CEDAR LINE LEGACY; Recollections and Reflections
A new book by Betty Green Rademacher is a chronological collection of twenty-eight brief vignettes that share her recollections of the first ten years (l935 to 1945) of her childhood in Grassy Township in rural Southern Illinois. Her stories include vivid descriptions of farm life and a way of life that no longer exists. She also writes about the impact of World War II on this rural community. Continue reading
Mortgage Record books 14 through 20 have recently been indexed and added to our Master Mortgage Record Index. The records tend to range from 1910 to 1921.
Mortgage books 9 through 13 have now been indexed and added to our Master Mortgage Book index on this site. The records range around the years 1906 to 1910.
WCHS has been blessed with many visitors thru the past years for tours of the museum, researchers looking for relatives or publishers working on their books. Last year we mounted a map of the United States and have pins for visitors and members. I have been going thru the visitor logs and have to go thru a couple more but, as of Oct 2022 beginning in July, 2014 we have had visitors from the following countries. We have also had emails from Italy and United Kingdom searching for family. Continue reading
