Over the last few years, one of our society members, Charla Murphy, has set about pouring through funeral home records. She then compared the records which indicated burial in Herrin Cemetery with actual markers found in the cemetery. Those records that did not tally up are then considered unmarked graves. The indexed list has been added to our Master Cemetery Index under “Herrin Cemetery Unmarked Graves.”
Williamson County Mortgage Record Books U thru Z have been completely indexed now and have been added to our Master Mortgage Record Book Index. Most of these mortgage records tend to run from the last years of the 1800’s into the first two years of the 1900’s. We are now starting to index books 1 thru 48, which will be released in blocks of four books at a time. To view the Master Mortgage Record Book Index, click on this link.
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.
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.
The mortgage record books Q thru T have been added to our Master Morgage Book Index.