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Edwardsville, IL 62025-0631


THE STALKER
The Quarterly Publication of the Madison County Genealogical Society

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Vol. 25-No. 1-Spring 2005

Vol. 25-No. 2-Summer 2005

Vol. 25-No. 3-Fall 2005

Vol. 25-No. 4-Winter 2005

Vol. 26-No. 1-Spring 2006

Vol. 26-No. 2-Summer 2006

Vol. 26-No. 3-Fall 2006

Vol. 26-No. 4-Winter 2006

Vol. 27-No. 1-Spring 2007

Vol. 27-No. 2-Summer 2007

Vol. 27-No. 3-Fall 2007

Vol. 27-No. 4-Winter 2007

Vol. 28-No. 1-Spring 2008

Vol. 28-No. 2-Summer 2008

Vol. 28-No. 3-Fall 2008

Vol. 28-No. 4-Winter 2008

Vol. 29-No. 1-Spring 2009

Vol. 29-No. 2-Summer 2009

Vol. 29-No. 3-Fall 2009
Vol. 25 - No. 1 - Spring 2005

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Edwardsville Intellingencer, June 28, 1893

1
New Douglas' St Ubaldus Church to Close

8
Obituaries of People Born in Madison Co Which Appeared in the Los Angeles Times

9
Update - Naturalization & Intentions

10
Marriages, Alton Telegraph, 1838

11
Deaths, Alton Telegraph, 1838

13
Edwardsville Intelligencer, April 5, 1882

15
Ancestors of Delia Anna Schmidt in Madison Co IL

16
Illinois Pre-1916 Death Index

20
Items from the Past - Troy IL Newspapers

21
Slave Owners from Past Records

24
Earthquake - Alton Telegraph

25
Hail Storm - Alton Telegraph, May 23, 1838

25
Correction: Index, 1882 History of Madison Co, IL

25
Internet Sites

26
Doctor Continues Drive for History Museum

27
Surnames Being Researched

27
Correction to Member List

27
SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Alton, Marks Sesquicentennial

28
Queries

29
Seven Wonders of the World

30
Men of Reknown Buried in Alton Cemeteries

31
Mrs Voelker Dies, Edwardsville Intelligencer, April 21, 1921

35
Collinsville Herald, May 1911

36
20 Ways to Find a Maiden Name

37
Alice Champagne

38
Genealogical Angel Project, IL State Genealogical Society

40
Three Parishes to Merge; One Suppressed

40
What Edwardsville Had in 1886

41
Marine Had A Newspaper Too

42
Farm In Family More Than 100 Years

43
Leclaire, A Picture of Labor Perfection

44
Index

47
Genealogical Angel Project

54

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Volume 25 - Number 2 - Summer 2005

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History of the Madison County Genealogical Society

55
The Strangers in the Box

59
Original Charter Members

60
Anniversary Workshop

62
From: John H Colby

63
Coalson Cemetery

64
Society Pictures

66
Letter to Clara Barton from Mrs T B Hurlburt of Upper Alton, IL

80
Robert Wadlow

80
Ancestors of Delia Anna Schmidt, A Continuation

81
From the Bulletin, Troy, IL

82
Queries

85
News from the Library

86
Information from Elijah Owens Pension Papers

86
Justice & Mercy

89
Index

97

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Volume 25 - Number 3 - Fall 2005

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Alton Telegraph - Births, Deaths, Marriages - 1839

102
Obituaries, Moro-Bethalto-Dorsey Area

106
Queries

140
German Research Available

141
Wanted - Newsletter Editor

141
Alexander and Anna Owens McGilvary Family

142
Miscellaneous McGilvary Family Information

142
Johnson McGilvary Pension

143
Index

145

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Volume 25 - Number 4 - Winter 2005

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News & Notes from "The Madison Co Courier"

153
Land Records Terminology

159
IL Public Domain Land Sales

164
Christian Michael Reigelmann

167
Using Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest online

169
McGilvary Family

173
Group Purchases Bethany Church

180
Queries

180
2006 Dates to Remember

181
2006 Board Members to Date

181
Index

182
Membership List

185
Index to Surnames Being Researched by Members

196

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Volume 26 - Number 1 - Spring 2006

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Letter from the Editor

1
Thank You

1
New Email

1
News Clips from the Alton Evening Telegraph

2
Lakeview Memorial Park Cemetery, Collinsville

4
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

5
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Listing

9
The Joys of Genealogy

11
With Sympathy

12
Help, Where Else Should I Search? - A Record Checklist

13
Obituaries - Part One

15
Ridgely

31
Queries

34
Corrections

36
Surfing the Net! - all-surnames.com

37
Items from Elsie

38
Congratulations!

38
Madison Co IL Cemetery Book, Vol. III, additional information

39
The Willoughby Family of Madison, St Clair, and Montgomery Cos

40
Index

45
Additions - Index to Surnames Being Researched by Members 2005

50
Reprint of pages 197 & 198 from Vol. 25, No 4

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Volume 26 - Number 2 - Summer 2006

