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Month: December 2008

IN THE BEGINNING

IN THE BEGINNING

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Much time has passed since I started this. Two other blogs relating to this area’s genealogy have materialized in the interim. Ancestor Hunting is mostly about my ancestors and things I learn about genealogy research. Graveyards of South Logan County is about cemeteries, generally but not necessarily located in Logan County. I admit it — I forgot I had this one too. It happens. This will be about genealogy questions relating to Logan County, Illinois, but not necessarily related to…

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Military Markers for ALL Veteran Graves

Military Markers for ALL Veteran Graves

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Logan County has six known Revolutionary War veteran burials, more than two dozen War of 1812 veteran burials and a massive number of Civil War Veteran burials. There are even some Spanish American War veteran burials. Those are just the ones we are aware of. There could be more. According to new laws of the Veterans Administration, ANY SOLDIER with proven military service can have a free military stone or marker EVEN IF THEY NOW HAVE A PRIVATE MARKER. In…

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A Most Useful Stone

A Most Useful Stone

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This stone is not in south Logan County but rather in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. These people immigrated from southern Italy to Chicago. Anna and Leonardo Mallano married in America. Cesare and Antonia Tristano were married in Italy. They came later. Anna Marie and Cesare were siblings. It’s not an unusual story. It’s not that unusual a stone in Chicagoland. In south Logan County you very rarely see a picture on a stone. When you do…

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Solving the Mystery

Solving the Mystery

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Genealogy is often a mystery. Everyone loves a good mystery, right? In genealogy we want to solve all the mysteries and end up with all the facts. But until we do we need to search out the facts like any good detective. The tools of a genealogy detective are very much like those of a good reporter. We want to know all the facts. We want to know the source of all the facts so we can evaluate their validity….

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