Barnett was Joseph Barnett born about 1800 (not sure where - maybe NC) and died around 1849-1850. Thanks. Laurie

Permalink Reply by Stephanie Jones on October 17, 2009 at 1:22pm

Rosetta--

Did the GLASS family that you are researching end up in IL? I'm curious if there is any overlap with mine.

Permalink Reply by Stephanie Jones on November 3, 2009 at 4:05pm

I may be doing a roadtrip soon to Fayette, McLean, and Pope Counties. Any tips?

Permalink Reply by Debbie Vietzke on December 25, 2009 at 7:43pm

JONES, LIGON, ARNOLD, HORN, HORNE, REA, RUSSELL, WOODS, LEFLER, WHALEY, PARKS, STARR, CORDELL, DAWSON
Most or all of who lived in FRANKLIN COUNTY, Illinois - my genealogy epicenter.
JONES - originally from Benton County, MO.
WOODS - originally from St. Clair Co. IL
Debbie V.

Permalink Reply by Tamathy Jo Kennedy on March 7, 2010 at 2:47pm

I am researching the TIMM, HASELOW, NORDMEYER, SCHOTT, BALTHUN, REETZ, LUDEKE, and KEGEBEIN families from Kankakee and Iroquois counties.

Permalink Reply by Judy Hamann Darnell on March 31, 2010 at 2:20pm

I am researching HAMANN, GRAHMANN, (a few MUELLERS who married into the families), KIEFER, GAIN, JOKISCH, SCHROEDER, WUEBBLES mainly in St. Clair County, IL.

The St. Clair County Genealogical Society is very helpful with many indexes, cemetery, church listings. Web: http://www.stclair-ilgs.org/

I also have not seen anyone mention the IL archives databases yet... Have you been here: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html

Permalink Reply by Judy Hamann Darnell on March 31, 2010 at 2:26pm

By the way, you can Google the phone # for the Belleville Public Library... ask for Dana in the gen dept.... they will make copies out of the old newpaper files on microfilm for a very small fee then mail them to you.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Holik-Urban on April 15, 2010 at 12:00pm

All of my family lived in Chicago, Cook County. Kokoska, Zajicek, Svihlik Tregler, Schubert, Kocka, Ratay/Rataj, Holik, Brouk, Urban, Fratto, Murabito, LaMantia/Mantia, Ursetta, Yasulis, Norkus, Kaminsky/Kaminski.

Permalink Reply by David Piening on May 24, 2010 at 8:45am

Hi, I have a number of Illinois connections, mostly from my mother's mother's side, and they include;
Taylor (Collinsville area)
Fortney (Iuka, Effingham, and Grayville)
Aldridge (Clinton County)
Ainsworth and Hall (also probably Collinsville area)
Madden (married into Fortney)
Widmann (Mascoutah)
Lissenbee (Cass, Schuyler Counties)

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Roberta Martin on July 6, 2010 at 7:44am

David,

I am from Mascoutah and get back there frequently. Let me know if I can be of any help.

Roberta

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