10,000 Dead People
Coming very soon – a database of south Logan County cemeteries. Rather than reinvent the wheel, go here for more information: Logan County Genealogy Graveyards of South Logan County
Coming very soon – a database of south Logan County cemeteries. Rather than reinvent the wheel, go here for more information: Logan County Genealogy Graveyards of South Logan County
For several years I have been working on a massive database of, basically, burials in south Logan County. It includes cemeteries from Hurlbut, Elkhart, Mt. Pulaski, Lake Fork, Laenna and Aetna Townships and two in Chester. Elkhart is not complete. I frivolously named it “10,000 Dead People.” Otherwise it gets a bit too close.It is more than just a list of the burials. Jane DeWitt, who set up the original list, looked up these people in various sources and added…
A common question is “why can’t I find my ancestor’s birth/death/marriage certificate?” The answer to no birth or death certificate is generally simple. The State of Illinois did not MANDATE such records prior to 1916. After that it is a bigger issue and the subject of a different post. Marriage records were always required and yet many times they cannot be located. Obviously, they may not have gotten married where you think they got married. For Illinois marriages prior to…