In case you don't happen to reach someone who just "knows" where to look on
this, it might be good to know that the Borden Library in Elgin has quite a
lot of material available on the Watch Factory, including news clipping
abstracts on employees, etc. In fact they have a nice collection of helpful
material of all sorts. We found someone who was employed there and learned
lots about him from their materials.
Kristy
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Greetings Listers! Please pardon the interruption, and if you've recieved
this message on another list, please delete with my apologies.
I just want to remind everyone that the National Genealogical Society
Conference In The States is being held in Chicago this year, from June 7th
thru June 10th! If you've never been to a national genealogical conference
you really need to make it to this one. It doesn't matter if you're brand
new to genealogy or have been doing it for years - this conference has
someth
I've "rescued" an old photograph of the FRANTZ Family of Illinois which was
taken at the Bowen Studio in Cerro Gordo, IL. The photograph is of parents
(described as Grandma & Grandpa on the back of the photograph) and six
children including, Orpha, Edith, Laurence, Pearl, Mabel, and the last
described only as "Dad". I'm guessing that the person who made the notes on
the back of the photograph was the son or daughter of the young man
identified as "Dad" as the others have initials for either "Aunt" or "Unc
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>Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:44:36 -0600
>From: Sausis710@aol.com
>Subject: Burke
>
>I am looking for information on the Burke family. Thomas
Burke, b. abt 1870
>married Margaret Hogan Carroll about 1901 and had two
children, Ellen
>(1902-1943) and Thomas (b.1905-1980). When Tom Burke
died in 1980 he was living in
>Kane County. I am trying to find out if his mother, Margaret
lived in Kane
>County and when she died. Also, is there a record of divorce
between
>Ma
Just to let you know that the Kane County Illinois Trails website has a new
url:
_http://genealogytrails.com/ill/kane_ (http://genealogytrails.com/ill/kane)