Ok, this is not quite ready for prime time.
My original idea was to give a brief outline of the state's history,
then a brief summary of our people who passed through.
That's a bit more ambitious than I think I can do at this point.
What I do have is a list of the counties, with the dates of formation, and with links to online free census transcriptions when I know of them.
And by the way, here is a wonderful set of county formation maps.
And also a couple of links to some wonderful state databases.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900
Database of Illinois Death Certificates 1916-1950
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales
And a link to the Illinois GenWeb Project.
Our people who were in Illinois -
Dad's side:
Bothwell (Whiteside county - arrived early 1840s from N. Ireland via Vermont and Canada - moved on to Nebraska and California)
census info, marriages, land sales, for Bothwells-in-general in Illinois
Roberts (Marshall county - arrived ~1827 from South Carolina via Kentucky - moved on to Nebraska and California)
Helms (Marshall county - arrived 1840s from western Virginia - moved on to Nebraska and California)
Pattee (Stephenson county - arrived 1840s from New England via New York - moved on to Iowa and California)
Dyer (Stephenson county - arrived 1830s from New England via New York?)
census info for Dyers-in-general in Illinois - early (1840) or b. in New York
it also has marriages and military info from the state databases, arranged by county
Mom' side:
Darr (Wayne county - arrived mid-1840s from Pennsylvania via ?)
Lusk (Wayne county - arrived late 1860s from Kentucky via Indiana)
census info for Lusks-in-general in Illinois (this is only a few random entries)
Deweese (Johnson county - arrived early 1840s from Kentucky - our guys only stayed a short while, then went back to Kentucky - moved on to Indiana)
census info, marriages for Deweeses-in-general in Illinois (this has only a few non-family listings)
Sams (Edwards/Union county - arrived ~1810 from Virginia via North Carolina and Kentucky - our people mostly moved back to Kentucky)
census info, marriages for Samses-in-general in Illinois (but mostly for Union County)
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