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Letter from the Editor

52
Update - Research List - MCGS Life Members

53
Additional Listings - St. Joseph Cemetery, Highland, IL

54
You Know When You're An Addicted Genealogist

56
Obituaries - Part Two

57
Crandall/Ellison Cemetery

70
News and Notes From Troy Newspapers

72
We Are the Chosen

74
ISGS Certificate Projects

75
ISGS Angel Project

75
Daniel Ruedy

76
Genealogists Never Die, They Just Lose Their Census!

78
New Genealogy Magazine

80
Historic Site In Jeopardy

80
News From Troy, Illinois

81
Black History - Preserving Link to Freedom

82
Early Black Families of Madison Co In Pin Oak Township

83
Items in the SIUE Archives of Interest to Genealogical Research

90
Births, Deaths, and Marriages from the Daily Telegraph, Alton, IL 1853

91
Index

94
Editorial Guidelines for the Stalker

102

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Volume 26 - Number 3 - Fall 2006

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Help Wanted - Corrections
Obituary - Marie Thompson Eberle

103
Obituaries - Part Three

104
Obituary - Sue Wilhelm Wopat

115
German for Genealogy

116
Obituary - Roland Bauer

120
Wanted!

123
Obituaries from the Liberty Prairie, Fort Russell Township Area

125
From the Alton Weekly Telegraph

131
Excerpts from Edwardsville intelligencer

132
Queries

145
Index

147

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Volume 26 - Number 4 - Winter 2006

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A Genealogist's Christmas Eve

153
Obituaries, Part 4

154
Excerpts from Edwardsville Intelligencer

169
Death of Capt. Kane, U.S.A.

177
Obits for People Buried in Zimmerman Cemetery, Moro Twp

178
Early Black Families of Madison Co, 1870 census records

180
Membership List - 2006 (not included in the index)

186
Index

196
Editorial Guidelines for the Stalker

201

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Volume 27 - Number 1 - Spring 2007

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Volunteers Needed, Postage Costs, Corrections

1
Births, Deaths, & Marriages, Daily Telegraph, Alton, IL 1853

2
Obituaries from the Liberty Prairie, Fort Russell Township

10
Dowsing at Vaughn Cemetery

21
Early Black Families of Madison Co IL in Pin Oak Twp, 1880 Census

23
Monument to Confederate Soldiers in West Alton, MO (see note)

28
St Jacob UCC Celebrates 150 Years

36
John Hess Sr and His Family

37
Valentine Krenzer Sr

43
Index

44
Please Note: The list of names on the Monument to Confederate Soldiers in West Alton, MO, are not included in the index.

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Volume 27 - Number 2 - Summer 2007

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Editor's Note

52
Obituaries from the Liberty Prairie, Fort Russell Twp Area

53
Regional Archives, Great Lakes Region

67
My Alton Irish Roots

70
Website of Interest

77
Queries

78
Alton Telegraph & Democratic Review

79
A True Story of Ninety-Nine Years Ago

81
Donations by the Estate of Marie T. Eberle, June 2006

89
(Author names are not included In the index.)
Attorney General's Office Eases Citizen Access to Public Records

92
Notes from the Library

93
Great Aunt Daisy Creswick

94
Correction - 1880 Census

94
Aprons

95
Index

96
Editorial Guidelines

99

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Volume 27 - Number 3 - Fall 2007

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News In and Around Troy

100
Information from the Highland News Leader - June 21, 2007

104
Graduates of Upper Alton High School

105
Berghoff Family Information with Newspaper Articles

106
Building a New Parsonage

126
The Shaff Family

128
Obituaries for Burials in Fosterburg Township Cemeteries

138
Souvenir Copy of the Golden Jubilee of St Mary's Cathollic Church

146
Queries

147
Notes from Elsie Wasser

147
Index

148

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Volume 27 - Number 4 - Winter 2007

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MCGS Is Giving You A Christmas Present

151
List of Cemetery Books and Cemeteries Included

151
Gift Memberships Available

154
Edwardsville Intelligencer, 5 June 1918

155
News From Troy

156
Madison County's World's Fair Village

157
County Poor Farm

158
Queries

159
Membership Listing 2007 (not included in the quarterly index)

160
Surname index (not included in the quarterly index)

167
Last Civil War Vet Here is Dead

180
Obituary - Common Sense Died

181
The Sappington Family of Edwardsville, IL

182
The Descendants of Colonel Benjamin Stevenson

185
Obituaries - Persons Buried at Glenwood Cemetery

186
Macoupin Co Website

189
The Nelson Family

190
National Archives & Records Administration Increases Fees

191
Genealogy Guru Elsie Wasser

192
Are You Becoming Lazy?

193
Quarterly Index

195

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Volume 28 - Number 1 - Spring 2008

