Illinois

January 29, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 4 min read

Fighting in the Black Hawk War

Here, on May 14, 1832, the first engagement of the Black Hawk War took place. When 275 Illinois militiamen under

January 22, 2016 Dana 14 Comments 5 min read

My great aunt, Beulah (Peters) Brewer, got me interested in genealogy about 18 years ago. One of our ancestral lines

February 8, 2015 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge tonight is to see if you have any ancestors or cousins that share your

October 7, 2014 Dana 1 Comment 0 min read

Of course we expect to find death records of our relatives. But, this is the kind of death you don’t

August 3, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 4 min read

As I discussed in Part 1 about Lena, I found that the land being sold and partitioned between 32 members

July 13, 2014 Dana 2 Comments 3 min read

Last night’s “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” challenge at Genea-Musings involved doing some semi-random research. I wasn’t able to do the

June 14, 2014 Dana 1 Comment 2 min read

Who did your early ancestors marry? Of course, it was often their neighbors! Last week I learned about HistoryGeo through

April 5, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 7 min read

What if a fortune teller told you there was a fortune buried on your land? Would you dig up your