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Thank you for supporting TheOldenTimes.com!Illinois Genealogy CD's Illinois Vital Records: Marriages 1791-1900 CD
Midwest Pioneers, 1600s-1800s CD
Year Book of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution CD
Illinois Genealogy & History Books: General Interest:
Illiana Ancestors, 1981, 1982, 1983, From the Commercial News, Danville, IllinoisVital Records from Chicago Newspapers
Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois
The Territorial Records of Illinois
Illinois Genealogical Research
Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in IllinoisCentral Illinois Death Notices: 1848-1870
War of 1812 Bounty Lands in IllinoisThe Indians of Illinois: A History and Genealogy
Illinois Census Returns: 1810, 1818
Illinois Census Returns, 1820Illinois State Genealogical Society Surname Index, 1981
Men of Illinois
(1902)French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times
History of Putnam and Marshall Counties, with some accounts of Bureau & Stark CountiesBelleville, Ottawa, and Galesburg: Community and Democracy on the Illinois Frontier
Prairie Pioneers of Illinois
Sold!Our CAHILL, CASSIDY, CONNOR Genealogy of LaSalle and Livingston County, IllinoisGenealogy of the FARMER, COX and HOPKINS Families of Fayette County, Illinois
The Story of the AYERS Family; Pioneers in the Middle West, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1830-1902A Pioneer Family: the BIRKBECKs in Illinois 1818-1827
Gideon BLACKBURN: Founder of Blackburn University, Carlinville, Illinois
The BLACKWELDER and Allied Families of North Carolina and IllinoisThe Goose Bone Papers: Writings of Charles W BLISS, Country Newspaper Editor, a Weaver of Words
The BUCHER - BOOKER Family, 1686-1990: From Klein Gartach, Wurttemberg, Germany to Frederick County, Virginia to Harrison & Jefferson Counties, Kentucky to Knox & Sullivan Counties, Indiana to the Illinois Counties of Jasper, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt...
BUSKER Family to Stephenson County, Illinois, From Germany
In Memoriam. William Apperson COCHRAN, 1831-1883
A Soldier's Journal: Diary of a World War II Soldier(1884)
COOKThe COUNTRYMAN Family of Will County, Illinois
CROSBYs of Henry County, Illinois, 1851-1936
A De LONG Family in Ohio and Illinois: Including Relationships to the HOBAKER and CRUMPLER FamiliesThe Search for the Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Brasater DRAKE of Coles County, Illinois
A Journal of the EDWARDS Family of East Fork Township, Clinton County, IllinoisThe ENGLAND Family in Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois
A Genealogy of the Illinois Branch of the ENGLISH Family With Notes on Twenty Interrelated FamiliesDescendants of Thomas ESSEX and Elizabeth Bowen ESSEX of Maryland, Virginia and Illinois
Reminiscences of John V. FARWELL By His Elder Daughter
Cut from Whole Cloth: An Immigrant Experience (FRANKE)
The FULLERs of Fullersburg, 1834-1923Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
The Civil War Diary of Allen Morgan GEER, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteers The GREENEs On The East Branch Of The DuPage: Their Forebears And Descendents
by Sarah Margaret FULLERDescendants of Richard HENRY, 1797-1876 - Kentucky & Illinois
The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall HUBBARD
Descendants of Joram KYN, founder of Upland - New Sweden (now Chester, Pennsylvania) and Whose Descendants Were Some of the Earliest Settlers of Wabash County, IllinoisFamily Genealogy of Christian MARTY, Barbara RUEGSEGGER
McCORNACK and Related FamiliesThe McNAIRs of Elsah, Illinois: Uncommon Common Men
One MOORE Family Tree: Descendants of Abel MOORE, Born March, 1829, in Morgan County, Illinois, Died ca. 1876, in Mesquite, Dallas County, TexasThrough the Hourglass A History of the Families of Russell Turner ODELL and Florence (Turner) ODELL
The History of Judge John PENCE and Descendants born in Shenandoah County, Virginia , January 15, 1775, Resided in Champaign County, Ohio, Bartholomew County, Indiana, and Henderson County, IllinoisQUICKs of East Fork: Early 20th-Century Farm Life
Wallace A. RAINEY & Jessie I. RINGER: Their Ancestors, Descendants & Allied Families
The Ancestors and Descendants of John W. RANDOLPH, Pope County Illinois
Ancestry and Descendants of Andreas and Maria Elisabeth (Waldschmidt) SAUER...
