Macoupin County Searcher




Table of Contents Macoupin County Searcher April 1998
Quarterly Membership Newsletter

Contents Page
Letter from the President of the Society 87
In Sympathy (Members of MCGS who passed away recently) 88
Election Held (Officers of the MCGS 1998 - 1999) 88
You Can Make a Difference (Request of Members to Contact Ill. Sec. of State to aid in preserving Macoupin Co. records) 88
What Were they Doing? (Tidbits concerning Macoupin Co. people in the news in early Mac. Co. newspapers). 89
Chapman Family in MacoupinCo. (Genealogical info. submitted by Miriam McClernan) 91
Where Did They Go (Notes on Macoupin Co. people leaving and arriving in Macoupin Co., extracted from old newspapers) 92
Married in Denver (Saul-Rothangel) 93
Girard School News - 1882 93
A little Humor 93
Obituaries From the Past -
Names include: infant Weld, Gilbert D. Alyworth, William L. Laird, James S. Longwill, Mrs. E. W. Peters, Alexander Butters, Isaac B, Green, infant of Herman Franke, infant of Alfred Richter, Wm. Sewing, Adam Flori, Peter Flori, Elizabeth Flori
94
The Jacoby Brothers - A Sketch of Their Lives 97
A History of Bunker Hill (from a pamphlet about the Jacoby Bros.) 98
My Civil War Memoirs - W. R. Eddington 99
Confirmation Records Decamp Lutheran Church Staunton IL 100
New Members MCGS 102
MCGS Surname List 103
Rules for Ordering Obits from Illinois State Historical Library 112
This 'n' That 112
New Genealogical Type Books on the Shelf at Staunton Public Library 113
Publications for Sale 113
Querie 114
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