Eighteen members of the Southern Illinois Corvette Club toured the Williamson County Historical Society’s museum on Saturday, August the 13th, 2022 and we’re treated to tours by the society’s president Sam Lattuca and Curator/Coordinator Sharon Vansaghi.
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Vintage Modern Woodmen of America Badge at museum
One of our new additions this past week is a reversible badge of Modern Woodmen of America. The following information and description is from the home office of M.W. of A.Camp 5337 was chartered on February 16, 1898, in Marion. This type of badge was popular from the late 1800’s into the early 1900’s. The front side was worn for camp (chapter) meetings and social activities. The reverse side was black and was displayed at funerals and memorials of deceased Modern Woodmen members of that camp. The colors of the time, red, white and green (or sometimes navy blue). Thank you John Wohlwend for your donation.
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Mortgage Book Q-R-S-T Indexes Added
The mortgage record books Q thru T have been added to our Master Morgage Book Index.
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Books For Sale at the Museum
The Genealogy Department was recently blessed with a large donation of books and information. After adding to our shelves and inventory, we will be selling some of the duplicated books. These books do have some marks and hi-lighting in them but are in very good condition. We have priced them reasonably. They can be picked up at the museum or we could mail them to you for $5.00 shipping plus cost of book unless noted otherwise.
Williamson County Books for Sale: (more…)
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Help Us Identify This Quilt Information
We have recently received quilt blocks that have a connection to Williamson Co., IL. They were made in a style used in the 1940’s called Sail Away and was meant to be a Friendship quilt. It has 25 names embroidered on each block however we or the donor do not know the connection between the women. Hopefully someone can help us. Whether it be a church group, organization or family we have hit a dead end. If anyone sees a connection please contact us at wchsmail@yahoo.com call at 618-997-5863 or contact us thru our facebook page.
We do know Maude Lingle Norman was the 3rd wife of Henry B. Norman, and they are the donor’s grandparents
Names listed are Ruia Batts, Berdie Christ, Lizzie Davis, Bertie Gallion, Mary Jackson, Pauline Lawrence, Peral Linck, Eva Livingston, Mammie Lowe, Clara Marks, Fannie Newton, Maude Norman, Dorothy Norman, Mary Pasco, Josephine Ridlen, Ida Russell, Lola Sanders, Clara Saunders, Mary Travelstead, Anna Travelstead, Margaret Turner, Lena Weisbrodt, Lela Wheeler, Zella White, and Reta Yearack.
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Missionary Baptist Church quilt from 1920 in museum
Our first quilt on exhibit was done by Missionary Babtist Church, Pittsburg, IL. It is dated April 15,1920, there are 226 names embroidered on the blocks for a total of 226 blocks. It was donated by Shirley Dallas Plumlee. These Signature Quilts were used as fund raisers by churches and organizations. Sometimes you would pay $1.00 to have your name on a block, the ladies would finish the quilt and raffle it off. We do have a complete listing and location of each name if you ever want to stop by to see if your ancestors name is included on this or other Signature sometimes called Friendship Quilt, that we have in our collection. -
Mortgage Books M-N-O-P Indexed
Mortgage record books M-N-O and P have been indexed and added to our Master Mortgage Record Books index. They can be accessed by clicking on our Records tab at the top of any screen or directly here. Mortgage Record Books Index
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Herrin Massacre 100th Anniversary
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Mortgage Record Books I thru L Indexed
A recent quest to index 74 large Mortgage record books is moving along. So far we haven’t really discovered a rhyme or reason for the books as far as content goes. One would think they would only contain mortgage records but so far they include the following. Real estate and chattel (property) mortgages, marriage and business agreements, lease agreements, mineral rights, retail contracts, powers of attorney, last will and testaments and more. So far they appear to range in date from the 1850’s to about 1891. The last block indexed were record books I,J,K & L.
The Mortgage record books can be found under the Records tab and then Library resource indexes or here at this link. Mortgage Record Books Index.
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Mortgage Record Books E,F,G & H Indexed
As previously announced, we are in the process of indexing 74 Williamson County mortgage record books. These books contain a hodge podge of legal documents including mortgage records, promissory notes, retail contracts, marital & business agreements and apparently even a few last will and testaments. So far the books appear to range from about 1860 through 1890. The books, as they are indexed, will be made available in blocks of four. The last to be added were record books E, F, G, and H. The indexing can be found in our Master Mortgage Record Books index.
