Moultrie County Heritage
Published Quarterly by the Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society
Sullivan, Illinois

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Volume XV               May 1987                Number 2

Contents

President's Page - Editor's Comments ii
Research Aids iii
Terms of Relationships iv
ORAL HISTORY - Mittie Blair, Marie Hoke 31
Lovington Reporter - Local News - 1954; 1911; 1893 35, 39
Class Reunions 36
BIBLE - Riley 42
List of Teachers of Moultrie Schools in 1889 43
IN MEMORIAM - Birdie Daum 43
The William Jeffers Family of Parker Twp. Clark Co., IL 44
The Old Storm Cellars 47
Why Is It? 48
Ancestor Tables - Riggin & Riggin Family; Riley 49, 50
Ancestry or Genealogy? - Civil War Ancestor 50
Necrology - Bethany Echo - 1909 51
Obituaries -  Evans 53
Obituaries - S. M. Gardner; Dr. S. D. Gardner 54
Connely/Conely/Conley Lineage 55
Internal Revenue Service 55
Sullivans 56
Did You Know? 56
The Language of Genealogy 57
Genealogy - ILLINOIS MAGAZINE 58
Letters -  E. A. Watts;  A. M. Miller 59
Queries 60
"Ely Heritage" Newsletters 60
Membership List  - 1987 Supplement
Moultrie County Publications for Sale Reverse Back Cover
   
Sharon Wick's NOTE:  The following did NOT appear on the table of contents page.  I am including it purely for the purpose of giving credit to the Genealogy Society.
   

INDEXED IN THE GENEALOGICAL PERIODICAL ANNUAL INDEX
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Moultrie County formed in  1843 from parts of Macon and Shelby counties.
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