The SCHERER Family of Montgomery County, Illinois
The Descendants of Johan Frederick SOLTER of Germany, Illinois and Kansas
The Saga of the SPINDLER Family, Highland, Illinois: 1831-1971A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois (1919)
by Christina Holmes TILLSONGerman Pioneers on the American Frontier: The WAGNERs in Texas and Illinois
A Genealogy of the WALLER Family of Amots Bruk, Sweden and Kewanee, IllinoisThe WATKINS Family - England to Illinois to Nebraska with Related Major Sidelines...
Down Through the Years
WININGS FamilyYear Book of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution CDNinety-Second Illinois Volunteers
Honor Roll of Carroll County, Illinois: 1917-1918-1919 Service Record Book of Men and Women of Byron, Illinois and Community (World War I and II)A Soldier's Journal: Diary of a World War II Soldier
COOK117th Illinois Infantry Volunteers: The McKendree Regiment, 1862-1865
History of the Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry From Organization to Muster-Out
Williamson County, Illinois in the World War; 1917-1918
History of the 36th Regiment Illinois Volunteer During the War of the RebellionRevolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
War Record of Mount Morris
(1947)Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois: Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947
It is Begun! The Pantagraph Reports: The Civil War
Illinois Freedom Fighters: A Civil War Saga of the 29th Infantry, United States Colored TroopsCondensed History of the Citizen Soldier of Wayne County
Year Book of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
We Enlisted as Patriots: The Civil War Records of Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
A History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with the Regimental Roster
On to Atlanta: The Civil War Diaries of John Hill FERGUSON, Illinois Tenth Regiment of Volunteers
The Memoirs of Allen Buckner: Colonel of the 79th Illinois Volunteer Regiment in the Civil WarThe Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois: The Story of the Twenty-Ninth U.S. Colored Infantry
History of the Thirty-Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, During the War of the Rebellion
The One Hundred Seventeenth (117th) Illinois Infantry Volunteers (The McKENDREE Regiment): 1862-1865
War of 1812 Bounty Lands in Illinois
Fayette County in the World WarJersey County in the World War, 1917-1919
War History of Lee County, Illinois, 1917-18-19
Livingston County, Illinois in the World WarShelby County in the World War [WWI]
The Cannoneers Have Hairy Ears: a Diary of the Front Lines
WWI; 3rd ILOriginal Report of Colonel J. D. WEBSTER to the Secretary of War, on the Subject of a Ship Canal From the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan
(1862) From the seller: "37th Congress, 3d Session. N. p. , n. y. [1862]. 8vo. Self-cover. 7pp. Very good. A report similar to Isaac Arnold's, but more so from the military perspective. Webster served with the 1st Regiment of the Illinois Light Artillery."
Original 1890 Political Broadside: "A Card: To The Voters of Massac County" from Candidate Benjamin O. JONES
F. W. McNess Cookbook
From the Seller: "Metropolis, IL, 1890, broadside, 81/2 x 51/2". Candidate Jones reviles those who circulate rumors of his drinking. "I desire to say to my friends that I have not drank any for eight months."
