What's New

Here is a log of the latest updates, changes, and additions to this Macoupin County ILGenWeb site.

2024 Nov 14 - Thanks to Shirley Brier, added obituary of Arthur C. HUCKELBRIDGE
2024 Oct 26 - Thanks to Aimee Edgeworth, added list of Landowners in 1893 Carlinville Township
2024 Oct 17 - Thanks to Richard Schwartzkopf, added obituary of George HULLET
2024 Oct 16 - Thanks to Richard Schwartzkopf, added obituary of Mary C. (BARNETT) LONG FLETCHER
2024 Oct 13 - Added list of Landowners in Western Mound Township 1893
2024 May 18 - Thanks to Shelley Thorpe Cardiel, added Lynch family photos

2023 Oct 05 - Welcome Julie Close, new Macoupin County ILGenWeb Co-Coordinator!
2023 Sep 18 - Thanks to Martha Graham, added Obituary Index info from Jose Rivera Nieves (and Heritage Hub)
2023 Aug 26 - Removed old, non-working email addresses from Researcher Lists
2023 Aug 25 - Converted Surname Registry, Researcher, and Queries pages to new format
2023 Jul 28 - Combined Old Settlers' Memorial Rolls onto one webpage
2023 Jul 05 - Thanks to Susan S. O'Keefe, added photo [& bio] of Joseph KURKOWSKI

2022 Nov 03 - Added list of Landowners in 1893 Cahokia Township
2022 Oct 24 - Thanks to Aimee Edgeworth, added landowner names to 1893 Carlinville Township plat map, added Resource link to Otwell's Farmer Boys, added 1901 biographies for Bell, Friend, Lochrie, McCann, Richardson, Sewall, and Taggart, AND added Resource link to Hilyard History transcription
2022 Oct 17 - Thanks to Bob Sullivan, added HonorStates.org Resource link
2022 Aug 06 - Fixed some broken links
2022 Jul 14 - Thanks to Aimee Edgeworth, updated 1893 Plats (Carlinville), Migrated To, and added Taggart Family
2022 Jun 24 - Merged unknown photos onto one Photo Mysteries page (with image-size specification coding removal)
2022 Jun 23 - Merged school and class pictures onto one page (with image-size specification coding removal)
2022 Jun 01 - Removed broken link to ILGenWeb Resources
2022 May 28 - Thanks to John Scott, started removing image-size specifications from html coding (54 down - 2,010 to go)
2022 May 23 - Tried to fix the Coal Mines & Mining page by removing bad links and merging pages
2022 May 22 - Merged Penny Postcard pages into one page
2022 May 20 - Finished reorganizing Histories
2022 May 15 - Added main navigation links to the page footers
2022 May 02 - Added Samuel Love biography
2022 May 01 - Started reorganizing Histories
2022 Apr 30 - Restyled Places page and Township page
2022 Apr 25 - Added 1876 Atlas' map of Macoupin County
2022 Apr 19 - Added 1893 Brushy Mound and Bunker Hill townships landowner lists
2022 Apr 17 - Added 1893 Brighton township landowner list
2022 Apr 14 - Added 1893 Bird township landowner list
2022 Apr 13 - Added 1893 township plats and historical directory
2022 Apr 12 - Added last updated note to the bottom of many pages
2022 Apr 12 - Added 1876 Illinois Atlas' county history and Resource link
2022 Apr 11 - Added Resource links (Place Names, IT railroad), IT map, Macoupin name origin, and 1876 history
2022 Feb 01 - Prepared to move site off Genealogy Village (removed form & host info)

2021 Oct 24 - Thanks to Richard Sanson, added a portion of his obituary collection
2021 Aug 11 - Thanks to Dennis Partridge, fixed issue with Search feature
2021 Aug 07 - Thanks to Sarah Elizabeth Smith, added 3 PACKARD record images
2021 Aug 07 - Thanks to Sarah Elizabeth Smith, added Resource link to Underground Railroad manuscript
2021 Jul 25 - Thanks to Sarah Elizabeth Smith, added KING, NEWELL, SMITH, and CHILES record images
2021 May 21 - Added names from Carlinville Free Democrat Obituary Index Sep 1856 to Dec 1861
2021 Apr 20 - Thanks to Dona Snyder, added correction to Asbury Mound Cemetery
2021 Mar 22 - Thanks to Pam Reitsch, added 1895 Rand McNally Atlas county map
2021 Feb 26 - Added a few Resource links
2021 Feb 07 - Thanks to Richard Sanson, added Marjorie Helen Kesinger's Autograph book
2021 Jan 28 - Thanks to Ruth Hundley, added her John ALLEN descendants chart
2021 Jan 21 - Thanks to Debra Carlson, added her CULP / DAVIS query

2020 Nov 03 - Thanks to Tom Emery, added Abraham Lincoln in Alton and Macoupin County History Reader to our Bibliography
2020 Oct 25 - Thanks to Linda Kmiecik, added to the Macoupin County Archives story
2020 Oct 24 - Removed contact info of Macoupin County Archives' retired researcher Linda Kmiecik
2020 Oct 03 - Thanks to Cindy Leonard, updated her email address to leonardc@gomadison.com
2020 Sep 11 - Thanks to Linda Kmiecik, moved Macoupin County Archives link from Society Websites to Government Resources category
2020 Sep 09 - Thanks to Scotty Ward, added his John P. WARD info & query
2020 Jun 18 - Added Joseph KOVAL obituary
2020 Mar 04 - Thanks to Benjamin Green, added 1965 There The Heart Is
2020 Mar 03 - Thanks to Marianne Hale, corrected 1860 Mortality entry for John N. TATCH
2020 Mar 03 - Thanks to Benjamin Green, added May 1988 births
2020 Mar 01 - Thanks to Benjamin Green, added 1969 Brighton Centennial
2020 Feb 26 - Thanks to Jacqueline Read, added family group sheet info about MARKO and SMITH
2020 Jan 29 - Thanks to Dave Pointer, added Resource link to new ILMACOUPIN query board and mailing list
2020 Jan 11 - Thanks to Charlotte Gorley, added December follow-up info about her November query

