Kim,,
It is I who should be
apologizing. I noted that you were new and got in a hurry and forgot to give
additional information that would have helped. First of all the census
fields:
There are other fields in the
census that I do not include. They are sometimes of interest but have no
genealogical significance.
Birth certificates: You will
be somewhat disappointed to find out that the States did not enforce by law the
recording of births until the 1900’s. For Illinois it was about 1916. Some
counties did collect births prior to that but kept them poorly and haphazardly.
Same applies for deaths. However, burial/death records were much better
preserved and sometime give the birth date as well. While it is not considered a
primary source for births, it may be the only
source.
Here are the death records
for Daniel and Josephine:
From
Cemeteries of Brown County,
Illinois
Ripley Cemetery, pp.
313-331
Daniel W. O’Neal, Corp. Co.
16th Inf., d. 29 Jul 1906
Josephine O’Neal, d. 19 Mar
1914.
Several of their children are
buried here too.
Here is the marriage
information and you can get a notarized certificate from the county for this.
Last I checked it was $5. Here’s the url for this resource: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
Groom
Bride
Date
Book/page Entry
County
ONEAL,
DANIEL W BUTLER,
JOSEPHINE
07/03/1867 C /56 707 BROWN
I hope this helps you a
little. The burial entries did not provide birth dates as I had hoped but at least
you can calculate the year of birth from the census. They also should have
obituaries in the local newspaper that might give their birth dates. The
Versailles Area Historical and Genealogical Society has a collection of obituaries and you should be able to
write them and request the obituaries for them. I do not know if they charge for
the service. You can get their address from the Brown county
Webpage.
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: Kim
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:13
AM
To: Ken and Laurie
Huffman
Subject: Re: Brown
County (1870 Census Index)
Sorry that I am new
but what do these numbers mean? Can I find a birth certificate from
these?
----- Original Message
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To: Kim
Sent: Saturday, April 24,
2004 6:31 AM Subject: RE: Brown County
(1870 Census Index) Kim, Here is the
information you requested: 1870
Census, Brown County, Illinois Missouri Twp 8/8
8 June 1870 Daniel O’Neal
32 m farmer Illinois Josephine
O’Neal 22 f Illinois Elsworth O’Neal
21 m laborer Illinois Sincerely, Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: Kim
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 12:47
AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Brown County (1870 Census
Index)
I am searching for
information on Daniel O'Neal. I located him in your list under heads of
households M8 was his number. I am looking for his birth cert., marriage
cert. (to Josephine Butler) and death cert. I am new to this and I
apologize if I have done this wrong. Thanks, Kim Lovell