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From: "diane stern" <>
Subject: Re: [ILHAMILT-L] resource material
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 16:48:21 -0400
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Hi Cindy
Thanks for the info. I was afraid there was not much available out there.
Guess I will have to settle for on line and cd's also. Old Hickory Hill
Cemetery and New Hickory Hill Cemetery are on line and I went there last
week and found some monuments. Also found a couple of names in 1870 census
on line. But there are a lot of pages to cover. Hoping they were indexed. Oh
well back to searching.
Thanks again and if I find anything I will surely let you know.
Diane

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Birk Conley" <>
To: "diane stern" <>; <>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ILHAMILT-L] resource material


> Diane,
>
> I am not totally sure what is available for Hamilton County. I am pretty
> sure some copies of Legacy of Kin volumes 1 and 2 are out there, but
> they are about $90 each. These are based on obits from 1872 to 1992.
> There is also another book of obits from 1925 to 1931 that I purchased a
> few years ago at the McCoy Library, put out by the Hamilton Co
> historical society, I think, which isn't very active. I think there is a
> third obit book, called Grandma Deemers scrapbook, from the teens, that
> might be out there. I don't know if the Genealogy Society of Southern IL
> sells these or if it is just the Felty family.
>
> The same guy who did the legacy of kin books, Harold Felty, had done a
> couple of books of marriage listings, but only up to 1854 and 1870. They
> seem to be out of print. Hamilton County does not participate in the
> statewide marriage index at the sec of state's webpage.
>
> The White county historical society has an old cemetery book for
> Hamilton county, done in the 1950s. It is for sale at
> www.rootsweb.com/~ilwcohs . A man named Ed Shuster did a bunch of small
> books of cemetery readings from 1986, his address is 500 E Main,
> McLeansboro, and I don't know how many he has left.
>
> As for census books, in Carmi we have books for 1850 and 1860, but I
> haven't seen them for sale. I have also used an 1870 census
> transcription in a library at Springfield, but not for sale. I have not
> seen further transcriptions, and use online and cd resources for the
> other years.
>
> If you find a big source for materials please send me a note because our
> library in Carmi could use more information. Besides legacy of kin I use
> the three major webpages for the county as much as anything.
>
> Cindy Birk Conley
> Carmi, IL
>
> diane stern wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> > Would anyone know if there are any books for sale on Hamilton County.
Cemetery, census or the like. Thanks


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