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Paddock/Ellis Family

1
Dorsey/Ellis Family

1
Meals & Manners

3
New Procedure Can Reveal Obscured Gravestone Text

10
Emigrants From the Area of Firrel

12
"The Census Day" by William Dollarhide

17
Souvenir Album of Our Boys in the Great World's War 1914-1918

19
National Road Timbers Found

19
Gilomen Shares 107 Years of Memories

20
One Hundred Years Ago...The Troy Weekly Call, 28 Dec 1907

20
One Hundred Thirty Years Ago...The Weekly Bulletin, Troy, IL

21
Professor Schlotterback - Miracle Man?????

22
Obituaries - Persons Buried at Glenwood Cemetery

23
New Douglas' St. Ubaldus Church

35
St. Ubaldus Catholic Cemetery

36
Excerpts from the Troy Weekly Call

42
Queries

43
St. Louis Genealogical Society, Photographer for Hire

44
Quarterly Index

46

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Volume 28 - Number 2 - Summer 2008

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You Are Invited...Montgomery Co Genealogical Society Fair

50
Fox Valley Genealogical Society Launches "Mike's Index"

50
Edwardsville Native's Memorial Stone to be Placed at Woodlawn

51
Queries

52
Gasville, Pike County, IL

53
The Bulletin, Troy, IL, 24 Feb 1876

58
The 1752 Calendar Change in North America

59
E. E. Williams Recollects

62
Edwardsville Intelligencer - 8 July 1898

67
The Williams Family

68
The Johnson Family

73
The Hood Family

78
Quercus Grove Cemetery, Madison Co, IL

83
Betty Greenwood's Ging-Wernli Family

85
Veterans Buried at St. James Cemetery

88
Surnames in Vincent Cemetery

91
Alhambra area resident locates graves by dowsing!

91
Some News From the Troy Area

92
Quarterly Index

93

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Volume 28 - Number 3 - Fall 2008

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Lowell M Volkel Elected to the National Genealogical Hall of Fame

98
Mrs Lydia B Gonterman, 100, Only Native Centenarian in Co, Dies

99
Inventory of Shadrack Bond Gillham Estate

100
The Hartford Church

102
Hayner Public Library District, Alton, IL

102
Memo From Rev Carl V Nelson

103
Circuit Court Records 1803-1929, Madison Co IL

104
Bible Page (Norman Family)

105
Queries

106
StLGS - List of Surnames in Day Book of Dr WW Everett, Highland

106
St Cecelia's Catholic Church Death Records, Glen Carbon

107
Obituaries - Persons Buried at Glenwood Cemetery

123
Biography Project, Historic Springdale Cemetery, Peoria

135
Alton Weekly Telegraph Jan-Jun 1865

136
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Tuesday, August 13, 1895

143
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Thursday, December 8, 1892

144
Can You Help Me Find Shirley Mae Hawk

145
The Ozbun Name

146
Bartholomew Osborn/Ozburn

147
Quarterly Index

148

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Volume 28 - Number 4 - Winter 2008

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Letters Received

158
Correction to Cemetery Book 6

159
Queries

160
Esther Fick

160
Alton Weekly Telegraph - Jul - Dec, 1865

161
They're Moving East!!! (Montgomery Co GS)

170
Obituaries - Persons Buried at Glenwood Cemetery

171
School Notes from the Times-Tribune, June 26, 2008

174
Quarterly Index

175
Membership Listing

178
Surname Index

187
Oops! Sorry!

200

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Volume 29 - Number 1- Spring 2009

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Gindler House Is Historic Structure

1
Gindler Barn Restoration Project

1
One Hundred Years Ago - Troy Weekly Call, 20 Jun 1908

2
One Hundred Thirty Years Ago - Troy Weekly, 14 Feb 1878

2
The Troy Call. 1 Sep 1900

3
Dittmers Obituaries

3
Corrections to Vol 28. #4

12
Can You Help Me Find Shirley Mae Hawk?

13
An Interesting Tale

13
Leigh Sills, MCGS Library Volunteer - died Nov 11, 2008

14
Obituaries - Persons Buried at Glenwood Cemetery

14
1900 Census, Moro Township

19
Surname Index

48

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Volume 29 - Number 2- Summer 2009

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National Road Travel Journal

53
Additional Information on the Members of the Colcord Group

57
Granges of Illinois

60
The Lindley Grange #1927 of Madison Co, Illinois

60
St Jacob's Aebischer Funeral Home, New Look, Name

64
Thomas Calvin Clark ("T.C.") 1838-1913

65
Spelling and Your Ancestors

70
Colonel Ebenezer Magofin and the Alton Military Prison

72
1900 Census, Continued

74
Details of a Will

97
Surname Index

98

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Volume 29 - Number 3- Fall 2009

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News from the Troy Area

102
Local Resident Served Country with Honor

105
Matthew Clarke

107
Obituaries - Persons Buried at Glenwood Cemetery

108
1900 Census - Marine Township - Part 2

118
My Grandmother Sat on Lincoln's Lap

139
Alton Girl Dies at the Hospital

140
Damke Family

140
Odds and Ends

144
Gottlieb and Mary Nietert Family of Ft. Russell, Madison County, IL

145
Glen Carbon Bakery

147
Surname Index

148
A message from the New Editor

154

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