(1935) From the seller: "The F. W. McNess name is still known for agribusiness serving the dairy, swine and beef industries. But there was a time when the company not only made livestock products, but also things for the home--and delivered them by horse and buggy! This catalog came along at least two decades after the quaint delivery system, but is nonetheless filled with vintage charm from its wonderful cover art of a mother and two children expressing great delight at the sight of a chocolate pie made using McNess vanilla extract and canned "chocolate dessert" to its great photos of the period and wonderful recipes from all over the world. On the left hand side of the page they appear in their language of origin and on the right in English. Scattered throughout the booklet are ads for other McNess products, including its farming line. What we especially love is that it's been stamped on the back with the words "Archie L. Parr, The McNess Man, Everett, Ohio. ...A charming edition to any collection."Illinois Timeline: a Chronology of Illinois History, Mystery, Trivia, Legend, Lore & More
Unique, Original 1864 Marriage License: State of Illinois, County of Woodford. The Holy Bonds of Matrimony between Jacob RICH and Elizabeth SOMER
Unique, Original 1921 Handwritten Manuscript Diary of a Merchant Seaman [William GOODSMITH] Traversing the Globe
From the seller: "Very Good+ Manuscript. 48mo-over 3"-4" tall. An interesting peek into the daily doings of a sailor whether at sea on trips traversing the world or in the plodding down times during a strike or between ships. This is the 1921 handwritten diary of William D. GOODSMITH, a merchant sailor, home based in Chicago, Illinois. William is an Engineer and/or Fireman on the ships he has duty. On his first berth it appears the Doctor and he are closest amongst the crew. Much time spent partying in the rooms when the ocean was quiet. Commencing in Vigo Spain January 1st this is completely full for everyday and it appears almost daily a notation of weather, times of arrival and departure, sometimes longitude and latitude etc. There is time at sea for the most part but he does spend time in New York between ship assignments. William notes his daily doings, movies, and even seeing Babe Ruth at The Polo Grounds, some shows and other ball games are noted. The year starts in Spain, onto Cuba and ends in Japan. Hawaii and Panama were also visited. He was relieved of duty and there are notes about a strike, heading toward a cyclone, seeing Naval exercises, troop movements, whale sightings and much, much more. The print on this is very clear. Very legible. There are 6 Oriental stamps inside the fep."Way Down in Egyptland: A Family Journey Into Southern Illinois
Original, Antique 1876 Map of Ogle County, Illinois
Original, Antique 1876 Map of Geneseo, Cambridge, Fulton, Kewanee, Joliet, Peru and Freeport, Illinois
A Southern Illinois Album: Farm Security Administration Photographs, 1936-1943
A Century in Pictures
"From time to time it's valuable to look back because it helps us appreciate where we are. As we approach a new century, and a new millennium, there's no better time to reflect on the images that shaped the road we've traveled. A Century in Pictures is a photo album of sorts - a collection of fond memories and important lessons learned in the life of a Midwestern community through pictures. It's a foundation for the next photo album of victories, defeats, hardships, and blessings.A Century in Pictures reflects 100 years of life in East Central Illinois. It measures our progress and reminds us of the great potential that lies ahead. It's a recording of life in a community that survived the Great Depression and celebrated the evolution of its position as a technology mecca. It's how we traveled. It's how we communicated. It's how we lived.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book goes to support The News-Gazette in Education program, which provides newspapers and curriculum materials for classroom use to participating teachers throughout East Central Illinois."
Illinois Elections, 1818-1990: Candidates and County Returns for President, Governor, Senate, and House of RepresentativesIllinois Kid's Cookbook Recipes, How-to, History, Lore and More!
"During school visits, Carole discovered that kids love to talk about food. So, she decided this was a great way to approach history, geography, multicultural studies, women, science & more - by teaching kids the culinary contributions of Illinois and the history and folklore behind them. Who created the first corn flake? What was the first pizza called? Who sold the first hot dog and how did it get that name? There are also fun recipes, food games, a table cloth project, a fortune cookie writing activity and recipe, plus lots more. A great way to introduce kids to the importance of following directions, weights and measurements, cooking and food safety, and encourage their creativeness. Free teacher's guide gives specific suggestions and instructions on how to get max educational value from this book."Original, Antique 1876 Map of Geneseo, Cambridge, Fulton, Morrison and Kewanee, Illinois
Original, Antique 1869 Map of Saline, Gallatin, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois
Original, Antique 1874 Map of Saline, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope and Massac Counties, Illinois
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