2019 Dec 04 - Thanks to Charlotte Gorley, added her November query and JAMES obituary
2019 Nov 30 - Thanks to Cheryl Rothwell, added Resource link to Coal Mining in Illinois
2019 Oct 21 - Added extractions and Resource link for Stories from Illinois History
2019 Oct 07 - Thanks to Cindy Leonard, added Oliver SCHWALLENSTECKER obituary
2019 Jul 10 - Added more links to collections of images of Carlinville Newspapers
2019 Jul 08 - Thanks to Tom Tryinski & Cindy Leonard, added link to Star-Times 1897-2011 newspaper images
2019 Jun 12 - Thanks to Larry Clark, added Gloria Frazier obituary
2019 May 17 - Thanks to Charlotte Johnson's interest, added Hark WEST descendants
2019 May 15 - Thanks to Charlotte Johnson, added her Hark WEST query
2019 May 11 - Thanks to Cindy Leonard, added Cormack-Powers Cemetery Re-Dedication
2019 Mar 16 - Added extraction and Resource link to History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois
2019 Feb 18 - Thanks to Denise Hanson, added her BOSTON, SHERRILL, DAVIS query
2019 Feb 17 - Added Stevenson Cemetery page

2018 Dec 16 - Added transcription of 1934 Courthouse History
2018 Nov 30 - Thanks to Robert Webb, added Resource link for Deeds
2018 Nov 29 - Added transcription of 1916 History of Cahokia Township
2018 Nov 18 - Added remaining 1911 biographies
2018 Nov 17 - Added more 1911 biographies
2018 Nov 15 - Added more 1911 biographies
2018 Nov 14 - Added more 1911 biographies
2018 Nov 05 - Added 1912 biography of David Keefe
2018 Oct 20 - Added more 1911 biographies
2018 Oct 19 - Thanks to Cindy Leonard, added Chuck Leonard obituary
2018 Oct 18 - Added more 1911 biographies
2018 Sep 23 - Thanks to Linda R. F. Arnold, added grave photo and notes about Levi Surber
2018 Sep 10 - Thanks to Carolynn Bettis' interest, added Fishback Cemetery page
2018 Sep 09 - Thanks to Gloria Frazier, added resource link to MacoupinCountyIL google group
2018 Sep 02 - Updated Reader Cemetery
2018 Aug 31 - Updated LookUp Volunteers
2018 Aug 27 - Thanks to Gloria Frazier, fixed broken link to Union Chapel cemetery and added SHIPP photo
2018 Aug 16 - Added some Military info, reformated some site pages
2018 Aug 03 - Added 1850 Mortality Schedule
2018 Jul 15 - Added some 1903 Directory images
2018 Jul 11 - Thanks to Linda Kmiecik, fixed some 'internal server error' pages
2018 Jul 05 - Thanks to Gloria Frazier, restored the missing F and W births
2018 Jul 01 - Thanks to Cindy Leonard, added Deborah Geer obituary
2018 Jun 22 - Fixed some broken links
2018 Jun 08 - Thanks to Melissa McCord, added links to Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

2018 May 23 - Fixed or removed a few broken links
2018 May 18 - Started adding biographies from 1911 History of Macoupin County
2018 May 17 - Added remaining biographies from 1882 Bond & Montgomery Counties that refer to Macoupin County
2018 May 15 - Thanks to Cindy Leonard, added World War I book to Bibliography
2018 May 14 - Started a Resources page
2018 May 14 - Thanks to Marsha Bryant, updated our Home page with our new look
2018 May 13 - Started a Bibliography page by combining Books About Macoupin and Books for Sale page
2018 May 13 - Thanks to Ric Nold, restored his email address links on the Family/Surname Research page
2018 May 11 - Thanks to Gloria Frazier, added obituary of Littleton BRADLEY
2018 May 10 - Added obituary of Dr. J. H. MAGEE
2018 May 09 - Added some biographies from 1882 Bond & Montgomery Counties that refer to Macoupin County
2018 May 09 - Fixed Wills links
2018 May 08 - Added remaining 1904 biographies
2018 May 07 - Added some 1904 biographies
2018 May 06 - Added another batch of 1904 biographies
2018 May 05 - Added more 1904 biographies
2018 May 05 - Thanks to Dennis Partridge, fixed 1850 census links and Prairie Farmers' Directory link to the 'A's
2018 May 04 - Added more 1904 biographies
2018 May 01 - Added Biographies index page and two 1904 biographies

2018 Apr 26 - Thanks to April Wood, added Hettick High School 1906 and 1937 class photos
2018 Apr 07 - Thanks to Tim Stowell, added Galbraith's railway map
2018 Apr 07 - Added link to ILMACOUP Mail List on RootsWeb
2018 Apr 03 - Added Search feature, began What's New page, and fixed or removed 17 broken links
2018 Apr 01 - Norma Hass adopted Macoupin County ILGenWeb. I am grateful to Gloria Frazier and Kathleen Mirabella for leaving this heavily-developed site in place when they retired as Macoupin County Coordinators in March 2018.

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